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Former Colo. Governor And Wife To Get Divorced

cbs4denver.com


Former Gov. Bill Owens and Frances Owens are getting a divorce after more than 30 years of marriage and nearly three years after the couple reconciled after a separation.

A statement released to Denvernewspapers Wednesday called the decision "private and mutual" and said the couple will remain friends.

Owens, a Republican who left office in January 2007 after serving two terms, is a vice chairman for Greenwich, Conn.-based RBS Greenwich Capital, which is part of the Royal Bank of Scotland. His role is global banking and markets as well as ...

Original cbs4denver.com article: Former Colo. Governor And Wife To Get Divorced

Waters-MacAllister

Duxbury Clipper

... Darien, Conn. and Amy Youkilis of Bellingham, served as matrons of honor. Her bridesmaids included Erin Waters of Greenwich, Conn., sister of the bridegroom; Jillian MacAllister of Stamford, Conn., sister of the bridegroom; Jane Harrison of Norwalk, ...


Body found in Greenwich identified

Norwalk Advocate

Greenwich police have identified a man found shot to death as George McPherson, of the Bronx, New York.



SMART Papers Names New CFO

Distribution Sales & Management

... of premium cast coated, matte coated and uncoated printing papers. It is owned by Plainfield Asset Management of Greenwich, CT. "This company has a very forward-thinking management and ownership team committed to maximizing its position in the ...


Author Gigi Mahon Buys $10 M. Plaza Condo

The New York Observer Real Estate

... orp in 1987 and is now a senior adviser at the Chicago Growth Capital hedge fund. The couple put their $18 million Greenwich, Conn., home on the market in January.


Creating a Successful Partnership

StartupJournal

... other," warns Michael Lee Stallard, co-founder and president of E Pluribus Partners, a consulting firm based in Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Stallard suggests taking personality tests and chatting with each other's colleagues and family members. Key ...

Short Order: Pouched Food

Fairfield Weekly

... sauce was fresh-tomato red and perfect for dipping in the cheesy, dripping calzone. Penang Grill 55 Lewis St., Greenwich 861-1988 Steamed veggie dumplings, $5.95 We all know fried dumplings are delicious, but have you ever tried steamed ones? You'll ...


Neil Jacobs Joins Starwood Capital Group to Oversee Its Global Hotel Operations

Hotel News Resource

... I am eager to add my experience and point of view to that effort." Mr. Jacobs will be based at Starwood Capital's Greenwich, CT headquarters and report directly to company Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht. The Concorde brands, an imposing ...


Stella D'oro Introduces 100 Calorie Breakfast Treats

Candy Industry

... locations across the . Stella D'oro is a privately held company, owned by Brynwood Partners, which is based in Greenwich, CT. The Stella D'oro corporate headquarters and bakery is located at 184 West 237th Street, Bronx, NY , 10463......


When an IPO is a no-go, mergers offer alternative route

Pittsburgh Business Times

... The South Side-based life sciences firm said it planned to merge with Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Corp. , a Greenwich, Conn.-based special purpose entity that trades over the counter. A special purpose entity is a business interest formed solely ...

One for the Coach

Fairfield Citizen-News

It took 40 years to break the curse and now it could become a habit. For the second year in a row, the Fairfield Prep swim team defeated Greenwich High School in a closely contested meet Saturday at the ...


Tuesday's top performers

Connecticut Post

... loss to Branford. Sarah Kinsley, Fairfield Ludlowe, basketball - Had 13 points and 12 rebounds in a 52-33 win over Greenwich. Eliza Howe, Staples, basketball - Had 20 points, four steals and two blocks in a 46-43 loss to Stamford. Tiarrah Thompson, ...


Queen of Mean's possessions up for auction

XtraMSN Real Estate

... most of which fall in March, April and May. Proceeds from the sale of items from the Helmsleys' homes in New York, Greenwich, Connecticut, and Sarasota, Florida will benefit the real estate titans' charitable trust, Christie's said. Among the top ...


