08/20/09 The Norwalk Briefing

Comprehensive News Feed for Norwalk, CT.

• Cox Media Names Additional Management in Reorganization
  posted on August 21, 2009 02:55:36 am
  ... southern Connecticut and regional vice president of Cox Radio, will now oversee Cox radio stations in Athens, Ga.; Norwalk, Conn.; Bridgeport, Conn.; New Haven, Conn.; Greenville, S.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Long Island, N.Y. and Richmond, Va., as ...
• Updates for IMS Health
  posted on August 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Development for IMS. He continues to report to David R. Carlucci, IMS chairman and CEO, and will be based in Norwalk, CT. On 08/19/09, Martek Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq:MATK), announced it intends to release the results of its third quarter of ...
• National Guardian Acquires PSM, Adding a Central Station
  posted on November 01, 2006 04:00:00 pm
  National Guardian Security Services Inc., Norwalk, Conn., a provider of electronic security services to multi-location businesses throughout the United States and Canada, acquired Professional Security Monitoring , Jamaica, N.Y. In addition to expanding National Guardian's presence in the Northeast, the acquisition establishes a secondary, ...
• ISC to Host Home Automation Show; BNP Mediaa s SmartHome Magazine Signs on as Official Media Sponsor
  posted on May 01, 2006 03:00:00 pm
  Reed Exhibitionsa , Norwalk, Conn., ISC Event team announced the launch of a new co-located event focusing on the home automation sector.
• Good Tunes for Dealers
  posted on August 20, 2009 03:24:34 pm
  ... and people are willing to spend money on it," says Jamie Orvis, chief operating officer, Security Solutions Inc., Norwalk, Conn. Orvis' family has been in the security business since 1969, serving Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. But it ...
• Mayor wants a say in hiring schools chief
  posted on August 20, 2009 03:10:01 pm
  NORWALKBy LAUREN MYLOHour Staff WriterAlthough it's not city precedent to have a mayor serve on the superintendent search committee, Norwalk's mayor said it just makes sense.Mayor Richard A. Moccia spoke to the Board of Education Tuesday night about his desire to serve on the search committee .
• Relay for Life postponed to 2010
  posted on August 20, 2009 02:42:20 pm
  ... join us in making the 2010 event a success." The Relay for Life had been successful in neighboring Fairfield and Norwalk this year. The June event at Fairfield Ludlowe High School raised $152,259, while the Norwalk event held later that month at ...
• Family Event Listings: Parades, Puppets, Penguins And Pequots
  posted on August 20, 2009 12:25:27 pm
  A couple of cultural festivals in New London and Mashantucket are part of this weekend's fun, or you can check out the special penguin exhibit at Norwalk's Maritime Aquarium.
• Despite 130 Million Credit Card Records Hit, Just 6% of Consumers...
  posted on August 18, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Despite the magnitude of the case, just 6% of consumers surveyed seek their credit scores because they ''think they may be the victim of identity theft.'' A survey of 270 consumers reveal that the top benefits and reasons for seeking their credit scores and reports.
• Takin' It to the Streets: Haitian immigrant becomes walking billboard for his own job search
  posted on August 20, 2009 03:12:30 am
  ... wore heavily-worded homemade sandwich-board signs Friday, Aug. 14, near a busy intersection across the street from Norwalk Superior Court. But drivers idling at the four-way intersection of Cross Street and Belden Avenue in Norwalk discovered a ...
• Mature Nurse Presents False Identity
  posted on August 18, 2009 07:02:24 am
  A fifty-six year-old woman, Betty. A Lichtenstein, from Norwalk, Connecticut, has been charged with impersonating a nurse, at a doctora s office.
• Multiple Acquisitions for Stanley
  posted on May 09, 2006 03:00:00 pm
  ... $600 million. Stanley also purchased the retail branch business of National Guardian Security Services Inc., Norwalk, Conn. The purchase includes both commercial and residential accounts across the United States with strong concentration in ...
• Guest column: Who needs newspapers?
  posted on August 20, 2009 01:03:16 am
  ... reak free. (And yes, television is worse.) William A. Collins is a former state representative and a former mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut.
• Area stocks
  posted on August 19, 2009 09:44:14 pm
  Area stocks rose Tuesday, led by a group that included Norwalk-based Priceline.com Inc.
