Greenwich Roundup: Thursday, November 21, 2013

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Skakel free on $1.2M bond in murder case

After spending more than a decade behind bars for the murder of a teenage girl in Greenwich, Conn., Michael Skakel, a cousin of the Kennedys, was ordered freed from prison Thursday.

http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_24575915/skakel-free-1-2m-bond-murder-case?source=rss

Ex-Diamondback analyst says SAC's Steinberg got illegal tips

... and that Mike had status at SAC. He told me that Mike was ` Steve Cohen 's right-hand man.' " Billionaire Cohen, a Greenwich resident, is the founder and owner of SAC. He hasn't been charged with a crime. Tortora also testified last year against his ...

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Ex-Diamondback-analyst-says-SAC-s-Steinberg-got-5000374.php

Move over Hanukkah bush, here comes the Menorah Tree

... it burned for eight. "Don't put real candles on the Menorah Tree," said Patchen, a father of three from Greenwich, Conn., who works in the financial sector. It's made of all-artificial materials, but "it's just not a good idea - just like you ...

http://www.religionnews.com/2013/11/21/move-hanukkah-bush-comes-menorah-tree/

National digest: 3 Scottsboro Boys pardoned; Skakel out on bond before retrial

... Boys. Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who spent 11 years in prison for the 1975 murder of a teenage neighbor in Greenwich, Conn., walked free Thursday after a judge granted him bail ahead of a new trial. Skakel, 53, was convicted in 2002 of murdering ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/national-digest-3-scottsboro-boys-pardoned-skakel-out-on-bond-before-retrial/2013/11/21/7612c950-52f3-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html?wprss=rss_politics

Connecticut Company Buys Four Cedar Rapids Radio Stations

A Greenwich, Conn.-based company has acquired four Cedar Rapids radio stations from Cumulus Media Holdings.

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Connecticut-Company-Buys-Four-Cedar-Rapids-Radio-Stations-232919961.html

Skakel granted bail as he awaits new Conn. trial

... to adequately represent Skakel in 2002 when he was convicted in Moxley's bludgeoning with a golf club in wealthy Greenwich when they were both 15. Judge Thomas Bishop said Sherman failed to locate a witness who backed up Skakel's alibi that he was ...

http://www.ctpost.com/news/crime/article/Skakel-granted-bail-as-he-awaits-new-Conn-trial-4997917.php

VIDEO: Skakel granted bail as he awaits new trial

Skakel a free man, bond set at $1.2M

Imprisoned for the past 12 years for the 1975 slaying of Greenwich teenager Martha Moxley -- a crime that remains a universal obsession for its confluence of power, privilege and tragedy -- the nephew of the late Robert F. Kennedy was granted bail Thursday while he awaits a new trial.

http://www.westport-news.com/local/article/Skakel-awaits-judge-s-decision-on-freedom-4998501.php

Michael Skakel Posts Bond, Walks Out Of Stamford Courthouse

More than 11 years after he was convicted of murdering his Greenwich neighbor, Michael Skakel walked out of a Stamford courthouse Thursday after posting bond.

http://westport.dailyvoice.com/news/michael-skakel-posts-bond-walks-out-stamford-courthouse

Remembering John 'Zeke' Bella Jr.

... what kind of man Zeke was. On a sunny evening at Havemeyer Field in 1976 during the heyday of Lowell Weicker's Greenwich Senators Junior Babe Ruth League team, Zeke donned his umpiring gear to call balls and strikes. The catcher threw to second ...

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/remembering-john-zeke-bella-jr

Michael Skakel Out on Bond

... convicted in 2002 of killing his neighbor Martha Moxley with a golf club in the exclusive Belle Haven section of Greenwich on Halloween Eve in 1975, when both were 15 years old. Nephew to Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, Skakel has for ...

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/greenwichs-skakel-walks-out-of-stamford-courthouse-free-on-bond-greenwich

Thanksgiving In Boston Is Not As Much Fun as it Used to Be.

When my wife and I married we made one of those accommodations married couples make: she agreed to spend every Christmas Day with my family in Greenwich and I agreed we would celebrate every Thanksgiving in Boston.

http://greenwich.patch.com/groups/ed-krumeichs-blog/p/thanksgiving-in-boston-is-not-as-much-fun-as-it-used-to-be

Michael Skakel posts $1.2 million bail, freed after decade in prison

Bail was set at $1.2 million Thursday for Michael Skakel, the Kennedy cousin sent to prison in 2002 for killing a neighbor in Greenwich, Conn., years earlier.

http://uaport.net/en/news/ua/t/1311/22/731914

'Sarah and the Red Scarf' is Released

... About the author Albert Repicci was born in Batavia, NY and is currently in private practice as an orthodontist in Greenwich, Conn. Repicci completed his orthodontic studies at Columbia University and undertook short-term mission projects on over 25 ...

