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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

The Glenville Station Post Office, in Greenwich, Conn. May 20, 2014.

The landlord of the Glen Ridge Road building where the mail center has been located since the 1960s recently informed the United States Postal Service that it would not be renewing the lease when it expires at the end of October.

http://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Glenville-post-office-might-stay-put-5508284.php

Refurbished Milbank townhouses ready for salevisit|article-5508478|mobile_home_category_body-1685|4

... Elm Street were on the market. Their sale would mark the completion of a two-year investment into the property by Greenwich-based Aberdeen Realty Group, which in 2012 bought the complex of rental units that then went by the name Milbank Commons. ...

http://m.ctpost.com/news/article/Refurbished-Milbank-townhouses-ready-for-sale-5508478.php

Weather Service Warns Of Floods With Strong Thunderstorms In Greenwich

The National Weather Service is warning Fairfield County residents of the chance of severe thunderstorms early Tuesday evening as a cold front approaches.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/news/weather-service-warns-floods-strong-thunderstorms-fairfield

Refurbished Milbank townhouses ready for sale

... Elm Street were on the market. Their sale would mark the completion of a two-year investment into the property by Greenwich-based Aberdeen Realty Group , which in 2012 bought the complex of rental units that then went by the name Milbank Commons. ...

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Refurbished-Milbank-townhouses-ready-for-sale-5508478.php

Greenwich Police Report Two Underground Electrical Explosions

The blasts were reported at the intersection of Greenwich Avenue at Fawcett Place and at the intersection of East Putnam Avenue at Sherwood Place, police said.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/news/greenwich-police-report-two-underground-electrical-explosions

James 'Bunny' Marr, 88; Normandy Invasion Veteran, Employee of Local Businesses, Including Manero's

... soldiers and friends lost. After the war, he worked at Drinkwaters Auction House and years later at Toyota of Greenwich. He also will be remembered as the "friendly face" of Manero's Restaurant in Greenwich, where he greeted patrons with his ...

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/obituaries/p/james-bunny-marr-88-normandy-invasion-veteran-worked-as-employee-of-local-businesses-including-maneros

Danbury's Boughton Offers $2 Per Name To Get Running Mate On Ballot

... said it has received 1,000 signatures so far. Boughton is seeking to challenge Republican-endorsed Tom Foley of Greenwich and challenger John McKinney of Fairfield in the August primary. The winner of the primary will run against incumbent Democrat ...

http://newcanaan.dailyvoice.com/politics/danburys-boughton-offers-2-name-get-running-mate-ballot

Manhole Explosions Tie Up Central Greenwich Traffic

Two manhole explosions within minutes of one another Tuesday afternoon is wreaking havoc with traffic in central Greenwich.

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/manhole-explosions-tie-up-central-greenwich-traffic

Bets in Hillshire ahead of Pilgrim's bid raise eyebrows

... and it has done just that today," said Caitlin Duffy, equity options analyst at Interactive Brokers Group in Greenwich, Connecticut. (Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Lisa Shumaker ) We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/27/hillshire-brands-offer-options-idUSL1N0OD1J720140527?feedType=RSS&feedName=hotStocksNews

Horseshoe crabs are star attraction at Seaside Center event

Visitors to the Bruce Museum's Seaside Center in Greenwich, Conn., get a close look at a horseshoe crab.

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/articleGallery/Horseshoe-crabs-are-star-attraction-at-Seaside-5507560.php

Kenny Loggins to perform at DART's annual benefit concert

... this week, when he performs in Stamford, he will achieve an accomplishment that means the world to a family from Greenwich. Loggins is expected to headline a benefit concert on Friday, May 30, at the Palace Theatre that is part of an evening of ...

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Kenny-Loggins-to-perform-at-DART-s-annual-benefit-5507445.php

Greenwich Man Charged with Assault, Strangulation in Domestic Dispute

... disturbance between a boyfriend and girlfriend. According to police, Israel Zapata-Guerrero, 21, of Grand Street, Greenwich, grabbed his girlfriend by the neck, strangling her, and threatened her with a knife on May 23. Later, he allegedly stabbed ...

