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Darien VFW Commander Lenny Hunter Out of Hospital, Fundraising Continues

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Lenny Hunter, Darien’s VFW Commander and a longtime Post Office employee, is out of the hospital and continuing to recuperate, local veterans said on Veterans Day. Hunter suffered serious injuries when a car hit him as he worked as a school crossing guard in Bridgeport on Sept. 13. Both of his legs were broken and his skull received fractures. “He’s laid up right now, and he’s been laid up, and he will be laid up for quite a while,” Dave Polett told the crowd at the Darien Veterans Day ceremony on Saturday.

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Collections Taking Place for Wreath Laying at Veterans Graves

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Various local groups supporting veterans will be accepting contributions this weekend and next to pay for this year’s laying of wreaths Dec. 16 at the graves of some of Darien’s veterans. The ceremony, associated with Wreaths Across America, will be held at noon Saturday, Dec. 16 in Darien’s Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery. Last year, wreaths covered all 2,184 graves in the veterans’ section of Spring Grove.