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State Rep Terrie Wood Holds Oct 23 Info Meeting on State Policies, Taxes Affecting Businesses

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State Rep. Terrie Wood, together with state Rep. Gail Lavielle, will hold a meeting in Norwalk for constituents to talk about “new taxes, fees and policies that will affect Connecticut businesses,” she announced Tuesday in an email to constituents. The meeting takes place from 8 to 9 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23 in the Community Room on the first floor of Norwalk City Hall, 125 East Ave. Wood, a Republican, represents Rowayton and most of Darien in the state House of Representatives. Here’s most of the announcement:

Please join Rep. Gail Lavielle and me at the Norwalk City Hall on Oct.

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Most Recent Health Inspection Reports for Food Serving Places in Darien

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Here’s how Darien restaurants and other food-serving places fared in the eight latest inspection reports, released Thursday by the Darien Health Department. The six inspections of food-serving establishments took place from Sept. 27 to Oct. 10 with two getting an “A” rating, and the four others getting a “B.” None received the worst rating, a “C.”

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Health Department Inspection Ratings Restaurants 11-17-17

Latest Health Inspection Reports for Restaurants and Other Food Serving Places in Darien

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Here’s how Darien restaurants and other food-serving places fared in the eight latest inspection reports, released Thursday by the Darien Health Department. The eight inspections of food-serving establishments took place from Sept. 6 to 28, with all but one getting an “A” rating, and the other getting a “B.” None received the worst rating, a “C.” 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.

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Laurel Road Bank Changes Name to DRBank, Invites Public to Shred Documents Oct 12

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If you have some documents you want to shred, you can bring as many as five boxes to DRBank, the new name of Laurel Road Bank, on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The bank, with its downtown Darien location at 1001 Post Road, has announced that it’s changed its name. The bank, established in 2006, had previously changed its name from Darien Rowayton Bank in January 2018, and says the new name is a change “back to our roots.” The bank has locations in Darien, Rowayton and Southport. The shredding will be done in the parking lot, and you can watch them do it to make sure your personal and confidential documents are cut to pieces.

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Health Certificate Frosty Bear 01-19-17

Latest Health Inspection Reports for Darien Restaurants and Other Food-Serving Places

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Here are the latest inspection reports for Darien restaurants and other food-serving establishments just released by Darien Health Department. These seven inspections of food-serving establishments took place from Sept. 6 to 26, with one getting a  “B” ratings and the rest all rated “A.” (Five school cafeteria kitchen inspections were also released by the town Health Department this week.)

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. Here’s an alphabetical list of the most recently released health inspection results (an explanation of how this list is put together is immediately below it):

Recently released inspection reports for Darien’s school cafeteria kitchens can be found here.

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One Town Restaurant Gets a ‘C’ in Latest Health Inspection Reports for Darien Food-Serving Places

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One food-serving establishment in town received a “C” — the worst town rating — in the latest inspection reports for Darien restaurants and other food-serving establishments just released by Darien Health Department. The reports released on Thursday were from six inspections that took place from Sept. 9 to 14. None resulted in “B” ratings and five were rated “A.” 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.

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When You Shop at These Businesses or Use These Organizations, You Help These People — and They’re Helping You

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For the last six years, Charlie Sherman, Norwalk resident and client of STAR, Inc., Lighting the Way, has been commuting by train to and from work at Whole Foods in Darien. — an announcement from Star Inc., Lighting the Way

At work, Charlie helps customers to their cars, brings in the carts and packs groceries. “I love working at Whole Foods. I feel like a part of the team there and I really like the independence I feel working and earning a paycheck,” Charlie says. In addition to Charlie, there are seven other STAR clients who currently have rewarding careers in Darien.

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Health Department Inspection Ratings Restaurants 11-17-17

‘C’ Rating for One Darien Restaurant in Latest Health Department Inspection Reports

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Here are the latest inspection reports for Darien restaurants and other food-serving establishments just released by Darien Health Department. Reports were released for four  inspections; they took place on Sept. 7 and 10. Aside from the one with a “C” rating, three inspections resulted in “A” ratings. 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.

