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How to Protect Yourself from Online Threats: Talk at Darien Library
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Learn how to protect yourself from online threats at Darien Library at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31.
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Learn how to protect yourself from online threats at Darien Library at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Speaker Tracy Fox will talk on “Happy Marriage: Your 10-Step Solution to Happily Ever After” at Darien Library at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8.
These properties recently were sold in Darien, according to records in the Town Clerk’s Office:
Lanes will be closed in these areas on Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway this week for bridge inspections, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced:
Consumer goods recruitment firm Perpetual Insights today announced the addition of two executives: James Thomas as a principal and Scott Barrett as a director. Both are based out of the company’s Darien and New York City headquarters.
Norwalk Community College will celebrate Black History Month in February with a dozen events sharing a Harlem Renaissance Theme. These programs include poetry readings, live theater performances, a music concert, a soul food competition, art activities, discussions and lectures.
Pauline “Polly” Anderson Sammis, 84, died peacefully on Jan. 23, 2017, at her home in Bradenton Fl.
An entity of Darien Development firm Baywater Properties just sold the property that Shake Shack recently moved into at 1340 Post Road to a new entity with different owners, including Baywater. The price: $4,454,864.
Building and maintaining our highways is expensive. But here’s a quiz: On Interstates 95 and 84, what costs a half-million dollars a mile to construct? The answer: sound barriers.
Here’s Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate for Jan. 19 to 26, 2017:
In the latest food inspection reports released by Darien Health Department include one with a “C” rating (the worst), three more with middling ratings of “B” and four with “A” ratings.
The restaurant that received a “C” was re-inspected a week later and got a “B.”
What is the fastest growing threat to the health of Darien residents? How does the health of Darien residents compare with that of the US, or Connecticut?
By 2020, Darien Library will work more with other groups in town, improve the ways librarians help patrons find sensitive health information for patrons and find ways to make the library more useful when storms or similar disasters hit town.
Paul Steven Larson, 73, of Norwalk and former longtime Darien resident, died on Jan. 24 at home, surrounded by his devoted family, after a courageous cancer battle. Paul took on his disease as he took on everything in life, with tenacity and grace.
Barbara Gimbel of Arizona passed away on Jan. 8. The former Darien resident was 75.
Norwalk police say the woman in this picture “was involved in several counterfeit check cashing incidents in the Fairfield County area in July/August 2016.”
The town budget (not including education spending) would increase 1.26 percent under the proposal presented by Town Administrator Kathleen Buch on Tuesday night to the Board of Selectmen.
In total, the proposed budget would increase by $588,452, to $47,424,286.
The Interstate 95 underpass at Old Kings Highway North in Darien is expected to be closed for eight days sometime this year as the Connecticut Department of Transportation replaces it, a Darien police official says.
During mid-terms, many Darien High School students took a break from studying to meet with a furry friend.
Sidney D. Zacharias of Stamford, and more recently Darien, died Jan.19 at the age of 101. His final illness was short and followed a full and active life.
As recently as October 2016, Sidney was declared national champion in his age class in the Veterans’ Rowing and Kayaking Competition and was featured on Channel 12 as he rowed a kilometer in less than eight-and-one-half minutes (see the video below this article).
Five checks belonging to an elderly woman on Hale Lane were forged and cashed for a total of $450 — but there’s a suspect, and an arrest is expected, Darien police said.
Three unlocked vehicles parked overnight on Holmes Avenue were entered overnight from Saturday to Sunday, Jan. 21 to 22, but nothing was reported stolen.