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70Is It Safe to Invest in Stocks?
by William F. Torpey
Financial pundits can tick off dozens of strategies for winning in the market. Such advice ranges from the astrological alignment of the stars to environmentally correct stocks or mutual funds. I say, if you have spare funds, take the plunge -- but be careful! published 8 months ago
70For Retirees: Here Are Some Things To Do
by William F. Torpey
While facing retirement is not exactly like awaiting a triple bypass or facing the prospect of entering a nursing home, it can be a source of great stress. After all, everybody has to do something! Here's some ideas that could help relieve such foreboding. published 11 months ago
69Bouquets, Brickbats, Ramblings
by William F. Torpey
A large bouquet goes to the all the charitable organizations that donate their time and energy to give the homeless a helping hand. At the same time, a brickbat goes to those childless citizens who balk at paying their share of taxes to fund our schools. published 3 weeks ago
67School Board: Let Educators Do Their Job
by William F. Torpey
Norwalk's superintendent of schools has been unfairly criticized after the city's school board chairman unwisely halted distribution of his newsletter. The chairman's job is to set policy, not to run the day-to-day operations of the school administration. published 4 weeks ago
66Longshore Golf Club: Short But Challenging
by William F. Torpey
This is the first of four "playing" reports on Norwalk, Conn., area golf courses -- this one on Longshore Golf Club, a Westport municipal course. It's part of a series written for The Hour newspaper in 1999. The course, for residents only, lies on the shore of Long Island Sound. published 4 months ago
66Is It Avenue, Or Street, Or Who Cares?
by William F. Torpey
Municipalities, like all of us, sometimes make mistakes. In a short street I lived on in Darien the name was spelled differently on each end of the street. In Norwalk, several stores in the same shopping center list different street names. published 12 months ago
64Let Parties Pick Their Candidates
by William F. Torpey
Years ago, political parties were closely knit units in which the leadership and the membership pretty much agreed on the basic issues facing the city, state and country. That is to say Republicans agreed with Republicans, Democrats agreed with Democrats. published 11 months ago
64After All, What's in a Name?
by William F. Torpey
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." An Irishman by the name of Reilly (R-E-I-L-L-Y) writes about how public relations types mangle the name of an Irishman by the name of Torpey (T-O-R-P-E-Y.) published 11 months ago
63Naked Emperor
by William F. Torpey
"Clang, clang, clang, went the trolley ..." The words of that old familiar song bring memories, to me, of the wartime 1940s in Yonkers, N.Y. That city, more hilly than the "city by the bay," boasted trolley cars until the early '50s when buses (all in one day) took their place. published 15 months ago
62The Golf Tour -- On a Small Scale
by William F. Torpey
This column was written for the sports pages of The Hour newspaper of Norwalk, Conn., on July 9, 1999 by George Albano, Assistant Sports Editor. It's a parody of the four-part series by William F. Torpey on four Norwalk area 18-hole golf courses. published 3 months ago
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