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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:
After a “perceived enforcement holiday” at the town-run parking lots at the two train stations in Darien, enforcement is back in force, with more than 70 tickets issued last week, more than 100 on Monday and another 160-plus on Tuesday.
Update 3:50 p.m.:
The water main appears to have been fixed. Aquarion no longer has the notice about it on its website.
This “hype” video honoring the Darien High School Lacrosse Team is from Garden Gate Productions (and, it says,sponsored by the Darien Athletic Foundation).
“Monkey Man: A Crime Story” set in lower Fairfield County is Darien resident David Scott Moore’s first novel, in good part about a subject he learned of as a banker — money laundering.
A 54-year-old Darien woman is being held without bond after she was arrested Feb. 16, when a juvenile in her household told police the woman threatened the juvenile with a knife and the two got into a minor physical confrontation.
Virginia Wayne Talbot Harbaugh died Feb. 10, 2016, in Charlottesville, Va., with her daughter Lyn at her side.
Darien Public Schools will close early Tuesday because of expected snow. The Board of Education is also canceling its meeting scheduled for tonight, and some Darien YMCA events are cancelled, others are still scheduled.
This article will be updated as more information comes in.
Eversource, the natural gas and electricity utility for Darien and many other Connecticut communities, has announced that natural gas service will be expanded in Oxford and Stonington this spring, while negotiations continue for more service in Darien.
A 60-year-old New London man who told police he was despondent over the death of his fiancée got off the train at the Darien station last Wednesday and tried to commit suicide by lighting his jacket on fire as he wore it.
Sanford Procter Young died on Jan. 28, 2016 in Hendersonville, N.C. A former Darien resident, he was active in state and national golf associations.
Update 10:27 p.m.:
A vote on the proposed purchase of the strip of land along the back of Spring Grove Cemetery was postponed by the Representative Town Meeting on Monday night in order to get more information.
A homeowner who’s burglar alarm company alerted him to someone inside his house used surveillance cameras and saw three or four men removing boxes from it and putting them in a white van, he told police when he called them.
The DCA Women’s Luncheons will feature “Don’t Just Downsize, Modernize!” with Carey Karlan of the award-winning interior design firm Last Detail at their next luncheon on Tuesday, March 1 at 12:15 p.m. at the Darien Community Association (DCA).
The Post Road building vacated when Darien Diner recently moved to its new location is expected to be the home of a new diner with an old name: “Driftwood Diner.”
Five Darien High School seniors have been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program.
Ellen Dunn, Principal of Darien High School, announced that the following five seniors have been named as Finalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program:
To the editor:
The Darien League of Women Voters and the Darien Library will host a panel discussion on the Town Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) on Monday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. at the Louise Parker Berry Auditorium at the Darien Library.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced, at the last minute, road work projects closing lanes on Interstate 95 northbound-traffic lanes at these spots on or near Darien (the one in Darien appears to be over):
Sir Robert Cecil, played by John O’Hern, consults with Queen Elizabeth I, played by Emilie Roberts, in this photo for the Darien Arts Center Stage production of “Shakespeare and the Heart’s Desire.”
Darien artist Elizabeth Higgins, known locally as Betsy Higgins, has donated artwork for a silent auction on behalf of the Tree Conservancy of Darien at a complimentary cocktail reception for its photo contest.
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Voting has started “Best of the Gold Coast” contest for the top retail businesses in lower Fairfield County is here, and you can support the Darien restaurants and stores you love by making a few clicks.
See this video featuring the Darien Boys Swim and Dive Team, just posted on YouTube by Darien High School’s Blue Wave Sports News:
These houses in Darien and Rowayton will be open to the public on Sunday, Feb. 21: