Monthly Archives: August 2013

Malloy’s travel records, more DC than Davos

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Three years into his first term, Dannel P. Malloy is the most-traveled governor since at least John G. Rowland, a three-term Republican whose acceptance of luxury charter flights to Florida and Las Vegas led to a 10-month federal prison term for corruption in 2005. Malloy got into some political hot water in the spring after he initially accepted an expense-paid trip from People magazine to the glittering White House Correspondents Dinner. But an examination of Malloy's travel records, Read more [...]

Open Houses In Greenwich This Weekend

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GREENWICH, Conn. – Margaret Patricia Rich of Greenwich died Wednesday, July 31. She was , 81.

Rich was born March 17, 1932, in Ballincar, Co. Sligo, Ireland. She came to the U.S. in 1956, becoming a U.S citizen in 1987.

Rich  is survived by her husband, Robert Rich; daughter, Karen Rich (Andrew) DeRosa of Stamford; son, Robert (Susan) Rich, Jr. of …

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Team Nigeria’s Bumpy Flight To Moscow

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ONE of the country’s biggest track stars in her days, Linda Eseimokumoh, hissed endlessly, while reacting to the cancellation of the camping programme earlier planned by Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) for Team Nigeria ahead of the 14th IAAF World Championship in Moscow.  The AFN had planned to camp the athletes for a period of two weeks in a country with the same weather condition with Russia, before the commencement of the World Championship, which begins on August 10.    The idea Read more [...]

Inspired by Pamplona, Great Bull Run coming to US; organizers say events will …

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ATLANTA - Organizers of a new event planned for several U.S. cities plan to unleash bulls that will sprint down a track alongside daredevils who will try to avoid being trampled. The Great Bull Run is inspired by the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Injuries are common at bull runs, but organizers of the U.S. events say theirs will be different, with several safety features. They plan to put fencing up and hold events at venues such as auto racing tracks and horse parks. The first Read more [...]

Royal baby is registered.. with parents’ occupations listed as Prince and …

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BABY George was officially registered as a member of the Royal Family yesterday, with his mum’s “occupation” given as princess rather than duchess.The formalities of recording his birth were taken care of by his dad, the Duke of Cambridge.But the princess reference is unusual, as Kate rarely uses the title Princess William of Wales, which she took when she wed in 2011.She generally sticks to Duchess of Cambridge for royal engagements. But sources say she was probably listed as princess because Read more [...]

Hebden Bridge signal boxes given listed status

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2013 a respectable year for sales of luxury real estate in Rhode Island / Gallery

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PROVIDENCE — Patience is a virtue, but in recent years, it has also been a necessity for sellers of high-priced real estate.For every record sale, there are other properties that have been lingering on the market, waiting for the right buyer to come along.Two of the top sales in Rhode Island so far this year involved houses that had been taken off the market after failed sales efforts.The first was the highly publicized purchase of a Watch Hill mansion in April by singer Taylor Swift, who paid Read more [...]