30 Greenwich Retailers Support Kids in Crisis During Holiday Season
Greenwich Citizen
On Dec. 13, 30 Greenwich retailers donated from 5 to 30 percent of the day's revenue to Cos Cob-based Kids in Crisis, which provides protection for those suffering from abuse and family crisis through free, ...

Arrested Redevelopment w/Photo
Fairfield Weekly
... Soler specializes in brownfield development and has completed projects from Miami to Boston. He lives in Cos Cob and had never heard about the Georgetown property until the Commercial Bank of Kuwait, which lent money to the former owners of the ...

Regulator Marine University draws high attendance
Boating Industry
... in Osterville, Mass., and Salesperson of the Year, which was awarded to Jonathan Wilkes of Beacon Point Marine, Cos Cob, Conn. Regulator appoints assembly manager In other Regulator news, Eric C. Goodwin was recently appointed assembly manager. ...

Tesei's Second Year Fraught With Fiscal Challenges
Greenwich Citizen
... 2008-09 budget to the BET/RTM. We also presented to the Planning & Zoning Commission the site plan approval for the Cos Cob Power Plant Park. We advanced enhancements to the Senior Tax Relief Ordinance. Q. Disappointments during your first year? A. ...

Himes Learning The Ropes Of Congress
The Hartford Courant
... on the nation's economic crisis. His family - wife, Mary, and two daughters, aged 9 and 6 - will still live in Cos Cob, though Himes said he hopes to be back home as much as he can. "This is going to be a real change for our family," he said. "I do ...

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Antiques and the Arts Online, CT

ART: OILS:Impression Winter Landscape w/Tree+Hill,16"x12", sgnd LEONARD OCHTMAN,1854-1934)member Cos Cob art Colony,Founder of"GreenwchSoc. ...

Greenwich Youth Football championship Sunday set

Greenwich Time

Clark forced a fumble with his third-and-8 sack, and Adam Pate recovered on the Cos Cob 9-yard line. Michael McGrath carried the ball on the next play off ...

Osprey platform flap divides Greenwich boaters

The latter group wants the two osprey-nesting platforms on the island at Greenwich Cove relocated, possibly to Calf Island in Cos Cob, before the osprey ...

Tree contest names winners

Greenwich Time

By Colleen Flaherty

Eventually, the dead red oak tree in Peter and Judy Berg's Dandy Drive backyard in Cos Cob will fall, returning to the earth from which ...

In the Region

New York Times

COS COB Bush-Holley Historic Site “Carved With Rasps and Chisels: The Sculpture of Margaret Brassler Kane.” Through Jan. 11. $4 to $6; children under 6, ...

Riverside School Salutes Veterans

Greenwich Citizen

Grasso began the tradition in 1999 after learning of former Cos Cob Principal and veteran Dominic Butera's program at Cos Cob elementary and at the ...

Sound gardening

Stamford Advocate

The event is planned at Garden Education Center of Greenwich, 130 Bible St., Cos Cob. Call 869-9242 or www.gecgreenwich.org. * Saturday, Nov. ...

Road work halted for holidays

Greenwich Time

... permitted in the central businesses districts of Greenwich, Old Greenwich, Riverside, Cos Cob, Byram or Glenville, with the exception of emergency work. ...

Elementary students focus on fruits and veggies

Greenwich Time

Intrieri and Reiko Spivak, members of the PTA, are teaching Cos Cob students and visiting Glenville students about the five food categories. ...

They bring to life Gillette, bringing to life Holmes

New Britain Herald

Sadly, they were married just six years when Helen died of a ruptured appendix while traveling on rail between New York and Cos Cob. ...

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11/06/08 Himes beats Shays, takes over for 21-year incumbent - Greenwich Post

Wall Street Journal Blogs
Himes beats Shays, takes over for 21-year incumbent
He’s told us all along it’s OK to call him “Jimmy,” but today, Greenwich residents can call their neighbor, Cos Cob resident Jim Himes, “Congressman. ...

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Himes draws curtain on Shays encore in 4 District Trading Markets (press release)
Himes wins in upset over Shays The Hour

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11/05/08 Greenwich Time News Link For Cos Cob

Greenwich Republican Frantz takes Dist. 36 seat

Frantz, 48, a private equity trader who runs the Cos Cob investment firm Haebler Capital, promised during his campaign he would oppose higher taxes and cut ...

