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Darien schools will open Sept. 3 and 4, with students going to school two days a week and being taught online for other days, schools Superintendent Alan Addley told the Board of Education on Monday night.
Then, Addley said, on Sept. 29, about three weeks later, the schools will be open “full-time,” with students going five days a week. Fridays will be half days throughout the school year, with students learning remotely, on-line.
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Darien residents should be aware that state Sen. Bob Duff, who represents Norwalk and part of Darien and Sen. Carlo Leone, who represents Stamford and part of Darien, both voted in favor of the new police bill.
Darien police have charged Andrew Creamer, 49, of Old Farm Road with possession of child pornography after looking at his computer in a drug-selling investigation in which he was charged back in November 2019.
The Board of Trustees of the Friends of Darien Library today announced it has appointed Kiera Parrott, MLIS, as the next director of Darien Library effective Sept. 8.
Barbara Virginia Doyle McMahon, 91, of Essex, died July 15, 2020. She was a former resident of Old Lyme and Darien.
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Campaign season is often a time for unfortunate behavior to surface …
A new show with “Photography and Sculpture” is now on view at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) through Sept. 6, and in RAC’s online gallery.
THE LATEST: Darien has a smaller proportion of customers still without power than any town in the area; Metro-North says trains may be delayed on Monday, so allow for extra travel time; First Selectman: Shut your fire alarms off if you’re home when they activate, so firefighters aren’t dispatched unnecessarily.
A new show with “Photography and Sculpture” will be on view at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC), from Sunday, Aug. 9 through Sept. 6, 2020. This open-call, juried exhibition features 86 pieces by 45 area artists.
Robert Lovegrove passed away peacefully at home on July 31, 2020.
Here’s how Darien restaurants and other food-serving places fared in the latest inspection reports, released Thursday by the Darien Health Department.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from July 30 to Aug. 6, 2020:
Gov. Ned Lamont is asking the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to investigate what the governor called a “wholly inadequate” response to Tropical Storm Isaias.
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Instructions for completing the absentee ballot, provided by the state League of Women Voters are listed below.
Three of the popular live-streaming educational animal programs offered by the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk will be available with closed captioning in Spanish and English Aug. 11, 12 and 13. Each of the programs is free (a donation is suggested).
The Pond-Weed House, believed to have been built at sometime between 1696 to 1730 and possibly the oldest home in town, is now on the market, with an asking price of $725,000.
Gilbert Alexandre, a longtime resident of Darien, died peacefully Sunday morning Aug. 2, 2020. He was 85.
One restaurant in Darien received a “C” rating, the worst grade in town Health Department’s A/B/C ratings system, in the inspection reports released recently by the Darien Health Department.
A thief was able to “experience the scintillating performance of the Maserati Levante” (as the manufacturer describes the SUV) by making off with the apparently unlocked 2019 vehicle sometime Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, Darien police said.
Police were told at 4:48 p.m., Saturday that a gunshot was fired from a vehicle, possibly targeting people in another vehicle at the intersection of West and Noroton Avenues.
Amid reports nationwide — including in Connecticut — of people getting seeds in the mail that they didn’t ask for, apparently sent from China, the state Department of Agriculture is asking anyone who gets them to report
It isn’t known how safe it is to plant them, because they could be invasive plant species, state officials said in a news release. Here’s the announcement:(followed by an announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture):
Yvonne Palmer “Bonnie” Brown passed away July 26, 2020. She was 69.
Darien Scouting is holding its first ever online benefit auction open to the whole community and featuring a wide range of local services and experiences for individuals and families.
Which is the number one country in the world for transportation? Certainly not the United States. Not even countries in the E.U. No, you have to look farther east, as Marco Polo did in 1271, to find the future — in China.
Beverly Covert, 91, of Peterborough, New Hampshire, formerly of Rindge, New Hampshire and Darien, died peacefully on July 17, 2020 following a brief illness. She was 91.