09/02/12 The Raw Cos Cob News Feed

This Just In To The Cos Cob Roundup Newsroom....

• Vandals attack bridge's American flags ... again- Town defends decision not to fly flags on Sept. 11 _{2012-08-31, 03:36 pm}
  GreenwichTime.com reports that a flag and its pole were taken sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning, the third time in two months someone has targeted the East Putnam Avenue Bridge in Cos Cob.
• U.S. flag removed from Connecticut bridge _{2012-08-31, 01:58 pm}
  GreenwichTime.com reports that a flag and its pole were taken sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning, the third time in two months someone has targeted the East Putnam Avenue Bridge in Cos Cob.
• Party on Boat Ends With 2 Arrests _{2012-08-31, 06:13 am}
  ... "numerous youths" didn't have his permission to be on the boat docked at the Beacon Point Marina on River Road in Cos Cob about 5:19 p.m. Aug. 28, according to a Greenwich Police report. Police charged Mark B. Johnson, 19, who gave addresses of 150 ...
• Flag stolen from Mianus River Bridge _{2012-08-30, 08:11 pm}
  A flag thief or thieves struck again over the weekend, taking an American flag from the Mianus River Bridge in Cos Cob, according to a Greenwich fire official.
• Building blocks: Historical Society exhibition will illustrate role... _{2012-08-30, 04:08 pm}
  ... in Italy -- Rose and Morra De Sanctis -- and settled in two particular neighborhoods in the town, Chickahominy and Cos Cob. "Those who came to Cos Cob came from Rose, in Calabria," says Crumbine. "Those in Chickahominy came from Morra De Sanctis in ...
• Town seeks STEAP grant - Push underway to replace emergency communications system _{2012-08-30, 12:10 pm}
  ... to provide indemnification protection for volunteer firefighters and members of fire police patrols. A member of the Cos Cob Fire Police patrol and a member of and special adviser to the Region 1 Emergency Planning Team, Mr. Kaliko told the Post in ...
• Not in Milford, but controversial ads along New Haven train line raise some commuter eyes_{2012-08-30, 10:47 am}
  ... officials. As of last week, there were no ads visible at the Milford train station, but the ads were up at both the Cos Cob and Riverside stations. At the downtown Greenwich station, the ad had been up but had been ripped down by someone, leaving ...
• Who Keeps Stealing the Flags from the Mianus River Bridge? _{2012-08-30, 09:12 am}
  ... has struck again. The memorial flag display along the East Putnam Avenue bridge crossing the Mianus River in Cos Cob was pilfered for the third time since July. According to a Greenwich Police report, one of the 20 American flags was reported ...
• What's Open, Closed on Labor Day _{2012-08-30, 09:12 am}
  ... 3). Greenwich Town Hall and municipal offices Schools Libraries ( Greenwich Library, Byram Shubert Library, Cos Cob Library and the Perrot Library ). All libraries will close at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 and remain closed through Monday. They will ...
• Derek Cornelius Pey, 91 _{2012-08-28, 11:18 am}
  ... four sons, Matthew of Bordentown, Mark of Sydney, Australia, Jonathan of San Anselmo, Calif., and Christopher of Cos Cob, Conn.; and nine grandchildren. Mr. Pey graduated from Leiden University in Leiden, Netherlands, and was a member of the Dutch ...
• Train ads cause furor, charges of anti-Islam bigotry _{2012-08-27, 01:30 pm}
  ... have brought about quick condemnation from local residents and officials. As of Monday, the ads were up at both the Cos Cob and Riverside stations. At the downtown Greenwich station, which is the most heavily used of the town's stations, the ad had ...
• Train station ads cause furor _{2012-08-27, 10:47 am}
  ... lines. Along the New Haven Line ads were at Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison, Greenwich, Cos Cob, Riverside, Noroton Heights, Darien, South Norwalk and Harlem-125th Street. As of last week the group had not bought space at ...
• The School Bell Rings For Greenwich Students ... _{2012-08-27, 05:58 am}
  ... 5 sections of incoming kindergarten students this year; both North Mianus and Glenville with 86 students and Cos Cob , who was only budgeted for 3 sections, has come in with a district high of 91. There are 9 different gradesA in variousA schools ...
• Ads at train stations bring strong reactions _{2012-08-26, 08:05 pm}
  ... have brought about quick condemnation from local residents and officials. As of Monday, the ads were up at both the Cos Cob, Riverside and South Norwalk stations. At the downtown Greenwich station, which is the most heavily used of the town's ...
• Anti-Islamic Ads Target Metro-North Commuters _{2012-08-24, 10:16 pm}
  ... conflict. The current ad campaign posted at five Connecticut stations on the New Haven Line -- Greenwich, Cos Cob, Noroton Heights, Darien and South Norwalk -- include the slogan "It's not Islamophobia, It's Islamorealism," in red lettering on a ...
• Old Greenwich bids farewell to Porricelli's _{2012-08-24, 09:00 am}
  ... location "was the last of the real neighborhood stores." The family once had stores on Greenwich Avenue and in Cos Cob and now all three will be closed. Mr. Porricelli said his father's favorite way to describe the Old Greenwich market was as a ...
• Letter: 'Republican Policy Favors Very Affluent' _{2012-08-24, 06:09 am}
  ... ery affluent, without regard to the impact on tens of millions of middle and lower income Americans. Jonathan Perloe Cos Cob
• Train users of two minds about ads _{2012-08-23, 08:07 pm}
  ... advocacy groups on opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The ads appear at the stations in Greenwich, Cos Cob, Noroton Heights, Darien and South Norwalk and include the slogan "It's not Islamophobia, it's Islamorealism" in red ...
• Controversial ad at RR stations _{2012-08-23, 06:09 pm}
  One of serveral controversial advertisments is posted at the Cos Cob train station.
• Porricelli's is Checking Out of Old Greenwich _{2012-08-23, 06:32 am}
  ... to their size. They can leverage wholesale prices." Porricelli recalled the community response after he closed his Cos Cob store location and CVS moved in. "I remember how upset our customers were that we left the area. I made it an absolute must ...