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11/04/08 Republicans sweep in local races - Greenwich Post

Republicans sweep in local races
Across town, Mr. Krumeich’s concession speech was preceded by a loud roar from the assembled crowd of Democrats when it was announced that Cos Cob resident ...

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GOP in high spirits despite losses Greenwich Time
Election could mark a shift in Greenwich Greenwich Time
Greenwich voters rebuke Republican tradition Greenwich Time

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Cos Cob News Briefs

Town gas prices drop below $3Greenwich Time, By Meredith Blake Sal Comunale takes pleasure in filling his tank with gas below $3 a gallon at a Sunoco station in Cos Cob Monday. ...

Cos Cob to add another bankGreenwich Time, CT - Oct 22, 2008By Colleen Flaherty Cos Cob can brace itself for one more bank, with Bella Nonna Restaurant one step closer to becoming a Chase Bank branch. ...

Teachers’ contract narrowly passes; some still want pay performanceGreenwich Post, A program will also be in place to transport teachers to and from the Cos Cob train station, and in future years, day care is expected to be added for ...

Marjorie Genung, 88Redlands Daily Facts, CA .. and her brother Linn Grim of Cos Cob, Conn. A memorial service will be held at 1 pm Saturday, Nov. 1, at Cortner Chapel, 221 Brookside Ave., Redlands. ...

Lighting Science and ACO Group Launch Led-Enabled Drainage System ...SYS-CON Media, NJ - Pegasus Capital Advisors is a private equity fund manager with offices in New York, New York and Cos Cob, Connecticut. Founded in 1995, Pegasus provides ...

The Greenwich Connection at NY Botanical GardenGreenwich Citizen, By Anne W. Semmes Nearly 50 years ago, tree lover and Cos Cob resident Robert H. Montgomery, who collected evergreens and plants from all over America and ...

Camillo hits the trailGreenwich Time, Camillo, who grew up on Orchard Street, attending Cos Cob School and graduating from Greenwich High School after time at the former St. Mary's High School, ...

Krumeich goes door-to door Greenwich Time

Election 2008: Close races on town ballotGreenwich Post, Cos Cob resident Jim Himes will be part of what is viewed as one of the most hotly contested congressional races in the country as he seeks to unseat ...

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Pencil It In
NoticesThe Friends of the Norwalk Public Library System requests that due to the upcoming Book...
Shays, Himes spar in sixth debate
Making what could be a last stand to save his "endangered" seat, U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays ,...
Awesome Tree Contest: Deadline Near
Greenwich is bursting with beautiful and awesome trees and come Nov. 16 the most beautiful, the...
Connecticut constituents cannot afford to lose Shays in Washington
To the Editor:Just last week congressional candidate Jim Himes assured the constituency that he is...
Greenwich Democrats Rev Up Campaign Engine
Their hearts and minds on victory Nov. 4, Greenwich Democrats - the faithful and candidates -...
This Weekend
There are fairs, a "scary" drive-in movie, a new exhibit opening at the Bruce Museum, concerts and...
Yale: Yale Picked 7th in Both Pre-Season Polls
The Yale men's hockey team was picked to finish seventh in the 2008-09 ECAC Hockey standings...
Town Ramped Up for Tropical Storm
For the first time during the 2008 hurricane season, Greenwich 's emergency response brass were...
Debt counselor gets year in prison
A Greenburgh debt counselor was sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison for stealing...
Mother of Three Brutally Murdered Over Property Issue
Alison McKnight Lombardi, 49, of 24 Indian Pass in Cos Cob, the divorced mother of three children,...
Blogging for business
Blogging for business Editor's Note: The following is the third and final part in a Stamford...
Himes Takes 96% of Westport Votes
Jim Himes, a 42-year-old banker from Cos Cob who is running to unseat Republican U.S. Rep.
Himes Wins in a Landslide
Jim Himes of Cos Cob, the Democratic Party-endorsed candidate in the 4th Congressional District,...
Neither candidate in Democrat 4th District primary meets standard
To the Editor:On Tuesday voters in the Democratic primary will be asked to decide between Jim...
Superman creation story is a lively read
With summer pop culture dominated by super-hero movies, Greenwich author Marc Tyler Nobleman has...
'Listening and Leading Tour' Makes Stop in Westport
Jim Himes of Cos Cob, a Democratic candidate in the 4th Congressional District, brought his...
Exclusive: Himes on Himes
These days, Fourth District Democratic Congressional candidate Jim Himes is striving to keep a...
Memorial Tree Grows Taller; Smith Family Fights on
George, Maureen and daughter Bree Smith stand before the Cos Cob Library and by the growing ruby...
Bishop: Novelist at 90, Woman of Independent Accomplishment
Tina Bishop, after a lifetime of writing, is a novelist at 90 with the debut of Fisherman's Creek.
Fire burns one-family house in Greenwich; no injuries
GREENWICH, CONN. - A fire that engulfed two floors of a single family home today in Cos Cob was...

