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10/03/07 - Archive - Greenwich News Wire


CSTV.com

... a hard shot from outside that eluded Garnet goalie Katie Ashmore. Just over a minute later, senior Lucy Webster (Greenwich, CT/Deerfield Academy) scored her first of the season when she knocked home a pass from Landy. At 20:55, Landy pushed Hopkins' ...


Man accused in child's Seaside theft back in NJ

Jersey Journal

... the incident at Lucky Leo's on the boardwalk hit the news, Daniel Twomey, 52, was arrested in the parking lot of a Greenwich, Connecticut McDonald's on Saturday. Police said he waived his extradition rights Monday, the newspaper reported on its Web ...


Halloween Toys Contain Dangerous Levels of Lead

WednesdaWKSU-FM Kent

... Distributed by Family Dollar Store (Charlotte, NC 28201) Skull candy bucket: Made in China for RL Albert & Son Inc Greenwich CT 05830 Frankenstein cup: Distributed by Dolgencorp, Inc. Goodlettsville, TN 37072


Credit crunch spills into US mega-mansion market

Express India

Greenwich, Oct 3 There's an indoor lap pool, eight-car garage and four-storey elevator.


Campaign Contributions: Hot Investment Tip: Republicrats! Demicans

Wonkette

... hedge funds are confusing the shit out of campaign comptrollers. Starchy, Right-leaning money managers from Greenwich, Connecticut are throwing money at Democrats, while Croc-wearing Volvo drivers are getting behind Republicans. Totally nuts, these ...


Eats: Yanqui Way of Knowledge

Fairfield Weekly

The scallop ceviche Avenida 339 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, 622-1400 Patricia Brooks needs to take a vacationpreferably in a not-too-touristy Mexican locale, where the Times food critic might discover a little ...


Credit crunch ripples into mega-mansion market

Reuters

... to shake global financial markets in August, the owners of the 22-acre (9-hectare) estate at 309 Taconic Road in Greenwich, Connecticut, cut their price to $19 million, showing turbulence in the U.S. housing market penetrating the wealthiest strata ...


3-Car Crash Injures 2

Hartford Courant

The crash was reported in the area of exit 47 shortly before 9:30 a.m., police said.

Credit crisis touches mega-mansion market

International Business Times

... its price. An undated handout photo shows an aerial view of a 26,000-sq ft (2,415 sq meter), Tuscan-style home in Greenwich, Connecticut. As the credit crisis st... As the credit crisis started to shake global financial markets in August, the owners ...


Mega mansions pinched

Reuters

... to shake global financial markets in August, the owners of the 22-acre (9-hectare) estate at 309 Taconic Road in Greenwich, Connecticut, cut their price to $19 million, showing turbulence in the U.S. housing market penetrating the wealthiest strata ...


Credit crunch ripples into mega-mansion market

Reuters

... to shake global financial markets in August, the owners of the 22-acre (9-hectare) estate at 309 Taconic Road in Greenwich, Connecticut, cut their price to $19 million, showing turbulence in the U.S. housing market penetrating the wealthiest strata ...


Visions for downtown discussed

Stamford Advocate

The downtown proximity to transportation and shops makes the neighborhood a target for too many projects, and some central Greenwich residents want that stopped, they said last night during a Town Hall public ...


Farricker opens campaign HQ

Stamford Advocate

... and Penny Monahan. 'We're going to show them that we have the experience, leadership and vision to make Greenwich better,' said Lavery, 59, a former English teacher and past president of the Junior League of Greenwich. A former Commission on ...


GFD gives phone bills busy signal

Stamford Advocate

The Greenwich Fire Department, an organization that prides itself on its quick response to emergencies, has been anything but fleet of foot when paying its phone bill.


ARCH School takes steps to improve image

Stamford Advocate

... The school serves 18 special education students who need a smaller, more personal learning environment than Greenwich High School, which has about 2,700 students. After some ARCH students vandalized property or were involved in arguments at the ...


Director sending message about drunk driving

Stamford Advocate

In a film he wrote and is directing, a former Greenwich High School student attempts to capture the tragedies that result from drinking and driving.


