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Police & Fire
Seen Him? Greenwich Car Thief On 'Test Drive' Steals Car With Girl On Board Seen Him? Greenwich Car Thief On 'Test Drive' Steals Car With Girl On Board
Seen Him? Greenwich Car Thief On 'Test Drive' Steals Car With Girl On Board A Greenwich man trying to sell his used Jeep Cherokee was surprised when a man test driving the vehicle with his young daughter never came back. The incident was reported around 7 p.m. Friday to Greenwich police after the seller called to report the theft, said Lt. John Slusarz. The test-driver, described as being a white Brazilian male in his 30's, with his 7-year-old daughter took the black 2004 Jeep Cherokee for a test drive, and never returned, Slusarz said. The victim told police he met the man at the Citgo gas station in Cos Cob.  Police said the man, who was speaking Portuguese wit…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Road Rage Incident Tops Week's Fairfield County News Road Rage Incident Tops Week's Fairfield County News
Road Rage Incident Tops Week's Fairfield County News FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A road-rage incident led to a fight in a parking lot in Cos Cob on Post Road ending with two arrests, according to Greenwich Police. Click here to read the story.  Here are some other stories that topped the news in Fairfield County this past week: A Stamford man has been nabbed in the vicious stabbing of a local man on Tuesday that left him fighting for his life, according to Stamford Police. Got $8.7 million lying around? This Norwalk home might be for you. Nearly 40 years after vanishing amid allegations he abused children on a camping trip, a former television perso…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Two Arrested In Greenwich Road-Rage Incident Two Arrested In Greenwich Road-Rage Incident
Two Arrested In Greenwich Road-Rage Incident A road-rage incident led to a fight in a parking lot in Cos Cob on Post Road ending with two arrests, according to Greenwich Police. Police responded to the parking lot around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday after a man reported he had been assaulted following a road-rage incident in the Town of Greenwich, said Lt. John Slusarz. An investigation revealed that the man,  Roderick Ocampo, 45, of Stamford, got out of his vehicle and was yelling at a group of teens who were in the second car involved in the road-rage incident, Slusarz said. That's when an unidentified 17-year-old teen got out of the second v…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Coffee's On: Lorca Of Stamford Opens Second Location In Cos Cob Coffee's On: Lorca Of Stamford Opens Second Location In Cos Cob
Coffee's On: Lorca Of Stamford Opens Second Location In Cos Cob COS COB, Conn. -- Stamford-based Lorca, known for its specialty coffees, Spanish-influenced sweets and decadent hot chocolate (see a previous story HERE), has just opened its second location in Cos Cob. The new  space, which is inside Fleisher’s Craft Butchery, offers a variety of made in-house food; including items from Fleisher’s.  Lorca Coffee Bar at Fleisher’s Craft Butcher is at 160 E. Putnam Ave.

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by Jeanne Muchnick
Lifestyle
Cocoa Creations: Warm Up At These Fairfield County Hot Spots Cocoa Creations: Warm Up At These Fairfield County Hot Spots
Cocoa Creations: Warm Up At These Fairfield County Hot Spots FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Anything hot sounds good just about now. Make it chocolate and you almost forget the mind-numbing cold. What follows is a sampling of where to go for "a hug in a mug" -- hot chocolate delights that warm frosty fingers and toes. Café Xpresso, Newtown: Decisions, decisions. Cafe Xpresso serves up a variety of hot chocolate choices including the traditional, peppermint, salted caramel and a white version. You can also request Lavender made with Arethusa Farms chocolate milk mixed with house-made lavender syrup, topped with whipped cream and blue lavender p…

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by Jeanne Muchnick