YWCA Darien/Norwalk Seeks Nominations for This Year’s Women of Distinction Awards

Home on Woods End Road Burglarized While Family Away

Police: Man, 46, Refuses to Leave Darien Residence, Physical Altercation Results

Annual DCA Easter Egg Hunt Takes Place April 15

After Police Find a Fingerprint in a Stolen Car, They Charge a Man, 26, With the Theft

AAA: Average Gas Price Statewide at $4.28 on Monday, Up 6 Cents From Sunday, 56 Cents Since Last Week

If You’re in District 2 and Want To Be a Member of the Representative Town Meeting, Here’s How to Apply

Stevenson Announces Run Against Himes for Fourth Congressional District Seat [UPDATED]

Register Early for DCA’s Flower Arranging Workshop — Maximum Enrollment is 15

Again, Corbin Drive Closed at Post Road, 9 AM to 3 PM, Monday

For Some at Darien’s Rally for Ukraine on Saturday, the War Means Family, Friends in the Lurch

Would-Be Thief Enters Unlocked Vehicle a Little Early, Owner Spots Him, He Runs

Better Cooking With Eggs: Online Discussion Thursday Evening

Pair of Thieves Shoplifts at Walgreens, Police Break Off Pursuit on I-95

Biomedical Science Talks by Darien High School Students at Darien Library

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Young Women of Distinction YWCA Darien Norwalk

The YWCA Darien/Norwalk is seeking nominations for women who epitomize leadership in the areas of racial equity, social justice, and/or have worked to strengthen our community. — an announcement from the YWCA Darien/Norwalk

If you know of someone who fits this description, please consider nominating them today! After nominations are received, the Women of Distinction Nominations Committee will review the submissions and select the honorees. The women chosen will be honored at the Women of Distinction Awards this Spring. The YWCA Darien/Norwalk encourages you to nominate women who are leaders, role models, agents for change, mentors and/or an inspiration to others.

Sometime before Saturday March 5, while a family was away from their home on Woods End Road, a thief or thieves broke in and stole several pieces of jewelry, police said. According to Darien police:

Police were called at 12:26 p.m. that day. An employee at the house told officers that a second-floor window at the back of the house was smashed. Checking inside the house, police saw multiple rooms on the second floor had been gone through. The homeowners met police the next day and told them the jewelry was missing.

A 46-year-old Westport man got into some kind of physical altercation in a domestic incident after refusing to leave the property of a Darien resident, police said. Darien police gave this account of the incident, including accusations not proven in court:

At 10:58 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, police were called to a home on Elm Street after a report of the altercaton on the lawn of the home. Officers spoke with the Westport man, who said he’d just been in the altercation. The man said he was invited to the residence by the victim. The victim told police that the man had been sending unwanted text messages and had been told not to contact the victim.

Gather your Easter baskets and come out for an Easter egg hunt on the front lawn of the Darien Community Association Friday morning, April 15. — an announcement from the Darien Community Association

This longstanding community tradition is a fun way for children to get into the spirit of the holiday. Please come early, as the egg hunt starts at 10 a.m. sharp and takes only a few minutes. A special appearance by the Easter Bunny makes this a wonderful morning. Due to safety and parking constraints, advance registration and prepayment is required, and limited to the first 100 registrants/vehicles.

A 26-year-old man whose fingerprint was found in a vehicle stolen in Darien has been charged with first-degree larceny in connection with the theft, Darien police said. Darien police gave this account of the matter, including accusations not proven in court:

The vehicle was stolen on Feb. 6, 2021 then found in New Haven six days later, on Feb. 12. Darien police detectives examined the vehicle for evidence, and a state laboratory report indicated that a fingerprint from the vehicle belonged to Kelvin Solares of Hamden.

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Global crude oil prices have bubbled over the $119-a-barrel mark, pushing average gas prices in the nation and in Connecticut over $4 a gallon this past weekend, making it the 8th most expensive state in the country. — an announcement from AAA Northeast

Today, Connecticut’s statewide average for a gallon of self-serve regular is $4.28, reflecting a 6-cent jump since yesterday and a 56-cent increase since last week. The state average hasn’t been this high since May 2012

Today’s National average of $4.07 is also 6 cents higher than yesterday and 46 cents higher than last week. The national average hasn’t been this high since July 2008. SEE ALSO Jim Cameron’s column on Monday: “Simple Ways of Saving on Gas”

“As long as crude prices continue to surge, drivers can expect the current trend of higher pump prices to continue” said Fran Mayko, AAA Northeast spokeswoman.