10/22/08 Cos Cob to add another bank - Greenwich Time

Cos Cob to add another bank
By Colleen Flaherty
Cos Cob can brace itself for one more bank, with Bella Nonna Restaurant one step closer to becoming a Chase Bank branch. ...

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08/16/08 Himes Takes 96% of Westport Votes

Jim Himes, a 42-year-old banker from Cos Cob who is running to unseat Republican U.S. Rep....

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08/14/08 Himes Wins in a Landslide

Jim Himes of Cos Cob, the Democratic Party-endorsed candidate in the 4th Congressional District, soundly defeated petitioning candidate Lee Whitnum of Greenwich in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday, Aug.

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Wednesday Aug. 6, 2008 Neither candidate in Democrat 4th District primary meets standard

To the Editor:

On Tuesday voters in the Democratic primary will be asked to decide between Jim Himes and Lee Whitnum.

Whitnum's campaign is based on personal anger, blaming the H1B program for her inability to find employment. Harvard educated, Whitnum's intellect is largely absent throughout her campaign, one which is based on her own necessities. Her lack of intellectual thinking was recently displayed in a debate when she advocated the return of Taliban rule for Afghanistan.

However, to her credit, she challenged a corrupt electoral system that has allowed the two-party system to prevent nominees not endorsed from running, forcing the non-endorsee to petition their way onto the ballot. Voters, not partisans, are more qualified in selecting nominees.

In fact, it was voters who chose DeStefano as the Democratic candidate for governor, even though a party convention had chosen Malloy.

Whitnum complains that Himes is of a privileged background, yet Himes says otherwise. Himes wants us to know that he previously worked for an organization that promoted affordable housing. No mention of his Harvard or Oxford degrees, his time as vice president at Goldman Sachs, or the $1.5 million home he owns in Cos Cob. It's fair to say that Himes is indeed from a privileged background, whether he accepts it or not.

If elected, Himes would certainly be liberal, advocating positions that may not be beneficial to our district, such as middle class tax increases. If residents want a representative who will simply show up to vote as the party desires, then Himes would be that candidate.

Since neither Whitnum or Himes are qualified to represent our moderate district, I recommend that we relay our dissatisfaction by writing in "None of the Above" on the ballot. It is time that we the people, not the party, determine through an open primary system, who best represents our views. Neither candidate satisfies that hurdle.

James Miller
Stamford

Source: Thehour.com

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08/02/08 Superman creation story is a lively read

With summer pop culture dominated by super-hero movies, Greenwich author Marc Tyler Nobleman has one of the most perfectly timed books of the year - "Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman" .

Although the oversized volume is designed for young readers, the lively and deeply researched text and the beautiful illustrations by Ross McDonald should also attract older comic-book fans.

"Boys of Steel" traces the long and rocky journey taken by two Depression-era Cleveland "nerds" — Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster — to create a new super-hero for one of the toughest periods in American history.

The two young men loved Flash Gordon and Tarzan, but wanted to create a fresh American hero.

"A brave, tough man who fought for truth and justice an alien who came from far away and now lived on Earth. The real Earth, the Great Depression Earth," Nobleman writes.

The most clever element in the character — the idea that separated Superman from Flash and Tarzan — was the fact that he had to keep his powers secret from human peers.

Young Siegel and Shuster saw Superman's alter ego of newspaperman Clark Kent to be someone like themselves.

" He would be meek and mild, like Joe and I are, and wear glasses, like we do," Jerry Siegel thought.

"No one would guess that such a hero was also someone like them," Nobleman explains.

"Boys of Steel" is the culmination of four years of work by Nobleman, who wanted to honor the creators of the comic books he's loved all of his life.

"I made steps to do the book when Jerry [Siegel] was still alive but I was told 'Jerry doesn't want to be reached. Don't even try,' " Nobleman recalled in a recent phone interview from his home in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich....

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Jul 20, 2008 Memorial Tree Grows Taller; Smith Family Fights on

George, Maureen and daughter Bree Smith stand before the Cos Cob Library and by the growing ruby horse chestnut tree planted in 2006 in Strickland Park in memory of their son, 26-year-old George Smith IV.