Sales in India will help offset US slump: GM, Ford

Express India

... States that's going down, it's western Europe," said Maryann Keller, an independent auto consultant based in Greenwich, Connecticut. "Everybody is aiming at Russia, India and China." John Parker, who oversees Asian operations, said Ford is studying ...


Helmsley's estate liquidating property

Buffalo News

... silver. Christie's will hold 15 sales of personal property from the real estate billionaire's homes in New York, Greenwich, Conn., and Sarasota, Fla., the auction house said Tuesday. The luxury hotelier, who died in August at age 87, ordered in her ...


Helmsley sales set

The Cincinnati Enquirer

... silver. Christie's will hold 15 sales of personal property from the real estate billionaire's homes in New York, Greenwich, Conn., and Sarasota, Fla. The luxury hotelier, who died in August at age 87, ordered in her will that her property be sold, ...


Commentary: Cumberland Pharmaceuticals hasn't given up on taking its stock public

The Tennessean

... Cumberland are often viewed as a safer bet, less sensitive to economic cycles. Still, Paul Bard, an analyst with Greenwich, Conn.-based IPO research firm Renaissance Capital, said Cumberland might have to lower its target price below the current ...

Greenwich police probe death of man found slain near Westchester line

Journal News

The middle-aged black man found Monday on a private country road near the Westchester County line died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, the chief Medical Examiner's Office determined ...


Us Sailing Signs AlphaGraphics as Title Sponsor of Us Sailing Team

Printing Equipment Guide

... to being the best, and we are confident that we can help the team meet its goals." Karen Brinker, owner of the Greenwich, Connecticut, AlphaGraphics attended the signing ceremony held at the New York Yacht Club, along with other owners representing ...


Scholastic Roundup: GHS boys basketball pulls away from Ludlowe in second half

Norwalk Advocate

After squandering a 14-point first quarter lead, the Greenwich High School boys basketball team pulled away from host Ludlowe in the second half last night, leaving Fairfield with a 77-64 win.


Helmsley's belongings being sold for charity


Norwalk Advocate


A globe-spanning collection of art, priceless furniture and other belongings from the estate of late Greenwich hotel and real estate billionaire Leona Helmsley will be auctioned in Manhattan by Christie's International starting tomorrow, the auction house said.

More than 500 items including silver platters, Old Dutch Masters paintings and Chinese ceramic figurines were chosen from Helmsley's Greenwich, New York, and Sarasota, Fla., residences to be sold as part of a series of auctions conducted by Christies at its Rockefeller Center auction house through November, Christie's spokesman Rik Pike said.

Proceeds will benefit the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Pike said, with Helmsley's belongings expected to bring in between $4 million to $6 million, according to Christie's.

'Christie's is delighted to be offering for sale selections from the contents of Leona M. Helmsley's three residences, to be auctioned here at Christie's New York throughout 2008,' Pike said. 'The collection reflects a sophisticated taste and a wonderful sense of style across a wide range of collecting fields, including Asian art, European painting and decorative arts.'

Tomorrow, Christie's will offer the first block of Helmsley property, some of her collected silver, including a silver-gilt Tiffany flatware set appraised at more than $25,000, according to a listing on Christie's Web site.....

Original Norwalk Advocate article: Helmsley's belongings being sold for charity

Broadwater may come between friends


Norwalk Advocate

As state attorneys general in Connecticut and New York, Democrats Richard Blumenthal and Eliot Spitzer were political soulmates, particularly when it came to pooling legal resources and clout to protect the environment.

'In some ways, it was a partnership,' said Brooke Masters, a Financial Times reporter who in 2006 authored 'Spoiling For A Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer.' 'There's a whole series of lawsuits over coal-fired plants and global warming.'

In late 2006, the Competitive Enterprise Institution, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank, rated Blumenthal the worst state attorney general based on his activist approach. Spitzer came in third.

Spitzer, who has just completed his first year as New York governor, and Blumenthal also have a strong friendship.

