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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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Stamford AdvocateTags: 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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Stamford AdvocateEntertainment 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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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 ...
... , 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"
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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Students anxiously await college resultsMonday 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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Norwalk AdvocateFamily 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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Norwalk AdvocateGeo 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 ...
