Beautiful Saturday in September Open Thread

by turfgrrl on September 8, 2007 10:13 am · 6 comments

Sure, there’s more going on in Norwalk. THe Oyster fest continues, the Norwalk Public Schools continue to furnish us with perplexing stories, trailers for furnishings, construction that is not yet finished etc. Then there’s the stabbing that Mr. Greenpeace broke here, and the Hour provides the details of a rather criminally experienced individual allegedly doing the knifing.

So the comments are yours to explore the other news, while I work on my statistical model of who will win what races and why, and what I’m going to say about that tomorrow.

The comments are all yours.

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Historic Activity in Westport and Fairfield

by turfgrrl on September 8, 2007 10:05 am · 25 comments

The Advocate started out this morning with a series on Westport and the Connecticut Post also had a story so I give you clips.

First up Westport:

AdvocateNearly three years ago, the small, wood-shingled farm house at 131 Sturges Highway was about to be torn down, and concerned neighbors rallied to prevent its destruction.

Today, the circa-1800 house still stands, next to a modern addition that mirrors its historic facade.

Once feared to be Westport’s latest teardown, the Abel Bradley House is now among several that the Historic District Commission is recognizing with a Historic Preservation Award.

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Norwalk: How The Fleece Was Won

September 8, 2007

When Bruce Morris’ job position was posted back in 1999 it clearly stated that the applicant was required to have or be working towards a masters degree. It’s not an unreasonable requirement, and one that in the intervening years could have been met even if, like Mr. Morris an undergraduate degree was not yet earned. Of course Morris has done nothing about his job qualifications but he has spent time working the system to get onto labor agreement contracts.

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