'There's always been a personal chemistry,' Blumenthal told The Associated Press in a 2005.....


... natural gas platform proposed for Long Island Sound may test this close relationship. For months, Blumenthal, a Greenwich resident, has railed against Broadwater Energy's plan for a floating terminal in New York state waters, 13 miles from ...


Baseball fans have a laugh on Shays after gaffes

Norwalk Advocate

Sports trivia apparently isn't a favorite pastime of Rep. Christopher Shays.

A number of national sports Web sites lampooned the Fairfield County Republican yesterday after he confused the names of some key baseball figures and one of the sport's milestones during a congressional hearing on the steroids scandal.

Shays, who is a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, referred to the 1919 Chicago White Sox team that threw the World Series as the 'Blackhawks' instead of the Black Sox, the moniker commonly given the discredited team.

The Blackhawks are a National Hockey League team.

'Seems to me that if anyone in Congress is going to lecture baseball on how it runs its sport, that congressman ought to demonstrate at least some basic familiarity with the sport. Keep that in mind as you listen to Shays wax poetic throughout the day -- and afterward,' said Jayson Stark, a senior writer for ESPN.com who was blogging yesterday's hearing for the sports Web site....

... later corrected himself and said he was referring to Palmeiro's 3,000-hit milestone. Fay Vincent, a former Greenwich resident and former constituent of Shays who was baseball commissioner from 1989 to 1992, defended the congressman. 'One of ...

Original Norwalk Advocate article: Baseball fans have a laugh on Shays after gaffes

Boys Basketball Westhill beats Trumbull; Rams hold off Central

Norwalk Advocate


... skid. Garrett Moses added 11. Calvin Carter scored 15 for Central (5-4, 4-3) and Jerome Perkins added 13. Greenwich 77, Fairfield Ludlowe 64 - Greenwich used a 16-2 surge early in the third period to post the road triumph over Ludlowe. Russ ...

Tags: Sports, Fairfield University NCAA, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Sports, Fairfield Stags NCAA Basketball


GHS girls ice hockey tops Trumbull, continues to tear through FCIAC

Norwalk Advocate


Coming into this season there were many doubts surrounding the Greenwich High School girls ice hockey team.

Tags: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

Greenwich death ruled a murder by gunshots

Norwalk Advocate


Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest killed the man whose body was found Monday morning along a private backcountry Greenwich road, the state medical examiner's office said yesterday.

Police identified the man through fingerprints as a 49-year-old out-of-town man but are withholding his name and last known residence pending notification of his family, Chief David Ridberg said.

A day after the body was found lying across Sterling Road, the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide while police investigated. Officers were at the scene by Sterling and Riversville roads yesterday morning, canvassing the neighborhood and motorists on whether they saw anything Monday morning.

'We're working the case pretty hard,' Ridberg said. 'You have to get on it early and run with it, otherwise you'll lose your opportunity.'

A bulletin was sent to other police departments seeking information about the man.

Several neighbors who live near where the body was found said they did not hear or see anything unusual Monday morning. Police have told neighbors that they do not believe the man was shot where his body was found, residents said.....

Original Norwalk Advocate article: Greenwich death ruled a murder by gunshots


Evans paces Stamford Triple-double helps Knights beat Staples


Norwalk Advocate


... Redemption. 'Last Friday was our impetus for tonight,' Moriarty said, referrring to the 64-41 whipping Greenwich laid on the Knights four days earlier. 'Greenwich blew us out. We were never in it. We were dead from the get-go. Tonight was a ...

Original Norwalk Advocate article: Evans paces Stamford Triple-double helps Knights beat Staples


Students want peers to vote


NewsTimesLive.com

Promise to vote. Sign up to vote. Vote.


The message is precise and clear.


Four Danbury High seniors are working hard to convince classmates of the importance of their vote, of the need to use their voice to make a difference....


... global warming, and job training and job opportunities are the top concerns of young people, whether they live in Greenwich or Hartford. She'd like more young people to register to vote, train to be poll workers and run for office. Her office has ...

