Well, we'll see

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20 Sherwood Farm Lane sold for $4.6 million in December 2025, 358 days after starting at $5.795. The purchaser appears to have done some repainting and spruced up the kitchen and master bath and returned it to the market today at $7.595. $3.2 million in improvements, or $320,000? Hmm.

The market has never been kind to the Sherwood Farm development since it was built in 2003-2005, and I’m not sure why. Each house was constructed to the highest quality, and the location, although not ideal, isn’t bad, either. Perhaps the 2006 market will be more receptive.

You can see what the 2025 version looked like here

Curious moments in price strategerizing

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26 Shady Lane, over in Glenville, spent 190 days between August ‘24 and March ‘25 looking for a buyer at $3.2 million; it didn’t find one, and the listing expired.

The owners fired that broker and hired a new one, and the property then sat for another 287 days from May ‘25 through February ‘26 at, first, $2.790 million and eventually $2.660. Another broker bit the dust, a replacement found, and despite the failure to sell at $2.660, the price was raised, and the house went back on the market at $2.690. Today a “price adjustment” was made and a full ten thousand dollars was shaved off that number; the house can now be yours for $2.680 million.

A 1900 mansion, stripped of most of its original land, and although it retains glimpses of its former grandeur, it looks mostly like a money pit; potential buys obviously agree with that assessment, so I’d think further price cuts are in order.

But was he capable of understanding the long-term consequences of his actions?

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This year:

Greenwich burglar tried to blow up home by filling it with gas, police say

By Josh LaBella, Staff WriterApril 28, 2026

GREENWICH — A gas leak in the area of Pemberwick Road was created by a man accused of trying to cause an explosion while burglarizing a home, police say.

In a post on Facebook, the Greenwich Police Department said Jeffrey Caviola was arrested on Tuesday and charged with criminal attempt at third-degree arson, illegal manufacture of a bomb, first-degree burglary, third-degree burglary, first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree criminal mischief.

Police said the arrest came after officers responded to a report of a gas leak in the Pemberwick Road area of Greenwich just before 8 p.m. on April 4. It was later determined that the incident was associated with a residential burglary where the suspect caused extensive damage to the home, police said.

The suspect also turned on the natural gas supply from the stove and forcibly removed the oven door, police said, noting it allowed gas to flow freely into the residence. They said a toaster was then placed inside a microwave, which was then activated.

"This combination of actions created the potential for a spark that could have ignited the accumulated natural gas and resulted in a significant explosion," police said.

Police said further investigation found the same suspect was also responsible for a commercial burglary on the Post Road in Greenwich. They said damage to the office space exceeded $1,500 and included destruction to interior fixtures.

A year ago this month:

Man arrested for stealing copper piping and causing damage to property in Greenwich

April 8, 2025

GREENWICH, CT. (WFSB) - A man was arrested for stealing copper piping and causing damage to a vacant property in Greenwich last week.

Police say that on April 1st, police conducted an investigation on a burglary in the town.

Authorities took 42-year-old Jeffrey Caviola into custody after they found that he had entered the vacant property, stole the piping, and caused the damage.

The investigation began when a realter, who was conducting a visit to the area, discovered signs of theft. They also saw a suspicious vehicle parked at the scene, which was found to have belonged to Caviola.

Officers found multiple burglary tools, including a Milwaukee Sawzall, grinder, wire cutters, snips, and a red bag containing a drill in the vehicle.

He is charged with 3rd degree burglary, possession of burglar tools, and 1st degree criminal mischief.

He was issued on a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.

These are the same people who advocate lowering the voting age to 16: "we need soft, undeveloped minds in the voting booth; the future of the Democratic Party is at stake.”

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Republicans proposed amendments that would have carved out exceptions to the early parole eligibility for perpetrators of certain crimes, including murder, rape, sexual assault of a minor and assault of an elderly or disabled person. The amendments failed on party-line votes. 

CT bill to expand parole eligibility clears Senate over GOP objection

Proponents say the bill is in line with current knowledge of brain science. Opponents say it negates the responsibility of people who have committed terrible crimes.