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Jul 30, 2008 'Listening and Leading Tour' Makes Stop in Westport

Jim Himes of Cos Cob, a Democratic candidate in the 4th Congressional District, brought his "Listening and Leading Tour" to the Westport Public Library on Sunday.

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Jul 24, 2008 Exclusive: Himes on Himes

These days, Fourth District Democratic Congressional candidate Jim Himes is striving to keep a high profile throughout Fairfield County. And as part of his efforts to introduce himself to voters, Himes is attending 17 town meetings in 17 days, a tour the campaign has dubbed the "Listening and Leading Tour."

"It's a great opportunity to get to meet the voters and exchange ideas on the issues," Himes said in a recent interview with the Minuteman Editorial Board. "We've gotten a warm reception and it's been very gratifying."Himes is opposing incumbent Congressman Christopher Shays, a Republican who has represented the Fourth District since 1987.

In the past two election cycles, Shays has fended off a pair of serious election challenges from former Westport First Selectwoman Diane Farrell.

Himes said the reason he is running is simple: he wants the nation to return to its core values."It might sound hokey, but I firmly believe in our constitutional principles," explained Himes. "The ideas of freedom, service and democracy that guided the hands of our Founding Fathers. The American dream has been eroded."

Himes explained the starting point for America's return to core values involves three main issues: education, universal health care and energy.In terms of universal health care, Himes was critical of Shays' co-sponsoring The American Health Care Benefits Program Act (AHBP) with Congressman Jim Langevin, a Rhode Island Democrat.

"Chris Shays has been a Johnny-come-lately on this issue," noted Himes. "Jim Langevin has tried to get this bill passed in the past, and Chris Shays is coming on board only when it has reached a crisis stage."

Himes, who was born in Lima, Peru, and also lived in Bogota, Colombia as a child before moving to New Jersey, noted another reason he was running for Congress is the excellent public education he received in the Garden State."That public education is why I was able to go to Harvard and then to Oxford," he said. "Look, why is it that 40 percent of students in Bridgeport that walk into high school as freshmen don't walk out as graduates?"

Himes, a resident of Cos Cob, worked for 12 years at Goldman Sachs after Harvard and Oxford, then left the financial firm to join Enterprise Community Partners, a non-profit organization charged with eradicating urban poverty. The candidate's financial background has proven to be a boost, as he is nearly even with Shays in fundraising.In figures released by the Federal Election Commission on July 16, Himes had raised $2.1 million as compared with Shays $2.3 million.

Another positive for Himes in the race with Shays is the widespread unpopularity of President George W. Bush. As the lone remaining Republican Congressman in New England, Shays will be vulnerable if anti-Bush sentiments and Barack Obama supporters drive up voter turnout. That could be especially harmful in Bridgeport, which is heavily Democratic, but has traditionally had low turnout.

The Democratic candidate argued that Shays has been lax on bringing significant funding back to the district, saying that freshman Connecticut Congressmen Chris Murphy and Joe Courtney have done a better job that Shays, now in his 21st year on Capitol Hill."I'll be a Congressman who can walk into (Speaker of the House) Nancy Pelosi's office on day one and say here's what we need for our district," said Himes.

Himes, who is a former Chairman of the Greenwich Democratic Town Committee, said he would not necessarily align himself lock, stock and barrel with the national Democratic Party on every issue.

"I'm particularly disappointed with how the Democrats handled FISA," said Himes. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), born after the Watergate scandal, establishes how the government can secretly eavesdrop on Americans in their own country in intelligence investigations.

On July 10, President Bush signed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA), aimed at updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The law meant to update FISA but many insist it gutted the original law by eviscerating the role of the judicial oversight in government surveillance.

The law also gave sweeping immunity to the telecommunications companies that aided the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. The act would not have passed without Democratic support and Obama controversially endorsed its passage.

But before he gets to Congress and even before he gets a crack at Shays, Himes must first defeat Lee Whitnum of Greenwich, who has collected enough signatures to force a Democratic primary Aug. 12.

Himes said he is glad Whitnum qualified for the ballot."From a practical standpoint, it's great for me," Himes said. "This allows me to get my name out there and to get our operation ready to go.

"I'm not taking anything for granted, but I am looking forward to the primary."