• Guccione's Goods Sold At Auction
  posted on August 19, 2009 08:02:00 am
  ... $49 million last year. Guccione's taste was a bit outr and so Falcone has gutted the home. The pieces ended up in Norwalk, Connecticut for what seems to have been a very eclectic aution. Many of the pieces up for auction look like sets from ...
• Expending Energy on Energy
  posted on August 08, 2006 03:00:00 pm
  ... sought to curb its energy bills last year. The effort began with a detailed analysis of energy use at the Norwalk, Conn.-based company's then 27 hotels. From there, HEI instituted a program to cut usage. In back offices, lights were dimmed or turned ...
• Monroe teen wins Norden award
  posted on August 19, 2009 02:54:45 am
  ... Scholarship will help defray Gupta's room and board and other college costs. The award is from Norden Systems in Norwalk, a unit of the California-based defense industry giant. "We haven't had any income coming in. It's a huge help to get $10,000 ...
• On the Block, a Peek Into the Lifestyle of Bob Guccione
  posted on August 18, 2009 07:08:19 pm
  NORWALK, Conn. - Jill Mullen's morning of looking at about-to-be-auctioned antiques went like this: First she stared into a face that was angelic, carved in a marble tablet by a neo-Classical artist.
• Letters from Our Readers
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... of relief to know that Jim Himes and representatives like him still believe in the rule of law. Kathleen Mary Tepper Norwalk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The article "The Fisher Panic" (Aug. 6, 2009, Fairfield County Weekly) does a ...
• Jackpot! Sweetest Animal Website [Zooillogix]
  posted on August 18, 2009 06:53:07 am
  ... Metroparks Zoo Florida Aquarium Georgia Aquarium Knoxville Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo Los Angeles Zoo Maritime Center in Norwalk, CT Milwaukee Zoo Monterey Bay Aquarium Mystic Aquarium New England Aquarium New York Aquarium Newport Aquarium North Carolina ...

08/17/09 The Norwalk Briefing (updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Norwalk, CT.

• Rell: H1N1 vaccine will be free
  posted on August 18, 2009 12:10:15 am
  ... There have been 72 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in Stamford, and as of Aug. 12 there have been 1,910 statewide. Norwalk has recorded 65 cases while Wilton and Westport have reported 30 and 16, respectively, according to the state Department of ...
• Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing
  posted on August 17, 2009 11:50:07 pm
  ... industry's only on-balance-sheet core deposit sweep to their commercial customers over the past two months. The - NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) today announced that Dr. Mohammad Shakouri will share his views ...
• Risks and Benefits: Health on Account
  posted on January 27, 2005 04:00:00 pm
  ... and determining with HR how those budgets are achieved," says Tom Beauregard, a Hewitt health-care consultant in Norwalk, Connecticut. While the employers responding to the Hewitt study expect a 12 percent increase in health-benefit expenses this ...
• Great beaches in Connecticut
  posted on August 17, 2009 08:00:26 am
  ... Department at 203-255-7381. Have a cow! Or at least a calf!: Calf Pasture Beach, 69 Calf Pasture Beach Road, Norwalk, provides a bevy of beachside entertainment options. Its 33 acres contain a fishing area, softball fields, a miniature golf course, ...
• Real Estate Transactions
  posted on August 17, 2009 07:17:10 am
  ... NEW CANAAN No transactions in this town. NORWALK (Transactions recorded through Feb. 11.) 12 Caesar Street LLC sold to Halmut S. and Marie C. Osorio, property at 12 Caesar ...
• Irene's Odd World
  posted on August 17, 2009 02:56:56 am
  ... woman forged the award and paid $2,000 to throw herself a party in that honour. Lichtenstein has been working at a Norwalk, Ct., practice where her duties included giving injections and medical advice. A patient complained about a painful injection, ...
• Staples Class of '59 Returns to Staples
  posted on August 16, 2009 03:15:00 pm
  ... today. Retired Westport educator Glenn Hightower played tour guide. The weekend festivities include a reception at Norwalk's Shorehaven Club tonight and a brunch gathering Sunday at the Ned Dimes Marina at Compo Beach. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow ...
• Left-turn ban on Hendricks Ave. concerns area residents
  posted on August 16, 2009 12:57:01 pm
  NORWALK By ROBERT KOCH Hour Staff Writer Don't plan on making a left turn from northbound East Avenue onto Hendricks Avenue anymore.
