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The Darien Arts Center’s 50th anniversary celebration this Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Darien Community Association will include honoring those who have worked to make the arts center successful, along with music and dances performed by arts center students.
The arts center has extended the deadline for purchasing tickets to Friday, Oct. 31.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from Oct. 2 to 9, 2025:
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from June 19 to 26, 2025:
Federal Realty today announced that three new retail leases have been signed with local and regional businesses and entrepreneurs at Darien Commons — The Usual Lash, GlowUp Nails & Spa and Spear Physical Therapy.
It’s never too late to jump on the sourdough bandwagon. All you need is a little patience and two ingredients, one of which is free — water!
Officers who were called to assist a 63-year-old man in the Darien Close condominiums off of Old Kings Highway North found crack pipes with him and arrested him, police said.
James Bailey Laughlin, longtime resident of Darien and Fishers Island, New York, died peacefully on Jan. 25, 2022, three weeks before his 90th birthday.
A 53-year-old Darien man got into an argument with another person while they were walking downtown, then pushed that person to the ground, police said.
Are art and science two completely different, unrelated areas of learning?
Some people may think so, but the researchers, professors and students in the Science Technology Arts + Creativity (STAC) and WetLab programs in New York University’s groundbreaking Gallatin School of Independent Study know that art and science have been intertwined for centuries.
Masking for Darien students and school staff may be over by Feb. 28, as the school District Medical Team has recommended, but the state Legislature and Board of Education will each need to approve the proposal, Superintendent Alan Addley said in his regular Friday message to district parents and staff.
George Billis Gallery in Westport will be exhibiting paintings by artists Adam Noel and Karen Recor, starting Saturday, Feb. 12, with an opening reception from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
First, on Jan. 26,Darien beat the Cardinals in Greenwich, 127.45 to 120.6. Two days later, the Wave did it again in Westport, 129.75 to Staples High School’s 128.2. On Feb. 5, the last home meet this year, Darien hit Stamford High School and Westhill High School with a 126.7 that took the meet.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from Feb. 3 to 10, 2022:
Helen Jeanette Hanson, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away in Shelton on Jan. 20, 2022 at the amazing age of 99.
Catalytic converters in Darien are again the targets of thieves, who have been stealing them wherever and whenever they can — during the day, at night, at a school parking lot, at an office building parking lot.
Julianne Mary Summerton, a lifelong resident of Darien, passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 at Stamford Hospital. She was 71.
A shopper at Trader Joe’s put down her wallet when she was getting her shopping list out of it, then forgot about the wallet — which was stolen, resulting in her bank cards being used.
A 51-year-old man living in Norwalk texted a person in Darien in violation of a restraining order on three occasions, Darien police said.
Barbara MacDonald Thomas of Laconia, New Hampshire, died in Rutland, Vermont, on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. She was 95.
Charles H. Dana, 82, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Lake Bluff, Illinois, surrounded by family.
Why do most motorists hate truck drivers? Is it because their big rigs are so intimidating? Or do we think they’re all red-neck cowboys, living the life on the range and we’re secretly jealous?
Students 5 to 11 years old can get their second vaccination shot — or their first — from 12 noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, Schools Superintendent Alan Addley said in his Friday newsletter to parents and staff.
A Ridge Acres Road resident told police that his 2020 Mercedes AMG car was stolen from his driveway sometime overnight from Monday to Tuesday, Jan. 24 to 25. The car had been unlocked and with a spare set of keys left inside.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton real estate from Jan. 27 to Feb. 3, 2022:
Stephen Phillip Smith, 78, of Darien passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.
In the latest cases of mailbox thefts, checks were stolen before mail carriers picked them up, then the checks were washed and higher amounts added that were given to people with different names, police said.
Darien police reported nine vehicles parked outside eight homes in town were recently entered overnight, most of them from Tuesday to Wednesday, Jan. 19 to 20. Various items were taken from several of them.
As usual, all of them were unlocked.
Frederick Myers Perkins Jr. passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 at his home in Houston. He was 93 years of age.