Cos Cob Volunteer Fire Company Knocks Down Basement Blaze

Cos Cob Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 responded to a fire Tuesday night on Bayshore Drive in the Riverside section of Greenwich, it reported on its Facebook page.

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GHS students protest 'body shaming'

Sisters, Grace and Patrice DiChristina, 15 and 17, both Greenwich High School students, wear T-shirts they designed and wore to Greenwich High School on Tuesday to protest the enforcement of their school's dress code, at their Riverside home, Wednesday, May 29, 2013.

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"He was an absolute sweetheart," my Mom recalls of meeting him. "Big dimples, big diamonds."

When I met Liberace in 1986, I tried to eat his diamond rings. He was making an appearance at Caldors in Riverside, Connecticut, promoting a coffee table book of photos of one of his fantastic homes .

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Local band Logan's Run will perform at the Greenwich Town Party tomorrow. The band is made up of Alessandro ChillA©, vocals and bass .

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$190 Million Greenwich Compound Is Priciest Home In The U.S.

A glance at a property in Greenwich that is reported to be the most expensive listing in the United States.

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On Greenwich's folksy past, a busy retirement -- and the French horn

A: A great deal. It used to be much more folksy. We used to live near the Riverside railroad station and across the street was a mailman and town employees lived fairly close by.

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Riverside Park to host playscape in memory of Newtown victim

A group of New Jersey firefighters wants to build a playscape in the city in memory of one of the children killed in the Newtown shooting.

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Zackham's 'Wedding' directorial debut also marks Greenwich homecoming

Greenwich native Justin Zackham directing the upcoming comedy "The Wedding" in Greenwich recently.

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Matrimonial masterpiece makes for a musical centennial kickoff

Metropolitan Opera soprano Jennifer Aylmer will be one of two soloists who will perform in "Mozart and Constanze: Love Letters," a concert featuring Mozart's Great Mass in C minor at St.

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U.S. housing starts surpass 1 million in March

A house located on 24 or 26 Hearthstone Drive awaits more work in the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich on Sunday, March 24, 2013.

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Trio Face Prescription Forgery Charges

A trio-a woman and two men-were arrested on charges they tried to pass forged prescriptions at the Walgreens in Riverside.

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Park evolves to new trends

This weekend marks the yearly opening of Six Flags New England. While some eagerly anticipate the date, awaiting to ride on a favorite attraction for the first time since last October, for others it is disheartening to see a once cherished landmark continue to remain a shadow of its former self.

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Peter Savigny, seen here in his White Plains, N.Y. studio, is a specialist in film story telling and preserving family histories on video.

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Rowayton man wins first Greenwich Cup Half Marathon

The Rowayton resident, who turns 38 on Monday, easily outdistanced the competition to win the first Greenwich Cup Half Marathon Sunday at Greenwich Point.

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CT printmakers to take center stage at CCP

The Center for Contemporary Printmaking CCP spring exhibition opens with a gallery reception for the second annual Connecticut Printmakers Invitational on Sunday, April 7, from 2 to 5 p.m. This exhibition will feature the innovative use of printmaking techniques in fine art, showcasing original prints by 12 established and emerging artists, and one ... (more)

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Greenwich Bridge Replacement Delayed

The work to demolish and replace the Lockwood Lane bridge overpass on I-95 in Riverside, CT, has been postponed.

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Greenwich pair solve men's, um, chafing swimsuit problem

Susan Jaffe, left, and Susan White, co-owners of Turq LLC, have invented a product for men to wear under their swimtrunks, in White's home office, in Riverside, Conn., Thursday, March 21, 2013.

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Greenwich School Nurses, Parents Oppose Cut in Supervisor's Hours

"Please don't take the safety away," Riverside parent Courtney Kittell appealed to the Greenwich Board of Education Thursday night as she and Greenwich Public School nurses outlined the impact of reducing the hours the district's nursing supervisor can work.

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Greenwich Bridge To Close For Eight Months

GREENWICH, Conn. Drivers in Greenwich's Riverside neighborhood will have to detour around the Lockwood Lane bridge that spans I-95 when it closes for a construction project on April 1. The $3 million project will replace the entire bridge.

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Detour Planned During Riverside Bridge Replacement Project

If you're planning to travel through the Lockwood Lane neighborhood of Riverside as a short cut, you should plan on extra travel time.

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Committee Asks For Funding Sources, Location Recommendation On Riverside Park Playscape

A committee of the New London City Council expressed their support for moving a playscape into Riverside Park and concerns with delays in the process, but recommended tabling action on the item until questions over location and costs can be addressed.

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Greenwich Students Honored for Academic Achievements

The following students from Colgate University were recipients of the Dean's Award for academic excellence during the 2012 fall term at Colgate University.

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Woman Faces DWI Charge

Greenwich Police say they arrested a 57-year-old town woman on various motor vehicle charges including driving while intoxicated on Tuesday evening.

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Jennifer Aniston Enjoying Greenwich's Restaurant Scene

Actress Jennifer Aniston apparently is enjoying Greenwich's culinary scene while staying in town for a movie shoot.

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Documentary to Air on Women and How They Shaped History

Women who helped transform the worlds of politics, business, entertainment, sports and fashion will be headlining a new documentary series that is to debut tonight on PBS.

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These Students Are at the Head of the Class

The fall semester Dean's List at Bryant University includes the following town residents: Cindy Contreras, a senior in finance, from Greenwich; Anmei Zheng, a senior in international business in finance, from Riverside.

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Harbor Dredging Projects Get Support from Sen. Murphy [VIDEO]

Connecticut's junior senator returned to Greenwich Wednesday for a fact-finding tour of capitial projects that town officials hope will receive federal support.

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Participants in the recent Reflections on Solidarity panel discussion included Dr.

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Man Faces Charge He Used Fake Painkiller Prescription

A 25-year-old man is facing charges he used what Greenwich Police determined was a forged prescription to obtain the painkiller Oxycodone.

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Honors For Local Students

The following area residents have been named to the Dean's List at Providence College for the Fall 2012 semester: Daniel Amen of Cos Cob, and a member of the class of 2013, Elizabeth DeVivo of Riverside, and a member of the class of 2014, William Kawas of Greenwich, and a member of the class of 2013, Richard Piper of Greenwich was recently named to ... (more)

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Pair Face Counterfeit Money Charges

Greenwich Police say they seized more than 30 counterfeit $20 bills from a couple who they arrested early Thursday at the Walgreen's pharmacy in Riverside.

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Prayers, Well Wishes from Greenwich Catholics For Pope Benedict

As Catholics around the world learned that Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation for health reasons, local Catholics prayed for his future and that of the church.

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Man Faces Gun Charges After Bullet Lodges Into Neighbor's Home

Bullet in a neighbor's wall yields arrest A 69-year-old Greenwich man faces charges of illegally firing a handgun inside his home, and the bullet ended up in the home of a neighbor.

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Greenwich Letter: Tree Conservancy Opposes Metro-North's Trimming

CL&P has just announced plans to cut down trees on private and public property along the New Haven railroad line.

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'Street art' faces nailed to trees intrigue some, irk others

A round pink smiley face attached to a tree trunk on Lockwood Road in Riverside, Thursday, Jan.

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Trimming Trees To Cut Power Outages

Flash back to Aug. 6, 2012. The weather wasn't overly warm for the summer month but nonetheless, residents and business owners were champing at the bit when the town was plunged into darkness-in the early morning.

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New memoir service targets those who want to tell their story

Marven Moss, the fellow who is his right-hand and Ian Kerr, founder of Memoir scribes, works together at Kerr's home in Riverside, Conn., Wednesday, Jan.

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