09/23/11 The Greenwich Topix News Message Board - (17 stories) - Mayor Bloomberg defends deputy's Connecticut address

Greenwich - News September 23, 2011 See Greenwich Weather Mayor Bloomberg defends deputy's Connecticut address (New York Daily News) A testy Mayor Bloomberg on Thursday defended a top deputy who slips out of the city to spend time at his Connecticut mansion... ... as his address, the Daily News reported on his attachment to the sprawling five-bedroom, five-bathroom home in Greenwich, Conn. He lists the Greenwichaddress on four car registrations, four dog licenses and several recent campaign contributions. ... Survey: Traffic congestion choking region (Fairfield Citizen-News) Traffic heads west toward New York state on Interstate 95 in the Byram section of Greenwich, Saturday morning, Sept. Rescue dog nurses baby foxes (Connecticut Post) Putting a foxhound and four foxes in a room together is not a situation you would expect to end well... ... the foxhound is bred to hunt and kill foxes. But, as the case was at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich last month, nature doesn't always follow the rules. In a most unlikely pairing of animals, an American foxhound rescue dog named ... Drawings by Rembrandt and his circle on view at the Bruce Museum (Connecticut Post) Rembrandt's "Old Man with a Walking Stick and Head of a Young Woman," circa 1633-34, is on view in "Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection" at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich. Greenwich Animal Control is Bursting With Cats and Kittens (Patch) The officers at Greenwich Animal Control report that they are overwhelmed with cats and kittens, and that with fall underway they expect even more to come through the doors. Greenwich police blotter: Woman charged with string of larcenies (News Times) 2 and 3 last year. Erin A. Lamedica was able to post $5,000 bond and was released from custody. Democratic Greenwich Town Clerk Candidate Outlines Platform (Patch) I am the Democratic candidate for Town Clerk. I reside in Cos Cob and I am a member of the RTM. Greenwich Local Sports New London v. Greenwich to be played sometime, somewhere next week, and YOUR Week 2 itinerary (The Day) Howdy, First things first - the date and site of next week's New London v. Greenwich game is still up in the air. Greenwich Local Business Forbes: Connecticut's wealthiest (Connecticut Post) Steve Cohen, 55, of Greenwich, is #35 on the Forbes 400 list of richest people in America with a net worth of $8.3 billion. William May, former chairman and CEO of Greenwich's American Can Co., dies at 95 (Connecticut Post) William May, the chairman and chief executive of American Can Co. for 15 years who was instrumental in moving the company's headquarters to Greenwich in 1972, died Sunday, Sept. Bloomberg defends deputy's Conn. address (New York Daily News) A testy Mayor Bloomberg on Thursday defended a top deputy who slips out of the city to spend time at his Connecticut mansion. ... as his address, the Daily News reported on his attachment to the sprawling five-bedroom, five-bathroom home in Greenwich, Conn. He lists the Greenwichaddress on four car registrations, four dog licenses and several recent campaign contributions. ... Darien man included in Forbes Magazine billionaire list (Darien News-Review) The wealthy elite of Fairfield County are not a threat to unseat Bill Gates as the nation's richest individual, but Forbes magazine 's new list of the 400 Richest People in America reveals that the county -- and Greenwich in particular -- has a near monopoly on uber-wealth in the state. Eight County Billionaires Make Forbes Richest List (The Daily Weston) The rich do keep getting richer. At least in Fairfield County, and Greenwich in particular, which is home to eight of Connecticut's 11 billionaires and the top five richest people in the state. Summit Aviation Unveils Expansion (Rotor) Delaware Economic Development Office officials along with Summit Aviation employees celebrated the unveiling of Summit's new 78,000 square-foot expansion... ... commitment to the State of Delaware to provide a safe and worthwhile workplace for employees." Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, was established in 1960 and has been a full service Federal Aviation Administration Certified Repair ... Former Papa John's president buys 16 Buffalo Wild Wings (Pizza Marketplace) A large franchisee of Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar has sold its 16 restaurants in central Indiana to Consolidated Wings, a franchise group led by the former president of the Papa John's pizza chain.... ... of the Papa John's pizza chain. Indianapolis-based Franchisee Group sold the stores for an undisclosed amount to Greenwich, Conn.-based Consolidated Wings Investment, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. Peter Watson, founder of the ... Connecticut's Billionaires Richer This Year, Along With Many On Forbes List (CW11 New York WPIX-TV) Connecticut's slice of the Forbes annual list of wealthy Americans held steady in 2011, with the same 11 billionaires on the Forbes 400, and most of these very rich got richer. United Rentals to Present at the Oppenheimer 6th Annual Industrials Conference (Business Wire) United Rentals, Inc. today announced that it will participate in the Oppenheimer 6th Annual Industrials Conference on Tuesday, September 27, 2011... ... Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 IndexA and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at unitedrentals.com.