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Updated 10:42 p.m., Thursday, 4:40 p.m., Friday: Raul Bourgeois, A freshman lacrosse coach at Darien High School was arrested on narcotics charges by Waterbury police detectives after Darien police took the man into custody at about 2:30 p.m. on the high school campus. (more…) Continue Reading →
Patrick Houlihan, major league baseball vice president and deputy general counsel for labor relations, will talk about “State of Play: Major League Baseball in 2018,” on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Greenwich Boat Show is celebrating its 10th year. The boutique in-water show has built a reputation by offering a diverse selection of new power boats and yachts. The event, which is free and open to the public, runs Saturday, April 7 and Sunday, April 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 49 River Road. About 1,000 people are expected to attend each day. (more…) Continue Reading →
The DCA Executive Speaker Series, “Darien Neighbors, Global Players,” continues on Thursday April 19 at 7:45 p.m. (7 p.m. reception), with Brian Rolapp, the National Football League’s chief media and business officer. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Darien Athletic Foundation and The Darien Foundation have announced that they have agreed to a joint venture on the leadership and funding of DAF Media, a local live-streaming high-definition video network. (more…) Continue Reading →
Heather Pech, winning marathon runner, successful retail fashion executive and a native Darien resident, will talk about her life on the run at the Wednesday, April 4 meeting of the Darien Men’s Association. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Saint Joseph Parenting Center (SJPC), a non-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen families that are at risk of child abuse or neglect, announced that registration is now open for its fourth annual SJPC Stamford 3 on 3 Hoops Tournament. (more…) Continue Reading →
New Canaan Country School ninth grader Nina Stoops is not sure which came first, walking or skating. She does however know with certainty that her lifelong love for the game of ice hockey was established in her earliest years. (more…) Continue Reading →
Chelsea Piers Connecticut has appointed longtime Darien High School lacrosse Coach Jeff Brameier as the Stamford sports complex’s new field house director. Brameier has been a stand out coach on the high school sports scene in Fairfield County for decades and is a nationally recognized lacrosse coach. He will continue as head lacrosse coach at Darien High School, he said Monday evening. (more…) Continue Reading →
The fifth annual The Winter Challenge gymnastics meet is coming to Chelsea Piers Connecticut, featuring events for about 900 male and female athletes, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17 to 18 at Chelsea Piers Connecticut in Stamford. (more…) Continue Reading →
A judge agreed Wednesday to grant probation to two Darien teenagers who were charged in November in connection with the assault on a New Canaan boy, and after community service is completed, there won’t be a record of the criminal case, the attorney for one of the teens said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Legendary squash coach Paul Assaiante spoke to fellow enthusiasts for the sport Monday at Chelsea Piers athletic complex in Stamford, which just announced the appointment of its new squash director, John Musto. On Monday night, about 50 squash players and their parents gathered in The Loft where the Trinity College coach and U.S. Squash head national coach — who is also a U.S. Squash Hall of Famer — enumerated the pluses of college squash and how to prepare. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien middle and elementary school wrestlers in the Blue Wave Wrestling Club recently competed in the 5th annual Tri-State Takedown Tournament in Cross River, N.Y. (more…) Continue Reading →
Jack Joyce, one of the Darien High School students arrested last month following an escalating social media exchange that ended with the assault of a New Canaan juvenile, was applied for a special form of probation Thursday in state Superior Court in Norwalk. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Hartford Courant’s ranking of high school football teams puts Darien’s Blue Wave at the top statewide for 2017, but a sportswriter in the state wrote a vociferous objection to that which appeared Wednesday — in the Hartford Courant. (more…) Continue Reading →