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The Darien Community Association’s Board of Directors has a new member and some changes in offices within the board for the next 12 months, the organization announced on Thursday.
The DCA announced also outlined the organization’s goals and plans for the coming year.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from Oct. 2 to 9, 2025:
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from June 19 to 26, 2025:
Federal Realty today announced that three new retail leases have been signed with local and regional businesses and entrepreneurs at Darien Commons — The Usual Lash, GlowUp Nails & Spa and Spear Physical Therapy.
You can cruise out onto Long Island Sound with the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk this winter in the hope of seeing some of the seals and birds that spend the colder months just off shore.
Fotis Dulos killed his estranged, fearful wife on the morning of May 24, 2019, in the New Canaan home where she and their five kids had been living for more than one year, according to a state police detective’s sworn affidavit made public Tuesday.
IRS-certified volunteer tax aides, trained by the American Association of Retired Persons, will be available Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays from Jan. 27 through April 15 in Darien Library.
Taxpayers of all ages and incomes are invited to make appointments or just walk in. There is no charge for the service. Now’s the time to start gathering the financial documents you’ll need for filing.
Thank you, Anne-Lise Brown, for your volunteer efforts in the Darien High School Parents Association, raising money with students for human services, planning DHS events and more at the school.
James Jude Loughran, a Greenwich native, and lifelong resident passed away peacefully on Jan. 1, surrounded by his beloved sons, James Jr., Thomas, John, and Joseph.
A conclusion has been reached in the legal fight for control of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Darien, involving on one side various local officers of the parish and on the other the rector and the Epsicopal diocese.
The rector — the Rev. Canon George Kovoor — and the diocese won, the Episcopal Church of Connecticut announced on Monday.
A 16-year-old New Canaan driver got into a motor vehicle accident sometime before 11:04 p.m., Friday and was found to have a blood-alcohol content of 0.166, double the legal limit for an adult driver, Darien police said.
Thanks to the late Pat Parlette, for more than a quarter century of service at the Darien Community Association’s Thrift Shop, including her “legendary” work as treasurer.
Within 16 hours late last week, Darien police were called to the scenes of two separate burglaries of homes in town where the residents were away for extended periods.
Police found the second floor of each home ransacked, and the owners later reported men’s and women’s jewelry and other items missing — $50,570 from one of the homes, on Saint Nicholas Road, and $47,090 from the other, on Tokeneke Trail.
Darien Library’s 5th Annual Novel Tea fundraiser on March 25 will feature novelist Lara Prescott, the New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept.
Grace Farms Foundation today announced its upcoming public panel, “A Framework for Freedom,” which will discuss the critical role that public-private partnerships play in eradicating modern day slavery.
The Darien Arts Center has added several new offerings to its 2020 Visual Arts program for children and adults.
New for children in Grades 1 through 4 is a “Paint the Masters; Winter Break Camp” that takes place from Feb. 18 to 20, and an “Introduction to Fashion; Spring Break Camp” for Grades 5 to 8 from April 6 to 10.
According to New Canaan police, a 19-year-old Darien man drove in New Canaan just after midnight Friday with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit for a driver his age.
His level wasn’t particularly high for an adult — except under the state’s “zero tolerance law” that disallows driving for those under 21 with a BAC of 0.02 or above. For drivers age 21 and older, a blood-alcohol content of less than 0.08 is acceptable.
In early December, when Darien High School’s Model Congress delegation attended the annual Yale Model Congress weekend, several DHS students came back home with awards.
Thank you, Tiffany O’Connor, for your volunteer work in the Darien High School Parents Association.
Darien Community Association invites you to a book talk and wine reception on Jan. 15 with Patricia Marx, author of You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples, and the book’s illustrator, Roz Chast.
A Caucus of all registered Republicans in Darien will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 13 to endorse candidates for the Republican Town Committee.
Anyone interested in becoming a member may submit a petition with the signatures of at least 25 registered Republicans in Darien. Petition candidates can join those already nominated by the Republican Town Committee.
The Darien chapter of Wreaths Across America is asking for volunteers to help with removing wreaths from veterans’ graves at Spring Grove Veteran’s Cemetery at 10 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 18.
Thank you, Cheryl Williams, for helping the Darien Chamber of Commerce promote the business community, including help with organizing the Darien Wine & Food Tasting event.
Join Lynn Carnegie, founder & CEO of Carnegie Prep, for a presentation on “Decoding the SAT and ACT” college tests on Thursday, Jan. 9 at the Depot Youth Center.
You can get your blood pressure checked any time from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. at Darien Library. A nurse from the Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County will be on the first floor of the library.
Darien High School students in a woodworking class and other technology education classes have built dozens of wooden toys for children in area homeless shelters.
Thank you, Pam Miller, for helping Darien Book Aid Plan get books to libraries, schools and communities
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from Dec. 28, 2019 to Jan. 3, 2020: