Monthly Archives: July 2011

 The latest approach to the glut of foreclosed houses: bulldoze them. There are several huge, failed mega-mansions in Greenwich which will suffer this same fate.

Corvino blames Malloy’s new tax which will take $8.5 million from our hospital. Corvino did point this out when the tax was first proposed, pointing out that the hospital was operating at a profit of, I think, $5 million, so we’d … Continue reading →

Westport teen Sam Boas helps save victim of grizzly attack. The kids were almost done with their National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) course in Alaska, doing a solo walkout to a trail head when they were attacked by a momma grizzly … Continue reading →

FDIC blames Decaro, not the financial crisis, for the failure of his bank. Bank US was based in Port Chester but I understand that most of the money sunk into it came from Greenwich. Someone’s bound to be pissed. I wonder … Continue reading →

His 2004 conviction for owning an illegal crocodile has just been overturned by the Connecticut Supreme Court (illegal search). Good for him, but the amazing part of the story is that he was originally fined all of $35. Have you any … Continue reading →

GMAC Mortgage seems to have intentionally filed false documents with a New York court in a foreclosure case. There are those who believe that intentionally filing false documents with a court is a crime – in fact, that’s what the law … Continue reading →

41 Cat Rock, a ranch, asked $1.450, sold for $1.1. 27 Meadow road in Riverside sold for $2.785, very close to its $2.9ish price. Nice house, good location on the corner of Marks and Meadow, but not much of a … Continue reading →

The last blue bin pick up came and went at our house today and, staring at the big blue chunk of plastic I was struck with the question of what to do with it. It doesn’t look recyclable, my garbage … Continue reading →

(5:45). Might want to roll up your car windows. I just did.

1,500 miles, just to be hit by a car. Shame.

Something’s not working there.

The Philipines on $10 a day. Waterfront living, too.

Turns out that there was a cop on that Norwegian island but in Norway, police are unarmed.   It’s certainly not my place to tell the Norwegians how to structure their society, but even one pistol on the island that day … Continue reading →

Analyst: another 11 million mortgages will be foreclosed. If you really think that the only thing holding down home sales is the 5% real estate commission well, here’s my experience: the houses in Greenwich that are underwater owe such much to … Continue reading →

So says this study. I don’t particularly like its results but judging from the comments there are people out there who don’t like real estate agents. I’m shocked.

Contaminated soil found at GHS auditorium building site. No indication yet whether this a huge deal but if history is our guide ….

I just noticed that Patriot Bank has cleared out from Old Greenwich. Turns out, it’s been gone for weeks.

16 Dingletown Rd When this new construction came on the market way back in the spring of 2008 I viewed it with my brother Gideon. He liked it better than I did but neither of us liked its asking price of … Continue reading →