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Roundup: Greenwich Academy lacrosse team defeats Loomis Chaffee
Greenwich Time
The Greenwich Academy lacrosse team does not have losing streaks against many teams but Loomis Chaffee was one school that had the Gators number over the last few years. That ended Saturday as GA beat Loomis 16-14, giving them at least a share of the ...

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Greenwich boys lacrosse team falls to New Canaan in FCIAC quarterfinals
Greenwich Time
Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate | Buy This Photo Greenwich's Michael Ellsworth takes a shot during Saturday's FCIAC boys lacrosse quarterfinal game at New Canaan High School on May 19, 2012. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Stamford Advocate ...
Greenwich girls lacrosse team beats Ridgefield, advances to FCIAC semifinalsDanbury News Times
Saturday, 5/19: Greenwich vs. New Canaan highlights FCIAC quarterfinal slate ...LaxLessons
FCIAC Boys Lacrosse Quarterfinals -- Warriors ground FalconsThe Hour
Stamford Advocate -NCAdvertiser.com (blog) -Trumbull Times
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Los Angeles Times
Lover of ex-NFLer from Greenwich gets life for murder
Greenwich Time
(AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Leonard Ortiz) Photo: Leonard Ortiz, Associated Press / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Eric Naposki, formerly of Greenwich, Conn., sits in court after he was found guilty Thursday, July 14, 2011, in Santa Ana, Calif., ...
Nanette Ann Packard Gets Life Without Parole for '94 Murder of Boyfriend ...OC Weekly (blog)

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Greenwich baseball has eyes set on FCIAC crown
Greenwich Time
If you are the Greenwich baseball team you hope the answer to that question is with either a FCIAC or Class LL championship, or both. The Cardinals held off Danbury 2-1 in the final game of the year Friday to finalize the unbeaten campaign.
Greenwich baseball beats Danbury to complete 20-0 seasonDanbury News Times
Greenwich Baseball Caps Perfect 20-0 SeasonThe Daily Greenwich
FCIAC baseball tournament previewStamford Advocate
Trumbull Times
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Falstaff, Royal Opera House, London The Sixteen, Old Royal Naval College ...
The Independent
Untroubled by heartburn or hangover, happy as a honeymooner in his wine-stained bedsheets, Verdi's last great operatic hero smiles serenely over a dozen grease-spattered room-service trolleys. Of the many types of love celebrated in Falstaff – from the ...

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The English Prize, Ashmolean
The Independent
The show is organised around the four men whose purchases made up the bulk of the art on the Westmorland: John Henderson, a Scottish baronet-to-be; Francis Basset, a Cornish landowner; the Lords Duncannon and Lewisham. There are bit-players as well, ...

Tower Bridge Road businesses pull together to seek improvements
London SE1
Businesses in Tower Bridge Road have got together to submit an application to Southwark's £1 million community restoration fund as a growing consensus emerges that the street needs improvement. Suhel Ahmed, whose family have run Tower Tandoori for more ...

Greenwich Dems poised to nominate candidates for all districts
Stamford Advocate
Frank Farricker, chairman of the Greenwich Democratic Town Committee. Photo: File Photo, ST / Greenwich Time File Photo Greenwich Democrats are poised to do something they haven't done since 1994 -- put forth a full slate of candidates for the town's ...

Area Sports Events calendar May 20-26
Greenwich Time
The Greenwich Department of Parks and Recreation has opened the Greenwich Skatepark. The park will be open on weekends from 12:30 to 6 pm, and on weekdays from 3:30 to 6 pm The Greenwich Skatepark is a fun, safe, supervised park for youths 6 years of ...
Area Sports Events calendar May 19-27Stamford Advocate

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London SE1
Funeral of Canon Eric James at Southwark Cathedral
London SE1
The funeral of Eric James, a former precentor of Southwark Cathedral, was held in the cathedral on Friday afternoon. Eric James, precentor from 1966 to 1973, died on May Day aged 87. The Dean, the Very Revd Andrew Nunn, was celebrant at the Requiem and ...