Greenwich woman launches law firm through her Web site
Stamford Advocate

... trend of the future. I think of this as an alternative. A lot of people can't afford to get an attorney,' said the Greenwich resident and attorney, who started her e-firm the second week of September. 'What if your kid gets kicked out of school or ...


End The Clutter ETC Presents: PC Basics for iTunes & iPods

PR Leap

... to an iPod. In short, whatever it is you want to know about iTunes and iPods, you'll find it here. Tom Gough from Greenwich, CT says "Ultimately I'm always disappointed when I go to my book store and buy a computer book that promises to answer all ...


Dorothy Hamill's life of triumph, struggle

MSNBC

... life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich and we had the advantage of their wonderful community, with great beaches and beautiful parks. Many of my relatives and ...


Housing market - Real bargain

The Topeka Capital-Journal

... It's an absolute steal when you consider the same property costs $2.2 million in Beverly Hills, $2.0 million in Greenwich, Conn., $1.4 million in Boston and so on. In dramatic contrast, property in the American heartland remains a bargain. Killeen, ...


Fire engulfs historic island home

Burlington Free Press

... home to ruins in a matter of an hour. All that remains of the grand home owned by Richard and Suzette Harris of Greenwich, Conn., are mangled bed frames, melted lamps, charred scraps of old books and magazines fluttering around the island, and three ...


Some residents like Armonk Square project, others worry about parking
Journal News

... attended the more than two-hour hearing Monday at H.C. Crittenden Middle School. Antares Investment Partners of Greenwich, Conn., wants to fill in the block between Bedford Road and Maple Avenue east of Main Street. Two large retail, office and ...

10/02/07 - Archive Greenwich News Wire

Rell to keep inspectors on roads

NewsTimesLive.com

... the state's roads, or how long they will do so. Lt. J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the State Police, said the Greenwich scale house is part of the increased inspection blitz, but its hours will not be expanded beyond the normal eight shifts per ...


Credit crunch ripples into U.S. mega-mansion market

Reuters

... to shake global financial markets in August, the owners of the 22-acre (9-hectare) estate at 309 Taconic Road in Greenwich, Connecticut, cut their price to $19 million, showing turbulence in the U.S. housing market penetrating the wealthiest strata ...


Former Electric Boat Employee Sentenced

Hartford Courant

Former Electric Boat Employee Sentenced The Associated Press 5:48 PM EDT, October 2, 2007 A former Electric Boat employee has been sentenced to six months in prison Tuesday for violating a black colleague's ...


Most U.S. Stocks Advance on Takeover Speculation; Citigroup, Banks Climb

Bloomberg

... said John Davidson, who helps oversee more than $11 billion as president of PartnerRe Asset Management in Greenwich, Connecticut. Seven stocks advanced for every five that declined on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...


A draft would make the war more real to our students

East Texas Review

... We need a draft, because - as the 12776 Revolution should have taught us - angry Americans are better Americans. Greenwich Connecticut, native Mark Drought (mhd2752@uno.com) is an editor at a Stamford information technology company and an adjunct ...


Housing data temper Dow

The Standard

... e attractive, that's what people are saying with the buyouts," said John Davidson at PartnerRe Asset Management in Greenwich, Connecticut. "There's a lot of optimism that the worst is over for the subprime debacle."REUTERS, BLOOMBERG



U.S. Stocks Retreat, Led by Oil Companies, Miners; Exxon Mobil Shares Fall

Bloomberg

... said John Davidson, who helps oversee more than $11 billion as president of PartnerRe Asset Management in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``There's a lot of optimism that the worst is over for the subprime debacle.'' Citigroup climbed 9 cents to $47.81 ...


Leadership: Hillary's Laugh and Rudy's Phone Call - " The Inauthenticity Sweepstakes

Fast Company

... 's going to be a long (and interesting) election season. Stay tuned. Ruth Sherman - Ruth Sherman Associates, LLC - Greenwich, CT - www.ruthsherman.com


Wadsworth pulls out of Hartford Times project

Journal Inquirer

... Economic Development Authority, said members of the quasi-public agency on Monday voted unanimously to authorize Greenwich developer Bradley Nitkin to include the former newspaper building in a "second phase" of his Front Street project between Main ...


