Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty, One Massive Drinking Party and More

Joseph "Chip" Skowron, 42, of Greenwich, a former manager of a hedge fund at FrontPoint Partners, pleaded guilty Monday in connection with his involvement in an insider trading scheme. Skowron received inside information from a French doctor who did consulting work for Human Genome Sciences, according to The Wall Street Journal. FrontPoint Partners issued a statement which pointed out that Skowron hid his activities from the company, which was itself never accused of any wrongdoing.

due to heavy rainfall since Sunday, but , where beaches were closed Sunday morning after three inches of rain fell within 24 hours, all four town beaches were reopened (although it wasn't really a good day for the beach, anyway). As an article in Westport Patch points out, "Heavy rainfall can result in runoff that increases harmful bacteria."

A 17-year-old New Canaan boy was arrested by New Canaan police on an accusation that he served beer and hard liquor at a party to teenagers 16 to 18 years old. There were no adults present at the house, police said, when complaints came in about excessive noise. When police arrived, many teenagers scrambled into the nearby woods, and police took down the names those who remained—60 of them. The boy was charged with delivery of alcohol to minors, a Class C felony.

Bernie D'Amato, a 2009 graduate of Weston High School, has played in some big golf tournaments during his brilliant career. He captured the Connecticut State Amateur Championship last year and has played against some of the NCAA's best players when he was a member of the Princeton Tigers. On Aug. 22, though, he'll be in his biggest tournament yet: the United States Amateur Championship at the Erin Hills Country Club in Wisconsin."I'll be playing against the best amateur golfers in the country," D'Amato said in an interview. "I'll take it as a great experience, do my best, and see what happens."

Commuters who want to get home early Friday afternoon won't be able to use the I-95 northbound on-ramp off of West Avenue, which serves South Norwalk and Central Norwalk. The ramp will be closed for paving from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It may well close a bit on Thursday, too, for preparation work. If you're going northbound on I-95 on Friday afternoon (as so very many, many, many drivers are), the entrances at Exit 14 and 16 may be even more clogged than usual that day.