Daily Archives: November 19, 2008

After more than 400 lawsuits, disabled man can sue no more. 399 to go for our local litigant.

A reader asked me about trustworthy suppliers of firewood under the mistaken impression that I had found and reported on one a year or two ago in my column. In fact, the people I wrote about short-changed me by a 1/2 … Continue reading →

Oh goodie: Europe ditches the Kyoto accord nonsense while it tries to stave of a depression and the Messiah vows to make his carbon cap and trade plan a number one priority. This is moving from amusing to downright scary.

From the Bovina Bloviator: Sad stories from the NYT’s “Neediest Cases” as reported by the WSJ. Get them while there’s still a Republican in the White House); poverty American style. For years, Mike and Kelly D’Addeo planned to use their … Continue reading →

  This property (we neighbors call it the “Helmet House”) sold for $3.275 million in September, 2005, perhaps at a lower price than it should have fetched because its builder priced it for a million more and let it sit around … Continue reading →

According to Greenwich Time, some boaters in Old Greenwich Harbor want my osprey neighbors evicted. They claim, and I’m sure it’s true, that the fish hawks rip apart their catch while perched in the masts of the boaters’ sailboats and … Continue reading →

6 Old Stone Bridge was last sold in November, 2003 for $1.675 million. It came back up for sale this past September, priced at $2.325 million, or just about 40% more than the sellers had paid for it. That didn’t work … Continue reading →

Realogy, parent company of Sotheby’s and Coldwell Banker, placed on endangered list.