Today At The Greenwich Topix News Message Board - (12 stories) FIRST STORY: Greenwich Landmarks: The Yasukata Murai Home 1889

Greenwich - News February 24, 2012 Edited By Brian Harrod (Greenwich Proud) Greenwich Landmarks: The Yasukata Murai Home 1889 (Patch) Since then, the Historical Society has plaqued nearly 300 homes from Colonial to Post-modernist structures, both public and private. Romney Donations Outstrip Obama in Wilton (The Daily Wilton) Mitt Romney speaks in Orlando, Fla., in September. Most individual campaign contributions from Greenwich residents went to the Republican presidential candidate. Green Area Regulations Approved in Greenwich (The Daily Greenwich) Mark Pruner, a realtor and Greenwich representative, said he was concerned the new green regulations would bring down property values and make sales more difficult. More Greenwich News Man Gets 5-Year Term For Attack That Killed Basketball Player Chauncey Hardy (The Hartford Courant) A court in Romania has given a five-year prison sentence to the man accused of fatally beating former Sacred Heart University basketball player Chauncey Hardy in a bar last year. Study Aims To Improve Route 1 Between Port Chester And Greenwich Ave. (Patch) Planners are looking for your input on efforts to improve traffic conditions and safety on Route One between Port Chester and Greenwich. Cell tower fight looks headed to court (The Greenwich Post) The growing fight to stop a proposed cellular phone tower for Valley Road seems headed to court, but it will go without the help of the Board of Selectmen. Wyckoff Man Gets Prison for Greenwich Embezzlement Case (Patch) A Wyckoff man who admitted to padding his paychecks from a Greenwich, Conn., equity firm has been sentenced to 6 months in jail. Malloy Defends His Education Reform Plan (The Hartford Courant) Signaling that he's not about to back away from the most controversial piece of his education reform package, Gov. Greenwich Sports Greenwich Sports Roundup: Feb. 24 (Patch) Editor's Note: Send any write-ups on youth or recreational games in your town to michaeld+sports@patch.com The New Canaan girls hockey team has gone undefeated against FCIAC opposition the last two years as the Rams' only two defeats have come against Simsbury, once last season and once this year. Greenwich Business Lampert Gains $160 Million Acquiring Sears Shares From Fund Client Ziffs (Bloomberg) Edward Lampert , the hedge fund manager who controls Sears Holdings Corp. , has more than $160 million in paper profits on shares of the retailer acquired last month from a long-standing client, the Ziff family. Editorial / A ghostly reminder about bridge repair (Westport News) A bridge is rather like the flashlight tossed in the kitchen utility drawer: We never think about it until it doesn't work. China's B5M Raises $7.1M From Oak, Glosis (PE Hub) B5M said it raised $7.1 million in Series A investment led by Oak Investment Partners and Giosis Holding s. The Chinese social shopping search engine will use the money to develop its website and for marketing