A bill that would expand eligibility for parole to people who committed crimes at a young age passed the Senate on Tuesday over strong objection and criticism from Republicans. 

Current law, which was passed in 2023, allows people who committed crimes when they were 21 years old or younger to become eligible for parole after having served 60% of a sentence of less than 50 years, or 30 years of a sentence of more than 50 years. But the bill only applies to people who were sentenced before Oct. 1, 2005. 

Senate Bill 503, which passed the Senate 24-12 on party lines, would eliminate that cutoff date and raise the age from 21 to 25 years old or younger for early parole eligibility. The bill would also require judges to consider scientific evidence around the brain development of people in their 20s when sentencing someone who committed an A or B felony as a young adult.  

…. Winfield referenced scientific research of brain development regarding young people’s impulse control and ability to make decisions in high-stress environments. Advocates for the bill have stressed that the areas of the brain that regulate things like impulse control, planning, weighing long-term consequences and delayed gratification do not become fully developed until a person reaches their mid-20s. 

If an individual has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, he’s been convicted of committing a crime so horrendous, so horrible, that even the most liberal judge was appalled and considered him to be an animal, one that should be locked away for life. These are not mere killings in the heat of an argument being talked about here, yet Democrats stand ready to forgive him for his “bad judgment”, and “inability to weigh long-term consequences”.

I suggest that if 16- 24-year-olds are incapable of predicting and understanding the long-term consequences of breaking into a house, raping, then murdering the family inside, they are also incapable of grasping the just-as-serious but less obvious long-term consequences of socialism , and every other whacko idea for social reform foisted on them by their NEA brainwashers.

What a state. What a party.

New on the market as a rental, but hardly new to Riverside

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as it looked, pre-renovation, in 2024

1 Cary Road, $13,500 per month

The Samuel Ferris House: Live in the newly constructed 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home located near Riverside and Cos Cob town, a short distance to the train, I95, beaches, parks and restaurants. This new construction connects to an incredible, immaculately restored 2 bedroom cottage with 1 bathroom. Approximately 2100 Sq. ft of new space also includes additional storage space in the basement not included in this figure. Great flat yard and distant water views of the Mianus River. The guest cottage, which has been restored to near original condition, can be used as an office/ in law or guest suite with 1200 sq. ft distinguished as the oldest house in Riverside and one of the few remaining 18th century buildings on Putnam Avenue. The Samuel Ferris House (circa 1760) sits proudly with its storied history. Beamed ceilings, original wide floorboards and other charming Colonial features combine with the modernity of central AC and all new electrics and plumbing.

It’s sort of complicated, because a new addition has been added to the original home, and I couldn’t quite figure out how it all worked, so I asked Gideon, and he told me that my favorite antique property savior, Chris Franco (the houses are antique — Chris and his wife, Rachel are not), was involved in the project. Gid reached out to Chris, and here’s his reply in full, giving the history of, first, the Elizabeth Feake House at the entrance to Tod’s Point, and then Cary Road:

I’m publishing it here because it’s a great story and illustrates how old houses can be saved from the dumpster without resorting to simple, uncompensated confiscation as Los Angeles just did to the owners of a cottage Marilyn Monroe one spent six months in.

Chris Franco:

The Feake-Ferris house (c1645-1689), at 181 Shore Rd., was known by some of us old-timers to be a very old house. A few years back, it was purchased by Martin and Anna Waters, and it was posted for Demolition. The Greenwich Point Conservancy, the Greenwich historic District Commission, and the Greenwich Historical Society met with the sellers, and asked if we could do some work to ascertain the house’s provenance. Upon doing the research, we became aware that it could be one of the oldest houses in town. The Greenwich Point Conservancy retained the Columbia University’s Lamont Dougherty Earth Observatory, the top dendrochronology (dating old wood) team to date the house, and it was determined that the house was built between 1645 and 1689.

It was originally built by Elizabeth Winthrop Feake (the “Winthrop Woman”) and her husband, Robert Feake, who sold it to Jeffrey Ferris in 1650 when they left Greenwich. He died in 1666, and his son James Farris expanded the house to its present configuration in 1689.

