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Simple problems require simple solutions. And when it comes to solving our transportation woes, we consumers always wonder whey “they” can’t fix things quickly by doing what seems obvious and simple.
Consider the following questions I’m often asked:
The MTA, parent of Metro-North, did something rare last week: They told us the unvarnished truth.
Darien High School’s 2021 graduation ceremony combined congratulations on getting through high school during the COVID-19 pandemic with the regular high school graduation themes — life advice, thankful appreciation and assurance that the graduates have what it takes to succeed in the future.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from June 10 to 17, 2021:
An intoxicated teenager, driving at 6:28 p.m. Tuesday on Christie Hill Road, sideswiped an oncoming vehicle, then crashed into a stone wall but seemed barely injured, police said.
Five vehicles in four spots in roughly the southwestern area of town were entered overnight from Saturday to Sunday, June 29 to 30, Darien police said. [This article has been updated with specific addresses.]
A 45-year-old man driving late in the afternoon on Old Kings Highway South was intoxicated when his motor vehicle left the roadway and struck two vehicles parked in a driveway, then left the scene, police said.
The owner of Darien Window Cleaning Co., Steven Tarnowsky, 67, succumbed to injuries he received in a fatal fall at about 2 p.m. last Wednesday while cleaning the windows of a commercial building at 1950 Post Road in downtown Noroton, police said.
If you’re one of the 41 million folks traveling by car over the July 4th holiday. expect to face up to four times the ‘normal’ road delays in the Greater New York and Greater Boston areas on Wednesday.
More than two dozen Middlesex Middle School students recently participated in Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Talent Search, taking the actual ACT or SAT or JHU’s SCAT.
This letter was provided to Darienite.com for publication:
Re-live the first moon landing (larger than life on IMAX) and then explore the night’s full moon (magnified through telescopes) as the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk hosts a special movie-and-astronomy evening event on Tuesday, July 16 — the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.
With warm weather and family events, the Fourth of July can be a fun time with great memories. Before your family celebrates this year, the New Canaan Fire Marshal’s Office wishes to make sure everyone knows about fireworks safety.
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich has begun a $45 million project to renovate the arts/sciences/children’s museum and more than double its size.
When complete, the project will expand the museum from 30,000 to 70,000 square feet, adding state-of-the-art exhibition galleries for art and science, new education spaces for hosting visiting school children, families and community groups, as well as a restaurant, auditorium, and meeting spaces.
A thank-you letter from Darien Human Services Director Ali Ramsteck to Millie Miceli, president of the Kiwanis Club of Darien, provided to Darienite.com for publication:
To the editor,
The Town of Darien is at a turning point. On Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, Darien residents will have the chance to be heard and elect the leaders who will make the decisions that will define our town for decades.
Here’s the list of this summer’s road paving projects in Darien, as announced Friday by the town Department of Public Works:
Come join the Noroton Fire Department’s 23rd annual block party on Saturday, June 29, a great event for the entire family under the big tent at the corner of the Post Road and Nearwater Lane.
One restaurant in town received a “C” in the six inspection reports for Darien restaurants and other food-serving establishments just released by Darien Health Department.
Steven Tarnowsky a longtime resident of Darien and Norwalk, passed away on Wednesday, June 26 in Darien. He was 67.
Earlier on Friday, Darienite published a listing of Darien Library’s programs for teens in July, and we came across one that we object to, “Get to Know Your Inner Cosmic Being.”
Darien teenagers can both have fun in several programs and events this July at Darien Library and wind up a lot closer to adulthood by the end of it with these programs (with one important exception in the editorial noted below).
Aspiring actors in Grades 5 through 10 can strengthen performance skills this summer at the Darien Art Center’s new theater pop-up workshops.
Enjoy a special water view of holiday displays in Norwalk, and avoid the crowds and traffic, by coming aboard one of the fireworks cruises offered by the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk.
The Darien Police Commission is pleased to announce that Captain Donald Anderson will be taking over as the Darien Police Department’s eleventh chief of police. Capt. Anderson will assume command of the department upon the retirement of Chief Ray Osborne at the end of the summer.
These properties recently were sold in Darien, according to records in the Town Clerk’s Office:
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from June 20 to 27, 2019:
Nobody trusts Hartford. If cynicism is a disease, we’re in the midst of an epidemic.
Since last fall, I’ve been touring the state speaking to groups large and small about Connecticut’s transportation crisis, about the $5 billion we need to just get Metro-North back in a state of good repair, about the hundreds of deficient bridges and potholed highways, and and about the futility of depending mostly on the gasoline tax to fund long-needed repairs.