Holidays
Memorial Day Handbook: Traffic and Parking
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An announcement about traffic and parking regulations for Darien’s downtown Memorial Day Parade 2019 from Darien police:
Talking Transportation: The Effort to Keep Seniors Mobile When They Stop Driving
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When you think of the AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons, you probably conjure up thoughts of senior discounts, health insurance and retirement. So it might surprise you to learn that they’re also actively engaged in driver safety and promoting access to mass transit. The statistics on these issues they shared with me are quite interesting.
The MTA Rings the Alarm: It’s Running Toward a Fiscal Cliff
The MTA, parent of Metro-North, did something rare last week: They told us the unvarnished truth.
DHS Graduates Celebrate Culmination of High School and Commencement of the Rest of Life
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.
Darien and Rowayton Real Estate Report: June 10 to 17
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from June 10 to 17, 2021:
More Headlines
Swap Shop Reopens Monday at the Dump: Here’s Why It’s Not Opening on Saturdays Just Yet
This Book Club Hits Close to Home: With New Canaan Author’s Novel on Parents,Teens, Drinking
Darien and Rowayton Real Estate Report: April 15 to 22
Holidays
Memorial Day Handbook: Marching Order, Program Agenda
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Here’s who marches in what order and what takes place when in Darien’s 2019 Memorial Day Parade. Don’t forget: Darien EMS-Post 53’s Food Fair at Tilley Pond Park rounds out the day afterward.
Holidays
Memorial Day Handbook: Speaker Matt Pavia
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Darien High School teacher Matt Pavia will be the Memorial Day 2019 speaker on Monday, May 27 in the ceremony after the parade.
Holidays
Memorial Day Handbook: About Grand Marshal Pat Parlette
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Patricia Parlette, a lifelong Darien resident and former member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 2019 Darien Memorial Day Parade.
Holidays
Memorial Day Handbook: Enjoy the Darien EMS-Post 53 Food Fair
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Darien EMS-Post 53 will hold its 31st annual Memorial Day Food Fair at Tilley Pond Park on May 27, 2019 following the Memorial Day parade.
Money raised at the Fair provides equipment and supplies for patient care; supports training, hands-only CPR and Stop the Bleed classes; and maintains ambulances.
Charity Events and Opportunities
‘Spirit of Hope’ Gala Benefit for Liberation Programs on Thursday June 6 in Darien
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Tickets are on sale now for the 12th Annual Spirit of Hope Benefit — the principal fundraiser for the Liberation Programs organization.
Darien History
Three DHS Juniors Designed This Winning Darien Bicentennial Logo
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The town received an early Friday present today with the unveiling of a new bicentennial logo, a collaborative effort of three Darien High School juniors.
Real Estate
Stanton Road Home Goes for Almost $1.9 Million and Another Darien Home Sale
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These properties recently were sold in Darien, according to records in the Town Clerk’s Office:
Real Estate
Darien & Rowayton Real Estate Report: May 16 to 23
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Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from May 16 to 23, 2019:
Around Town
CONTEST: Submit a Slogan for the Town of Darien, Win Glory and Gift Certificates
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Come up with a winning slogan for Darien, and the Darien Board of Realtors in the group’s slogan contest during the month of June and you can win both bragging rights and gift certificates for town businesses.
Business
Darien Recruiting and Personnel Analytics Firm Changes Name from Pi Group to Perpetual
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The Pi Group (Perpetual Insights, Pi Executive and Perpetual Ambition), a Darien-based recruitment and talent advisory firm, has announced that it’s changing its name to reflect the ongoing personnel analytics services it offers.
News
Late Model Mercedes SUV Stolen — Left Apparently Unlocked, With Keys In It, Later Recovered
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A 2018 Mercedes GLS450 SUV, apparently unlocked and (the owner believes) with the keys left inside, was stolen sometime overnight Thursday to Friday, May 16 to 17, Darien police said.
Obituaries
Carleton Todd II, 64, Loved Flying, Music
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Carleton W. “Skip” Todd II of Darien passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, May 20.
Obituaries
Elizabeth ‘B.A.’ Hand, 89, Real Estate Agent, Active Volunteer, Loved Gardening and Sailing
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B.A. Hand, 89, died peacefully on May 15 near her loving family in Norwalk.
Animals
Great White Shark Turns Up in Greenwich — First Known Siting There, Ever
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It sounded like another sequel to Jaws, yet this time it is fact, not fiction.
Ocearch.org, a marine life organization that has tagged and tracked a great white shark named after the explorer John Cabot, issued an advisory on Monday that the 9-foot-8-inch, 533-pound shark was spotted in the waters off the Greenwich coast.
Transportation
State Issues CARMAGGEDON Warning for Two Weekends of I-95 Closures at Exit 9, Starting 6 PM, Friday, May 31
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Don’t drive anywhere near I-95 in Stamford and Darien and don’t even think of driving over the Route 1 bridge at Exit 9 on the weekend of May 31 to June 2, or the following weekend.
That’s the advice from the Connecticut Department of Transportation, which is replacing the bridge — which has been there since the highway was built in 1958 — on those two weekends.
Public Safety
Police: Woman, 25, Apparently Intoxicated, Found Barefoot, Emerging from Woods After Midnight
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A 25-year-old woman, barefoot, emerged from the woods at the north end of town at about 1:40 a.m., Thursday by police who had been given a report of an apparently intoxicated woman running on the side of the road, Darien police said.
Opinion
Op-Ed on Parenting: Setting Up Expectations, Enforcing Rules, Giving Rewards to Adolescents
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What is the difference between rules and expectations? And how do I enforce them?
Adolescence is a time of self-exploration. It’s the time when kids are beginning to individuate and separate from their parents and decide what values are their own.
Charity Events and Opportunities
Walk to End Epilepsy on Saturday, May 19 in Stamford
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Fairfield County residents will be out in force on Sunday, May 19, 2019, as they show their support for epilepsy awareness and the Epilepsy Foundation of Connecticut (EFCT) by participating in the Walk to End Epilepsy, which will be held at the Cove Island Park in Stamford.
Obituaries
Barret Naylor, 57, Executive, Kids’ Football Coach, Loved the Beach, Golf
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“When it comes to living large, I say turn it up till the knob falls off and throw it out the window.” Barret Platten Naylor lived a large, joyful life which was cut short a day after his 57th birthday, Thursday, May 9, 2019 due to complications from a liver transplant.
Public Safety
Police Seatbelt Enforcement Campaign from May 20 to June 2 in Darien and Around Connecticut
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With the Memorial Day Weekend approaching, Connecticut’s law enforcement agencies intend to promote safe driving and increase the protection of all motorists.
Obituaries
Kathryn Votava, age 85, Former Darien Resident
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Kathryn J. “Katy” Votava, age 85, of Neenah, Wisconsin passed away on Tuesday, May 14, with her family by her side.
Business
Worst Rating — ‘C’ — for One Darien Food-Serving Establishment in Latest Health Inspections
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One Darien food-serving establishment received a “C” — the worst rating in the town’s A-B-C health ratings system, another received a “B” and a third an “A” in the most recent inspection reports released Thursday by Darien Health Department.
Real Estate
Darien & Rowayton Real Estate Report: May 9 to 16
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Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from May 9 to 16, 2019: