02/15/12 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

• Clothing Drive Exceeds Greenwich Student's Goals _{2012-02-15, 01:44 am}
  ... extremely pleased. It exceeded my expectations greatly," said Schultz, 16, a student at the Brunswick School in Greenwich. "Seventy-five was conservative, so 500 and over is great. I'm very pleased." Schultz was inspired to start the clothing drive, ...
• Coal Miner Turns Dealmaker at London Metal Exchange: Commodities _{2012-02-15, 01:44 am}
  ... at $1.3 billion, according to Diego Perfumo, an exchanges analyst at Equity Research Desk, a hedge-fund adviser in Greenwich, Connecticut. The LME, which is owned by its members including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Barclays Plc and Citigroup Inc., ...
• Greenwich Grieving Group Offers Support in Spanish _{2012-02-15, 01:43 am}
  GREENWICH, Conn. - Linda Weatherseed, coordinator of a Greenwich support group for families coping with the death of loved ones, noticed that language barriers prevented Spanish-speaking parents of English-speaking children from getting the support they needed during group meetings.
• Stanford selects new trustee chairman_{2012-02-15, 12:29 am}
  ... board member. Denning earned a master's degree in business administration from Stanford in 1978. Denning, a Greenwich, Conn., resident, is married to Roberta Bowman Denning, who earned a Stanford bachelor's degree in 1975 and a Stanford Graduate ...
• Four men plead not guilty to Dell stock tipping scheme _{2012-02-14, 11:57 pm}
  ... tips to trade in Dell Inc. stock pleaded not guilty. Anthony Chiasson, co-founder of Level Global Investors LP in Greenwich; Todd Newman , a portfolio manager formerly at Diamondback Capital Management LLC in Stamford; Jon Horvath , an analyst at ...
• GFA Boys Hold Off Christian Heritage, 70-64 _{2012-02-14, 11:04 pm}
  Greenwich's Sean Obi scored 37 points Tuesday to tie his own school record as the Greens Farms Academy boys basketball teamA posted a 70-64 non-league victory over Christian Heritage.
• Paulson, Vinik, Tudor Sell SPDR Gold ETF Shares; Soros Buys _{2012-02-14, 10:52 pm}
  ... 31, down 775,000 shares from the end of the third quarter. Tudor Investment, the $11 billion hedge fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut, sold in entire stake of 200,000 shares of the SPDR gold ETF. Patrick Clifford, a spokesman, declined to comment. ...
• First same-sex couples wed at Empire State Building _{2012-02-14, 08:40 pm}
  ... o couples were heterosexual: Angela Vega and Lubin Masibay of San Francisco and Paula Cubero and Enrique Catter of Greenwich, Conn.
• First same-sex couples wed at Empire State Building - _{2012-02-14, 07:31 pm}
  ... o couples were heterosexual: Angela Vega and Lubin Masibay of San Francisco and Paula Cubero and Enrique Catter of Greenwich, Conn.
• 3rd suspect nabbed in Greenwich jewelry store heist _{2012-02-14, 06:37 pm}
  Greenwich police arrested a third suspect Tuesday in connection with the robbery of a Lux Bond & Green jewelry store on Greenwich Avenue last September.
• AARP 1067 meeting is Thursday _{2012-02-14, 05:50 pm}
  ... on Shalvoys Lane. For more information, call 203-743-1605. Shays admitted that in the polls he is running behind Greenwich businesswoman Linda McMahon for the Republican nomination. McMahon, who... Thanks to a couple key shots down the stretch and a ...
• Where are the Jobs in Greenwich? _{2012-02-14, 05:30 pm}
  Do you have a job listing you'd like to post on The Daily Greenwich? Comment below or email ahelhoski@thedailygreenwich.com . GREENWICH, Conn.
• Hear Tales of Help at Greenwich Story Barn_{2012-02-14, 04:30 pm}
  GREENWICH, Conn. - You can hear your friends' and neighbors' tales of giving and getting help at "Help!", a Greenwich Historical Society Story Barn event.
• Private equity firm purchases DoubleTree Suites in the Galleria area _{2012-02-14, 04:22 pm}
  Wheelock Street Capital of Greenwich, Conn. has acquired the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel in the Galleria, the real estate private equity firm said in a statement Feb.
• Adults Can Improve Their Memory in Greenwich _{2012-02-14, 04:00 pm}
  GREENWICH, Conn. - Are you looking to improve your memory? You can register for MasterMind, an eight-week memory enhancement course at Greenwich Adult Day Care's River House The course, beginning March 1, is taught by Lori Contadino and is designed for adult who are suffering from or are worried about memory loss.
• Greenwich Variety Show Seeks Talent _{2012-02-14, 04:00 pm}
  Jeff Weber, chairman of the board, Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, and co-chair of the Greenwich Has Got Talent 2012 Variety Show, with Maria Kelly Stevens, the show's artistic director, and Bill Evans, senior meteorologist with WABC-TV, who will emcee the March 31st show at Greenwich High School with Weber.
• 'Mountain Lion' Spotted at UConn Health Center More Likely a Bobcat _{2012-02-14, 05:16 pm}
  ... are no mountain lions living in Connecticut. In June and July of 2011, mountain lion sightings were confirmed in Greenwich and in Milford, where a mountain lion was ultimately hit by a car and killed . DEEP reports say that the rash of sightings in ...
• Staples boys edged by Greenwich _{2012-02-14, 04:44 pm}
  Greenwich's Alejandro Rodriguez drives to the basket during the Cardinals' FCIAC matchup with Staples at Staples High School in Westport on Monday, February 13, 2012.
• Stanford trustees elect new chair _{2012-02-14, 02:51 pm}
  Steven A. Denning of Greenwich, Conn., chairman of the private equity firm General Atlantic, has been elected to chair the Stanford University Board of Trustees for the next two years, the university announced.
• Kostrzewa: Foxwoods at 20, still growing_{2012-02-14, 11:11 am}
  ... M Grand at Foxwoods, a second casino that opened next to the first one in 2008. Sheldon Group Holdings is based in Greenwich, Conn. and its chairman is Sheldon Gordon.