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The public is encouraged to attend the Wreaths Across America dedication ceremony to be held at noon on Saturday, Dec. 15, at Darien’s Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery. (more…) Continue Reading →
If you want to help the environment by reducing waste, reducing the amount of food and food scraps you throw out is a big component. According to a recent survey, if you could avoid toss out the average amount for a Connecticut household, that amounts to $873 a year, or over a fifth (21 percent) of what the normal household spends — you’d save money you could spend on yourself or others. Joining the new Darien Food Scrap Recycling Program is one way to do it. In addition to that (or instead of it, if food scrap recycling is one additional task too many for you), just knowing when you don’t really have to throw out food may help you cut down on the amount. (In this article we’ve included information from experts about how safe it is to keep certain food refrigerated.) (more…) Continue Reading →
Sharon (Shari) Kay Gibson, 72, a beloved grandmother, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, died peacefully at her daughter’s home in Darien on Dec. 8, 2018 surrounded by loved ones after a four-week battle with cancer. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Darien Police Department is aware of the email style “bomb threat” that has been sent out across the country this afternoon to residents, private businesses, and other agencies. (more…) Continue Reading →
Here’s how Darien restaurants and other food-serving establishments fared in the most recently released town Health Department inspection reports. (more…) Continue Reading →
Here’s Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate for Dec. 6 to 13, 2018: (more…) Continue Reading →
These properties recently were sold in Darien, according to records in the Town Clerk’s Office: (more…) Continue Reading →
State troopers arrested a 26-year-old man and seized 2.6 pounds of marijuana, along with crack cocaine and heroin Tuesday morning after they became suspicious of two people in a crookedly parked car at the Darien North rest stop on Interstate 95. (more…) Continue Reading →
Santa’s helpers at the library’s Children’s Library have a list of books and other gifts for children ranging in age from infants to teens this Christmas. They’ve even got a video. The library also has lots of recommended reading lists on its website, for both kids and adults. Remember: You’ve got 12 days to get the latest versions of little tin horns and little toy drums, rooty toot toots and rummy tum tums … (more…) Continue Reading →
Sometime Wednesday morning, Darien High School officials began getting reports of an odor in various parts of the building, but it was deemed safe by Darien Fire Department, according to a high school official. (more…) Continue Reading →
Without notes, but with a set of 30 slides, Board of Finance Chairman Jon Zagrodzky told the Representative Town Meeting how he and his board are looking at the town’s financial prospects and what factors matter most in how budgets and taxes will be decided on in the next several years. (more…) Continue Reading →
Thank you, Mister Moderator. Good evening everyone, I am John Sini, chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Darien YMCA gymnastics team set the gold standard at the New England Invitational in Glastonbury, capturing four team titles and twelve individual All-Around (AA) titles. (more…) Continue Reading →
Here’s the text of Darien Board of Education Chairperson Tara Ochman’s “State of the Town” address, as prepared, one of several delivered Monday night to the Representative Town Meeting: (more…) Continue Reading →
Margaret (Peggy) Mathews passed away of natural causes at her home in Cumberland Foreside, Maine on Dec. 6, 2018 at the age of 83. (more…) Continue Reading →