02/26/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Google News Links

FCIAC hockey playoffs begin
Stamford Advocate, CT
By Bob Greeney
Greenwich's fourth-seeded Cardinals will host fifth-seeded Stamford in today's showdown at Dorothy Hamill Rink. The other three first-round games will be Saturday at the home rinks of the three highest-seeded teams. ...

SAC Capital to lay off staffers
Norwalk Advocate
Started in 1992 by Greenwich resident Cohen, SAC also operates Sigma Capital Management LLC in New York and is affiliated with SAC Global Investors LLP, an independent investment manager in London. A spokesman for the hedge fund firm, which had as much ...

Card cagers control their own FCIAC playoff fate
Greenwich Citizen
Will Greenwich High be in? The Cardinals fate as of presstime was one of the simpler matters: a win Wednesday against hapless Warde, which was 2-15 in the conference, would put Greenwich in the tournament for the second straight season. ...

Shellfishermen opposed higher tax, new fee
Stamford Advocate
Ed Stilwagon, whose Atlantic Clam Farms Inc. harvests beds off Greenwich, said the state is placing an unfair burden on shellfishermen during tough economic times. "This is not a rich man's business," he said. And Backer said it will be hard for ...

Witnesses to McMahon shooting told police a student pulled trigger
Stamford Advocate
... and asked for anonymity because the officer does not have clearance to speak about the incident, said the student was a suspect soon after the shooting that followed Monday night's McMahon boy's basketball game against Greenwich High School. ...

Blood drive award
Greenwich Time
Joan Irish, CEO of the Greenwich chapter of the American Red Cross, honored the Greenwich Fire Department recently as the leading emergency service group at the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive in December. This special drive celebrated our emergency ...

Greenwich seniors celebrate staying put
Greenwich Time
By Colleen Flaherty
Marylin Chou, right, one of the founders of At Home Greenwich, greets her friend, Bea Emery, during a party at the Second Congregational Church Thursday. Bob Luckey/Staff Photo A one-way ticket to parts south isn't for every retiree ...

Chiropractor pleads not guilty in punching death
Stamford Advocate
William Lindemann, 47, of 12 Wyckham Hill Lane, Greenwich, and 425 Dockside Drive, Unit 406, Naples, Fla., was released after posting $1 million bond. The manslaughter charge was added after 79-year-old Herbert Davison of Stamford died Sunday of a head ...