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Investigators found the DNA of a missing New Canaan woman’s estranged husband inside her home, the scene of an apparent violent assault, the state’s attorney said Tuesday. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Darien Summer Nights concert series for 2019 begins at Grove Street Plaza on Friday, June 21, with Bad Dog Buddy, organizers have announced. Fifteen concerts are scheduled, with the last one on Sept. 27. (more…) Continue Reading →
A teenager, said to be intoxicated by a friend who told police he couldn’t find him, became unruly Saturday night at Dunkin Donuts, then became belligerent and, when he was arrested, used racist slurs, police said. (more…) Continue Reading →
An ordinance restricting checkout bags at stores in town and a project costing about $63 million to replace the Ox Ridge School building were approved Monday night by the Darien Representative Town Meeting. The RTM also approved proposals to fund improvements at Highland Farm park (the 16-plus-acre tract of land the town bought from the Ox Ridge Riding & Racquet Club) and to accept a gift of as much as $300,000 from the Darien Athletic Foundation to construct a path for the Darien High School cross-country track team path around the edges of the high school campus. (more…) Continue Reading →
Ellen Terzian “Bunny” Ericsson left for heaven from home in Darien surrounded by love on Saturday, May 18. She was 92. (more…) Continue Reading →
Mansfield Avenue homeowners had to arrange to have the work on their house completed after they paid $650,000 to a New Canaan contractor who accepted the money, stopped doing the work, didn’t pay subcontractors and wouldn’t give a refund, police said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Elsie M. Bromfield, 90, was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on March 27, 2019 in Greenville, South Carolina. (more…) Continue Reading →
Why is there so much scorn for those who ride the bus? Forty-one million trips are taken on 12,000 public buses each year in Connecticut in communities across the state (not counting school buses). Yet, those riders are regarded as losers, not by the transit operators, but by those who drive by car. (more…) Continue Reading →
Learn when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em — Darien Library is presenting a five-week class covering the basics of poker and including several different games. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien police issued a reminder on Facebook recently: If you’re walking or jogging, state law says you need to use the sidewalk when one is available. (more…) Continue Reading →
A unique, lively talk with Rabbi Mitchell M. Hurvitz and The Reverend Marek Zabriskie on living up to your ideals through the end of your life will be presented Thursday, June 13 in Greenwich and online. (more…) Continue Reading →
Members of Darien’s Masonic Lodge, Ivanhoe Lodge No. 107 partnered with Darien’s Monuments and Ceremonies Commission’s Cemetery Committee and Good Wife’s River DAR Chapter to cut brush, remove debris, rake pinecones, and clean stones at the Slawson Cemetery on Hanson Road. (more…) Continue Reading →
Shakespeare on the Sound and the Open Arts Alliance are partnering with the Darien Arts Center to provide new theatre offerings this summer for Grades 5 to 12. (more…) Continue Reading →
A record-breaking number of six Darien students were among the 54 winners of the Connecticut Realtors Foundation’s Gates Memorial Scholarships this year. (more…) Continue Reading →
Silvermine Arts Center has established a new Fulbright residency program, initiated and funded by artist and philanthropist Janet Hennessey Dilenschneider and Robert Dilenschneider, and managed by the International Institute of Education (IIE). (more…) Continue Reading →