Birds of PreyWhen John Augustin, proprietor of Augustin Farm up on King Street, lost his leg in a tractor accident this spring he received a lot of support from friends and customers. What he probably didn’t need was a barrage of calls from Greenwich real estate agents, all seeking to buy his land for their [...]
Entries from June 2006
June 22, 2006
Dig This!Last week I turned over the soil in my vegetable garden in preparation for planting. Just as I was finishing I looked down at my feet and spotted what I took to be a large, perfect arrow head. Thanks to Greenwich native Tod Hinlicky and his friend, Professor Ernie Weigand of Norwalk Community College, [...]
June 16, 2006
The State of the Market
A real estate column (not this one, thank goodness) recently opined that “a pattern has emerged in the real estate market in lower Fairfield County ….[S] ingle family home sales have spiraled down or remained stable. Prices continued their upward run in Norwalk, Westport and Darien….Condo sales may be up, or [...]
June 9, 2006
Memorial Day ParadeI don’t want to sound ungrateful to its organizers, but this year’s Memorial Day parade in Old Greenwich was the most disorganized, skimpiest creation ever. I understand some of the difficulties, including, from what I’ve read, the recent practice of various marching bands to demand an appearance fee which has drastically cut their [...]
June 2, 2006
VentingI’ve noticed that builders of many of the new, hugely expensive houses popping up like mushrooms spend a fortune on the exterior: cedar roofs, copper gutters, etc. and then ruin the effect by venting fireplaces and dryers with cheap aluminum pipes stuck through the side. It looks like hell, so I checked with Old Greenwich’s [...]
