Darien Woman, 37, Charged Again, This Time in a Minor Domestic Violence Incident

William Barrett, 93, Former Darien Resident, Self-Taught Mineralogist, Semi-Pro Ice Skater

Darien High School Graduation Date Set by Board of Education

Russian Performers Visit Darien Elementary Schools

Area Drug Treatment Agency to Honor Jayme Stevenson in June Benefit at Woodway

Darien Board of Finance Proposes Slight Tax Cut, RTM to Vote in May

Police: Girl, 16, in a Vehicle with Four Other Teenage Girls, Charged with Alcohol Possession

Police Find Evidence Burglary Attempt at Stephanie Lane Home

Talk on Race Issues at Darien Library, Sponsored by YWCA Darien-Norwalk

CDC Warning: If You Have Chopped Romaine Lettuce, Toss It — Then Clean Your Fridge

Quick Saturday Recycling Tip: What To Do With Cords, Cables, Rechargeable Batteries for Devices

Depression: What To Do If You Have It or a Loved One Has It — Presentation at the Depot

Cornelius Lovelady, 72, Former Golf Pro at Country Club of Darien

Lowest Rating — ‘C’ — for Two Establishments in Latest Health Inspection Reports

Middlesex Road Home Goes for $1,475,000 and Other Darien House Sales

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By David Gurliacci | April 18, 2018

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By David Gurliacci | April 18, 2018

Education

By David Gurliacci | April 17, 2018

Education

By MARC MARIN | April 17, 2018

Community Organizations

By David Gurliacci | April 17, 2018

Government & Politics

By David Gurliacci | April 17, 2018

Public Safety

By David Gurliacci | April 16, 2018

Public Safety

By David Gurliacci | April 16, 2018

Government & Politics

By David Gurliacci | April 16, 2018

Healthy Living

By David Gurliacci | April 14, 2018

Darien Reycycling Center

By David Gurliacci | April 14, 2018

Healthy Living

By David Gurliacci | April 13, 2018

Obituaries

By David Gurliacci | April 13, 2018

Business

By David Gurliacci | April 12, 2018

Real Estate

By David Gurliacci | April 12, 2018

For the fifth time since September, a Darien woman has been charged by police, most recently on a disorderly conduct charge connected with a minor domestic violence incident, her second one in Darien. Adaobi Kurylov and a man she was in a confrontation with were each charged with disorderly conduct after an incident on Tuesday, April 10 in the Avalon Darien apartment complex off of Hollow Tree Ridge Road, police said. This is how Darien police described the incident, including accusations not proven in court:

As part of a divorce agreement, the man was giving a vehicle to Kurylov, and on Tuesday he went to Avalon Darien to deliver a case of water to her and take the license plates off the vehicle, the man told police. When Kurylov learned he had removed the license plates, she became angry, and an argument took place. The man said he tried to walk away and leave, but Adaobi followed him and “smacked” his telephone out of his hand.

William John (Bill) Barrett passed away peacefully at the River Glen Health Center in Southbury on Saturday, April 7. He was 93 years old. Born in South Norwalk to the late John J. and Viola Bloom Barrett in 1924, he resided in Norwalk, Trumbull, Darien and South Salem, NY before retiring to Southbury over thirty years ago. Bill was a member of the 3704th Army Air Force Base Unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces Training Command in World War II, serving from 1943 to 1946. He co-owned a roofing business and worked as a construction foreman, but his true passions were history, antiquities and science.

Members of the Barnya Russian Music Ensemble performed for students at all of the elementary schools in Darien. In the picture above they are sharing Russian folk songs, dances, stories, and language with the students at Tokeneke Elementary School. The full Barynya 20-plus member ensemble, made up of singers, dancers and musicians, will be performing at the Darien High School auditorium in a free public concert on Tuesday, April 17 at 7 p.m, said Rick Sadlon, Director of Music. The Barynya performances are possible because of a generous gift from the Darien Music for Youth organization. _________________

— Marc Marin is district director of instructional technology.

Liberation Programs, a Stamford-based drug-treatment agency, will recognize Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson “for her extraordinary commitment to the agency’s mission and programs” on June 7 at a benefit at Woodway Country Club. In an announcement from the organization, Stevenson was praised for her “thoughtful approach to ending the opioid epidemic.” Alan Mathis, Liberation Programs’ president and chief executive officer, said, “Jayme understands that what Liberation does saves lives.”

“I’m honored to be included among the recipients of Liberation’s Spirit of Hope award this year because it gives me the chance to emphasize how vitally important it is for us to provide the best addiction treatment possible to ensure people have the greatest chance for a sustainable life in recovery,” Stevenson said in the news release. Stevenson is now running for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, there were a record-breaking 1,038 overdose deaths in Connecticut in 2017.

A slight tax cut, shaving eight cents per $1,000 in assessed value in Darien property taxes, would go into effect if the Representative Town Meeting approves the package of budget and tax proposals just passed by the Board of Finance on Monday night. The new mill rate would be 16.08 mills, or $16.08 in taxes per $1,000 in assessed value, due in two installments on Jan. 1 and July 1 next year. The current mill rate is 16.16 mills, and the proposed mill rate would be a reduction of about half of 1 percent. Town officials said they wanted to avoid new programs in the budget, and keep a vice grip on hiring new staff. Capital projects involving construction were also minimized, with some new projects proposed for bonding rather than the operating budgets, spreading their cost into future years.