The Greenwich Point Conservancy’s board decided that we would do whatever we could to save the house, as it was not only the oldest house in Greenwich, but also the first house in Greenwich, as it was Elizabeth’s house and she was one of the original signers of the town’s deed in 1640. It is noteworthy that the deed states that Greenwich Point was “the particular purchase” of Elizabeth in the original deed, and the Point was known for the first 250 years of the Greenwich history as “Elizabeth‘s Neck”

After the house was posted for demolition, the Greenwich Point Conservancy, its attorney, and Martin Waters and his attorney, met and discussed a way to save the house. Martin offered to novate transfer the purchase contract over to the Greenwich Point Conservancy, but we did not feel that we were able to take on having a museum house and the expenses associated with carrying it. So we entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement between the Greenwich Point Conservancy and the Waters.

Under the agreement, the Greenwich Point Conservancy agreed to restore (and pay for the restoration) of the old house. Martin and his family would build a new house. The Greenwich point Conservancy retained design approval rights to the exterior of the new house , and Martin and Anna kindly hired the Greenwich Point Conservancy’s architect to design the new house.

This way we were able to attain a balanced design for the new house, with the old house. The strategic alliance agreement also provided that a preservation-easement be placed on the old house, and then it would be maintained and not modified in perpetuity. The agreement also provided that the Greenwich Point Conservancy would have the right to conduct a tour for the public of the old house on one weekend each year.

Thereafter the Greenwich Point Conservancy proceeded to complete the restoration of the Feake-Ferris house, and the Waters built their new house, and against all odds (in retrospect, what could go wrong!?) it turned out to be a fabulous partnership, where the parties end up better friends at the end than when the project started. The project/ home has been an enormous , and award-winning, success. The Greenwich Point Conservancy is deeply grateful that the Waters family trusted us to work on the house, and we all are so pleased with the result.

Fast forward, and the Samuel Ferris house on Cary Road became available. It had been purchased by a non-profit organization, Historic Properties of Greenwich, which is a preservation organization founded by Elise Green, and of which Chris Franco is a board member. After protecting the house with a Local Historic Property restriction (similar to a preservation easement) it put the property up for sale. Chris Franco reached out to Martin Waters, and asked if he would be interested in seeing the house. Long story short, Martin ended up purchasing the house, and executing a preservation project that was similar in spirit to what was done at his beautiful home on Shore Road in Old Greenwich. So now the Waters own the oldest house in Greenwich, which is the oldest house in Old Greenwich, as well as the oldest house in Riverside.

as preserved, 2026

UPDATE: Ct Tempest sends along these photos of the Elizabeth Feake House before it was rescued:

And Susie sends this:

Pending in Riverside

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64 Summit Road, guide price $2.350 million, pending in 12 days. This house was once owned by my son’s best friend’s parents (purchased for $480,000 when they moved into town in 1988) and both our families were and remain close. The parents have retired and now live in a spectacular house in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, so I’m not surprised that they didn’t come down here to place a bid on the house and return, but when the final price here is reported, I’ll send it along to them, just for a laugh.

You can't fix stupid, but you can fire it

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Of all the companies to be employed by while praising an assassination attempt, unitedHealthcare? Really, honey?

UnitedHealthcare fires woman over ‘Aww, they missed?’ comment on Trump assassination attempt

UnitedHealthcare has fired a woman who expressed sadness in a TikTok video that President Donald Trump was not killed in the Saturday shooting during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. In the video, she sarcastically asked, "Aww, they missed?"

"We're cooked as a country when my first reaction to hearing the news about Trump's attempt was, ‘It was probably fake,’" Alison King, who has reportedly deleted her LinkedIn account but was identified as a social media manager for UnitedHealthcare, said in the video. 

"Like, immediately I was like, 'Oh, that wasn't real, probably fake,’" King said. "And the second was 'Aww, they missed? So happy they missed.’ Yeah, that's sad,’" King said sarcastically. 

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