Public Safety
UPDATE: 17-Year-Old, Missing Since Friday, Found in NYC, New Canaan Police Say
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The missing 17-year-old has been found in New York City, New Canaan police said.
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The missing 17-year-old has been found in New York City, New Canaan police said.
A 34-year-old nurse admitted to stealing Tramadol, an opioid medication for pain, from four elderly residents at Maplewood at Darien for months, starting in January or February, police said.
She said, according to police, that she did it to deal with physical pain she was experiencing.
Due to the traditionally large turnout for the Middlesex Middle School [Monday, June 17] and Darien High School [Tuesday, June 18] graduations, both of which are held at DHS, the Darien Police Department advises that the following traffic regulations are being put into effect.
The United States Attorney’s Office has selected Darien Police Detective Elizabeth DiIorio to receive the 2019 US Attorney’s Award for her outstanding contributions to United States v. Vanessa Vence-Small.
A woman suffered bruises, a black eye and a concussion after a 39-year-old man she knew assaulted her in January — not the first time he assaulted her — and later he threatened her, according to Darien police.
Police said that soon after they had applied for and received an arrest warrant for the man, the victim called police at 5:30 a.m. to tell them he was on her property. Police went there and took him into custody.
Due to the ongoing rain, Tuesday, Darien High School’s graduation will be held indoors, in the Auditorium, Principal Ellen Dunn announced.
John Anton Stuart, a former Noroton Fire Chief and previously a Glenbrook Fire Department captain, transitioned on June 14. He was 82.
Gregory Baxter Siegner, 63, of Green Cove Springs, Florida and formerly of Mt. Airy, Maryland, passed away on May 11 at Acadia National Park, Maine.
Brady Eldredge, who last February won the fifth-grade essay contest organized by Darien’s Good Wife’s River Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution with his writing on the “Women’s Suffrage Campaign,” has won first place in the Connecticut DAR essay contest.
The Hindley School fifth grader also recently was named winner of the Northeast Division DAR fifth-grade essay contest. Brady is the son of James and Jennifer Eldredge of Darien.
Emily Duffy, a longtime Darien resident, passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2019 after a battle with cancer. She was 81.
Turn the clock back to July 1969 and see newspapers, collectibles, rocket models and other items celebrating the Apollo 11 mission to the moon — including a piece of the moon itself — in a special display coming to The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk.
So, it has happened again: the parked vehicle of an emergency responder, assisting a disabled motorist, is struck on the highway.
To the editor:
On Saturday, June 8, 15 friends of Michael Taylor staged the third annual Showdown on the Sound, a fundraising event at Weed Beach in Darien to benefit Shatterproof.
On Thursday, June 6, nearly 400 of the area’s most philanthropic residents came to Woodway Country Club for Liberation Programs’ 12th Annual Spirit of Hope Gala.
Four Democrats announced Sunday that they’re running for offices in Darien’s local elections on Nov. 5:
Tara Ochman, chairman of the Board of Education, is running for re-election; Sarah Neumann and David Martin are running for the Board of Selectmen; and Dan Bumgardner is running for a seat on the Board of Finance.
The Darien Police Department and the Darien animal control officer have received a significant increase in calls regarding “abandoned fawns.” Here is information you should be aware of before contacting the police department:
Kathleen Keegan Lyons, 78, of Darien, entered into eternal peace on Thursday, June 13.
Sally Shore Payne passed away, June 8, 2019 in Norwalk, with her family by her side. She was 87.
Here are the latest inspection reports for Darien restaurants and other food-serving establishments just released by Darien Health Department.
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 6 to 13, 2019:
Darien police say a New Canaan contractor charged with failing to return customers’ money after failing to complete home renovations was actually doing this to three separate customers in Darien, not the one initially described.
When employees came to work Wednesday, June 5 at one of the businesses on the ground level of a medical office building across the street from Spring Grove Cemetery, they found one a window had been pushed open and the screen removed, police said.
You and your kids are invited to nine, free outdoor concerts for children and parents from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesdays at the Levitt Pavilion in Westport, starting with the band Milkshake on June 26.