Tags: Marketing, Hartford, CT, Danbury, CT


Leona Helmsley valuables could fetch $6M at auction


NY Daily News

An auction of Leona Helmsley's belongings is expected to bring in up to $6 million for charity - about half what her dog Trouble got.


More than 500 paintings, pieces of furniture and other valuables the highfalutin' Queen of Mean left when she died last year will be sold piecemeal by Christie's this spring....


... de $12 million for her beloved white Maltese. After getting death threats, Trouble moved from Helmsley's estate in Greenwich, Conn., to her pad in Sarasota, Fla., where she lives with handler John Codey. tconnor@nydailynews.com


Make 2008 The Year To Plan An African Safari Trip Of A Lifetime

PRWeb


... in safari travel planning recommends those interested make 2008 the year to plan a safari adventure to Africa. Old Greenwich, CT ( PRWEB ) January 16, 2008 -- African safari trips are hotter than they have ever been and reservations are already well ...

Tags: Old Greenwich, CT, Travel, South Africa Travel


You Can Take Bull from Leona


New York Post

Leona Helmsley is being sold off to the little people.


Christie's is auctioning off the late Queen of Mean's collection of art, furnishings and jeweled animals over the next year, in a sale estimated to be worth as much as $6 million.


Known for her nasty temper and "let them eat cake" disdain for those less fortunate than she, Helmsley, who died last year at the age of 87, also had an eclectic taste for fine art and expensive knickknacks.


Among the items is a 15-inch jade water buffalo, estimated to go for between $400,000 and $600,000.


... side cabinets expected to fetch between $150,000 and $250,000. The contents of Helmsley's palatial New York, Greenwich, Conn., and Sarasota, Fla., homes will be auctioned in 15 separate sales over the coming months, starting tomorrow with all her ...


Christie's To Auction Leona Helmsley Lots


New York Sun


... throughout the upcoming year, the auction house announced today. Helmsley's property, retrieved from her New York, Greenwich, Conn. , and Sarasota, Fla. , residences, will be included in 15 sales, the first of which, Important American Silver, will ...


N.Y. Queen of Mean's possessions up for auction


XtraMSN Real Estate


... most of which fall in March, April and May. Proceeds from the sale of items from the Helmsleys' homes in New York, Greenwich, Connecticut, and Sarasota, Florida will benefit the real estate titans' charitable trust, Christie's said. Among the top ...


North Light project beams forward, goes out to bid


The Block Island Times


... Field Point Light, in Long Island, the Sheffield Island Light, South Norwalk, Conn., and Captain's Island Light, Greenwich, Conn. The Coast Guard had abandoned the lighthouse, and wasn't maintaining it, Gilpin said. "It was boarded up in the 70s. ...


Cattle drive through downtown


Denver Post

... the spectacle. "I've never seen a cow in person in my life," said Michelle Ng, a Denver transplant who grew up in Greenwich, Conn. Delighted children were potential customers for the Stock Show, which puts heavy emphasis on education about the ...


Stock show parade delights Denverites


Denver Post

... the spectacle. "I've never seen a cow in person in my life," said Michelle Ng, a Denver transplant who grew up in Greenwich, Conn. Delighted children were potential customers for the Stock Show, which puts heavy emphasis on education about the ...


Tags: Aurora, CO, Denver, CO, Denver Metro


N.Y. Queen of Mean's possessions up for auction


Reuters


... of which fall in March, April and May. Proceeds from the sale of items from the Helmsleys' homes in New York, Greenwich, Connecticut, and Sarasota, Florida will benefit the real estate titans' charitable trust, Christie's said. Among the top lots ...


Dowden Health Media Namse Ken Sylvia New Publisher of Current Psychiatry


Med Ad News


... of Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. Ken spent the first 20 years of his publishing career at Cliggott Publishing in Greenwich, CT. Notably, he launched the Journal of Critical Illness, an internal medicine specialty publication, and managed the successful ...

