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Someone recently described me as “the Lewis Black of transportation” — angry, cynical and sarcastic. That’s high praise, in my view.
So imagine my surprise that when Lewis performed recently in Waterbury and New London he riffed on the highway we love to hate: I-95.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien, Rowayton and Wilson Point real estate from May 18 to 25, 2023:
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:
This Darien native is one of over 3,300 people each year who try to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail (the AT), from Georgia to Maine. But she’s one of the 25% of them that actually completed the task.
How’s this for a double-whammy? The Connecticut Department of Transportation is proposing a cut in train and bus service while also raising fares — just as I predicted months ago.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from Sept. 14 to 21, 2023:
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from Sept. 7 to 14, 2023:
If you want to be among the first to get the latest, just-approved versions of the new Covid vaccines, you can sign up online now for an appointment in Darien as soon as this coming Monday morning.
As of this morning (Tuesday, Sept. 12), there are open slots to get an appointment for the vaccine as early as 10:30 a.m., Monday, at the CVS pharmacy on the Post Road. CVS is also offering appointments in Stamford and Norwalk, although if you want the Pfizer vaccine instead of the Moderna one, that seems to be available in Norwalk sooner than Stamford.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7, 2022:
Penelope (Penny) Merritt Glassmeyer, builder, visionary, tenacious champion of good ideas and good people in ways big and small, died peacefully at home, in Darien, Thursday, Aug. 24, surrounded by her husband, Ed, her five children, extended family and friends. She was 82.
Joan Kirwin Satterley passed away peacefully on Aug. 27, surrounded by family at Good Shepherd Hospice in Rockville Centre, New York, the town where she was born and raised. She was 93.
Janice Seng Shaker died peacefully on Friday, Aug. 25, in Darien. Janice was 100 years old and was predeceased in 2005 by her husband, Theodore (Ted) Frederick Shaker. She was one of a kind.
Darien High School’s football team has extended a special invitation to Darien’s seniors, aged 65 and older, to attend all Blue Wave home games with free admission.
The Darien Senior Center is adding Chess, “the game of Kings” to its offering this fall. Meeting every Wednesday at 10 am, the new program is open to players of all ages and abilities, from beginners to “grand masters.”
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from Aug. 24 to 31, 2022:
Global warming is affecting shipping through the Panama Canal, delaying U.S. imports of everything from new cars to fuel.
When Liam Flaherty visited a Darien home on Tuesday, Aug. 22, an alarm went off and police were told an unwanted person was inside the home. It was 4:50 a.m.
When police officers arrived at a Long Neck Point Road home to check on a report of a minor in some form of distress, they found a group of youths sitting near empty and full containers of alcohol, police said.
They charged an adult resident with allowing it. A minor was taken to a hospital.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from Aug. 17 to 24, 2022:
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from Aug. 10 to 17, 2022:
In perhaps no industry other than transportation does organized labor have so much power. And those unions are getting aggressive in their demands.
The 340,000 members of the Teamsters who work for UPS are now voting on a new contract giving them better wages and working conditions.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from Aug. 3 to 10, 2023:
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from July 27 to Aug. 3, 2023:
Lee-Clark Norsworthy Robbins, 48, of Kirksey, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, June 10. She was 48.
If you’re looking for family fun this summer, consider visiting one of Connecticut’s many living museums celebrating our state’s rail heritage.
For the 43rd year, The Community Fund of Darien will be hosting its annual Darien Road Race and Family Fun Day fundraiser at Darien’s Pear Tree Point Beach. The event takes place on Sunday, Sept. 17.
Ever wonder what Earth was like 200 million years ago? Visit The Maritime Aquarium’s new Sturgeon Touch Tank for an up-close encounter with Atlantic sturgeon, whose ancestors swam through the water long before dinosaurs roamed.