• Former Knicks great helps Norwalk children keep focus on reading
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... reading than reminiscing about his time playing basketball at Madison Square Garden. Starks visited the South Norwalk Library last Thursday morning as part of the Power to Learn Program, sponsored by the Knicks and Cablevision, and as a part of the ...
• Help Norwalk Tree Alliance look out for the mile-a-minute vine
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  The Norwalk Tree Alliance and the Norwalk Tree Advisory Committee are asking residents of the community to report sightings of the so-called mile-a-minute vine, an invasive and destructive weed that has spread across Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and other parts of the Eastern seaboard.
• Common Council approves widening of East Avenue
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... cooperation to get all of the improvements done. Council member Laurel E. Lindstrom, president of the Eastern Norwalk Neighborhood Association, added an amendment to the resolution that calls for additional public information sessions as the city ...
• City promises light at end of tunnel for developments
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Representatives of the Connecticut Main Street Center -- a state resource for cities looking to revitalize their main street districts -- visited Norwalk Tuesday to tour the city's redevelopment neighborhoods in the South Norwalk business district, the West Avenue district and Wall Street.
• Baseball Players Take Swings At Crohn's And Colitis
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Elementary School on Sunday. The Second Annual Crohn's Colitis Foundation Of America Home Run Derby, organized by Norwalk's own Tracy Holder, was a hit -- literally and figuratively. Holder, who suffers from Crohn's Disease, an inflammatory disease ...
• Sono Academy faces the credit crisis head on
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... said Zullo, who is now a stylist at Artistic Salon in Westport. Macaluso, who works at Artistic Image Hair Studio in Norwalk, pointed out that in addition to gaining experience in cutting edge highlight and creative color techniques, rather than ...
• Remembering fallen heroes
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... to secure a lasting peace among our neighbors and other nations. For example right here at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk is the Shea-McGrath Memorial, which features the names of hundreds of soldiers who were killed in action. Daniel John Shea, who ...
• College for kids yields budding fashion designers and more
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  While Project Runway may be finding its new home on Lifetime this fall, a group of local fashionistas found their own runway in a classroom at Norwalk Community College last week.
• Norwalk man sentenced in stabbing
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  A Norwalk man who pleaded guilty to stabbing a teenager during a house party fight that led to the death of one of his friends was sentenced to three years in prison in state Superior Court Tuesday.
• LLI at NCC provides education for people over 50
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... may sound too good to be true. But for area residents over 50, it's not. The Lifetime Learners Institute (LLI) at Norwalk Community College will once again be offering courses like the ones described above this fall. There will be a total of 48 ...
• MTC presents Cinderella @ Theatre Artists Worksh...
  posted on August 16, 2009 10:26:35 am
  ... WHEN: Friday, August 14 at 7:30pm and Saturday, August 15 at 2pm. WHERE: Theatre Artists Workshop, 5 Gregory Blvd in Norwalk, CT. TICKETS: $12 for children and $15 for adults in advance. $18 for children and adults at the door and reservations are ...

08/11/09 The Norwalk Briefing

Comprehensive News Feed for Norwalk, CT.

• Priceline's Q2 Soars As Leisure Travelers Book Its Bargains
  posted on August 10, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... The company pointed to unexpectedly strong leisure travel demand, as vacationers went to the site for bargains. Norwalk, Conn.-based Priceline ( PCLN ) said it earned $2.02 a share, excluding special items such as stock-based compensation, in the ...
• Pencil It In
  posted on August 11, 2009 10:41:47 pm
  ... advance. No fee. Call 762-3950. Thursday, Aug. 13 Drop-In Storytime: Sweet Dreams Storytime takes place at 7 p.m. at Norwalk Public Library, 1 Belden Ave. Ages 2 to 6 years old and their families to snuggle up to enjoy bedtime stories at the ...
• Religion events in the region
  posted on August 11, 2009 04:13:38 pm
  ... Affordable Hearing, Orange Medical Center 380 Boston Post Road, Suite 107, Orange, 203-799-775 l Hear Rite Hearing, Norwalk Medical Center, 149 East Ave., Suite 8, Norwalk, 203-857-4540 l Hear Rite Hearing, 1936 Post Road, Darien, 203-202-2520 ...
• Priceline.com Inc.
  posted on August 11, 2009 03:44:12 pm
  ... ck has more than doubled this year. Profit excluding some items rose to $2.02 a share from $1.55 a year earlier, the Norwalk, Conn., company said. Analysts had projected $1.79 a share, on average.