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/greenwich-man-charged-with-assault-strangulation-in-domestic-dispute_f3c444cc

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Visitors to the Bruce Museum's Seaside Center in Greenwich, Conn., get a close look at a horseshoe crab.

http://m.ctpost.com/news/article/Horseshoe-crabs-are-star-attraction-at-Seaside-5507560.php

MasterChef Judge Graham Elliot Runs First 10K After Dropping 150 Pounds

... hands to get over the finish line, I will make it happen." So far, the chef of GE Bistro in Chicago and Primary in Greenwich, Connecticut, can run an 11-minute mile. He finished the 10K in about 1 hour and 16 minutes. "The big thing for me is being ...

http://greatideas.people.com/2014/05/27/graham-elliot-masterchef-weight-loss-marathon/?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29

Guess How Many Cigarette Butts Volunteers Picked up from CT Beaches

... director of legislative and legal affairs at Save the Sound. Cleanups spanned the Connecticut coastline from Greenwich to Mystic, with groups including Friends of Parks, schools and religious organizations, rotary clubs, environmental and civic ...

http://madison-ct.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/guess-how-many-cigarette-butts-volunteers-picked-up-from-ct-beaches_99f8e7df76319

Darien High sailing team wins league championship

... High School sailing team won the Fairfield County Sailing League Championship on Sunday, May 19 at Grass Island in Greenwich. The event brought together the county's top six schools to race in a team format that would decide a spring season ...

http://www.dariennewsonline.com/sports/article/Darien-High-sailing-team-wins-league-championship-5507167.php

Metro-North Makes Short-Term Control Switch Repairs

... In a statement, the railroad said, " The highly complex process to restore limited switching capability at Greenwich has progressed and an emergency locally-controlled manual panel was installed Friday May 23rd, tested and is currently operating in ...

http://stamford.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/metronorth-makes-shortterm-control-switch-repairs56195

5 Busted in Memorial Day Holiday DWI Enforcement

The Memorial Day weekend driving while intoxicated enforcement effort netted Greenwich Police more than double the arrests of drivers than in previous years.

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/5-busted-in-memorial-day-holiday-dwi-enforcement

Article Profiles Bullied Greenwich Teen Who Killed Self

An extensive profile on the life of Bart Palosz, a Greenwich teen who committed suicide after the first day of school in August 2013, was printed by Hearst to explore the possible reasons the 15-year-old took his life.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/news/article-profiles-bullied-greenwich-teen-who-killed-self

New Details Emerge In Sexual Assault Case Against Greenwich Teacher

The victim in the sexual assault case against a teacher at Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich was 11 at the time of the alleged incident, according to to Greenwich Time.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/new-details-emerge-sexual-assault-case-against-greenwich-teacher

From a Few Hundred Thousand to Several Million - Greenwich Homes Are Selling

If you're wondering if you might be getting some new Greenwich neighbors or if that house you've been eyeing in the area is off the market, this is the list you need.

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/real-estate/p/sold-local-home-sale-listings-may-27-greenwich

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... High School sailing team won the Fairfield County Sailing League Championship on Sunday, May 19 at Grass Island in Greenwich. The event brought together the county's top six schools to race in a team format that would decide a spring season ...

http://m.dariennewsonline.com/sports/article/Darien-High-sailing-team-wins-league-championship-5507167.php

Asking Price Cut On Katharine Hepburn's 'Paradise' In Old Saybrook, Conn.

