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The Darien League of Women Voters has released its questionnaire to candidates in the state Senate District 27 special election on March 2 and their answers.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from Feb. 4 to 11:
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from Jan. 14 to 21, 2021:
Don’t let COVID-19 let you feel so down that it interferes with your ability to help yourself or others. Get help, now, and here are some first steps suggesting where you might go.
In an ongoing effort to help town residents with many of the emotional difficulties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the town Human Services Department and the Community Fund of Darien have gathered links to resources and put the information both online and in postcards being sent to residents this week.
Here’s their joint announcement, with Web links, and Darienite.com has added further information below that:
After a 56-year-old woman crashed into a tree on Sunday, Jan. 10, she was taken to a hospital, where tests showed she had a blood-alcohol level of 0.33, police said. That amount is more than four times the legal limit for a driver.
State control of zoning and school regionalization is the topic of the next “Bring It Home!” online event on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m.
Jeff Immelt, the former CEO of General Electric, will speak at an event organized by the Darien Community Association and Barrett Bookstore on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. for an online presentation.
Immelt will have a public discussion with Peter Maglathlin of Darien, the chairman and CEO of MBI Inc. in Norwalk.
Barbara Ann Kelley, a longtime resident of Southport on the Mill River, passed away on Jan. 27, as a result of complications from Alzheimer’s. She was a regal 95.
To the editor:
If 2021 has taught us anything, it is that who we elect can make a big difference in the quality of our lives and the health of our democracy. The contrast between the Biden and Trump Administrations cannot have made that point any clearer.
George Wulf Wetzell, 84, died peacefully on Feb. 9, 2021 surrounded by family.
Why is transportation construction so expensive in our area? What kind of honor was it when New York City recently surpassed Zurich (one of the most expensive cities in the world) as No. 1 on the most-expensive-place-to-do-underground-construction dishonor roll?
The highly respected Regional Plan Association has studied that question and offers some explanations and frightening examples.
The Rowayton Arts Center is offering a new workshop, “Learn to Draw Flowers in a Variety of Media,” with Nancy McTague-Stock in the studio on four Friday mornings, starting Feb. 19.
Architect James von Klemperer, a longtime Darien resident who designed the recently completed Midtown Manhattan’s tallest office building, One Vanderbilt, will discuss that project as well as the 1720 Darien farmhouse where he lives.
His online talk, “From Farmhouse to High Rise,” will be presented as part of Darien Community Association’s “New Information and Inspiration Virtual Presentations” at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Jennifer Austin James, 77, passed away on Jan. 15 at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington after a brief illness.
When a 43-year-old Hoyt Street resident chased another person around the house on Sunday, that was a violation of a protective order from a previous domestic incident, said Darien police, who arrested the woman.
Imagine going from New York City to Washington, D.C. in one hour — not by plane, but by maglev.
By comparison, today the same trip from the LaGuardia to DC’s Reagan airport takes about 90 minutes by air (not counting getting to and from the airports) and costs $276 one way. On Amtrak’s Acela, the fastest run, downtown to downtown, is three hours and costs $157. Or you could take the bus for $30, assuming you have 4½ hours to waste.
Darien TV79 has launched an online survey asking town residents to find out what they watch — and would like to watch — on the town’s government television station.
Darien Tax Collector Kathy Larkins would like to remind taxpayers who qualify for extended time to pay their January 2021 property taxes, the application deadline is Monday Feb. 1, 2021.
That’s the last date on the postmark that will be accepted, even if the envelope is mailed from abroad. Or you can email it. Or deliver it in person on Monday (the office and the rest of Town Hall closes at 5:15 p.m. that day, and Town Hall is closed on Fridays.)
Online submissions are now being accepted in an Open Call to Artists for the Spring Juried Show at Rowayton Arts Center from March 14 to April 10, 2021.
The show is open to all artists interested in exhibiting their artwork. The deadline is Feb. 21.
David McGill Marshman, 20-year resident of Venice, Florida, died in his sleep on Jan. 7. He was 69.
A 47-year-old Darien man, who came home apparently intoxicated, held one person in a headlock while holding another by the neck against a wall, according to Darien police.
A total of 629 Darien households have had at least one resident with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and there are a total of 921 in town who tested positive, First Selectman Jayme Stevenson said in her latest pandemic update.
Schools Superintendent Alan Addley also released a message to teachers and parents to update them on pandemic developments for the school district.
In addition, a recording of a public, hourlong discussion Thursday about the state’s vaccine rollout has been posted. It features the Stamford Hospital CEO, the state director of economic development and an area business leader.
I have one belated prediction for the new year and you’re not going to like it: After we all get vaccinated and things “return to normal,” regular weekday commuters on Metro-North will not be coming back as hoped.
The Town of Darien’s Health, Human Services and Senior Programs departments urge all residents to sign up for Code Red alerts, if they have not done so already.
Elizabeth F. King (a.k.a. Betty Rae King) of Celebration, Florida died on Jan. 2 at 3:30 p.m. due to a stroke. She was 84 years old.
Darien Library and others nearby have scaled back their opening times to help prevent further spread of the pandemic, the library announced Thursday.
Darien Health Director David Knauf on Wednesday issued a description of the state’s revised (less strict) guidelines for shorter quarantines for those exposed to COVID-19 who don’t show any symptoms.
The state Department of Public Health now says a 10-day quarantine (with Day 0 as the day of exposure) is often enough, rather than the previous 14-day period.But daily monitoring of symptoms is still necessary, according to the new guideline. In some circumstances, even seven days is enough, the state says.
First Selectman Jayme Stevenson’s State of the Town report to the Representative Town Meeting Monday night was long and covered a lot of topics, including the impact of COVID-19 on town spending, operations and its affect on local business; continued interest by state lawmakers in overriding local zoning; and the possibility of state laws on the town budget.