South Hero lodge fire not considered suspicious

Burlington Free Press

... said. Damage estimates are expected to exceed $1 million. The lodge is owned by Richard and Suzette Harris of Greenwich, Conn. Anyone with information on the fire should contact Detective Sgt. Cruise at 773-9101 or the Vermont Arson Tip Award Line ...


Green '1' Hotel Brand Slated for DC

GlobeSt.com

... for the project. Scheduled to open in 2010, it is one of an initial four locations under contract to contain Greenwich, CT-based Starwood Capital's 1 Hotel brand properties, all of which are seeking five-star status and LEED-certification from the ...


Advancing Approaches in Detecting Polymorphism

Pharmaceutical Technology

... from the market and reformulate. Figure 1 A recent analysis by SSCI, the solid-state chemistry business of Aptuit (Greenwich, CT), showed that of 245 compounds it has screened, 89% had multiple solid forms (see Figure 1). Approximately 50% of the ...


Lieberman would put us in still another war

My Left Nutmeg

Here's today's Greenwich Time column , and guess what! On Thursday it's supposedly also going to run in the Stamford Advocate , increasing Saramerica's readership to a circulation of 37,500. Woo hoo! Next ...


South Hero lodge burns

BurlingtonFreePress.com

A fire Sunday night razed a lodge on Fish Bladder Island. The lodge and 11-acre island, in Lake Champlain's Inland Sea off Kibbie Point in South Hero, are owned by Richard and Suzette Harris of Greenwich, Conn.


Shrinking restructured debt market

Reuters

... by a massive revaluation of portfolios. Top CDO manager TCW, based in Los Angeles, and smaller hedge funds such as Greenwich, Connecticut-based Airlie Group, all took hits due to their investments in subprime mortgages. The obscure world of ...


Stamford defeats New Canaan

Stamford Advocate

... the year, we're going to be OK.' Stamford has not been to the FCIAC Tournament since 2001, when it lost 2-1 to Greenwich in the first round. Six teams earn conference playoff berths in previous years. This year the format increased to eight ...


Fare warning Hearings planned on $1 surcharge for Metro-North

Stamford Advocate

... a monthly ticket. An alternative, put forward by Sens. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, and William Nickerson, R-Greenwich, was a 1 percent-per-year fare increase effective 2010. Either fare increase would help raise about $140 million for new ...


Concerns grow over alcohol and teens

Stamford Advocate

... 'It's very alarming,' said Jenny Byxbee, the town's youth services coordinator who works at the United Way of Greenwich. 'I'm hoping all the agencies, we can come together and work together to address it.' In the latest incident, which was ...


Consignment shop offers deeply discounted designer labels

Stamford Advocate

Randi Henry doesn't believe that everyone in Greenwich wants or can afford to buy a $500 designer dress that might be worn once, then placed in mothballs.


In the cards Celebrated food writer is also a master of the tarot

Stamford Advocate

... purse and asking her client to shuffle. The mass production of cards, now all produced with a copyright held by Greenwich-based U.S. Game Systems Inc., amuses her. 'I had an ancient deck, but I was ruining them. So I use these,' she says of the more ...


Union demands library release grievance report

Stamford Advocate

Town officials are refusing to release a report investigating complaints made by union members against the director of Greenwich Library and his deputy.


Police to reconstruct fatal I-95 crash

Stamford Advocate

GREENWICH - Investigators today will reconstruct a weekend accident on Interstate 95 in Greenwich that killed two Stamford residents and seriously injured a third.


Rell to keep inspectors on roads

NewsTimesLive.com

... the state's roads, or how long they will do so. Lt. J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the State Police, said the Greenwich scale house is part of the increased inspection blitz, but its hours will not be expanded beyond the normal eight shifts per ...


Museum Bails On Plan To Expand

Hartford Courant

... residents to the still vacant strip between the convention center and Main Street. That project is in the hands of Greenwich developer Bradley Nitkin. Nitkin's 2006 agreement with the state calls for a second phase of the Front Street project, and ...