... recent recession. Recently, however, sales have picked up in exclusive markets in Fairfield County, most notably Greenwich . The Hepburn House came on the market Friday, according to Colette Harron, a real estate agent at Sotheby's International ...

http://www.courant.com/business/real-estate/hc-katharine-hepburn-house-old-saybrook-20140527,0,236591.story

Specialty Hospitals of America to declare bankruptcy, sell D.C. hospitals

... after a group of creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the hospital group last month. Greenwich, Connecticut-based Silver Point Capital has agreed to buy Specialty's Capitol Hill and Hadley long-term acute-care hospitals for ...

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2014/05/23/specialty-hospitals-of-america-to-declare.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_baltimore+%28Baltimore+Business+Journal%29

Greenwich Magazine Questions Suicide of Greenwich High School Student

... in Vain" tells the story of Bart Palosz, a boy driven to take his own life after years of being bullied in the Greenwich, Connecticut school system. A difficult story for the Palosz family to share and one too often sensationalized, the piece ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/05/prweb11884833.htm

Downed Power Pole Closes Southbound I-95 Exit 2 Off-Ramp in Greenwich

... closed after 10 a.m. Tuesday, hours after a tractor-trailer reportedly took down a light pole and utility wires. Greenwich Police ordered the offending truck towed from the scene and a driver was reportedly taken into police custody. Original story: ...

http://rye.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/crash-closes-southbound-i95-exit-2-offramp-in-greenwich44246

Lucile Ralston Gray, 87, Longtime Greenwich Resident

... graduated from the Girls Latin School of Chicago and The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. She was active in the Greenwich Garden Club, president of the New York Chapter of Achievement Rewards for College Scientists in the 1970s and a board member ...

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/lucile-ralston-gray-87-longtime-greenwich-resident

Donna Stempien, 61, Lifelong Greenwich Resident

... Catalano. Calling hours are Tuesday, May 27, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Castiglione Funeral Home , 134 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, at Sacred Heart Church in Byram. Interment will ...

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/donna-stempien-61-lifelong-greenwich-resident

Angelina Sarni, 101, Former Stamford Resident

Sarni is survived by her sister, Nora Demilia of Greenwich; brother, Joseph D'Andrea of Fairfield; sons Peter of Glastonbury, Tyler, of Hebron, Ohio, and Mark Sarni ; and four grandchildren.

http://stamford.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/angelina-sarni-101-former-stamford-resident

Downed Power Pole Closes Southbound I-95 Exit 2 Off-Ramp in Greenwich

The southbound Exit 2 off-ramp of I-95 in Greenwich is closed to traffic because of a crash and downed power pole in the area, according to radio reports.

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/crash-closes-southbound-i95-exit-2-offramp-in-greenwich

Tractor-Trailer Accident Closes I-95's Exit 2 Ramp In Greenwich

A tractor-trailer vs. pole accident on Interstate 95 southbound in Greenwich has closed the ramp for Exit 2 during the Tuesday morning rush-hour, the Connecticut Department of Transportation reported.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/news/tractor-trailer-accident-closes-i-95s-exit-2-ramp-greenwich

2 Men Face Burglary, Credit Card Theft Charges

A pair of men are facing numerous burglary, credit card and identity theft charges stemming from an incident earlier this year, according to Greenwich Police.

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/2-men-face-burglary-credit-card-theft-charges

Five Greenwich Schools Named 'Schools Of Distinction'

Greenwich High School, Eastern Middle School, the International School At Dundee, North Mianus School and Riverside School in Greenwich have all been named "Schools of Distinction" in various categories by the Connecticut Department of Education.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/schools/five-greenwich-schools-named-schools-distinction

Greenwich Student Graduates From Eastern Connecticut State University

Nicholas Lawson, director of field human resources for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa during the Commencement Exercises, and offered remarks following presentation of his honorary degree.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/schools/greenwich-student-graduates-eastern-connecticut-state-university

Search for Missing Boater Suspended After Hours

... icials responded to the scene, along with Connecticut State Police, the U.S. Coast Guard, a state helicopter and a Greenwich police boat equipped with sonar.

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Canoe-Capsizes-Near-Captains-Island-in-Norwalk-260673511.html

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