Beyond Darien

New Canaan Officials to Walkers at Waveny Park: Use Paths, Not Road

Replicas of the Nina and the Pinta in Bridgeport Over the Next Few Days

Go to One Norwalk Attraction This Summer and Get Discounts on Others

Join Darien Library for a Field Trip to Yale’s Peabody Museum Weds, June 21

Free Admission, Discounts at CT Museums & Attractions on Saturday, June 10

Bobby Valentine’s Sports Academy Has a New Multi-Sport Facility Ready for Athletes of All Ages

Join the Walk to Raise Money Against Hunger This Sunday in New Haven

Remember: Set Your Clock an Hour Ahead — Sunday is a 23-Hour Day

Drought Forum Monday Morning in Stamford with Jayme Stevenson, Other Area Government Leaders

Christopher Lloyd Talks About His Childhood at Waveny House Fundraiser

Water Restrictions Due to Drought Ease a Bit for Darien, Nearby Towns

Film on Teen Dating Violence for Parents/Adults Presented Feb 28

Celebration of ‘Put’s Ride’ in Revolutionary War at Greenwich Historic Site Feb 26

County Foundation: With Coaching, Community College Students 56% More Likely to Graduate

A Conversation about the Opioid and Heroin Epidemic, 7 PM, Thursday, Oct 27

Events Calendar

Beyond Darien

By CHARLIE HOBBS | July 5, 2017

Beyond Darien

By David Gurliacci | July 2, 2017

Beyond Darien

By John Paul Barce | June 12, 2017

Arts & Entertainment

By John Paul Barce | June 10, 2017

Arts & Entertainment

By David Gurliacci | June 9, 2017

Beyond Darien

By John Paul Barce | June 7, 2017

Beyond Darien

By David Gurliacci | April 21, 2017

Around Town

By David Gurliacci | March 11, 2017

Around Town

By David Gurliacci | March 4, 2017

Beyond Darien

By MICHAEL DINAN | March 3, 2017

Around Town

By David Gurliacci | March 2, 2017

Beyond Darien

By David Gurliacci | February 19, 2017

Beyond Darien

By David Gurliacci | February 18, 2017

Beyond Darien

By David Gurliacci | November 5, 2016

Beyond Darien

By David Gurliacci | October 26, 2016

News from elsewhere that’s important to Darienites

Frustration with pedestrians who walk in the main road through New Canaan’s Waveny Park, just over the border from Darien — rather than on new pathways specifically created for them — is quickly turning into action, parks officials say. A road-walker in Waveny. Photo by Charlie Hobbs

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— This article originally was published by NewCanaanite.com. _________

According to New Canaan Recreation Director Stephen Benko, despite the recent additions of three brand-new pedestrian paths that hug the roadway, many who come to the park to jog, walk their dogs or push baby strollers favor the roadway that’s meant for cars, raising traffic and safety concerns. “Unfortunately, we might have to put up a ‘No Pedestrians’ sign,” Benko said of the rising problem.

Replicas of two of the three small ships that carried Christopher Columbus’ expedition to America more than 500 years ago have docked in Bridgeport, and you’re welcome aboard. You’ve only got until Tuesday, July 4 (or maybe Monday). On Tuesday, the boats set sail from Bridgeport on a trip to Newburgh, N.Y. on the Hudson River (where you can see them for several days starting July 7). “We are a floating museum, and we visit ports all over the Western Hemisphere,” says the website of the Columbus Foundation, headquartered in the British Virgin Islands.

“The Niña is a replica of the ship on which Columbus sailed across the Atlantic on his three voyages of discovery to the new world beginning in 1492,” the foundation says.

Pay full price at one of the Norwalk attractions listed below and receive a special discount at other participating attractions. To receive discounts, you must present proof of purchase (so save them). These Norwalk attractions are participating in the “Norwalk Sound of Summer” program for the summer of 2017:

Center for Contemporary Printmaking
Free admission and discounted members price on any workshop enrollment before September 15

Historic Sites
Norwalk Historical Society Museum, Mill Hill, Historic Cemeteries & WPA Murals (Located in City Hall, Transit District, Libraries & Aquarium.)

Lockwood-Matthews Mansion Museum
A total of 50 percent off tours Memorial Day through Labor Day. Present to admissions desk to receive discount. (Not applicable for special events or other promotions.)

The Maritime Aquarium
A total of $3 off one admission (Includes Aquarium and IMAX.) Present ticket from other participating attractions for discount.

Join the Darien Library for a guided tour of Yale’s Peabody Museum from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21 (register early). The trip includes a special class on dinosaurs after the tour. __________

— an announcement from Darien Library

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Field trip attendees will meet the librarians at Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven, Connecticut at 10:30 a.m.

Parking for Yale’s Peabody Museum costs $5.00 per car. Families with children in grades K-6. Please individually register each member of the family who plans to attend this program.

Save the date for the popular one-day-only statewide event in which destinations offer free or discounted admission, special activities or giveaways to Connecticut residents. Connecticut Open House Day on Saturday, June 10, sponsored by the Connecticut Office of Tourism, is designed to showcase Connecticut’s diverse offering of museums, theaters, historical sites and other attractions across the state. ______________
— an announcement from the Connecticut Office of Tourism
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The annual celebration, now in its 13th year, encourages residents to discover the wealth of treasures in their own backyard and rediscover old favorites. From historic to contemporary, cultural to nature-oriented, Connecticut offers a variety of unique experiences within a short drive. No institutions in Darien, Stamford, Norwalk, New Canaan or Wilton are participating, but you don’t have to go much further to find special offers, reduced rates or free admission to places in Greenwich, Ridgefield, Westport, Fairfield and Bridgeport.

