Greenwich Roundup: Friday, August 1, 2014

Friday, August 1, 2014

GymGuyz enters Fairfield County with program at Greens at Greenwich

Sam Langer, owner of GYMGUYZ, poses for a photo with his van, which he uses to bring exercise equipment to clients, at Greens of Greenwich on Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

http://www.ctpost.com/business/article/GymGuyz-enters-Fairfield-County-with-program-at-5663635.php

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... movement. Every other Thursday, Sam Langer, co-owner of GymGuyz in Irvington, N.Y., travels to the Greens at Greenwich, a local assisted-living complex, to lead more than a dozen residents in exercises designed to lift their spirits and their ...

http://m.ctpost.com/business/article/GymGuyz-enters-Fairfield-County-with-program-at-5663635.php

Dixon: Nightmares of the road

... as I chase after gubernatorial candidates in this year of statewide elections. So the Jaguar on Lake Avenue in Greenwich might as well be driven by the same dude in the pickup truck on Dodgingtown Road in Bethel; the low-rider on Park Avenue in ...

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Dixon-Nightmares-of-the-road-5663440.php

Chris Christie wipes hands of Astorino, won't comment on Cuomo scandal

At a campaign appearance in Greenwich, Connecticut on July 21, 2014, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is asked whether he will also be campaigning for the Republican nominee in New York State and responds by saying he will focus only on races that are neither landslides, nor blowouts.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/chris_christie_wipes_hands_of_astorino_wont_comment_on_cuomo_scandal.html

Kids Can Plunge Into Science Activities At Greenwich Point's Seaside Center

GREENWICH, Conn. The Bruce Museum Seaside Center is hosting First Sunday Science on Aug. 3 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Bruce Museum Outreach Director Peter Linderoth and Seaside naturalists will explore the waters and gather data on the biodiversity of the site.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/events/kids-can-plunge-science-activities-greenwich-points-seaside-center

Initial public offerings scheduled to debut next week

... following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include Renaissance Capital, Greenwich, CT (www.renaissancecapital.com) and SEC filings. GWG Holdings Inc. - Minneapolis, 1.6 million shares, priced $12 to $14, ...

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/initial-public-offerings-scheduled-to-debut-next-week-269564411.html

A.M. Best Assigns Debt Rating to W.R. Berkley Corporation's Senior Unsecured Notes

... the $350 million 4.75% senior unsecured notes due Aug. 1, 2044, issued by W.R. Berkley Corporation (W.R. Berkley) (Greenwich, CT) [NYSE:WRB] under its existing shelf registration. The assigned outlook is stable. It is W.R. Berkley's intention to use ...

http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2014/08/01/7951839.htm

Extinct mega penguin was tallest and heaviest ever

... the longest foot bone I've ever seen. This is definitely a big penguin," says Dan Ksepka at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut. However, he cautions that the estimate of its length is uncertain because giant penguins had skeletons "very ...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25990-extinct-mega-penguin-was-tallest-and-heaviest-ever.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Clife

A.M. Best Assigns Debt Rating to W.R. Berkley Corporationa s Senior Unsecured Notes

Balin and Brown lead suspended ATB Financial Classic

... Gillgren of Sweden, who shot a pair of 65s earlier in the day. A teaching pro out of Burning Tree Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, Balin has played in the last four PGA Championships thanks to solid performances in the Professional National ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/balin-and-brown-lead-suspended-atb-financial-classic?cid=rss

Turnspire Capital in deal to acquire Banker Steel

... to take the Company to the next level." Atlas Holdings LLC is an industrial holding company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. Atlas employs approximately 12,000 people globally at more than one hundred facilities worldwide. Atlas operates in ...

http://www.pehub.com/2014/08/turnspire-capital-in-deal-to-acquire-banker-steel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pehub%2Fblog+%28PE+HUB+Blog%29

Peter G. Briggs, 77, Former Headmaster At Greenwich Country Day School

... work at Stanford University and received a master's degree from John Hopkins University. He was headmaster at the Greenwich Country Day School from 1976 to 1992 and headmaster at the Greenhill School in Dallas from 1992 to 2000. Upon moving from ...

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/peter-g-briggs-77-former-headmaster-greenwich-country-day-school

Stacy C. Orphanos, 85, Of Greenwich, Freelance Copywriter

... June 21, 1929, in New YorkCity to Nicholas Alexander Courtessis and Antigone Drosinas Courtessis. She has been a Greenwich resident since 1962. After graduating from the Barnard School for Girls in New York City, she earned her bachelor of arts in ...

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/stacy-c-orphanos-85-greenwich-freelance-copywriter

Freeman, William Goodell

... at home on Saturday, July 26, 2014, in Mountain Lake, Lake Wales, Fla., of respiratory failure. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, to William Goodell Freeman and Mary Fahnestock Freeman, and attended Brunswick School through ninth grade. He ...

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theledger/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=171934703

Happy Birthday To Greenwich's Ray Dalio

Dalio, who has owned a home in Greenwich, turns 65 on Friday. The businessman was born Aug. 1, 1949, in Jackson Heights, Queens, N.Y. He began investing at age 12 when he bought shares of Northeast Airlines for $300 and tripled his investment after the airline merged with another company.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/happy-birthday-greenwich-s-ray-dalio

Greenwich High Students Earn Essay-Writing Honors

GREENWICH, Conn. Nine students from Greenwich High School won local, state and national essay contest awards during the 2013-14 school year.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/schools/greenwich-high-students-earn-essay-writing-honors

Interim Principal Appointed At Darien's Royle School

Darien's Royle Elementary School has named a former Greenwich and Stamford educator as its new interim principal on Tuesday, July 29, according to the Stamford Advocate.

http://darien.dailyvoice.com/schools/interim-principal-appointed-dariens-royle-school

House Sues Obama

The House vote to sue President Obama is the first such legal challenge by a chamber of Congress against a president and a historic foray in the fight over constitutional checks and balances.

http://www.courant.com/la-na-house-votes-to-sue-obama-20140730,0,4409327.story

Southwest/Sea World

The airline and the park said they reached a mutual decision not to renew the promotional marketing relationship, which began in 1988 and will expire at the end of the year.

http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/chi-southwest-seaworld-end-partnership-20140731,0,5283164.story

'Louder Than Words' is moving but lackluster

... Davis deliver their usual level of solid, no-nonsense acting as John and Brenda Fareri, an affluent couple from Greenwich, Conn., who build often tasteless, if lucrative, suburban developments. He's a property developer and builder, she's an ...

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20140801__Louder_Than_Words__is_moving_but_lackluster.html

Greenwich Appliance Repair Service Discloses Major Cause for Common Refrigerator Failure

Greenwich, CT - Some appliances break due to old age, but too many appliances need repair due to carelessness; Greenwich appliance repair The Appliance Doctor reveals .

http://www.emailwire.com/release/163447-Greenwich-Appliance-Repair-Service-Discloses-Major-Cause-for-Common-Refrigerator-Failure.html

Film captures inspiration and grief

... the loss of a child and turned it into a dream of hope for thousands of children. In the fall of 1995, the town of Greenwich was shocked to learn that a 13-year-old girl, an eighth-grader at Central Middle School , had contracted rabies from a bat ...

http://www.ctpost.com/printpromotion/article/Film-captures-inspiration-and-grief-5661641.php