Source: Minuteman

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Fri Jul 18, 2008 Bishop: Novelist at 90, Woman of Independent Accomplishment

Tina Bishop, after a lifetime of writing, is a novelist at 90 with the debut of Fisherman's Creek...

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07/01/08 Fire burns one-family house in Greenwich; no injuries

GREENWICH, CONN. - A fire that engulfed two floors of a single family home today in Cos Cob was extinguished by 7:30 a.m., the city fire department said.

Volunteers from the Banksville Fire Department rushed to the emergency at 20 Fado Lane about 6:30 a.m.

No injuries were reported.

No rescue was needed, the Greenwich Fire Department said.

A cause was not given.

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Jun 25, 2008 Fox News Goes Tapeless

by Craig Johnston

Craig Johnston is a Seattle-based Internet and multimedia producer with an extensive background in broadcast.

NEW YORKAs Fox News Channel approached its 10th anniversary in 2005, the broadcast facility looked to replace its tape-based news story workflow. While the network could have chosen to go tapeless in a piecemeal manner as other networks had done, it decided to go tapeless end-to-end.

“We’re kind of aggressive here,” said Greg Ahlquist, senior director of Digital Media Production at Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. With such a radical change from tape to tapeless, stretching from camera and feed acquisition to play-out and deep archive, the network sought help from Media Strategy Partners, a Cos Cob, Conn.-based company that began its life doing digital workflows for sports.

Paul Gudelis, co-founder of MSP, pointed out a number of similarities between news and sports broadcasting, such as their focus on real-time, fast turnaround, and the need for logging and metadata to retrieve material. “Where news is different is that it relies on a very deep archive for background material,” he said.

FOX BUSINESS GOES FIRST

MSP’s first job was to observe FNC’s video tape-based operation, to understand that workflow. “How do you determine that you have enough capacity to duplicate a lot of what you’re doing?” asked Ahlquist. “And how do you change your management enough within the organization so that they all know what they need to know in order to create an efficient workflow and not duplicate efforts?”...

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01/09/08 - Adult day care moving out of 'dungeon'

By Michael Dinan
Norwalk Advocate

Carol Burns saw far more than a dank old pump house when she first entered the abandoned Cos Cob building five years ago, while searching for a new home for the adult day-care program she'd been running for more than a decade.

Rusty water tanks, grimy valves and neglected machinery littered a floor long damp from a leaky roof. But the facility's structure was intact, and through its broken windows Burns could look out on the tranquil Mianus Pond and roaring dam where an estuary draws dozens of bird species --AOEa healthy and rewarding vista for people suffering with dementia.

'We looked at a bunch of commercial properties and then we walked in here, and in spite of what it looked like, every last person said 'This is where we belong,' ' Burns, executive director of Greenwich Adult Day Care, recalled yesterday from the $5 million renovated facility on River Road Extension.

'It was the right size for us, the right location for us, and when this (pond) freezes, there will be kids ice-skating out here. There will be people with canoes and kayaks in the summertime.'

The nonprofit organization is expected to move next month from its current quarters in The Nathaniel Witherell nursing home's basement --AOEa space that some clients' relatives playfully refer to as 'the dungeon' --AOEinto the Pump House. The new facility's location, on the Post Road at the Mianus River, should make the center more visible to the public and more convenient for clients, Burns said.....

.....Before it opens, the center must receive its Certificate of Occupancy from the town and make a few small improvements, such as replacing a carpet and installing a new gate to a public-access fish ladder beside the dam, Burns said. Even though the facility is very close to opening, Burns said she's not a step back and a deep breath just yet.

"When we open the doors, once the clients come through the door on the first day, then I'll take that step back," Burns said.

For Terry Lionetti, even town residents years away from potentially becoming clients should appreciate the new Greenwich Adult Day Care.

"You look at it and sort of say to yourself, 'God, I hope they have some place like this when I might need it,' " Lionetti said.

Original Norwalk Advocate article: Adult day care moving out of 'dungeon'

01/08/08 - DEP OKs plant upgrade

Norwalk Advocate

A plan to nearly double the capacity of a Cos Cob power plant and bring electricity to 100,000 homes will likely improve air quality, state environmental officials said yesterday.

The Department of Environ-mental Protection has tentatively approved upgrades to an electrical plant on Sound Shore Drive, allowing it to produce 40 more megawatts of electricity -- or enough to power 40,000 homes -- for a total of 100 megawatts.

