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Business

Monet Painting Could Get $45M In Sotheby's Auction WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Sotheby's, a global art business company in New York City, N.Y., will be auctioning off more work by famous artist Claud Monet, including a piece on water lilies worth up to $45 million, according to The Wall Street Journal In February, Sotheby's held an auction selling five Monet pieces totaling up to $84 million. The first auction was in London. With its upcoming auction in New York, the company will have six paintings up for bidding, with an expected total between $78 million and $110 million, the Wall Street Journal reported. The auction in May will inclu…

by Cassandra Huerta

04/07/2015

Events

Bridgeport Historian To Discuss New Book At The Watermark At 3030 Park BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Watermark at 3030 Park in Bridgeport will present Richard Sattanni as part of its acclaimed Book and Author Series on Saturday, April 11. Sattanni will discuss his latest book, "Laura Rosewood Mysteries and Other Short Stories." The event begins at 2:30 p.m. at the senior living community, located at 3030 Park Avenue on the Bridgeport-Fairfield town line. Sattanni, a Bridgeport historian, is known mainly for his mystery novels, though he also writes fiction, nonfiction and poetry. "Laura Rosewood Mysteries and Other Short Stories" is a collection of short storie…

by Cassandra Huerta

04/07/2015

Neighbors

Fresh Air Fund Looks To Recruit Wilton Volunteer Families WILTON, Conn. -- Local volunteer leaders held an information session at the Wilton Library on March 24 for prospective families to learn more about The Fresh Air Funds Volunteer Host Family Program. Current volunteer hosts shared their experiences hosting New York City children and answered questions. Fresh Air summers are filled with children running barefoot through the grass, gazing at star-filled skies or swimming for the first time. Each summer, close to 4,000 inner-city children visit suburban, rural and small-town communities across 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada throug…

by Cassandra Huerta

04/07/2015

Business

TV Channel Targets Viewers Under 4 Years Old WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A new television channel is stretching the limits by offering programming for children as young as 6 months old, according to The Wall Street Journal. The television channel, BabyFirstTV, will be using programs focusing on educational topics, such as counting and colors, but will be intended for children under the age of four, which isn't common for many networks, The Wall Street Journal reported. To read the full story, click here.

by Cassandra Huerta

04/07/2015

Police & Fire

Norwalk Police Crack Down On Distracted Driving NORWALK, Conn. -- The Norwalk Police Department, along with the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Office, has announced the kickoff of “U DRIVE. U TEXT. U PAY” – an effort to crack down on motorists who text, talk or otherwise distract themselves from driving by using a hand-held mobile phone. This effort is part of a larger campaign sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – which deems April as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Norwalk police are participating in this campaign by adding special patrols aimed at catching distracte…

by Cassandra Huerta

04/06/2015

Neighbors

Kids, Snap Your Best Pictures For Norwalk Tree Alliance Photo Contest NORWALK, Conn. -- A Flowering Tree Photo Contest, which is sponsored by the Norwalk Tree Alliance, has been expanded to provide a special prize category for images taken by children 12 years old and younger. Prizes in each age group are to be awarded — and the photos displayed — at the Connecticut Tree Festival in Cranbury Park on Saturday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The contest is open to residents of Fairfield County for images taken in the county, black-and-white or color, submitted on 8-by-10 photographic-grade paper in uncreased condition, one photo per contestant. Photos shou…

by Cassandra Huerta

04/06/2015

Events

Business Book Club Discusses 'Zero To One' At Darien Library DARIEN, Conn. -- Darien Library’s business book group will meet Thursday, April 9, at 6 p.m. to discuss Peter A. Thiel’s "Zero To One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future." The group will informally discuss the book from 6 to 6:45 p.m. and then network over wine, beer, and light refreshments. In the book, Thiel states that, doing what someone else already knows how to do takes the world from one to n, adding more of something familiar. But when you do something new, you go from 0 to 1. He says the next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Serg…

by Cassandra Huerta

04/06/2015

Events

Doors Guitarist Robby Krieger To Light Up The Ridgefield Playhouse RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Original guitarist from The Doors, Robby Krieger will perform the band’s biggest hits at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Wednesday, April 8. In his only Connecticut show, Krieger will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Doors. Krieger co-wrote the rock classics "Light My Fire," "Love Me Two Times," "Touch Me," and “Love Her Madly.” Named one of Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists of all time, Krieger’s show at the Playhouse will feature Doors standards and classic rock 'n' roll from the 1960s and '70s. Special guest is guitarist/vocalist Waylon Krieger, Rob…

by Cassandra Huerta

04/06/2015

News

Metro-North Changes Service, Schedule On Waterbury Branch From Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation and Metro-North Railroad will make critical repairs on the Devon Bridge on the New Haven Line and do maintenance work on the Waterbury Branch, which terminates at the Bridgeport station. First, the removal of 5 miles of old track along the 27-mile Waterbury Branch will require the busing of passengers from April 25 to May 3. Bus schedules will approximate the train schedule, and notices will be posted at stations and online at www.ct.gov/dot and www.mta.info/mnr. The Waterbury Branch has stations in Naugatuck, Beacon Falls,…

by Cassandra Huerta

04/06/2015

Politics

Sen. Duff Will Address State's Top Issues In New Canaan Forum NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, serving his sixth term in the state Senate, will discuss top issues before the General Assembly, including transportation and Metro-North issues, at an open forum, Tuesday, April 14. The event is sponsored by the New Canaan Democratic Town Committee. The forum, at the New Canaan Outback Teen Center, 71 Main St. (behind Town Hall), will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. “With just a few months left in the 2015 General Assembly session, our legislators are tackling many issues of importance to New Canaan residents,” said Jane Himmel, …

by Cassandra Huerta

04/06/2015

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