Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more.
Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more
The owner of 50 Dingletown Road paid the estate of Mary Tyler Moore $16.750 million for it in March, 2025, changed his mind, and put it back up for sale five months later in August for $16.750. It’s reported pending, again.
MTM (left)
29 Hunting Ridge Road, $3.495 million. It didn’t sell at $2.999 when they tested the market back in 2015, but that was then; this price strikes me as well within the expected range for homes in this location — four acres, beautiful land — and condition, so may all good things come to pass for these sellers.
The house’s price history does reflect the vagaries of the market, however. It fetched $2.5 million in 2006, but only $1.825 in 2013. But, by 2013 the house was looking pretty tired, as I recall. These owners completely redid it in 2014.
24 Taylor Drive, $1.395 million. Located in the AE Flood Zone, but prospective buyers are assured “House has not flooded during ownership.”. The owners bought the house a year ago on February 28, 2025.
52 Valleywood Road, listed at $1.650 million and went immediately to highest and best. The owners tried for $999,000 in 2020, didn’t get it.
“Steeped in history and timeless New England character, this serene Greenwich retreat beautifully preserves the architectural integrity of an earlier era. Set along one of back-country Greenwich's most picturesque roads, this special property offers the rare opportunity to own a home rich in provenance, craftsmanship, and authentic period detail. Cozy fireplaces, detailed millwork, and beautifully designed rooms evoke a sense of history while expansive windows frame tranquil views of the surrounding landscape. A true Greenwich treasure, 93 E Middle Patent Road is where character, comfort, and calm converge.” *
93 E. Middle Patent Road is new today (new on the market — it was built in 1760) and priced at $1.650 million. Comes with a Greenwich address, and Stamford schools and Stamford taxes. And even, although I’m not sure this belongs in the win column, asbestos siding.
* No, it’s not in Greenwich. I asked Google AI to confirm my memory that an agreement was reached between the Stamford and Greenwich post offices during the era of the horse, based on convenience. Here’s AI’s answer:
AI Overview
Based on historical patterns of Rural Free Delivery (RFD) and infrastructure development in the late 19th/early 20th century, your memory is likely accurate. Before motor vehicles, postal routes were based on topography and carriage convenience, often causing boundary-crossing deliveries.
Greenwich Historical Society
Historical Logistics: In the pre-automobile era, mail carriers often traveled via horse-drawn carriages. Rural routes were established based on the ease of reaching homes, rather than strict town lines.
Geographical Access: Portions of North Stamford were likely more accessible to carriage paths originating from the Greenwich area, leading to an early, functional arrangement between post offices.
Rural Free Delivery (RFD): As mail service evolved to cover rural areas, these established "efficient" routes were often solidified by the United States Postal Service.
Therefore, the Greenwich post office likely took on those specific North Stamford deliveries because it was the most practical route available at the time, and that boundary simply never changed.
Do you You feel lucky, punk?
David Strom has an article up on the (permanent) crime wave that’s being created by our betters. He includes quite a number of examples, but the one I’m reposting here is typical.
A war is being conducted by members of the governing class against its own citizens, and too few lefties seem to care. They watch cities like Chicago, Portland, Seattle, and Los Angeles become crime-ridden, decaying cities, and seemingly shrug. And they keep electing the people who are doing this.
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For those of you unfamiliar with the term, anarcho-tyranny is a strategy for destabilizing a society by enabling criminals and repressing ordinary citizens (censorship, anyone?), destroying social trust with the goal of creating a new regime. The Marxists used this tactic to cow citizens.
... What?
— MN House GOP Rapid Response (@MNHRCWarRoom) March 5, 2026
Rep Pinto (D-St. Paul): "Yesterday, there was a presentation from a group seeking to change how we address organized retail theft... It would have been good to make sure that they would study the benefit of shoplifting and of retail theft because perhaps people are… pic.twitter.com/2NhXrY1Pre
Representative Pinto attended Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree, and the University of Virginia, graduating with a M.B.A. and J.D.
