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 ...