What separates Bobby V’s from other sports facilities in the area, according to people who go there, is the “family” feeling. There’s a community feeling they say, as if you’re a part of a giant family. Bobby Migliazza, a coach and manager at Bobby V’s, says, “You are not a number to us.” The baseball curriculum was designed by Valentine, based on experiences coaching in Japan and the Major Leagues. Although the focus is on baseball, the new facility on 4 Omega Dr., Stamford, offers training in lacrosse, soccer and many other sports.

Online registration is still open for the Connecticut Food Bank 2017 Walk Against Hunger, set for 1 p.m., Sunday, April 23, at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven, rain or shine. (Editor’s note: And it looks like no rain, some shine: partly cloudy, with a high of 61.)

On-site registration also will be available the day of the event. To date, more than 350 walkers in more than 70 Walk teams have registered, and you can join one or register separately.

Walk Against Hunger is a community gathering to increase awareness of the problem of hunger in our communities and to raise funds to support the hunger fighting work of the Connecticut Food Bank. Registration will open at 1 p.m. and the walk will begin at 2 p.m. It will follow a 3.1-mile route through Lighthouse Point Park.

Fall back, spring ahead — you have one less hour on Sunday. Did you remember? If not, set your clock ahead one hour. It’s a lot easier to get the time right nowadays, when we rely on our phones to be our watches. But there’s always clocks we need to figure out how to reset.

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Landscapers and others who use water outdoors will be particularly interested in an upcoming drought forum with local government leaders, including First Selectman Jayme Stevenson, and officials from the state Department of Public Health and Aquarion, starting 9 a.m. Monday, March 6 in Stamford. Here’s the announcement:

Mayor David Martin, and First Selectmen Peter Tesei, Jayme Stevenson and Robert Mallozzi will be hosting a drought forum with Aquarion and Department of Public Health water officials on Monday, March 6, 2017. The meeting will be held at UConn Stamford beginning at 9 a.m.
Mayor Martin and First Selectmen Tesei, Stevenson and Mallozzi have been meeting with Aquarion and state water officials frequently since the water emergency was declared in August 2016. Priorities for each town will be discussed at the forum. Mayor Martin has invited irrigation companies to attend the meeting on Monday as one of Stamford’s priorities.

Christopher Lloyd on Wednesday night stepped toward the limestone fireplace in the grand hall of his childhood home in New Canaan, just over the border from Darien, turned and told 50 town residents gathered there that returning to Waveny House reminds him of his past.

On this evening — a cocktail party hosted by the Waveny Park Conservancy to honor the organization’s founders and supporters, and kick off fundraising plans for 2017 — the actor said he found himself thinking about “one particular incident” involving his father, Samuel R. Lloyd Jr.

“My father liked to have a cigar from time to time, and there was a humidor in that room, the billiard room,” he said, pointing past the staircase that New Canaanites for decades have climbed to reach the Recreation Department’s offices. ______________

— This article originally was published by NewCanaanite.com. ______________

“There’s still a billiard table in there, though for some reason it’s kind of dark. And there’s a humidor, and when I was seven, eight, nine years old, I became aware that it contained cigars, and I experimented.

As a result of a new request by the Aquarion Water Company, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) has issued a second water supply emergency order in Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan and Stamford. ___________
— an announcement from Aquarion Water Co. ___________
This is in accordance with Connecticut General Statute 25-32b allowing DPH to make this declaration. This new order helps increase the likelihood of refilling the Greenwich and Stamford reservoir systems. As of Feb. 17, the Greenwich system was approximately 68 percent full, while the Stamford system measured 61 percent full.

Parents and other adults are invited to a conversation and film screening of Escalation, a film that highlights the earliest warning signs of relationship violence. The YWCA Greenwich, in partnership with the One Love Foundation, is presenting the film. According to a release from the YWCA, the statistics are staggering: 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men will be in a violent relationship in their lifetime. Nearly 50 percent of these women and 40 percent of these men experience relationship violence for the first time between ages 18 and 24. Young women ages 16 to 24 are at a three times greater risk for abuse. Escalation has been shown in over 500 high schools and colleges.

See Revolutionary War soldiers performing military exercises and learn about the American Revolution next Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Putnam Cottage on Route 1 in Greenwich. The Daughters of the American Revolution at Putnam Cottage in Greenwich will host an event to celebrate “Put’s Ride” from 1 to 3 p.m. on Feb. 26 at the Knapp Tavern Museum/Putnam Cottage, 243 East Putnam Ave. in Greenwich.

Norwalk Community College students who participated in Family Economic Security Program academic and financial coaching services, were almost twice as likely to graduate than other students and six times more likely to subsequently enroll in a four-year institution, according to research published by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls. _____________

— This announcement is from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation. — You can download a PDF of the study by clicking here. _____________

The research underscores that academic education combined with financial coaching and skills training is key for low-income communities’ graduation rates. Without such support, graduation and financial success rates dramatically dip.

Come learn more about opioid addiction and what can be done about it. This 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 event is free and being hosted by The Nantucket Project, located at 123 Mason St., Greenwich. Sign up here. Conversation will be facilitated by Gary Mendell, founder & CEO of Shatterproof, and Deborah Morgan, a licensed clinical social worker from Rye, N.Y.
— an announcement from Shatterproof

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