• Loft artists find permanent digs in SoNo
  posted on August 10, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Loft artists find permanent digs in SoNo NORWALK By TAMELA J. RITTER Hour Correspondent The image of the artist working and showing in an old warehouse, isolated from the chaos of home and family, life and responsibility, free to create in their own space, is very much alive on South Norwalk's Wilson Avenue.
• Suspects sought by police after shots fired at complex
  posted on August 11, 2009 01:54:00 pm
  NORWALK By TOM EVANS Hour Staff Writer Police continue to investigate multiple gunshots early Sunday morning at Roodner Court. According to police, Officer Justin Bisceglie was on patrol in the housing complex just after 1 a.m. when the ...
• Man facing charges for inappropriate contact with teen boy
  posted on August 11, 2009 08:16:36 am
  A Norwalk man is once again facing charges after allegedly having "inappropriate contact" with a 15-year-old boy.
• Vieux appointed Norwalk lead prosecutor
  posted on August 11, 2009 01:15:21 am
  An eight-year veteran prosecutor has been appointed the lead state's attorney's office at Norwalk Superior Court.
• Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing
  posted on August 10, 2009 08:45:28 pm
  Fully - 08/10/2009 - 08:01 AM Priceline.com Reports Financial Results for 2nd Quarter 2009 NORWALK, Conn.-- --Priceline.com Incorporated today reported its financial results for the 2nd quarter 2009.
• Priceline.com quarterly net climbs to $67 million
  posted on August 10, 2009 07:17:26 pm
  On a pro forma basis, the Norwalk, Conn., online travel agent said it earned $2.02 a share.
• Norwalk man accused of using parents' credit cards
  posted on August 10, 2009 03:52:49 am
  NORWALK, Conn. - A Norwalk man and his girlfriend are due in Norwalk Superior Court after allegedly charging more than $13,000 on credit cards he opened in his parents names.
• Jumped-up JSTARS: MP-RTIP Technology for Ground Surveillance Planes?
  posted on August 10, 2009 03:42:53 am
  ... AFB, MA (F19629-00-C-0100, Modification P00153). Work on the study will be done at Northrop Grumman facilities in Norwalk, CT; Melbourne, FL; and El Segundo, CAl and Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems business unit. See also Northrop Grumman ...
• Mullaney has huge game for Leominster 14s
  posted on August 09, 2009 10:49:02 pm
  Leominster's Sean Mullaney played big on defense and big on offense as he led the Leominster 14-year-olds to a 5-4 win over a tough team from Norwalk, Conn., in the New England Regional Babe Ruth Championships, Saturday.
• Sea Notes: Not enough wind to fuel Buzzards Bay Regatta
  posted on August 09, 2009 02:17:00 pm
  ... a national-level competitor who now lives in Dorchester, beating out this year's national champ Hank Lammens of Norwalk, Conn. Hitchcock had a first and a second place, while Lammens took a first and a sixth place in two races. Dr. Ted Herlihy of ...
• PAWS PurraPalooza @ PAWS Animal Shelter
  posted on August 09, 2009 12:35:27 pm
  ... own! The event will be held on Sunday August 9th from 12 noon until 4:00 pm at the PAWS shelter at 504 Main Ave in Norwalk, CT. We have over 150 fabulous felines to choose from! There is sure to be one that is a purr-fect fit for you. All cats have ...
• How to Start a Franchise
  posted on August 09, 2009 12:00:01 pm
  ... store and launching into the franchise business are worlds apart, though. So Farid built himself a second store, in Norwalk, Connecticut, to serve as his test franchise. He went step by step through the stages of opening and running an Edible ...
• Scientists work to preserve Sound oysters
  posted on August 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  EAST NORWALK, Conn. - Out on Long Island Sound, where Captain Norm Bloom often can be found just outside the Harbor Islands, it now seems inconceivable that some scientists and fishermen were ready a decade ago to write off what arguably is the world's richest oyster ground.
• Prosecutors claim 'Nurse of the Year' not really a nurse
  posted on August 09, 2009 01:13:18 am
  NORWALK, Conn. -- A Connecticut woman who authorities say spent more than $2,000 to stage a dinner honoring her as "Nurse of the Year" has been charged with pretending to be a nurse at a doctor's office.
