08/02/09 The Stamford Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Stamford, CT.

• Team Cape Cod cruises in N.E. opener
  posted on August 02, 2009 05:42:23 pm
  ... today at 12:30 back at Tivnan Field. With a win, the team would play again today at 5:30 against Belfast, Maine, or Stamford, Conn. A loss would set up a date with Concord, N.H., today at 3. Team Cape Cod is on its quest for the New England title ...
• Strange, Sad Animal Tales
  posted on August 02, 2009 12:46:07 pm
  ... to make of this, but it has been an odd and disturbing year for animal stories in Connecticut. Early in the year, a Stamford woman was nearly killed by a "pet" chimpanzee. Last month, a raid in Harwinton netted 357 fighting cocks, apparently the ...
• Royer part of monster PSU class
  posted on August 02, 2009 12:31:30 pm
  ... this week. Visits are also expected from four-star WR Kenny Stills of California, and four-star LB Khairi Fortt of Stamford, Conn. Fortt is a close friend of RB commit Silas Redd, also from Stamford. Still also has offers from Florida, Oklahoma and ...
• Bar mitzvah with a twist: Family to go to Key West
  posted on August 02, 2009 09:02:04 am
  ... older daughters. "I wasn't going to make Zachary do something he didn't want to do," said Karen Cowit, who lives in Stamford, Conn. The family party heading to Key West and Cozumel in May will include the Cowits, two grandmothers and assorted ...
• The good, the bad, the test scores
  posted on August 02, 2009 02:49:35 am
  Results of 2009 test scores that were released this week were promising, in that Stamford students' improved performance shows that educators' hard work can pay off.
• Ex-mayoral candidate ordered to pay court $6,500 a month
  posted on August 01, 2009 11:44:49 pm
  ... court records show. Groggins continued an eviction action against Merrell until Sept. 10 because he wants to give a Stamford judge time to decide if he will grant Merrell an injunction to stop the new owner from taking possession of the property, ...
• Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network
  posted on August 01, 2009 02:20:55 pm
  ... - THE JIMMY BUFFETT TRIBUTE -"Cheeseburger in Paradise" Family & Friends BBQ at Ponus Yacht Club 41 Bateman Way, Stamford CT. Tickets are $28.00 for adults, kids 12 & under free. Cash bar, (soft drinks, juices included for 12 & under). Join us for ...
• Ooh la la! Sasson offers yesterday's prices to mark 30 years
  posted on August 01, 2009 10:20:57 am
  ... children, from left, David, Craig and Lauren, stand in the salon June 28 during the 30th anniversary celebration. Stamford hair stylist Guy Sasson is cutting more than hair these days as he celebrates 30 years in business. In July, the owner of Guy ...
• Eyes On The Governor's Chair
  posted on August 01, 2009 09:04:34 am
  ... development and growth - in short, he's a good lawmaker. But in a potential Democratic field that already includes Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and former state House Speaker James Amann, all better known than ...
• Rowdy New Britain end's Norwalk Post 12's season
  posted on August 01, 2009 05:03:49 am
  ... only had to win one play-in game and after accomplishing that, it finished third in the state. "We needed to beat Stamford in the regular season and we would have finished second," said Brueski. "It's easier to win one game than two games." Post 12 ...
• Financial publisher Asset International to buy Strategic Insight
  posted on July 31, 2009 11:42:00 pm
  Asset International Inc., a Stamford, Conn.-based publisher and information provider, has agreed to acquire Strategic Insight Mutual Fund and Consulting Research LLC of New York for an undisclosed sum.
• 00pm
  posted on May 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... of weather and traffic and Jerry Doyle is coming up next." " He's not 1400 WSTC. Now at the Italians setter of Stamford. Doctor frank Defazio orthopedic surgeon Stanford hospital." " In orthopedics and we're certainly on the leading edge of ...
• Analysis: Tiny impact on gas demand
  posted on August 01, 2009 01:20:01 am
  ... program as it is right now is big enough to have an impact," said Gene McGillian, analyst at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, the statistical wing of the Department of Energy, said it is not ...
• The Closer: The latest real estate news and gossip
  posted on July 31, 2009 11:37:53 pm
  ... are in trouble." Go to www.bondnewyork.com for info. Looking for a house on the water? There's a great deal in Stamford, Conn. Prudential CT Realty agent Steve Anastos has the exclusive listing on a 2,240- square-foot 1968 Colonial with its own ...
• Flash flood watch posted for Fairfield County
  posted on July 31, 2009 09:35:27 pm
  ... effect through Saturday morning. High tide today will occur at 8:06 p.m. in Bridgeport harbor, and at 8:10 p.m. in Stamford and Greenwich harbors. Sunset today will occur at 8:10 p.m. There will be 14 hours and 23 minutes of sunlight today. Moonrise ...
• TW chief heads upstairs
  posted on July 31, 2009 09:30:49 pm
  ... to executive vice president of the cable provider. O'Connell will be based at Time Warner's headquarters in Stamford, Conn., and will oversee seven cable divisions in upstate New York, Maine and Texas. "It's a tremendous opportunity," O'Connell ...
• UConn program helps troubled gardeners
  posted on July 31, 2009 09:18:27 pm
  ... at the Bartlett Arboretum. (Kathleen O'Rourke/Staff photo) Earlier this month, in the library-cum-laboratory of Stamford's Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens, a team from the University of Connecticut's Master Gardener Program pored over a jumble of ...
• Welsh leads Summer Lady Trojans to 48-45 victory over Stamford
  posted on July 31, 2009 08:20:16 pm
  When the Weston High girls basketball team shows up, it finds a way to win. Weston raised its record to 3-5 in the Darien YMCA summer league with a 48-45 victory over Stamford High Tuesday but of its five losses, three were by forfeit because it didn't have enough players.
• They're wild, not pets
  posted on July 31, 2009 06:22:14 pm
  ... as babies, they can be aggressive, even violent, as adults. Witness Travis, the chimp that attacked a friend of its Stamford, Conn., owner, nearly ripping off her face before police shot the animal to death. Some animal species can be domesticated ...
• Under the Radar: 'Boring' Silgan Is a 'Buy'
  posted on July 31, 2009 05:43:58 pm
  Stamford, Conn.-based Silgan Holdings was founded in 1987, but traces its roots to 1899 when the Carnation Co.