05/11/12 The Raw Cos Cob News Feed

News And Notes From Cos Cob, Connecticut....

• Cos Cob RTMers rally behind Ennis _{2012-05-10, 11:31 pm}
  Representative Town Meeting members from Cos Cob are rushing to the defense of one of their own, Gordon Ennis, the embattled chairman of the legislative body's Finance Committee, who they say deserves to keep his leadership post.
• Wednesday Train Delays Caused by Cos Cob Squirrel _{2012-05-10, 06:00 am}
  ... to Harrison shortly before 7 AM. "This power loss was caused by a ground to the electrical feed at the substation in Cos Cob. This was caused when a squirrel entered the area and shorted a transformer. "We immediately dispatched an emergency crew to ...
• Squirrely Train Delays this A.M. Caused by Squirrel _{2012-05-09, 09:21 pm}
  ... to Harrison shortly before 7 AM. "This power loss was caused by a ground to the electrical feed at the substation in Cos Cob. This was caused when a squirrel entered the area and shorted a transformer. "We immediately dispatched an emergency crew to ...
• Squirrel Causes Metro North Delays _{2012-05-09, 08:14 pm}
  ... to Harrison shortly before 7 AM. "This power loss was caused by a ground to the electrical feed at the substation in Cos Cob. This was caused when a squirrel entered the area and shorted a transformer. "We immediately dispatched an emergency crew to ...
• Air Force Vet Seeks To Challenge Himes _{2012-05-09, 12:47 pm}
  ... serving in the armed forces-said that the Obama administration is causing lots of harm to America and that Himes, a Cos Cob resident, is one of the president's biggest enablers. "After three-plus years of Obama government policy, they have ...
• Power problems delay Metro-North _{2012-05-09, 08:02 am}
  ... resumed at 7:20 a.m., a spokeswoman said, but there are still residual delays. A loss of power on the tracks between Cos Cob and Harrison, N.Y. was the source of the problem, she said.
• Postmaster, quartermaster, Sunday dinners and 75 years in Cos Cob _{2011-09-14, 03:00 am}
  A: I worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 32 years. The first 15 years as an employee, the next 15 years as superintendent and the last 13 years as postmaster of the Cos Cob Post Office .
• Greenwich Recycles Sensitive Documents By the Tons _{2012-05-08, 07:00 pm}
  ... sure their sensitive documents were destroyed and recycled at "Earth Shred 2012." The First Bank of Greenwich in Cos Cob teamed up with Santaguida Sanitation to sponsor the event, intended to promote "safe recycling of sensitive documents" including ...
• Rep. Camillo applauds Pet "Lemon Law" _{2012-01-27, 03:00 am}
  State Representative Fred Camillo, from Cos Cob, applauded the State House of Representatives for unanimously supporting the Pet Lemon Law last week which Camillo cosponsored this year to protect the wallets and hearts of Connecticut families who bring pets into their homes.
• Katherine Elizabeth Tucker, 87 _{2012-05-07, 11:46 am}
  ... at the Pomperaug Woods assisted care facility in Southbury, Conn. Betty and her husband Gid raised their family in Cos Cob, Conn., and spent summers on their beloved Block Island. In their retirement years together they lived on Block Island and in ...
• Hey Greenwich! Did You Know ... Power Poles & Paving Mean Traffic Delays? _{2012-05-07, 08:21 am}
  ... Greenwich. This week, the utility is advising motorists should expect delays from the backcountry south through Cos Cob as crews erect new poles and lines. The roads to be impacted between 8 am. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, are: North Street ...
• May Gardner's Market will be held on Saturday _{2012-05-04, 12:03 pm}
  The Garden Education Center of Greenwich will hold its 51st Annual May Gardeners Market on Saturday, May 5 from 9 until 2 p.m. at the GEC in the Montgomery Pinetum on Bible Street in Cos Cob.
• 2 Greenwich Women Face DWI Charges _{2012-05-04, 05:38 am}
  ... appeawr May 9 in state Superior Court in Stamford. Kristina M. Giordano, 43, who gave an address of 36 Old Camp Ln., Cos Cob, was arrested at 4:45 p.m. May 2 by police investigating a report of an intoxicated driver on Old Camp Lane. A passerby had ...
• Bush-Holley historic site receives Best of New England Award _{2012-05-03, 01:11 pm}
  ... Bush-Holley Historic Site is Greenwich's only National Historic Landmark, and the circa-1730 Bush-Holley House on Cos Cob Harbor is its centerpiece. The home offers a glimpse of two distinct eras that tell a story of dramatic change over time and ...
• Residents go behind the scenes at safety complex _{2012-05-01, 07:52 pm}
  Cos Cob resident Gary Palmer was impressed with what he saw during a behind-the-scenes tour of the Greenwich Public Safety Complex Sunday.
• First Selectman Buys Home in Cos Cob _{2012-04-29, 02:39 pm}
  Cos Cob will remain the home base for Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei and his wife Jill.
• Sea-Horsepower shown at Greenwich Boat Show _{2012-04-28, 08:54 am}
  The annual Greenwich Boat Show was held last weekend at the Greenwich Water Club in Cos Cob showcasing boats by nine of Connecticut's top dealers.
• Himes decries hyper partisanship, looks ahead to challenges _{2012-04-26, 11:36 am}
  ... is going to do a lot more prior to November." In an interview last week with Hersam Acorn Newspapers, Mr. Himes, a Cos Cob resident serving his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, said that despite the "urgent problems" facing the ...
• Red Light Chase Leads to Motorist's Arrest _{2012-04-26, 10:00 am}
  ... ended nearly 4 miles away when a Greenwich police officer stopped the drivers of a sedan and an SUV on Route 1 in Cos Cob. The drivers caught the attention of Officer Stanley Sanders who saw them driving at a high rate of speed near the state line. ...
• 4th Congressional District: Challenger Obsitnik says voters are hungry for change _{2012-04-26, 01:08 am}
  ... and Richard Wieland of Redding), running to try and unseat U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-4) from Congress. Mr. Himes, a Cos Cob resident, was first elected in the Democratic wave of 2008, knocking off longtime Republican Congressman Christopher Shays, and ...