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Here’s how Darien restaurants and other food-serving places fared in the latest inspection reports, released Thursday by the Darien Health Department.
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:
Darien Scouting is holding its first ever online benefit auction open to the whole community and featuring a wide range of local services and experiences for individuals and families.
Which is the number one country in the world for transportation? Certainly not the United States. Not even countries in the E.U. No, you have to look farther east, as Marco Polo did in 1271, to find the future — in China.
Beverly Covert, 91, of Peterborough, New Hampshire, formerly of Rindge, New Hampshire and Darien, died peacefully on July 17, 2020 following a brief illness. She was 91.
[UPDATE] Wednesday, July 29 — Forget the previously released Darien road paving schedule, the town Department of Public Works says. The Aug. 11 primary is in the way.
The only change: The new schedule switches the dates for Hilton Street (Now Aug. 10 to 13) and a section of Noroton Avenue (now Aug. 7 to 12).
With the recent hot weather drawing more and more people to Darien’s two town beaches, concerns about crowding during the COVID-19 pandemic led First Selectman Jayme Stevenson to close Weed and Pear Tree Point Beaches to out-of-town visitors.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from July 16 to 23, 2020:
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from July 9 to 16, 2020:
Priscilla E. Gerbasi, a resident of Fairfield and previously a longtime resident of Westport and Darien, passed away on Tuesday, July 7 at Bridgeport Hospital.
Susan Widmann Sinclair, 88, passed away at her home in Darien on July 5, 2020.
A 58-year-old Greenwich man who got into a dispute with restaurant employees at The Goose and refused to pay his bill back in February has now been charged for the third time by police in connection with the incident, Darien police said.
Where the heck has the Connecticut legislature been for the past few months? With so many pressing issues, why haven’t they met?
On Monday July 13 and Tuesday July 14 (and, if needed, July 15), Heights Road in downtown Noroton Heights will be closed due to construction in the area of No. 40 (the building where the Citibank branch is located).
The Corbin District has announced that an artisanal doughnut maker will have six-packs of the confections delivered to downtown Darien on Saturday for those who get their orders in by Wednesday.
Don MacKenzie, a former Darien resident, passed away after suffering a heart attack in Vail, Colorado over the 4th of July weekend.
Darien TV79, the town government television station, has expanded its program offerings thanks to a $50,000 grant for new technology from the Darien Foundation.
The TV station has also announced that it is looking for programming from the community — so if you’d like to create a show, get in touch.
Darien Library and the YWCA Darien/Norwalk invite you to join author and racial justice educator Debby Irving for “Waking Up White: A Conversation on Bias, Privilege, and Racism.”
Birdwatchers can enjoy close access to a federally protected haven for native and migratory species through three special Birding Cruises offered this summer by the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk.
The Darien Junior Football League ready to tackle hunger at its Drive-Thru Food Drive at Person-to-Person this Saturday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1964 Post Road in Darien.
The next topic for the Darien Community Association’s virtual summer book group is a discussion on July 29 of Elliot Ackerman’s “Waiting for Eden.”
Regular town health inspections at food-serving establishments have restarted with a bang (actually three of them) with one Darien restaurant getting a “C” rating, and then another one and another — a total of three times in the 14 days from June 23 to July 7.
The rating is the worst grade in the town Health Department’s A/B/C ratings system.
The inspections had been suspended for months as the Health Department adopted a different set of procedures to help and monitor food-serving establishments for the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from July 2 to 9, 2020:
Starting Friday, Darien’s COVID-19 drive-through testing site will be at the Leroy West parking lot, at the corner of Leroy and West avenues near Darien Railroad Station, the town government has announced.
Darien native Tim Bosek, a longtime volunteer with Americares and chairman of its Junior Council, has joined the organization’s Board of Directors.
Norman Arthur Pierce of Darien passed away of natural causes on July 1, 2020. He was 85.