Greenwich Roundup: Friday, August 2, 2013

Friday, August 2, 2013

... Philipp Guelland, AFP/Getty Images Just don't mail me: It's been five years since Scooter was adopted via the Greenwich, Conn.-based Adopt-A-Dog program (it's not just for dogs), and he could not be better-adjusted. Well, except for the box ...

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/entertainment/dayinpictures/slideshow/Day-in-Pictures-Aug-2-2013-67472.php

... of market cheaters." Although a Citadel employee and SAC's legal department warned about Lee's past, Cohen, a Greenwich resident, hired him anyway. An examination of Lee's hedge fund career underscores his importance to the government's criminal ...

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Case-against-SAC-aided-by-hiring-of-fired-trader-4704227.php

Jennifer Mitchell, who has been the reading and language arts coordinator for Greenwich Public Schools for five years, is leaving her post.

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/schools/p/greenwich-schools-language-arts-coordinator-leaving-district

Margaret Patricia Rich, of Greenwich, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at The Nathaniel Witherell nursing home in Greenwich.

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/obituaries/p/obituary-margaret-patricia-rich-81-devoted-to-her-family

... a search of obituaries and more web searching came up blank. A Robert H. Welson is listed in the 1940 census as a Greenwich resident, but he was 15 at the time, so he would have been born about 1925. What if the engraver misspelled the last name and ...

http://www.courant.com/community/manchester/hc-ct-mystery-grave-stone-0805-20130802,0,1026550.story

... a staple for area foodies and is a must-stop destination at several farmer's markets in Fairfield County from Greenwich to New Haven. The popular company spawned a second location in Westport at 1680 Post Road East. The Trumbull Farmer's Market is ...

http://norwalk.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/sono-bakings-john-barricelli-headlines-trumbull-farmers-market

GREENWICH, Conn. The annual Greenwich Town Tennis Tournament finals will be held at Binney Park on Saturday, Aug. 3, starting at 8:30 a.m.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/sports/finals-greenwich-tennis-tournament-set-saturday-binney-park

The chamber's August After Six Event will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Aug. 14 at Byram Park and is sponsored by the chamber's Ambassadors Group The event is billed as a casual way to meet outdoors at one of the Greenwich's prettiest public parks with spectacular views of Long Island Sound.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/business/august-after-six-event-will-be-served-greenwichs-byram-park

... and accompanying Westin Convention Center hotel Downtown are under new ownership. Starwood Capital Group, a Greenwich, Conn.-based global investment company, formally closed on the purchase of the properties today. The sales price was not ...

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/ontario-steel-workers-reject-offer-697813/