Stamford Teams Make It To World Finals Of Odyssey Of The Mind

Working through the Stamford Youth Foundation, 10 Stamford teams that competed in the 34th Connecticut State Odyssey of the Mind Tournament went to the state finals with 160 other teams from around the state on March 21. The winning teams will join other state and international teams in the World Finals at Michigan State University in May. The teams from Westover and Scofield/Rippowam placed first in their problem category, with Roxbury taking second place. A third-place finish was awarded to a second Roxbury team.

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Stamford archives: The week of April 5

The Chesterfield Inn , the last remnant of Stamford's heyday as a resort destination, is up for sale at $2.75 million. Located at 1404 Shippan Ave., the nine-room hotel is considered the city's only operating historic inn and one of the architectural centerpieces in the quiet enclave of Shippan.

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BWW Special Mad Men Feature: Recalling the Golden Era of Advertising

... Pan Am building (now Met Life Building) just atop Grand Central Station (where we came into the city, from nearby Stamford, Connecticut), and adjacent to the Graybar Building, where my father's office at J. Walter Thompson was located. The world of ...

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Video: Winter Percussion Ensembles Head to Championships

... at the 2015 Music on the Hill Indoor Percussion and Winter Guard Competition at Westhill High School in Stamford. It's part of the Winter guard finals and the fifth year Westhill has hosted it. This coming Tuesday both Westhill and Stamford High ...

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Full Time Job Openings Near Wilton

... a woman values, believes in, supports, defends, embraces, loves.1 day ago from Ann Inc. Scrum Master 12 Months Stamford, CT (F2F is After Telephonic) Responsibilities Facilitate the agile processes and practices to help grow the team in Agile ...

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Theresa Vena Nargi, 98, Former Stamford Judge's Assistant

Survivors include her husband, Michael Nargi; four sons, Michael Nargi Jr. and Robert Nargi, both of Valdosta, Ga., Edward Nargi of Hahira, Ga., and Ronald Nargi of Stuart, Fla.; 18 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Three brothers, James Vena, John Vena, and Michael Vena and one daughter-in-law, Margaret Nargi, preceded her in death.

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Drone attachment developed in Stamford to help prevent drowning

King School senior Thomas Catenacci demonstrates how a drone would fly with a life preserver payload at King School in Stamford, Conn., on Thursday, March 26, 2015. Students at King School started a venture titled Project Ryptide with Flying Robots owner Bill Piedra.

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Drone attachment developed in Stamford to help prevent drowning

King School senior Thomas Catenacci demonstrates how a drone would fly with a life preserver payload at King School in Stamford, Conn., on Thursday, March 26, 2015. Students at King School started a venture titled Project Ryptide with Flying Robots owner Bill Piedra.

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Featured Recall

Stokke LLC, of Stamford, Conn., is recalling about 400 Trailz Strollers because the handle can break while in use, posing a fall hazard to the infant. This recall involves Stokke Trailz strollers sold in black, black mlange, beige mlange, deep blue, red and purple.

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Deadbeat bill headed for the dust bin

Total outstanding civil warrants for failure to appear issued by family support magistrates as of Jan. 1: 2,807 By Judicial District location: Stamford: 129 Bridgeport: 595 Danbury: 67 Waterbury: 390 New Haven: 484 Middletown: 84 Norwich: 251 Putnam: 211 Hartford: 257 New Britain: 192 Litchfield: 84 Rockville: 63 Family support court rotates between courtroom space the state rents on Lafayette Circle and the third-floor courtroom in the Bastille-like Golden Hill Street courthouse, an arena for human conflict since its construction in 1888. On one gloomy day in March, the dark, wood-paneled courtroom is filled with mothers and fathers, many clutching young children as the magistrate, Anthony Fusco , recites the rules of the court.

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Kids on the hunt - for Easter eggs

... the gate during the St. Francis Episcopal Church Easter Egg Hunt at the church located at 2810 Long Ridge Road in Stamford, Conn., Saturday morning, April 4, 2015. Adelyne Noone, 4, of Stamford, smiles at the start of the St. Francis Episcopal ...

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Naugatuck High School Winter Percussion in MAC Championship

... see a competitive performance of the 2015 production "Drum Machine." The group traveled to West Hill High School in Stamford, CT. The group was scheduled to perform at 3:20pm. Last week was week 4 with a competition at Norwalk High School where ...

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A Stamford WOW House: A Brick Colonial on 8.5 Acres, with a Tennis Court, Pool

The 9,000-plus square foot brick Colonial has 5 bedrooms, 5 full and 2 half-baths. There are fireplaces in the living room and family room.

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Greenwich Police Arrest 2 Residents on Drug Charges

... leased on a written promise to appear in court. Both men are scheduled to appear April 6 in state Superior Court in Stamford.

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Lender: Battle Escalates Over Pro-Malloy Mailings, 'Investigatory Subpoena' Authorized

... including governor. The big legal gun hired by the Democratic State Central Committee, attorney David S. Golub of Stamford, has been papering the walls of the enforcement commission's office with legal motions in an unusually aggressive defense. He ...

