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'Literary Lights' showcases more than 20 authors in Greenwich

Former New York Times restaurant critic William Grimes is coming to Greenwich Thursday night to talk about his terrific new book, "Appetite City" (North Point Press), about the history of restaurant dining in New York. Grimes will be among the close to ...

From JOE MEYERS STAFF WRITER, The Stamford Advocate,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  William Grimes,  Danny Meyer,  Joyce Purnick,  Sam Roberts

Walker pens second tale of Fairfield County marriages, friendships

readers and might draw in unsuspecting folks who won't get the chick lit diversion they are expecting. People might say you can't judge a book by its cover, but the truth is that an inappropriate dustjacket can confuse readers. Stamford-area author ...

From JOE MEYERS STAFF WRITER, The Stamford Advocate,  12 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  Jackie Collins,  Livingston (actor),  Mary Tyler Moore

Newman biography goes into second printing, 17-DVD tribute set released

foundation and the Hole in the Wall Camp sponsored a special week-long session in Tuscany, Italy, for 22 seriously ill Iraqi children, along with 20 Italian and 20 German children. Has it been a year already? Movie icon and Fairfield County fixture ...

From JOE MEYERS STAFF WRITER, The Stamford Advocate,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Paul Newman,  Joanne Woodward,  Robert Redford,  Julia Roberts,  Harry Connick, Sr.

Hundreds gather for Indian music, food , fashion

that cultural activity attendance into a strong membership that will support a permanent facility. The sound of Bollywood music, the aroma of Indian cooking and a wide array of crafts and clothing booths drew hundreds of visitors to the Heritage India ...

From JOE MEYERS STAFF WRITER, The Connecticut Post,  20 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Bollywood

'Fearless Critic' sizes up Sally's and Claire's Corner Copia

another "Fearless Critic" guide is in the works -- Goldstein said there is no point to write and publish restaurant reviews unless you level with the reader. New restaurants are championed, fast food is treated seriously and some sacred cows are ...

From JOE MEYERS STAFF WRITER, The Stamford Advocate,  18 Aug 2009

'Edgar' goes to Tony Abbott of Trumbull

tragic or wonderful to be thinking of what you might say if you win, so I did jot a few things down," he said, adding that most of what happened in the few minutes after he won -- including his speech -- is now a blur. It might not be as well known as ...

From JOE MEYERS STAFF WRITER, The Connecticut Post,  7 May 2009
Related Topics: Tony Abbott,  Edgar Allan Poe,  Michael Connelly,  Sue Grafton,  Lee Child

'Haunting' dramatizes late-80s Southington case

case investigated by the Warrens and Zaffis in the summer of 1988, after Carmen Snedeker sought their help for supernatural disturbances affecting her son. died in 2006 and his widow, Lorraine, was not involved with the film. said of the sequence in ...

From JOE MEYERS STAFF WRITER, The Connecticut Post,  23 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Discovery Channel,  Virginia Madsen

Chief list trimmed to two

Columbia City Manager Bill Watkins has narrowed the field of finalists for the next police chief to two: a Kansas City Police Department major and a police chief in Texas. Watkins said big-city experience separated Police Chief Ken Burton of Haltom ...

From JOE MEYER, Columbia Tribune,  31 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Texas Rangers,  Bill Watkins

Most suspects are well known to Columbia police

Most of the 16 suspects who face federal drug-trafficking conspiracy charges in connection with what federal authorities allege was part of a violent street gang known as the Cut Throats have been in legal trouble before. In fact, some had been ...

From JOE MEYER, Columbia Tribune,  30 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Eddie Jackson,  BP p.l.c.,  Will Rogers

Pair guilty in investment scam

Two former Columbia residents admitted yesterday in federal court to scamming some $3 million from investors they misled for years while developing vending machine technology that never resulted in a marketable product. William McNeely, 77, of ...

From JOE MEYER, Columbia Tribune,  28 Jan 2009

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