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/Sarah-and-the-Red-Scarf-is-Released-20131121

Jailed 11 years for murder, Kennedy cousin could be freed on bail

Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel could walk out of Stamford Superior Court a free man on Thursday after spending the past 11 years in prison for the 1975 murder of a teenage neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut.

http://yesbuthowever.com/jailed-11-years-for-murder-kennedy-cousin-could-be-freed-on-bail/

The JFK assassination: A look back at a day when the world changed

... Keegan, a field representative for U.S. Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina's Seventh Congressional District, was a Greenwich, Conn., police officer on patrol when Kennedy was killed. "A person flagged us down to tell us that the president had been ...

http://www.coastalobserver.com/articles/2013/112113/1.html

Reviving the Hope Behind the Holidays

Greenwich's Skakel Walks Out of Stamford Courthouse Free on Bond

... convicted in 2002 of killing his neighbor Martha Moxley with a golf club in the exclusive Belle Haven section of Greenwich on Halloween Eve in 1975, when both were 15 years old. Nephew to Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, Skakel has for ...

http://stamford.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/greenwichs-skakel-walks-out-of-stamford-courthouse-free-on-bond

Greenwich Resident Crowned Miss Connecticut USA

Greenwich resident Desiree Perez won the Miss Connecticut USA crown on Sunday night at the Marriott Hotel in Stamford, according to The Stamford Advocate.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/greenwich-resident-crowned-miss-connecticut-usa

Jailed 11 years for murder, Kennedy cousin could b...

Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel could walk out of Stamford Superior Court a free man on Thursday after spending the past 11 years in prison for the 1975 murder of a teenage neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut.

http://whtc.com/news/articles/2013/nov/21/jailed-11-years-for-murder-kennedy-cousin-could-be-freed-on-bail/

'Sarah and the Red Scarf' is Released

Jailed 11 years for murder, Kennedy cousin could be freed on bail

The JFK assassination: A look back at a day when the world changed

Jailed 11 years for murder, Kennedy cousin could be freed on bail

Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel could walk out of Stamford Superior Court a free man on Thursday after spending the past 11 years in prison for the 1975 murder of a teenage neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-usa-crime-skakel-idUSBRE9AK0MR20131121?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

James 'Jim' Ball, 74, Raised in Port Chester

... on Legacy.com : James "Jim" Ball of Pinellas Park, Fla. died November 3, 2013. He was born January 26, 1939 in Greenwich, Conn. to the late John and Emily Kubricky Ball. He was raised and educated in Port Chester. Mr. Ball was the owner and operator ...

http://portchester.patch.com/groups/obituaries/p/james-jim-ball-74-raised-in-port-chester

Greenwich Resident Crowned Miss Connecticut USA

Greenwich Kids Invited To Join '30Every30'

... to donate Every30 days," according to the organization's website. This month, residents are invited to join Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei and his family at the final event for 2013 in support of Nathaniel Witherell Nursing Center, according ...

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/greenwich-kids-invited-join-30every30

Greenwich Kids Offer Help To Haiti With Dance Party For buildOn

The teens from Greenwich public and private schools are set to host the party Friday, Nov. 22, at the Arch Street Teen Center.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/schools/greenwich-kids-offer-help-haiti-dance-party-buildon

Skakel could be freed this week

... Skakel in 2002 when his client was convicted in Moxley's death. She was bludgeoned with a golf club in wealthy Greenwich when she and Skakel were 15. The ruling caught Moxley's family by surprise after a decade of unsuccessful appeals by Skakel's ...

http://www.theday.com/article/20131121/NWS12/311219454/-1/NWS

Durham police arrest log

The police department released the following arrest log on Nov. 18: Alexandra Zambito, 22, of 280 Otter Rock Drive, Greenwich, Conn., was charged on Nov. 12 with operating without a valid license on Route 4. Keegan Sullivan, 22, of 800 Route 7 South, Middlebury, Vt., was charged on Nov. 12 for bike equipment on Young Drive.

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131121/GJNEWS_01/131129770&template=GreatBayRegion

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Files SEC Form S-3ASR, Automatic...

... form. The SEC file number is 0001381197-13-000062. The contact information for this company is ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830, 203-618-5800. Our editors provided additional information about Form S-3ASR: Automatic shelf registration ...

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/11/20/interactive_brokers_group_inc_files_sec.htm

Scarborough: GOP must learn from Reagan, fight smart

... of Law graduate said. "He knew how to make his message apply, not only to 65-year-old hedge fund brokers in Greenwich, Conn., but also to the 18-year-old Latino voter in Los Angeles." Outside of Washington, Republicans are doing it right, but inside ...

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/11/21/scarborough-gop-needs-to-fight-smart/

Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel set to be released after more than a...

Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel is seeking to be released from prison on bail while he awaits a retrial in the murder of Martha Moxley In 2002, Skakel was found guilty of beating his neighbor Moxley to death when they were 15-year-old neighbors in Greenwich, Connecticut Jailed Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel could be just days away from being set free ... (more)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511018/Kennedy-cousin-Michael-Skakel-set-released-DECADE-prison-waits-retrial-grisly-1975-murder-case.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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Thursday, November 21, 2013