• Lighthouse turbine project boosts summer studies
  posted on August 08, 2009 10:39:48 pm
  Students from Green Light Academy, a summer program sponsored by Beacon Preservation, and representatives from Norwalk based PurePoint Energy, visited Penfield Lighthouse Wednesday, where they installed two wind turbines to power the fog horn and light.
• Personal income rises in the GJ area
  posted on August 07, 2009 04:05:00 pm
  ... nation for per-capita personal income last year. The area with the highest average income was Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn., at $82,266 followed by Naples-Marco Island, Fla., at $64,349. The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif., area ranked ...

08/05/09 The Norwalk Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Norwalk, CT.

• Business People
  posted on August 06, 2009 09:35:12 am
  ... as one of the "Top 100 Green Design Firms" by Building Design and Construction magazine. - Dr. Ian Weir of Norwalk, has been appointed associate director of the Sleep Disorders Center and director of the Insomnia Center at Norwalk Hospital. He also ...
• Kayakers set for weekend jamboree off Norwalk
  posted on August 06, 2009 07:04:20 am
  It's billed as an event by kayakers, for kayakers and about kayakers. So for three days, beginning Friday, the Norwalk Islands Kayaker Jamboree appears ready to live up to its name, with activities planned on water and land.
• Homeless shelter elects new chairman
  posted on August 06, 2009 06:22:43 am
  Homeless shelter elects new chairman By CHASE WRIGHT Times Staff Writer STAMFORD -- The Shelter for the Homeless elected a new board chairman this week; a Norwalk native with an extensive background in finance and information technology.
• Massage parlor busted in police raid
  posted on August 06, 2009 01:44:44 am
  ... Jackson, 26, charged with prostitution, were released after posting $5,000 bonds each. Philip Martineau, 45, of Norwalk, was charged with patronizing a prostitute and released after posting a $2,500 bond. The arrests took place after police Sgt. ...
• Online textbook firm Akademos raises $2.5M in VC
  posted on August 03, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... online and operates the Internet book exchange TextbookX.com, has raised $2.5 million in new equity financing. Norwalk, Conn.-based Akademos was founded in 2002 by former Cornell University professor Brian Jacobs. This was the first securities ...
• Gault 'ManSpace' shocks teacher
  posted on August 05, 2009 09:36:08 pm
  Tony Aitoro, left, owner of Aitoro Appliances, mans the Viking grill Tuesday in the Norwalk back yard of Richard Fuller for a morning barbeque in an outdoor space built by the Gault Outdoor ManSpace Team.
• InXpo: Red 7 Media Partners With InXpo to Create Next-Generation Virtual Business Environments
  posted on August 05, 2009 07:56:00 pm
  Red 7 Media, LLC, a business media company headquartered in Norwalk, CT, has signed an agreement with InXpo, a leading provider of privately-branded virtual events and virtual business environments , to co-develop next-generation platforms for creating profitable online business communities and events.
• Restaurants in Fairfield County
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... sauce is a winner, as are the ribs, which are some of the best in the area. Steakhouse. $. 595 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk. 203-853-8869, americansteakhouse.com Ash Creek Saloon: Ash Creek Saloon is an authentic 19th-century saloon ...
• A family gathering at Tuscan Oven Trattoria
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  On a sultry summer evening in Norwalk, Conn., the Pirraglia family comes together for a family meal on the newly crafted stone patio at Tuscan Oven, the restaurant they own, to enjoy each other's company over a meal cooked on its outdoor hearth.
• The Fairfield County Morning News with John LaBarca
  posted on June 30, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... John in politics and a very good rise -- twice about a 95 no complaints. I don't Westport looking fairly good still Norwalk Darien ago -- trip for a post trauma team got. The merits not a bad choice on the coming into Westport as well as a Norwalk ...
• Restrooms not likely at bus hub
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:10:01 pm
  NORWALK By STEVE KOBAK Hour Staff Writer The lack of restrooms at the WHEELS hub on Burnell Boulevard potentially poses minor health risks but installing restrooms at the hub is not required by health codes nor is it practical, according to ...
• CLUB - Chat and Chew
  posted on August 04, 2009 01:00:00 pm
  ... about the birth of her granddaughter, Sara Jean Miller, to her son Daniel and his wife Susan Miller July 17 in Norwalk, Conn. Members updated each other on recent activities and discussed future trips. Suzette Simpson won the door prize. The next ...
