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Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from Aug. 11 to 18, 2022:
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:
Edith Omicioli, formally a resident of Portland for over 60 years, passed away peacefully on Dec. 8, at Hillsborough County Nursing Home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, at the age of 92.
Faced with a flood of new COVID-19 cases, Darien school district officials are sending general messages to entire classrooms of students when they may have been exposed to someone with COVID, the district’s nursing director and superintendent said in an announcement to parents and others in the school system.
In the past 13 days, 168 Darien residents have acquired COVID-19 cases, as far as authorities know, and with holiday gatherings, more is expected, First Selectman Monica McNally told the town in a late Wednesday afternoon Code Red message.
“COVID cases are on the rise,” she said.
Meanwhile, McNally said, some town residents are concerned about the availability of testing, the cost and heavy traffic at the sites. “I am working with the director of health to possibly add a second testing site in Darien,” she said.
Make-A-Wish Connecticut on Wednesday announced the appointment of Tracey Yurko of Darien as chair of the Make-A-Wish Connecticut Board of Directors.
Connecticut’s only mob of meerkats — the popular family unit in The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk — is moving into a big new exhibit that connects their desert story to the influences of the ocean on climate and weather.
Maude Marie Morley passed away on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. She was 92.
While there’s been no decision made, Darien schools may again change from in-school teaching to remote learning because of the “significant increase in COVID-19 cases” in Darien and the region, schools Superintendent Alan Addley said Tuesday — but he added that doing so is “unlikely.”
A car driven by a 53-year-old man late Friday night hit a parked vehicle on Park Place, causing his own car to roll onto its side. The driver was taken to a hospital, and police charged him with driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Funding for intersection improvements at the intersection of West and Noroton Avenues was one item in a long list of state transportation grants approved Tuesday afternoon by the State Bond Commission.
Each child in the STAR Rubino Family Center, an early intervention pediatric therapy program in Norwalk, will receive a handmade card with a cheerful holiday note along with a book to enjoy during the holidays, thanks to a project spearheaded by Amanda King Heavey and her son, Will.
On Friday, Dec. 10, Richard “Dick” Terhune said goodbye to this world and strode into the light to rejoin the love of his life, Gretchen Reiche Terhune. Dick was 86 years awesome and a resident of OceanView in Falmouth, Maine.
Building and maintaining our highways is expensive. But here’s a quiz question: on Interstates 95 and 84, what costs a half-million dollars a mile to construct? The answer: sound barriers.
In a first for Darien Scouting, Lindsay Ferretti was honored Sunday as Darien’s first female Eagle Scout.
Milton R. Graham, 87, of Norwalk passed away Monday, Dec. 13 at the Brightview Assisted Living Center in Norwalk.
TikTok and other social media posts about possible violence on Friday in Darien schools are not credible, according to a statement released by Darien Police Department.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from Dec. 9 to 16, 2021:
Glen Bruce VanCura of Rowayton, Connecticut passed away peacefully on Dec. 4, 2021 at Greenwich Hospital. He was 57.
With heavy hearts but boundless love and appreciation, the family of Eileen B. Hanford announce the Dec. 3 passing of their beloved wife and mother at the age of 73.
In the weeks before Christmas, all through some nights,
Creatures are stirring, in hopes that they might,
Find a car door unlocked, and inside find keys!
And then they drive off in their booty with ease.
James Arthur Calcagnini passed away peacefully at his home in Darien on Dec. 7, 2021 after a courageous battle against ALS. He was 59.
The Darien Department of Public Works will conduct its annual Christmas tree pick-up program according to the following schedule:
Baroque music lover and bibliophile Cornelia Van Rensselaer Goebel Bronson passed away on Dece. 5, 2021 at the age of 90 after a courageous battle with dementia.
Darien native Dan Micciche, current musical director for Wicked on Broadway, is bringing Broadway to Darien on Dec. 19 with a concert at Noroton Presbyterian Church.
Broadway performers from The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Hamilton, and Disney’s Frozen, alongside members of the NPC Chamber Choir and Orchestra, will perform holiday favorites.
Michael Belfield duPont, 66, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 11.