The plan calls for the addition of two more turbines to join the three already operating at the plant, as well as retrofitting existing equipment with newer and cleaner technology, allowing the plant to generate more electricity while producing less air pollution, the DEP said....

...."There's no gas available for that site for the pressure required," he said. "That option is available to them if they ever wanted to bring a line big enough in."The plant upgrade has already received approval from the town Planning and Zoning Commission and state Siting Council.

These plans were part of a larger $16 billion investment NRG announced a couple of years ago to expand its energy generation capacity in the Northeast, South Central and Western regions of the country, allowing it to produce about an additional 10,500 megawatts over the next decade.

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Archive - Cos Cob News - 01/04/08 - When Citizens Unite to Save Their Neighborhood

By Anne W. Semmes

Greenwich Citizen

A veritable David and Goliath story is playing out north of Cos Cob where another neighborhood grocery store was lost to an intended takeover by a chain drugstore, Walgreens.

But the neighborhood rose up and put a halt to it.

"We were just a desperate neighborhood group," said Julie DeMarco, of the Stratfield village of greater Fairfield. The loss of their IGA grocery came with the landlord's intent to rent the space for a higher fee to Walgreens.

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Archive - Cos Cob News - 01/04/08 - Wetlands Agency's Approval of Stanwich Expansion Upsets Residents

Overdevelopment, Traffic, Waste Water, Environmental Issues Head to TP&Z

By Anne W. Semmes

Greenwich Citizen

A $100 million development plan to expand The Stanwich School from the ninth grade through high school on 37 acres of wooded, hilly property on the corner of Stanwich and Cat Rock roads is making its way through the land use review process with the first hurdle passed with approval by the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency....

... anyway." "This group is testing the (Stanwich School) proposition," said Chris von Keyserling, an RTM member from Cos Cob and man for all town meetings. "That's the proper process." He cautioned the gathering not to "throw out the baby with the bath ...

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Archive - Cos Cob News - 01-02-08 - Happy New Year - Participants brave cold for annual Polar Bear dip

By Andrew Shaw
Norwalk Advocate

Original Norwalk Advocate article: Participants brave cold for annual Polar Bear dip

More than three dozen men, women and children jumped into the frigid, murky water at Greenwich Point yesterday, shouting, 'Happy New Year!' in an attempt either to announce the holiday or distract their bodies from the cold.

What, you spent your New Year's Day watching football and making resolutions?

To begin the new year right, nothing beats diving into the 40-degree water of Long Island Sound, said the 'polar bear' swimmers who have made it an annual tradition to swim briefly on New Year's Day.

'It's refreshing. It's inspiring. You're piercing the new year with a splash. Your blood swirls a little when you do it,' said Cos Cob's Billy Ferraro, 52, a spin instructor and polar bear veteran. 'There's no better way to start the year.'

Long after the whistle blew at noon, sending swimmers scrambling toward the water and then scrambling back to a warm towel after feeling the shock of the cold water, Ferraro stood alone in the crashing waves, splashing around like a child on his first day at the beach......

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Archive - Cos Cob News - 01/02/08 - Boaters: Launch ramp is a hazard

Norwalk Advocate

The design of a new launching ramp at a heavily used downtown marina could injure boaters trying to get their vessels in and out of the water and damage their vessels, boaters say.

Each year, hundreds of residents load their boats onto a trailer, hook the trailer to the back of their cars and back down the ramp at Grass Island's public marina to launch their vessels into Greenwich Harbor. Town officials this month paid about $165,000 to replace an old, damaged concrete ramp with a new one. But instead of a smooth surface, the new concrete ramp is designed with deep horizontal grooves set a few inches apart....

... had to do it, because of the amount of strength it had to have.' The firm's vice president, Aubrey Mead Jr. of Cos Cob, said the grooves make the ramp more flexible as well as more durable. The gaps in the ramp are designed to fill in naturally, ...

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Campus on Stanwich Road
Monday Dec 31 Greenwich Time

A group calling itself Greenwich Residents for Appropriate Land Use has formed to oppose a private school's plans for a new campus on Stanwich Road, organizers said.

The group's name is reminiscent of Residents for Appropriate Development, another homeowners' coalition organized several years ago to block Stanwich School from building a new campus on Taconic Road. The school eventually abandoned the project in 2001.

Six years later, another set of homeowners is forming GRALU to again oppose Stanwich School, this time from building a new campus at 257 Stanwich Road. The school currently occupies leased classroom space at the property. After purchasing 25 acres of woods next door, the school now wants to build a newer and larger campus, including a new temple, on the total 37 acres.

