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Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mr. Nuchem Rosenberg [white shirt] talking to the people in Williamsburg. This picture was taken a few years ago on the corner of Lee and Keap. Photo by Chaim Zayon from joeflix.blogspot.comStamford Hill, London - Rabbi Nochum Rosenberg of Brooklyn, New York, and a controversial figure in its Williamsburg-neighborhood Chasidic community, was physically accosted this [...]
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Football Corner (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Chelsea target Robinho has today committed his future to Real Madrid after weeks of uncertainty over his future. The Brazilian international looked likely to join up with Luis Phillipe Scolari at Stamford Bridge after it was confirmed that the two clubs were close to agreeing a deal for the player. It has been widely rumoured that the 24-year old would join the Premier League giants for £35 million...
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SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Kaka’s assistant is quoted as saying: “Real Madrid offered €90m last summer and Milan did not even think about the bid. This time is different. This is the first time we feel that a deal will definitely happen. Because of the [financial] situation Milan are in at the moment, the deal is good for all [...]
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Darien Library: Info-Tech Blog (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority has scheduled an Electronics Recycling Day for Saturday, September 13, for the Bridgeport Project Towns (including Darien, Norwalk, and Stamford). The collection will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Norwalk Highway Garage, 15 South Smith Street, Norwalk. ( Directions ) This collection is for home electronics only. Electronics from businesses and...
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My Left Nutmeg - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Progresssive columnist Sarah Littman, whose essays are carried in Greenwich Time and Stamford Advocate, was fired by publisher John Dunster on Thursday for having written a column critical of Loony Lee Whitnum while having held a "meet-and-greet" for Jim Himes last year. According to Sarah, Dunster said that having criticized Loony Lee while having supported Jim Himes campaign "compromised the integrity...
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Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday
New York City - New data show the New York metropolitan area is the largest contributor to America’s gross domestic product, but its position at the top of the national ranking may be due more to the inclusion of neighboring economic powerhouses such as Greenwich and Stamford, Conn., than its own economic strength. New York City [...]
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Queens Crap (Free subscription) | yesterday
New data show the New York metropolitan area is the largest contributor to America's gross domestic product, but its position at the top of the national ranking may be due more to the inclusion of neighboring economic powerhouses such as Greenwich and Stamford, Conn., than its own economic strength. Report: N.Y. Area Is Powerhouse Economy of U.S. New York City actually is responsible for less than...
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Recta Ratio (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Can now be found at the Saint Gregory Society's website. There will be a solemn requiem Mass on Friday morning at St. John the Evangelist church in Stamford, CT. Lord, swiftly grant happy rest to Thy good servant.
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DOCSIS, CATV, HDTV, IPTV, FTTH (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
2008 Stamford, Conn., Jul 16, 2008 Worldwide PC shipments reached 71.9 million units in the second quarter of 2008, a 16 percent increase from the second quarter of 2007, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. "Mobile PCs continued to lead unit growth across all regions as the average selling price (ASP) of mobile PCs declined sharply relative to desk-based PC ASPs," said Mika Kitagawa,...
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Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Stamford, Conn., July 21 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Cultiva Entertainment announced today that Build-A-Bear Workshop(R) will exclusively offer uniforms, headwear and apparel for the Alianza Latina de Béisbol brand, which features the Serie del Caribe tournament as part of its product offerings....
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Saramerica (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
It's hard to keep up with all the nuttery that comes out of Lee Whitnum's mouth. I'd just written a column about her that was published in the Greenwich Time/Stamford Advocate today and then I read the article about her in today's Connecticut Post . There, Lee offers her usual rants about how immigrants ruined her life etc, etc, and then moved on to this astonishing piece of foreign policy "wisdom":...
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Commercial Alert (Free subscription) | yesterday
In its latest ranking, Nielsen IAG, which measures “place-views,” or in-program product placement, put Disney World, Coca-Cola and Nokia at the top of the most-recalled in-program placements, all of them either appearing in, or being mentioned within, American Idol.
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The Black Kettle (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The View From 1776 We must reject comfortable ritual and live the Christian life. Sunday’s sermon at Black Rock-Long Ridge Congregational Church (North Stamford, Connecticut) was preached by Captain Brian Thomas, leader of Stamford’s Salvation Army unit. An effective Salvation Army leader who desires to lead souls to Jesus Christ can’t mindlessly and endlessly repeat old rituals. In Captain Thomas’s...
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Toledo Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tony Fagenson won't be waiting in line to see The X Files: I Want to Believe. In my opinion, the...