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Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from Aug. 4 to 11:
The MTA, parent of Metro-North, did something rare last week: They told us the unvarnished truth.
Darien High School’s 2021 graduation ceremony combined congratulations on getting through high school during the COVID-19 pandemic with the regular high school graduation themes — life advice, thankful appreciation and assurance that the graduates have what it takes to succeed in the future.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from June 10 to 17, 2021:
Take a trip back to an ancient world of gods, goddesses, prophecies and heroes when Tanglewood Marionettes present “Perseus and Medusa” Thursday afternoon at Darien Library.
James Morgan Abbots died on July 17, 2022 at 1:42 p.m., due to complications from Type 2 Diabetes and other complications. He was 74.
A woman leaving Stony Brook Park saw the window of her car had been smashed, and a male was still inside the vehicle. She yelled at him, and he fled, driving away in a white Toyota 4runner, she told police.
Malcolm J. “Mac” Burt, 93, of Norwalk and formerly of DArien, Noank and Ponce Inlet, Florida, died July 21, 2022, at his home surrounded by loved ones.
“Ramblin” Dan Stevens, a veteran bluesman and raconteur is gonna CLOSE DOWN Darien Library when he talks, sings and plays in his educational and entertaining multi-media presentation on the history of the blue on Wednesday night.
It’s true. The library has announced it will not be open for anything else after 7 p.m., Wednesday. If you’re not there to hear and see Dan Stevens, you’re not welcome. Go back the next day.
The owner of a hoverboard told police his hover board was stolen after he left it unattended on the front lawn at his home on Lake Drive.
Access Health CT (AHCT), Connecticut’s official health insurance marketplace, recently announced that state residents who purchase health insurance on the exchange will continue to receive enhanced subsidies thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Molly Kenyon, a 28-year resident of North Palm Beach, Florida and a former resident of Darien, passed away on Feb. 16 at the age of 91.
The Darien Human Services Department is accepting donations of gift cards for its Back-to-School Program.
Daniel Louis Bianco, a life-long resident of Darien who loved to garden, passed away on Saturday, July 16 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, surrounded by his family after a battle with Leukemia.
Back-to-school season can be stressful for many kids and their parents — especially when scammers are back to work with online school shopping scams. But there are ways to get your school shopping done while avoiding scams that cost you valuable time and money.
Peter Anderson White, a longtime resident of Old Saybrook, died Aug. 8, 2022, at the West Haven VA Medical Center after a long illness. He was 75.
Every train journey, whether a cross-country adventure on Amtrak or a mundane daily commute on Metro-North, starts with the same thing: a train station.
A 53-year-old Darien man was arrested on a warrant charging him with violating a restaining order after a police officer stopped the man’s car after it made a turn without using a turn signal, police said.
After a long and full life, Carol Norma Lange Davis died peacefully at home surrounded by her daughters.
This year’s comedy fundraiser for The Undies Project will take place in a holy setting in the cause of diminishing the number of holey underpants.
Howard J, Fenn Jr., “Biff”, passed away on July 9, 2022, in Southbury after a long illness.
John (“Jack”) Schultz Jr. , 28, of Washington, D.C., and formerly of Darien, passed away July 20, 2022 at Bryn Mawr Hospital.
If you’re looking for family fun this summer, consider visiting one of this state’s many living museums celebrating our state’s rail heritage. And remember — kids get in free at Connecticut museums this summer!
Janice (Anderson) Brissette, 94, passed away on July 21 at Stamford Hospital.
There are still openings for a free, 90-minute women’s self-defense class on Wednesday, Aug. 10, taught in the Darien Library Community Room by Elliot Leung, founder of Club Kung Fu in Stamford.
Nature is alive at the Noroton Heights train station. There are fresh new plantings of native shrubs and plants with fragrant blossoms attracting bees, butterflies and birds.
Richard A. Alicandro, a lifelong resident of Darien, passed away on Thursday, July 28, at Stamford Hospital. He was 84.
New York Times-bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid will speak in October at Darien Library’ seventh annual Novel Tea fundraiser at Wee Burn Country Club.