... sewage. 'Can you imagine what it's going to be like when there's 750 students?' asked Blair Murphy, a District 8/Cos Cob Representative Town Meeting member who lives on nearby Indian Mill Road and is a member of GRALU. 'I feel confident that it's ...

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State DEP says bay moorings illegal
Saturday Dec 29 Stamford Advocate

State environmental officials say a pair of Greenwich boaters may need a special permit to keep their docks in a downtown harbor, a possibility that could have far-reaching implications for the larger boating community.....

... when residents complain about derelict structures in the water or during its own inspections. Most recently, Cos Cob resident Jan Hansen, a dock builder, was cited for illegally storing floating docks and ramps in the Mianus River. According to ...

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Mother Fights for High School Son's Reputation
Friday Dec 28 Greenwich Citizen
Steven Bryn, 17, of Cos Cob, is a Greenwich High School senior, an honor student and a violinist who, like his classmates, is intent on meeting the critical January deadlines for his college applications.

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RTM expected to start year with full house
Wednesday Dec 26 Stamford Advocate

Faulted for having a large number of vacancies in the past, the Representative Town Meeting is on the rebound and expected to have a full complement of 230 members when the new legislative session opens next month.

All but three seats on the legislative body were filled during the November election, according to Joan Caldwell, the RTM's moderator pro tempore.

Caldwell said that at least three candidates, who would have to be interviewed and confirmed by members of their individual RTM districts, have declared they want to serve....

... new guidelines for attendance and number of seats filled. Jim Boutelle, a 20-year RTM incumbent from District 8/Cos Cob who is in line to become his delegation's next chairman, said he is not convinced that having a full complement of members is ...

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Special delivery from firefighters
Monday Dec 24 Stamford Advocate

Tsuyoshi Hirota of Riverside has spent much of the past three days at the side of his daughter's bed in the pediatrics unit at Greenwich Hospital.

His 2-year-old girl was admitted with pneumonia four days ago, and likely will spend her Christmas between white sheets, hooked up to intravenous lines while doctors and nurses work to make her body well again.

Last night, a handful of town workers came to help as much as they could with the little girl's spirit.

'We all have kids. Some of us have little kids, and we know what it's like in our job not to be home on Christmas,' fire Lt. Mike Gomes said moments before he and three fellow firefighters visited Hirota's daughter in her hospital room and gave her an early Christmas present.

... as a fire department symbol, were donated by Splash, the car wash company with facilities in western Greenwich and Cos Cob. The four firefighters were representing the department's union, the Greenwich Firefighters Association, and the hospital ...

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Tags: Riverside, CT, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Family, Kids, Greenwich, CT

Vaudeville and beyond: Before the heyday of movies and television, stages offered a cavalcade of acts
Monday Dec 24 Stamford Advocate

EDITOR'S NOTE: The past year may be remembered as a time when 'Hollywood East' became a hackneyed phrase as stars such as Al Pacino, John Travolta, Robin Williams and Uma Thurman became familiar faces on area streets. It's not the first time, though, that the stars came out. For more than a century, area fans of live theater, music and comedy have been treated to the likes of Al Jolson, Bela Lugosi, Red Skelton and Tallulah Bankhead. The Advocate is publishing a five-part series this week spotlighting past performances as well as the future of local theater.

... stage is rumored to have hosted Edwin Booth in his signature role as Hamlet. Edwin Booth, who lived in Cos Cob, was the brother of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. The theater in Town Hall had its own tragedy in store. In ...

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Entertainment Tags: Robin Williams, Hollywood, Short, Comedy Movies, Drama, Musical Movies, Animation Movies, Hamlet, Music, Thriller, Crime Movies, Family


Teens arrested in Byram tire slashing spree
Friday Dec 21 Norwalk Advocate

Police arrested a 19-year-old Byram man and another teenager for slashing tires on more than two dozen cars on South Water Street in late September.

Nicholas A. Boughton, 19, of 14 Cedar St., and the 17-year-old boy, whose name was withheld because of his age, were arrested by warrant at the Police Department yesterday afternoon, said Sgt. Michael Reynolds, head of the Neighborhood Resource Unit.

Each was charged with one count of first-degree criminal mischief, and conspiracy to commit first-degree criminal mischief.

... Resource Unit arrested a group of youths for a five-month spree of vandalism in Byram, North Mianus and Cos Cob. Reynolds noted that the two boys arrested live in town and were not from Port Chester or Stamford, as was speculated by some ...