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... "Thought Leadership Symposium -- Cyber Security" is taking place at the Sheraton Hotel , 700 E. Main St. in Stamford from 8 a.m. to noon and includes breakfast. Register by emailing michael.orourke@opco.com or antoinette.lombardi@opco.com. SCORE ...

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Shifting jobless outlook puts Fed in risky territory with no map

... notion that we aren't seeing wage growth," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities in Stamford, Conn., and a former Richmond Fed researcher. "It's like groping in the dark." Monetary policy takes time to affect the ...

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Stamford Goodwill store robbery suspect ID'd with DNA

A DNA hit from an armed robbery at Stamford's Goodwill store in September 2012 has police ready to charge a former Stamford man currently in a Pennsylvania prison for a robbery-kidnapping. Police have a signed arrest warrant for Pablo Valenzuela , 24, formerly of Myano Lane, charging him with second-degree larceny and first-degree robbery.

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SAC successor points to new ethic with promotions

Rowayton resident Mike Towey was recently named a managing director at Point 72 Asset Management in Stamford. Photo: Contributed Photo Highlighting a pair of promotions as a "more objective" approach on its internal personnel policies, Stamford-based Point72 Asset Management made Mike Towey , of the Rowayton section of Norwalk, managing partner, and Kirk McKeown , of Greenwich, managing director.

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With promotions, SAC successor points to new ethic

Rowayton resident Mike Towey was recently named a managing director at Point 72 Asset Management in Stamford. Photo: Contributed Photo Highlighting a pair of promotions as a "more objective" approach on its internal personnel policies, Stamford-based Point72 Asset Management made Mike Towey of Rowayton managing partner and Kirk McKeown of Greenwich managing director.

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New hotel planned for Danbury's west side

This rendering shows a specialty boutique hotel that is being proposed for the cityaAos west side by RMS Companies, a Stamford based developer. Photo: Contributed Photo two ducks walk on the ice covered pond in front of the Cooper Square complex, in the Stony Hill section of Bethel, which is being developed by Stamford based RMS Companies.

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Evelyn A. (Walker) Maziarek, 89, Of Stamford

Evelyn A. Maziarek, a longtime resident of Stamford, died in the early hours of Tuesday, March 31. She was 89. She worked for both the Darien dinner theater and Clairol, also helping with her husband Charles' family woodworking business, Maziarek Woodworking. Maziarek was predeceased by her parents, a brother, Rodney Walker, and an aunt, Hazel B. White.

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With promotions, SAC successor points to new ethic

Highlighting a pair of promotions as a "more objective" approach on its internal personnel policies, Stamford-based Point72 Asset Management made Mike Towey of Rowayton managing partner and Kirk McKeown of Greenwich managing director. Towey has been director of equity research since June 2014 for EverPoint Asset Management, a New York City-based affiliate of Point72, previously holding a similar role with Susquehanna International Group for four years.

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Stamford Celebrates Holiday Weekend

The Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrates the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, begins at sundown Friday, April 3, and runs through April 11. For Christians, today is Good Friday, which marks the crucifixion of Jesus. Easter Sunday, on April 5, celebrates his Resurrection.

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Stamford State's Attorney ready to step down

State's Attorney David Cohen speaks at State Superior Court in Stamford, Conn. Cohen has announced his coming retirement.

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Port Chester man beats DUI rap in Stamford

A Port Chester, N.Y. man arrested nearly five years ago and accused of causing an accident on the Merritt Parkway while being three times over the legal limit and stinking of alcohol ' and later admitting to running away from the scene ' has been found not guilty by a Stamford jury. Following a seven-day trial, Samuel Hernandez , 36, walked out of court Thursday a free man, but will be back.

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Stamford girls learn the science of the Sound

Educator and camp director Christina Genz, top center, watches over from left Malia Patterson, 9, and her twin sister, Maya Patterson, Riley Allyn, 8, and Beau Faith, 9, as they inspect a horseshoe crab for the horseshoe crab blood lab experiment during the Science Stars program at SoundWaters' Coastal Education Center at Cove Island Park in Stamford, Conn., on Thursday, April 2, 2015. The STEM-based approach to the program introduces girls from Stamford Public Schools to the Long Island Sound ecology over the five-day school vacation week.

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Could live-saving drones come to the Jersey Shore?

Jersey Shore lifeguards could one day have a helping hand if a new product in the works comes to fruition. A Stamford, Conn.-based group called Flying Robots has finished a prototype of a lifeguard drone that could quickly fly out to a swimmer in distress and drop a inflatable life ring , according to DailyMailOnline.com.

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Edwards and Anderson win Open Class Halfpipe at USASA National Championships

... game. There was really strong depth in the talent at this year's comp, especially in the men's field." Edwards, of Stamford, Connecticut landed a run that featured an indy to mute to frontside 720 followed by a cab 360 to a frontside 540 to indy ...

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Treasuries Surge as Weak Jobs Reports Pushes Back Fed Outlook

... broader than just weather," said William O'Donnell, head U.S. government-bond strategist at RBS Securities Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut, a primary dealer. "It seems much better aligned with the preponderance of other economic data. This leaves the ...

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