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You’re invited to join fellow Darien residents on the steps of Darien Town Hall, 2 Renshaw Road, before the Board of Selectmen meeting at 7 p.m. to stand in solidarity with the goal of flying the Pride Flag at Town Hall.
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:
Laura Silver, author of Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food, will be the featured speaker at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 8 as part of Darien Library’s “Meet the Authors” series.
NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 12-session education program for family, partners, friends and significant others of adults living with mental illness. The program starts March 14 in Wilton.
A Stamford woman screamed and swore at Darien Library staff, then came back and did the same when she was told to leave, then did it with police, who arrested her, police said.
And she’s been accused repeatedly of doing the same thing in the past, according to previous news reports.
Harold Brown Simpson, Jr., a recent new resident of The Inn in New Canaan and a long-time resident of Darien, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Stamford Hospital. He was 89.
Police say they haven’t found the gun shown by a 16-year-old Darien boy in a Snapchat video that resulted in the boy’s arrest on Friday.
“There’s a photo contest going on today and your vote can help a nonprofit win $! Just search the hashtag #FairfieldCountyGives to find these images. At 4 p.m., the two photos with the most “likes” will win a cash prize.”
Applications are now being accepted for the Ginny Wright Scholarship, given in memory of Virginia Wright to a Darien High School senior who plans to continue his or her study of art in college. Applications & portfolios are due April 5, 2016.
Drop It & Drive In Darien invites all Darien middle school students to design a two-page sample of a comic book to promote safer driving in our Darien community.
A 27-year-old woman who was part of a forged check cashing ring in 2014 has been arrested on charges of committing that crime in Darien, police said.
Although police believe they identified people who stole thousands of dollars worth of shoes from the Brooks Brothers store in Darien, the store says it prefers not to press charges for reasons not specified, Darien police said.
Pic Darien, the Darien Art Center’s smartphone photo contest open to all ages, is receiving submissions online at darienarts.org from March 14 through April 4.
A sprinkler started running in a building in the Heights at Darien housing complex on Tuesday, Feb. 22, damaging two apartments and a basement maintenance area, police said.
Charles Emerson McKenney, age 84, of West Palm Beach, Florida passed away peacefully on March 1 in a hospice. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Helaine (“Bobo”).
Darien Y’s “March madness” — get tagged in March for a Chance to Win a free 60-minute massage!
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— an announcement from the Darien YMCA
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Higher personnel costs, together with more teacher training and the introduction of more technology into classrooms accounts for three quarters of the 3.44 percent increase in proposed school spending, according to the chairman of the Board of Education.
Two friends were in a physical confrontation at Darien Railroad Station recently, but when police arrived, they agreed to stop, and neither wanted to press charges, police said.
Update, Thursday, March 10:
An announcement distributed by the Darien First Selectman’s Office:
The Connecticut Commuter Rail Council will meet on March 16, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the Darien Town Hall Auditorium located at 2 Renshaw Road, Darien.
Ocala- Eileen C. Billenstein passed away on Thursday, March 3, at the age of 89.
A 16-year-old Darien High School student is being held at the juvenile detention facility in Bridgeport after he was seen in a short video brandishing a handgun and issuing taunts, Darien police said.
Richard D. Castle, a resident of Darien since 1962, died on March 3 of natural causes.
A readjustment in retirement and retirement health-insurance payments helped lower this year’s Board of Selectmen’s proposed budget by 4.49 percent, according to the proposal presented by First Selectman Jayme Stevenson this week.
First Selectman Jayme Stevenson and Board of Education Chairperson Michael Harman this week described what they want to spend more (and in some cases, less) money on in the 12 months starting July 1.
Lucille Deran Smith, a Darien native, sister, mother, grandmother, died in Fairfield after a brief illness. She was 91.
Vincent N. Lamparelli, of Darien, St. Petersburg, Fl. and Canton Mass., passed away on March 1.