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Tags: Chester, CT, North Mianus, Port Chester, NY Stamford, CT

Critics want town to keep building
Friday Dec 21 Norwalk Advocate

As supporters of a plan to turn a historic Greenwich Avenue building into a new arts center try to build support, others want them to abandon the project, because it would require the town to relinquish control of the municipally owned Havemeyer Building to a nonprofit.

'Why give up a resource that is so valuable, so precious, so beautiful and a gorgeous showplace for the center of Greenwich?' asked Christine Edwards, a District 8/Cos Cob member of the Representative Town Meeting. 'This is not a white elephant. This is a fabulous landmark building that we should be very proud that we have as an asset for the town.'

... precious, so beautiful and a gorgeous showplace for the center of Greenwich?' asked Christine Edwards, a District 8/Cos Cob member of the Representative Town Meeting. 'This is not a white elephant. This is a fabulous landmark building that we should ...

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Tag: Greenwich, CT

New publisher mixes things up at Blender
Wednesday Dec 19 Crain's NY Business

... , Reader's Digest EDUCATION : Bachelor's degree in political science, Fairfield University, 1992 PERSONAL : Lives in Cos Cob, Conn., with his wife and three children; enjoys triathlons, long-distance swimming, "any kind of suffering"

Connecticut firm invests in Valogix
Tuesday Dec 18 Albany Times Union

December 18, 2007 at 12:29 pm by Larry Rulison, Business writer The private equity fund Pegasus Capital Advisors LP has bought equity in Valogix Inc., an inventory-planning software company based in Saratoga Springs. Pegasus is based in Cos Cob, Conn.


Authority eyes support for more senior housing
Monday Dec 17 Norwalk Advocate

Expanding a senior housing complex in Byram is the best way to start preparing the town for an influx of retirees without taxing sewer systems or creating more traffic, Greenwich Housing Authority officials said yesterday.

It was a mistake not to seek neighborhood input before announcing a plan to add 56 one-bedroom apartments at McKinney Terrace, but the proposal meets town planning and engineering requirements and will not burden western Greenwich's infrastructure, housing authority Chairman Jonathan DuBois said during a community forum at the Vinci Drive property.....

... lots downtown, Greenwich Civic Center land or parking lot in Old Greenwich and newly acquired Tuchman property in Cos Cob. 'What other properties have you looked at?' asked town resident Joseph A. Pecora. Yankowich responded that the agency ...

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Geo Tags: Greenwich, CT, Old Greenwich, CT

Students anxiously await college results
Monday Dec 17 Norwalk Advocate

For some Greenwich High School seniors, their post-high school fate may await them in their e-mail inbox or in the regular mail today, as Saturday marked a traditional date many colleges use to notify students of early acceptance.

Cos Cob resident Chris Wallace, 17, said on Friday in the high school's college and career center he was anxious to hear back from Bryant University sometime over the weekend, as fellow seniors Alexander Halpern and Lindsay Goldenberg nodded their heads in sympathy. The students said it will be an emotional return to school today consoling those who have been turned down.

... mail today, as Saturday marked a traditional date many colleges use to notify students of early acceptance. Cos Cob resident Chris Wallace, 17, said on Friday in the high school's college and career center he was anxious to hear back from Bryant ...

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Family planning to close market
Sunday Dec 16 Norwalk Advocate

The Food Mart, which first opened in Cos Cob more than 30 years ago, is expected to close, giving way to a new CVS/Pharmacy store, the owner and town officials said.

Jerry Porricelli Jr., whose family also operates supermarkets in Old Greenwich and Trumbull, said CVS is looking to lease the Cos Cob store space at 120 E. Putnam Ave. Once the lease details become final and plans for a new CVS receive zoning approval, Food Mart will close, Porricelli said. Until then the supermarket will operate unchanged, he said.

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Geo Tags: Old Greenwich, CT, Greenwich, CT

Steven Bawol - A Life Intended to Help Others
Friday Dec 14 Greenwich Citizen

Steven Bawol with his mother Susan. On July 7, 2004, he dedicated his life to helping others....

... hit a tree on Stanwich Road. He leaves behind two younger brothers and his parents, Mark and Susan Bawol of Cos Cob. His family, said his father, Mark Bawol, was a normal family. Steven attended Cos Cob School, Central Middle School and Greenwich ...

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Geo Tags: Fairfield County, CT, Greenwich, CT