01/16/08 - Letter To The Editor - School Administration concentrate on punishing those students involved with drugs, bullying, poor performance...



Norwalk Advocate

To the editor:

I am a Greenwich resident, who, along with Gordon and Sally Mackenzie, feel that Greenwich High School student Steven Bryn has been treated unjustly by the school administration.

From time immemorial, how many high school boys have made similar immature remarks such as Steven allegedly made? These are, for the most part, smart-alecky comments, and really should not be considered serious enough to sully an exemplary academic record sent to colleges.

I wonder if Steven were to have called a girl "fat," or "ugly," would this go on his record? These comments are far more damaging to a female's ego than one regarding her chest.......

01/16/08 - Greenwich News Wire

Greenwich News Reports

Body found in Greenwich identified
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
GREENWICH, Conn. - Greenwich police have identified a man found shot to death as George McPherson, of the Bronx, New York. Police say someone called 911 ...

Sen. Bill Nickerson Retiring from the Legislature After 22 Years
Hartford Courant
In a letter to his constituents that was released Wednesday, the Greenwich Republican wrote, "I have worked with four governors, cast 11000 votes and driven ...


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01/16/08 - I Met With First Selectman Peter Tesei Today

We talked about the crime, drugs, graffiti, quality of life, vandalism problems that plague Byram residents and merchants every single day.
The possibility of a Byram Police Substation and more police patrols throughout Byram were mentioned.
Mr. Tesei said that he would send an email to the Department of Public Works about the Graffiti on the Welcome to the Town Of Greenwich- Village Of Byram sign on Putnam Avenue.
We also discussed how Police Squad 2 (Central Greenwich) and Police Squad 3 (Eastern Greenwich) currently work together to solve crime problems. It was suggested that maybe Squad 1 (Western Greenwich - Byram) could be assisted by squad 2 for a few months to lower the crime rate in Byram.
Mr. Tesei and I both agreed that there were many wonderful new projects ready to go in Byram once the security and quality of life problems are eliminated by the Greenwich Police Department.
Mr. Tesei was very enthusiastic about the new efforts for the Lyon House that are currently coming together and he provided me with some great literature about the Lyon House.
Further, Mr. Tesei encouraged me to get involved with the Byram Neighborhood Association.
I think that if Mr. Tesei can bring a more police services to Byram the many other Byram projects will takeoff and flourish.
Mr. Tesei's Legacy may very well be decided on the streets of Byram.
Will the youth gangs and drugs continue to destroy Byram or will there be a Reincarnation in Byram.
If Rudy Giuliani could get rid of the squeegee men and turn around Times Square, then surely Peter Tesie can put an end to alcoholics drinking from open containers and eliminate the high level of crime in Byram.

01/16/08 - Greenwich Post Reports On Junior League Of Greenwich

Greenwich Community Events

Junior league is taking new members
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT,USA
For the first time in five years, The Junior League of Greenwich is offering a day class opportunity for new members who are interested in developing skills ...


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01/16/08 - Greenwich News Wire - Murder Update From Lohud

Greenwich News Brief - Homicide Update

Greenwich police probe death of man found slain near Westchester line
GREENWICH, Conn. - The middle-aged black man found Monday on a private country road near the Westchester County line died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, the chief Medical Examiner's Office determined yesterday.
Lohud.com: Crime - http://www.lohud.com


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01/16/07 - Greenwich News Wire - Murder Update From The Stamford Advocate

Greenwich News Brief - Homicide Update

Greenwich death ruled a murder by gunshots
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT,USA
By Hoa Nguyen GREENWICH - Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest killed the man whose body was found Monday morning along a private backcountry Greenwich road ...


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01/16/08 - Greenwich Community News

Greenwich Library News

2's and 3's Story Time
Where: Greenwich Library at Children's Constellation Room Drop-in story time for 2 and 3 year olds with a caregiver. Program includes stories, songs, movement and finger plays. No registration required but space is limited. ...
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