Monthly Archives: November 2008

(posted at 9:05 am). A pedestrian was struck by a car a few minutes ago as the pedestrian (a middle aged or younger woman, I believe) tried to cross Sound Beach Avenue. Like so many of us down here, she didn’t … Continue reading →

Home builders frequently stop building when they have a too large an inventory of unsold homes, but until now I’ve never heard of a publisher just turning off the spigot of new books. But that’s just what Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is … Continue reading →

  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel not only cheats on his own taxes, he helps contributors do it too. He seems to come cheaply – how much do you suppose he’d charge for a simple provision in the … Continue reading →

Surprise! According to The New York Times, Over-pricing hurts the chances of sale just as much across the border as it does here.

GM, Tiger Woods part ways.

Two modest houses were reported sold today (which means they closed Friday). 81 Loughlin Avenue, in Cos Cob, asking $1.350, sold for $1.1 and 25 Lockwood Road in Riverside asked $1.399 since way back in January 2007 and finally sold … Continue reading →

That was asked of meby a friend who has access to sales statistics from the entire tri-state area, plus Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She doesn’t like what she sees. Here’s another person who isn’t as sanguine as most Greenwich homeowners, this … Continue reading →

According to today’s Greenwich Time, Veterans and Italians don’t like the idea of our schools remaining open on the two holidays honoring those groups. The schools say that there are too many holidays in the fall and the learning schedule … Continue reading →

This:       Haven’t had so much fun since Professor Reynolds sent a couple of Instalaunches my way.

Or leaves, anyway. If you believe our First Selectman and our BET, Greenwich is in for straitened financial times. Budgets must be cut, workforce reduced (by all of 15, at last count – big whoop) and all that. May I … Continue reading →

then here’s a link back, to Peter Applebome’s article on Greenwich real estate in Sunday’s New York Times.

This article from the December 16, 2007′s New York Times describes the teardown craze that swept the area the past few years and, interestingly enough, profiles Mr. Dominick DeVito, then just four short months away from being indicted for bank … Continue reading →

Florida boy arrested for breaking wind in class.