• Great beaches in Connecticut
  posted on August 05, 2009 06:35:44 am
  ... Department at 203-255-7381. Have a cow! Or at least a calf!: Calf Pasture Beach, 69 Calf Pasture Beach Road, Norwalk, provides a bevy of beachside entertainment options. Its 33 acres contain a fishing area, softball fields, a miniature golf course, ...
• and TMC Labs Announce 2009 Innovation Award Winners
  posted on August 05, 2009 02:35:50 am
  Tenth Annual Award Acknowledges CRM and Contact Center's Best Technological Advancements Norwalk, CT - Technology Marketing Corporation announced today the winners of the 2009 TMC Labs Innovation Award, presented by Customer Interaction Solutions magazine.
• Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing
  posted on August 04, 2009 10:16:42 pm
  NORWALK, Conn.-- --IMS Health , the world's leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced the launch of IMS Global Message IQTM, - BOSTON-- --FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE 1. KEY INFORMATION - 08/04/2009 - 10:04 AM DUBLIN-- --Research and ...
• Clambakes and Barbecues
  posted on June 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... coleslaw and watermelon. And they'll bring all the fixings. The guys at Pagano's Fish Market ( 86 Scribner Ave., Norwalk, (203) 831-8376 ) say they do a lot of clambakes at Compo Beach in Westport. They offer two appetizers (steamers and mussels), ...
• Aug. 4 2009, 1:00pm-2:00pm
  posted on January 01, 2009 04:00:00 pm
  ... rich but when a restaurant you can rejuvenate your spirit that or database software northeast community church in Norwalk and that's right at church and we --" " I think ideas about your spiritual -- what makes northeast community church. -- During ...
• Area Stocks
  posted on August 04, 2009 12:30:07 pm
  ... Connecticut Index was up 1.49, to 90.07, as 54 stocks gained, 18 fell and eight were unchanged. Priceline.com, a Norwalk-based online discount travel service, gained $4.11 to close at $133.74. Priceline.com on Monday was raised to "buy" from "hold" ...
• Xponential Group Launches Network Installation Channel on TMCnet
  posted on August 04, 2009 08:53:59 am
  (Norwalk, CT Aug. 3, 2009) Technology Marketing Corporation today announced that the Network Installation channel , sponsored by Xponential Group , has been launched as the newest addition to the TMCnet channel program. The Network Installation ...
• Westporter Gets Norwalk Hospital Post
  posted on August 04, 2009 06:55:21 am
  ... photo Spencer S. Richlin of Westport has been appointed chief of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Norwalk Hospital. He is surgical director and a specialist with Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut on Glover Avenue in ...

08/02/09 The Norwalk Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Norwalk, CT.

• Dodd visits Norwalk health care clinic
  posted on August 03, 2009 02:18:47 am
  ... it was the first of the nonprofit's three free clinics in the area, which last year had a total of 9,000 visits in Norwalk, Danbury and Bridgeport. Dodd also answered questions about his own health. On Friday, he announced he was diagnosed with ...
• Monroe teen a Legend-ary speed racer
  posted on August 03, 2009 02:18:17 am
  ... after seeing a picture of another youngster in the Connecticut Post. He started practicing at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, joining the Norwalk Carting Association. "I was going fast and it was really fun competition," he said, of his early racing ...
• Are Animals Mixing Up the Ocean? [Zooillogix]
  posted on August 02, 2009 03:14:03 pm
  ... Metroparks Zoo Florida Aquarium Georgia Aquarium Knoxville Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo Los Angeles Zoo Maritime Center in Norwalk, CT Milwaukee Zoo Monterey Bay Aquarium Mystic Aquarium New England Aquarium New York Aquarium Newport Aquarium North Carolina ...
• Ex-mayoral candidate ordered to pay court $6,500 a month
  posted on August 01, 2009 11:44:49 pm
  ... last year -- has been ordered to pay the court $6,500 per month while he remains there. At a Thursday hearing in Norwalk Housing Court, part of a continuing eviction proceeding against Merrell, Judge Jack Groggins ordered Merrell pay July's use and ...
• The Final Score with Matt Levine
  posted on January 01, 2009 04:00:00 pm
  ... sponsor for the final screech. And every Saturday and then you need more review. And again a lot about members of Norwalk fifteen and fourteen year old Babe Ruth baseball and joining us about 130. -- the -- also -- a finger intern Brendan grant is ...
