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 ...