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More Library Parking Available at Thorndal Circle, and to Make It Easier, Some Sidewalks Coming

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Darien Library and the company that owns the office park at Thorndal Circle have agreed on a plan where more parking will be provided to library users during weekdays when the library lot fills up. (When the library was moved from Leroy Avenue to its present location on the Post Road, library officials didn’t realize how much more popular the new building would be. More people came to use the library, which meant that when there were particularly popular events being held, the parking lot filled up to an extent that officials hadn’t predicted, library officials have said in the past.)

For about 10 years, since the library moved to its current location, there’s been an agreement that library users could park in lots at Thorndal Circle on evenings an weekends, library Director Alan Gray said at a recent Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. The commission approved the plan in a unanimous vote. The new agreement, he said, would allow for the use of 60 or so spaces at certain parking lots in the office park during the day on weekdays for those few times a week when library events become so popular that the library lot, with 181 parking spaces, gets filled up.

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With Online Media (Including Darienite.com) If You’re Not Paying, You’re the Product

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Darienite.com sells your attention to advertisers. We may start using Twitter ads in our Twitter feeds, and then Twitter may collect information on you. Google and most other search engines collect information on you. Cookies on websites track you, even after you leave the website. This is all done so that advertisers will know where they can target ads.

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Eversource Honored for Supporting Employees Who Are Veterans or in the Military

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Eversource Chairman, President and CEO Jim Judge accepted the 2019 Defense Employer Support Freedom Award recently at a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington. — an announcement from Eversource

“We’re honored to be recognized for our commitment to our veteran and military reserve employees,” Judge said. “We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to our guardsmen, reservists and veterans. Whether it be a time of peace, crisis or war, we will always recognize, thank and support our service members.”

Eversource was one of 15 companies selected from 2,500 nominations to receive the 2019 award. Eversource’s recruitment and military reserve policies make it one of the nation’s leading companies for veterans and other service members.

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Most Recent Health Inspection Reports for Darien Restaurants and Food-Serving Places

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Here are the latest inspection reports for Darien restaurants and other food-serving establishments just released by Darien Health Department. Four  inspections on Aug. 23 and 24 resulted in two “B” ratings and two “A” ratings. 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. See also:

NEAT Coffee Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Giveaways and a Party on Saturday, Aug 31 (Aug.

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NEAT Coffee Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Giveaways and a Party on Saturday, Aug 31

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Ten years ago, Darien NEAT, an artisan coffee bar and roasting company, opened its Darien location on Grove Street Plaza, and this Saturday, Aug. 31, it’s celebrating with drink specials and giveaway chances all day, then a party from 6 to 8 p.m.

“Thank you to our NEAT family and wonderful customers for 10 years of success.” the coffee shop said in a brief announcement. “We would not be here without you!” In its newsletter on Tuesday, the Darien Chamber of Commerce described NEAT as a business that helped foster a sense of community in Darien:

“NEAT quickly became part of the Darien fabric and created it’s own community within our community!

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One Darien Restaurant Gets a ‘C’ — the Worst Rating — in Latest Health Inspection Reports

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One restaurant in town received a “C” rating from health inspectors in the most recent health inspection reports released by Darien Health Department. Twelve  inspections took place from Aug. 16 to 20. Five were rated “A” and five were rated “B.” One, at Gofer Ice Cream, didn’t receive a rating because the establishment, like snack bars, isn’t the same type of place as a restaurant.

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Restaurant Says It’s Got a Right to Stay Open, Could Block or Delay Demolition of Noroton Heights Shopping Center

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The owners and managers of Jimmy’s Southside Tavern at the back of the Noroton Heights Shopping Center say the restaurant hasn’t been given an adequate offer to void its lease, and they intend to keep the place open. Without an agreement, the project potentially would be delayed past the planned demolition in October, leaving the site without many of its stores for a longer period of time than the expected two years. If the disagreement goes to court, that could also result in a delay. “Just wanted to shout out and let you know that we are not intending [to go] anywhere Sept. 1,” the restaurant said in a brief Facebook post last Monday, Aug.