Letter to the Editor Battle of Braddock's Field

To the editor,

Darien’s Representative Town Meeting ( RTM) has announced a vacancy in District II. The RTM is the Town’s non partisan legislative body and is comprised of one hundred members representing six districts. Any registered voter is eligible for election to the RTM in the district where they reside. Interim vacancies that occur between November elections are filled by a caucus of district members. Members elected through a caucus must run in the next regular Town election.

Former Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson is running for Congress, challenging U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, she announced Sunday on the “This Week in CT” television interview program. “Jim has been in Washington for 14 years, and our lives are getting worse rather than getting better,” Stevenson, a Republican, said, referring to the Democratic incumbent. “He is in lockstep with the Biden administration with every one of their policies, and the lives of families and businesses are worse off than when he went to Congress. That’s why I’m running.” “America is in peril,” Stevenson told Dennis House, host of the WTNH-TV program on Channel 8.

Creativity workshops continue on Wednesday, March 23 at 5 p.m. with a flower arranging workshop at the Darien Community Association. Grab a friend and enjoy arranging while we serve you a glass of wine (or other beverage). We’ll finish by dinnertime so you can make it a night out! — an announcement from the DCA

Our class will feature grapevine wreaths that are perfect for decorating with dried flowers. All materials will be provided; please bring your own hand clippers if you have them.

The Darien Police Department announced Friday that vehicles won’t be able to access Corbin Drive from the Post Road downtown because of construction from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, March 7. A lot of construction vehicles, especially trucks carrying concrete will be on Corbin that day. Corbin Drive can be accessed via a detour from Center Street to Old Kings Highway South to the other end of Corbin. The Post Office and businesses on Corbin will be open. The closure is due to a large amount of construction activity for The Corbin District redevelopment.

Viktor Lahodyuk of Stamford Mike Goliney of Norwalk

For Mike Goliney, one of the 230 people who gathered Saturday outside Darien Town Hall for a “Rally for Ukraine,” every morning starts the same. “Every morning at 5 o’clock. It’s no coffee for me. No news on television. I talk to my family,” the Norwalk resident said.

A woman saw a white car back into her driveway on Leroy Avenue at about 6 p.m., while it was still twilight, Friday and thought someone she knew was visiting. Then she saw someone go into her unlocked vehicle. Sunset that day was at 5:41 p.m.

Darien police gave this additional account of the incident, which was reported at 6:07 p.m.

The suspect, a male wearing a baseball hat and “face covering,” as police described it, saw the woman and ran back to his car. The woman didn’t see anything missing from her vehicle, perhaps because she interrupted the would-be thief. The aborted theft happened outside a home on Leroy Avenue between Midbrook Lane and Highfield Lane.

Lisa Steele, author of The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook will talk about expanding your egg repertoire beyond the usual breakfast fare of fried and scrambled in a discussion Thursday evening on Zoom.com. — an announcement from Darien Library

Learn why you should:

—never salt eggs before they finish cooking;

—the best way to hard boil eggs so that they peel easily;

—why you should never beat cold egg whites but should separate eggs while they are still cold; and

—eat the yolk! Curious about using goose, quail, duck, and turkey eggs? Steele has guidance on substituting them in your cooking and baking. Darien Library is hosting the discussion in partnership with Hotchkiss Library and the Essex Public Library.

A Walgreens employee told police that she saw two males put numerous items in store baskets, then leave the store without paying. They left in an SUV that a police detective saw on the highway, but the vehicle fled when a police stop was attempted. Darien police provided these additional details of the incident:

At 19:48 p.m., police were alerted to the theft. The two males left the store at 76 Heights Road in a white Ford Expedition with New York state license plates. The SUV was traveling in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 when the Darien police detective tried to stop them.

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Two of Darien High School’s Science Honor Society students will talk about biomedical science Thursday, March 3 at Darien Library. — an announcement from Darien Library

Avery Horn and Shafay Salman will lecture about “Harnessing the Immune System to Fight Cancer” and “The Muscle Rehabilitation Process.” The talks are part of the “Science Splash” series, twice-a-month lectures about a science topic chosen and presented by DHS Science Honor Society students. If You’re Going … This event will take place on Thursday, March 3 at 6 p.m. Register on Darien Library’s website here.