By Anne W. Semmes

The guys were arriving soon after 11 a.m. last Sunday at Greenwich Point Park for the 40th anniversary of the Cos Cob Mianus Dug Out Old Timers. The story goes this gathering of guys wanting to hang out and tell stories began in the basement of a restaurant now the site of Louie’s on River Road Extension in Cos Cob. It grew big and met at the Old Greenwich Civic Center before moving to Greenwich Point Park some years ago. Some 73 showed up on Sunday, and this time there was a third generation attending.

Rick Novakowski is wearing a tee shirt emblazoned with “Cos Cob Mianus Old Timers – Established 1984.” He’s been attending for “probably 20 years,” he tells. “Freddie Intrieri and Doc Orrico were long time Old Timers and asked me to join them and help organize and everyt

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