Four teenage girls in a car parked on or near Allwood Road were detained Thursday night by Darien police, who said they found at least one of them had been drinking and throwing bottles from the vehicle. Police gave this additional information on what happened, including accusations not proven in court:

When a town resident told police at 9:24 p.m. that youths were throwing bottles from a vehicle, officers responding to the report found the girls. The car belonged to a girl, 16, who had a backpack with her that held alcoholic drinks. Another girl in the car was driving. All four passengers in the car are New Canaan residents.

After a 71-year-old Stephanie Lane resident told police she found a basement window had been broken and she had heard noises at night, Darien police found more evidence of an attempted burglary. Police gave this account of what happened:

Sometime after 9 p.m., Sunday, April 8, the woman, who was in her upstairs bedroom, heard some kind of activity around the bulkhead doors leading into her basement from outside the house. At about the same time, she heard glass breaking somewhere downstairs. She looked around on the first floor but found nothing amiss. At that point, she didn’t call police.

Neil Phillips is a national thought leader and renowned speaker on race in America. Neil discuss his race from a unique perspective in a talk from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, Monday, April 16, at Darien Library. A Harvard graduate who also played professional basketball in Australia, he has over 25 years of experience as an educator, entrepreneur, coach and youth advocate. Neil’s long list of presentation audiences include NASA, the Nantucket Project and the National Association of Independent Schools. You can register for this event here.

CDC tweet romaine fridge april fourteenth eighteen

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers on Friday that chopped romaine lettuce — unless you can confirm it is NOT from around Yuma, AZ — should just be thrown out because of a E. coli outbreak that could make you sick. Even if you’ve eaten some of it already and aren’t sick. The warning is nationwide, although the CDC has received reports from people getting sick in only 11 states — including Connecticut. Twenty-two have been hospitalized, “including three people who have developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome,” the federal agency said.

Kudos to Best Buy for making recycling so easy! Drop off wires/cords/cables, rechargeable batteries, and plastic bags as you enter the store. Inside, recycle ink & toner cartridges, video games/gadgets, music & movies, plus much more. Find out more here. ___________

This announcement is from the Darien Recycling Center on Facebook. Like that page on Facebook and you can get your tips directly, as soon as they come out, and keep informed on other recycling information.

What are the signs and symptoms of depression? How can I help my child, relative or sibling? How do I protect myself while supporting a person suffering from depression? Answers to these questions and a discussion about depression will be presented by Robert DiRoma in a program at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 3, at The Depot Darien Youth Center. Some therapeutic techniques Rob provides are CBT [cognative behavioral therapy], long term dynamic therapy as well as taking a trauma focused approach dealing with childhood, teen and adult development.

Cornelius “Neil” F. Lovelady, of Fairfield, the beloved partner for over 22 years of Marilyn Eggers, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 8. He was 72. He was born in Halifax, England to the late Cornelius C. and Elizabeth Lovelady and grew up in Oxford, MS.

Neil received his B.A. degree in physical education from the University of Mississippi, where he was a member of the golf team and won NCAA Individual Champion honors in 1967-1968. He followed his passion for golf winning Pro-Am tournaments and serving as Assistant Golf Pro at the Country Club of Darien for over 30 years. Neil had a genuinely warm personality that everyone loved to be around. He was a true southern gentleman and a friend to all.

Health Department Inspection Ratings Restaurants 11-17-17

Two Darien establishments received a “C” rating, the worst in the town A-B-C ratings system, in in the nine most recently released Health Department inspection reports. Two other establishments were rated “B”, and five more received an “A.” The nine inspection reports released Thursday were based on inspectors’ visits on April 9 to 11. Most Recent Inspection Results

Here’s an alphabetical list of the most recently released health inspection results (an explanation for each part of the list, including links, is just below the list). Keep in mind that a food-serving establishment with a history of good ratings may occasionally get a poor inspection rating, occasionally the best do, and every restaurant normally gets a few things wrong (an explanation of how this list is put together is immediately below it):

—Darien Seafood Market — 1941 Post Road — April 9 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 94

—Fisherman’s Net — 11 Old Kings Hwy.

These properties recently were sold in Darien, according to records in the Town Clerk’s Office:

—74 Middlesex Road — Andrew Carr and Linsdey Carr to Thomas Egan and Meghan Egan, sold April 10, filed April 11, $1,475,000

—37 Kensett Lane — Marian Curtis to Christine Nicolov, sold April 10, filed April 11, $1,555,000

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See also:

Family Away, Real Estate Agents Take People Through Home, $11K Watch in Dresser Missing (April 11)
Darien Board of Realtors Says Safety Training Is an Urgent Need for Agents (April 1)

Darien & Rowayton Real Estate Reports:

Darien & Rowayton Real Estate Report: March 29 to April 5 (April 5)
Darien & Rowayton Real Estate Report: March 22 to 29 (March 29)
Darien & Rowayton Real Estate Report: March 15 to 22 (March 22)

Darien home sales:

Highland Ave House Sells for $1,127,500 and Other Darien Home Sales (April 5)

Renshaw Road Home Goes for $1,265,000 and Other Darien Home Sales (March 29)
Barringer Road Home Sells for $1.15 Million and Other Darien Home Sales (March 22)

Farrell on Real Estate:

To Stage or Not to Stage: That Is NOT the Question in 2018 (April 5)
Historic 18th Century Home with a 20th Century Story in Darien: Farrell on Real Estate (March 21)
Looking to Sell? Some Outdoor Improvements Bring Returns on Investment — Some Won’t: Farrell on Real Estate (March 14)

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