““Americans [should] want the true and full picture of the history of our country and how climate change is impacting our national parks and our communities, [and if they don’t we’re gonna tell ‘em anyway — power to the People, right on!]”
An internal database anonymously uploaded Monday shows hundreds of educational placards that have been flagged for removal at Acadia and other national parks because of President Donald Trump’s efforts to politically control information available to park visitors.
The database is believed to have been publicly posted online by disgruntled park service employees.
The entries by Acadia park staffers include displays about climate change and indigenous history.
Trump’s March 2025 order instructed the park service to pull displays that “disparage Americans past or living” and distract from the “grandeur of the American landscape.”
At least some of the displays have already been taken down, according to Todd Martin, a regional official for the National Parks Conservation Association, which recently joined a coalition of scientists and historians suing the Department of Interior for the administration’s attempts to “erase history and censor science at America’s national parks.”
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“Americans want the true and full picture of the history of our country and how climate change is impacting our national parks and our communities,” Martin said. [Not this American, thank you — ED] “We can handle the truth. We don’t want to see science and history sanitized or whitewashed. Americans deserve to learn those histories and those stories when they visit our national parks.”
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Cedar tri-pod signs — 30 in total — were removed from the summit of Cadillac Mountain and the Great Meadow last September, about a month before they are usually placed in winter storage.
The signs detailed the mountain’s importance to the Wabanaki nations and the impacts of climate change.
Those signs are not expected to return by Memorial Day, as has historically been the case, Martin said.
A large, loud dog is probably the best deterrent, but it can’t hurt (you) to have a backup
DARIEN — A homeowner shot at three people attempting to break into his home on Five Mile River Road on Thursday morning, according to police.
As the masked trio began to break in through the front door of the home, the homeowner saw that at least one of the suspects had a firearm, Darien Detective Sgt. Mauricio Vigil said in a statement Thursday afternoon.
Vigil said the suspects fled after the firearm was discharged, and a juvenile potentially matching the description of one of the suspects arrived at the Bridgeport Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. The juvenile was rushed into surgery and his condition is stable as of 2:15 p.m.
Darien police received a report of a “burglary in progress” at an occupied home on Five Mile River Road at around 6 a.m. Vigil said the suspects found a key hidden outside and went into the home, where they were confronted by the homeowner. Before the suspects got into the home, another family member called 911 when they saw the suspects rummaging on the front porch.
Vigil said the homeowner feared for his safety, and the safety of his family, including two small children.
As part of the investigation, and with assistance from the Bridgeport and Fairfield police departments, police recovered the suspect vehicle used in the incident. The vehicle was determined to have been stolen from a home in Fairfield prior to the attempted break-in in Darien, Vigil said.
145 Porchuck Road, listed, now, for $2.950 million after starting off last October at $3.195, is reported pending. Even assuming there’ll be some discount from the ask, these sellers will be doing well: they paid $1.740 for it in 2013. It was the previous owners who got caught in the bust of 2008; they paid $3.1 for it in 2006, then divorce hit in 2011, and they put it up for sale at what they probably thought was a low, market-clearing price of $2.5 million. That didn’t work, and as noted, these folks picked it up for a relative song.
Drafting laws to make Trump’s executive orders permanent? Nah, our Republicans are too busy conducting dog and pony shows like this one to deal with anything important, and if there’s less important than Epstein or either of the Clintons, I don’t know what it is.
What possible purpose did it serve to drag Hillary Clinton into the House Oversight Committee’s hearing on Jeffrey Epstein other than to invite the Democrats to perform the same gratuitous stunt with Melania Trump one day?
There are plenty of reasons to subpoena Clinton’s testimony, but asking her how she feels about photos of her husband in a hot tub with Ghislaine Maxwell and an unidentified woman is not one.
Nor are lunatic questions about Pizzagate and UFOs.
…. Hillary’s role in launching Russiagate, meanwhile, went unexplored. How she must have laughed.
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