• Commuters to Norwalk Transit: Show us the restrooms
  posted on August 01, 2009 03:10:00 pm
  NORWALK By STEVE KOBAK Hour Staff Writer As far as Hot Dog Plus owner Sayed Hassan is concerned, when you gotta go, you gotta go ... just don't go behind his dumpsters. Hassan, whose store is located at the WHEELS hub on Burnell Boulevard, ...
• Officals explore options to keep Norwalk High pool open
  posted on August 01, 2009 03:10:00 pm
  NORWALKBy ROBERT KOCHHour Staff WriterBoard of Education members will receive an update Tuesday night on the effort to keep the Norwalk High School swimming pool open despite budget cuts.Mayor Richard A. Moccia said the various options will be explained to the school board.
• Rockefeller issues subpoena to Vertrue over credit billing
  posted on July 29, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... especially in the midst of this difficult economic climate." Rockefeller told Vertrue's president, Gary Johnson of Norwalk, Conn., in a letter that he asked for the information more than two months ago, while similar letters went to two other ...
• The Chat Room with John Roman - Aug. 1 2009, 7:20am-7:40am
  posted on July 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... you imposed its. -- that's --" " And a new group continued to -- the original. But yeah. Literally remove her route. Norwalk Hospital at 20385. To 3454. Or visit the Norwalk Hospital website at Norwalk HO SP dart board Norwalk Hospital compassion ...
• Pitney dives on analyst downgrade
  posted on August 01, 2009 10:21:15 am
  The region's stocks rose Friday, led by a group that included Norwalk-based Priceline.com and Danbury-based Praxair Inc.
• Performers wanted for Summer Sings
  posted on August 01, 2009 06:10:54 am
  ... (The 100-plus members of the nonprofit FCC rehearse weekly September through spring, and perform regularly at the Norwalk Concert Hall.) Each event attracts 75 to 150 singers, he said. The majority of participants are singers in chorales or church ...
• Arts center is keeping kids of the street
  posted on August 01, 2009 05:04:24 am
  Alfred Jacobs, 12, a student at West Rocks Middle School, is excited about the new Norwalk Housing Authority's arts center for young people in grades one through 12.
• Serasis chosen by Dems to try and unseat Moccia
  posted on August 01, 2009 05:04:15 am
  District A Democrat Steven A. Serasis received his party's mayoral endorsement from Democratic Town Committee members in the Community Room of Norwalk City Hall last Wednesday.
• Local students part of the 'civic generation
  posted on August 01, 2009 05:04:02 am
  Jill Daley and Ariel Schachter, both Norwalk residents, are answering the call for service in their community by interning at the George Washington Carver Community Center this summer through a philanthropy program made possible by Bank of America .
• Rowdy New Britain end's Norwalk Post 12's season
  posted on August 01, 2009 05:03:49 am
  The failure to hit in key situations proved to be costly for the Norwalk Post 12 Senior American Legion team.
• 00pm
  posted on May 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... unidentified fourteen year old girl who called 911 to say she was forced into prostitution has led to an arrest in Norwalk 37 year old Gonzales salon -- of south main street was held. -- 100000 dollar bond he's charged with promoting prostitution ...
• Moving in: Cromwell
  posted on August 01, 2009 03:07:57 am
  ... that I would have used for the ring we put toward a down payment," said Nedelka, a writer at a business magazine in Norwalk who is also 24. The couple, who met as college students working summer jobs at Lake Compounce in Bristol, say they could not ...
• The Fairfield County Morning News with John LaBarca
  posted on July 31, 2009 11:54:54 pm
  ... you are solid and I give me sound card makes in 19 only down thirteen am very heavy thunderstorm at Westport and Norwalk into Stamford -- much battery down to six very heavy northbound Judith -- A lot of volume on the merit as well in the 42 pockets ...
• SoNo arts celebration returns this weekend
  posted on July 31, 2009 04:08:10 pm
  The puppets taking up space in Heather Kahlert's living room are just one of the signs that the time has come again to celebrate the arts in South Norwalk.
• Head of Norwalk YMCA departs
  posted on July 31, 2009 04:08:05 pm
  A seemingly abrupt change in the leadership of the Norwalk YMCA came at the end of last week as the 81-year-old community organization lost its chief executive officer in the midst of member complaints about shortened hours and infrastructure maintenance problems at the aging West Avenue facility.