Cos Cob News

Breezy and to the point, "Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England'' is an ideal, if flawed, summer exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art.

The Mead family has lived in town since 1660, when brothers John and Joseph Mead arrived after first moving from England to Massachusetts, then Long Island.

Leave it to the resourcefulness of the American people to find ways to generate work in a bad economy when Washington and Wall Street can't. Case in point? Our ingenious local scammers.

The unwelcoming job market is on everyone's mind right now, but for those considering venturing into the performing arts, career uncertainty is nothing new.

Glen Van Cura takes his time when he goes over bicycle safety and maintenance, knowing that a little preparation will make the ride more enjoyable.

Marilyn Sharp really doesn't like airplanes. "Flying scares me," Sharp, who lives in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich, readily admitted.

WHAT might be called the most unusual house in America is the home of O. H. Caldwell, of Cos Cob, Connecticut.

"This is our country's big chance to make up lost ground," said spokesperson David Isenberg, Principal Prosultant of isen.com, LLC, "but a faster connection won't matter if we're not connecting to a free and open Internet." In essence, the experts are telling the FCC, "It's the Internet, Stupid." They've published their statement at ...

Steven Rosenberg , Stamford artist and metalsmith, designed this bronze beauty. Rosenberg's commissions include gates, fences and garden ornaments.

Phil McIntyre said he saw the potential when he visited a wooded hillside on the north side of the Post Road in Greenwich, and quickly realized he had found a permanent home for his companies, The Brand Gallery & PGM Artists.

Lots of different things: Fashion model, print work in magazines, actor in theaters and in television commercials, dance teacher for children and adults in different schools, including Greenwich Academy.

Greenwich Police are looking for three men with knives suspected of robbing a house on Friday.

RTM divided on 10-year plan The Representative Town Meeting remains split on the plan that will guide the town's development for the next 10 years.

Hazardous waste day tomorrow Residents will be able to drop off their household hazardous waste at Greenwich High School on Saturday, May 9, from 8 a.m. until noon.

What'll it be: artificial turf or sod for school and park playing fields? The question inched toward an answer recently as the Board of Selectmen adopted a resolution calling for a "working group" to study the artificial turf vs.

Today, Thursday, April 30, Greenwich Education & Prep will host the second event in their new Empowering Parents Series: The Covert Curriculum.

A luxury yacht once owned by singer-songwriter Billy Joel sank into the sea early Saturday morning near the dock where it had been moored at a Cos Cob marina.

The Planning and Zoning Commission has locked horns with Cos Cob residents over its April 14 decision to allow Bella Nonna Restaurant to morph into the neighborhood's eighth bank.

The Inventors Association of Connecticut will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in Room 107C in the DiMenna-Nyselius Library at Fairfield University.

A Cos Cob resident, who preferred not to be identified, told me of an incident where he started bleeding internally because of a medical condition.