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Pineapple Runners Tackle Obstacles in Greenwich
The Daily Westport
GREENWICH, Conn. – Pineapples, not ponies, took center stage Saturday at the Greenwich Polo Club in the Pineapple Classic 5K With Obstacles. More than 500 runners of all ages and abilities attempted to complete the 5k course. Teams had to complete the ...

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Former President of Greenwich Trading Company Pleads Guilty to $7M Scheme
Patch.com
The 54-year-old Westport resident is former CEO and president of Greenwich Trading Company, GTC Worldwide, Inc. or Greenwich Brands, LLC ("GTC"), resident faces a maximum of 30 years in prison. By Patrick Barnard Farmington Hills resident Francis ...
Westport Resident Pleads Guilty To Bank FraudHartford Courant
Connecticut Importer Pleads Guilty Citizens Bank FraudBloomberg
Westport man pleads guilty to $7M bank fraud schemeWestport-News
Westport Now -The Hour
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Theatre Review: The Hairy Ape @ Southwark Playhouse
Londonist
The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill has landed at Southwark Playhouse. First performed 90 years ago, it's easy to see why the play has been resurrected. In a time of austerity and job losses the playwright's rant against the ruling classes, giving voice to ...

Crosswhatfields? (blog)
The Lewisham Toy Library - Celebrating 40 Years
Crosswhatfields? (blog)
Lewisham Toy Library celebrates its 40th birthday next month, with a party on June 17th at Ladywell Arena. The library is based in Catford and provides toys and play equipment to the families and carers of children aged 0-8 in the borough.

Greenwich girls lacrosse team beats Ridgefield, advances to FCIAC semifinals
Greenwich Time
The Greenwich High School girls lacrosse team wanted another chance to play rival Wilton after losing a home game to the Warriors in convincing fashion last week. The Cardinals didn't have to wait long to get their shot at redemption.
FCIAC girls lacrosse -- Pagano saves the day for WiltonThe Hour
Defending FCIAC champion Wilton rallies to beat Ludlowe in girls lacrosseFairfield Citizen
Trumbull needs win --FCIAC updateTrumbull Times
Ridgefield Press -Wilton Bulletin
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WNYT
Autopsy finds Greenwich teen drowned
Glens Falls Post-Star
An autopsy performed Friday found that Greenwich resident Jesse Cale, who disappeared last weekend while camping, died of drowning. The examination found no injuries to the 18-year-old's body and no medical evidence he suffered a seizure, according to ...
Greenwich teen's death ruled accidentalWXXA
Body of missing teen found in GreenwichAlbany Times Union
Autopsy says Jesse Cale died from drowning, seizureThe Saratogian
WNYT -YNN Hudson Valley -Wall Street Journal
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Financial Times
Flâneur among the flowers
Financial Times
The walk runs from Kentish Town (“that healthful suburb dear to the heart of the piano maker,” according to The Piano Journal, 1901) to the FT's headquarters in Southwark (where Shakespeare worked and sometimes lived) past King's Cross and various ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
London 2012 Olympics: Greenwich residents voice safety fears over equestrian ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Greenwich residents are concerned that urgent engineering works underpinning the Olympic equestrian stadium may not be sufficiently robust to carry the combined weight of up to 26000 spectators, and the competition horses and riders.
Soil removed 'for safety' at Olympic equestrian arenaBBC News

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Call for 'protected status' to prevent burials in park
South London Press Today
Southwark council has been considering options to tackle a shortage of burial space in the borough. Ideas proposed included taking parts of Honor Oak Recreation Ground, off Brenchley Gardens in Honor Oak, to dig new graves. The recreation ground was ...

Two Greenwich Schools Cited for Racial Imbalance
The Daily Greenwich
by Anna Helhoski (email) Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich was one of two cited by the state for having a racial imbalance. Four other Greenwich Schools were cited for having an "impending" imbalance. GREENWICH, Conn. – Two Greenwich schools have ...

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