Old Greenwich News

Back in 1999, a company in Old Greenwich was preparing to shut its Connecticut doors to move to another part of the country.

On June 24, Richard "Dick" Mould, 90, and his wife Violet, 89, of Old Greenwich celebrated their 70th anniversary.

Pencil It In Sales There will be a book sale at Darien Library from Saturday, June 27 through Wednesday, July 1. Shoppers will find recent bestsellers, fiction and detective mystery titles, cookbooks, travel books, and biographies, as well as children's books.

Edward Mamelok sees eye to eye with most kids when it comes to getting glasses. That's why the Old Greenwich optician runs 20/20 Kids, an optical shop devoted exclusively to children.

By Debra Lau Whelan -- School Library Journal, 6/23/2009 2:00:00 PM Members of the Connecticut Storytelling Center have helped to create a quilt honoring the memory of librarian Kate McClelland, who, along with colleague Kathy Krasniewicz, was killed last January by a hit-and-run driver.

" Sean Dowling of The Dowling Group Financial Services in Stamford has been designated an enrolled agent by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Greenwich is definitely a green thumb town, with nine Garden Clubs and counting.

WHEN Rafael Palomino opened Palomino in Old Greenwich in 2007, it was a fairly typical upscale Greenwich-area restaurant.

Allison M. Fergus and Mark M. Smosky sold to Julie and James Punishill, property at 23 Fitch Ave.

Just a couple of weeks before their home state was on the verge of becoming the sixth to legalize same-sex marriage, Jon and Robert Cooper decided they couldn't wait any longer.

By an overwhelming vote, the Representative Town Meeting approved the town's $340.2 million budget for fiscal year 2009-2010. The RTM voted 176-16 in passing the budget Monday night at Central Middle School.

In the wake of last week's celebration of Greenwich's public school winner of National Teacher of the Year, six more Distinguished Teachers of the Year were presented at a ceremony that filled the auditorium at Western Middle School.

On the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed two Fairfield University students had swine flu, a supermarket owner stood with a commercial printer and a local union president to support a bill that would make paid sick leave for some workers mandatory in Connecticut.

A Long Island legislator has legally married his partner in Connecticut. Jon Cooper and Robert Cooper were wed in a park Thursday in Old Greenwich, Conn.

Stamford Highlights 'Momoirs' benefits Counceling Center The love and pain of the mother-child relationship are illuminated by "Momoirs: The Umbilical Cord Stops Here!," an original stage production with a performance May 2 at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 108 Sound Beach Ave., in Old Greenwich to benefit the Stamford Counseling ...

Old Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm Clearview Capital LLC has acquired decorative films manufacturer Troy Industries Inc.

Chef Sterling Smith of the recently closed Sterling Caf is today chef du cuisine at the new Rafael Palomino-Moe Gad venture, Greenwich Tavern , formerly Palomino Restaurant .

Golf legend Arnold Palmer will be a special guest at the 2009 Metropolitan Golf Association's 58th National Awards Dinner on June 16 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich in Old Greenwich, Conn.

Old Greenwich, Conn.-based specialty finance company Ellington Financial LLC said April 14 that it intends to file a registration statement relating to an IPO of its common shares representing limited liability company interests.

Q: I just got laid off and I have no idea what to do. Help! A: Ask yourself these questions to help determine your options: Do you want to go back to work?: Free time caused by a layoff is a good time to decide whether going back to work is the right option for you.