04/28/12 The Raw Stamford News Feed

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• NCHS Junior Prom 2012 _{2012-04-28, 04:42 pm}
  ... Photo: Paresh Jha / CT The Class of 2013 celebrated their junior prom Friday, April 27, at the Italian Center of Stamford . Check out our slideshow. The Class of 2013 celebrated their junior prom Friday, April 27, at the Italian Center of Stamford. ...
• Stamford extends summer season _{2012-04-28, 04:15 pm}
  ... and students battled blustery winds on the tennis courts. May 1 marks the formal start of the summer season in Stamford, which city officials have elongated by several weeks this year in an effort to boost revenue from beach pass sales and increase ...
• Krumeichs re-elected as state Democratic leaders _{2012-04-28, 04:15 pm}
  ... represent the GOP-dominated 36th Senate District. Their territory is made up of all of Greenwich and parts of Stamford and New Canaan, which are not exactly known as Democratic strongholds. "I think that we have done our best to correct any ...
• State GOP war chest multiplies sixfold in first quarter _{2012-04-28, 04:15 pm}
  ... Those totals do not reflect the vast majority of proceeds from the $250-per-plate event with Romney Monday night in Stamford that was attended by 800 GOP loyalists, according to state party Chairman Jerry Labriola Jr. "We're restoring the balance ...
• The Gamification Of Almost Everything: Education, Exercise, Discounts ... _{2012-04-28, 12:25 pm}
  ... and endless rewards. If the analysts are right, these success stories are just the beginning. Gartner Inc., a Stamford, Conn. research firm, said that by 2014, gamification will be as important as , eBay Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. for the sale of ...
• Walk In the Park Yields Recovered Handicapped Parking Permit & Arrest _{2012-04-28, 12:24 pm}
  ... 20. According to a Greenwich Police report, they arrested Bibian Zuniga, 46, who gave an address of 50 Forest St., Stamford, on a charge of sixth-degree larceny. She was released on a written promise to appear May 2 in state Superior Court in ...
• Stamford's Osborn Hill School Teacher Nominated for 'Top Teacher' _{2012-04-28, 06:38 am}
  A One of the Fairfield school district's own may be crowned on of the nation's top teachers on "Live! With Kelly." Kristin Golia, a third grade teacher at Osborn Hill School and Stamford resident, is one of 12 nominees on "Live's" third annual "Top Teacher Search." Voting for the contest began Friday and continues through 3 p.m. Monday, April 30 -- ... (more)
• Flaming Motorcycle, Loose Horses, Applying Tasers _{2012-04-28, 06:31 am}
  Westport policeA charged a Stamford man after his motorcycle caught fire while driving on I-95 . Police said the man left the bike in a Westport parking lot, took his partially charredA licence plate and fled on foot.A One New Canaan police officer was kicked and another suffered a hand injury as they corralled and subdued a pair of ponies that got ... (more)
• Love-triangle killer Sheila Davalloo gets 50 years for 'demonic act' _{2012-04-28, 02:30 am}
  ... statements and sentencing for Sheila Davalloo who sentenced to 50 years in jail, April 27, 2012. (Pool video) STAMFORD, CONN. - A former Pleasantville resident was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison in the killing of the other woman in a ...
• Letter: Raising children not so hard to Congress _{2012-04-27, 03:00 am}
  ... candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks at the Connecticut GOP Prescott Bush Awards dinner in Stamford, Conn., on the eve of Connecticut's primary Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Recent political chatter included ...
• Freepoint Commodities buying JPMorgan's metal concentrates biz _{2012-04-27, 03:00 am}
  ... subject to customary governmental merger approvals. Employees of JPMorgan's concentrates business, who are based in Stamford, Conn., and Asia, will join Freepoint's physical commodity trading business.
• WWE Declares Quarterly Dividend _{2012-04-27, 11:59 pm}
  ... 145 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 600 million homes worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Istanbul and Tokyo. Additional ...
• Stamford Stuns Westhill With Extra Inning Victory _{2012-04-27, 11:11 pm}
  STAMFORD, Conn. - Stamford pitcher Steve D'Annolfo pitched seven gritty innings in Friday's 13-6 win over intracity rival Westhill at Cubeta Stadium.
• Julie Jason: A conservator can help when loved one becomes impaired _{2012-04-27, 10:21 pm}
  ... terminates at death. Julie Jason, JD, LLM, is principal of Jackson, Grant Investment Advisers, Inc. of Stamford. She is the author of two award-winning books ("Managing Retirement Wealth" and "The AARP Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart ...
• From kitchen to Bloomie's _{2012-04-27, 10:21 pm}
  A model wears Carolee LUX crystal chandelier earrings and cuff bracelet. Carolee, a jewelry design company based in Stamford, is celebrating its 40th year in business in 2012.
• Davalloo sentenced to 50 years for 2002 murder _{2012-04-27, 07:37 pm}
  ... Richard Comerford handed down the 50-year prison term during a sentencing hearing Friday at state Superior Court in Stamford after listening to pleas for the 60-year maximum from Raymundo's parents. Comerford, who presided over a two-and-a-half week ...
• Nomura hires ex-Diamondback, SAC Capital trader _{2012-04-27, 07:36 pm}
  ... larger New York office that would allow it to increase staff there by another 50 percent. Rome spent three years at Stamford, Connecticut-based Diamondback after stints at SAC Capital's Sigma Capital hedge fund and two other New York-based hedge ...
• Stamford Students Plant a Tree for Arbor Day _{2012-04-27, 06:50 pm}
  Members of the Community Service Club at Rogers' International School in Stamford planted a cherry tree at the school for Arbor Day.
• Big Fairfield County Influence Pushes Yanks Past Red Sox Again _{2012-04-27, 04:19 pm}
  The Red Sox put a Son of Stamford in their dugout this season, but Bobby Valentine hasn't moved the needle in baseball's ultimate battleground state.
• Stamford Company Cares for 9/11 Memorial Trees _{2012-04-27, 04:08 pm}
  ... trees were planted in large wooden crates so they can be moved to New York City, and planted at the 9/11 Memorial. STAMFORD, Conn. - The care of the 225 swamp white oak trees planted at Ground Zero in New York has been entrusted to Stamford-based ...