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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:
Trains make noise, especially when they blow their horns entering stations and at grade crossings. But for folks who live near the railroad branch lines, which have dozens of such crossings, the noise is too much.
When Dubois Street man or woman (the police announcement didn’t say which) checked his or her bank account, he or she noticed two checks had been written out to two people he or she didn’t know.
Registration is open for summer camps and classes for all ages at Darien Arts Center.
Four Darien High School seniors have been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program.
George Joseph Friend of Norwalk passed peacefully into the Lord’s hands on Feb. 8, 2020 at his home in the presence of family at the age of 88.
The sewer project previously announced for the northeast area of town has been postponed from this week to next week, the Darien Department of Public Works announced, and the department announced another project downtown for that same week.
The new downtown project is on a part of Center Street nearest to Old Kings Highway South.
Frank Munson, 92, a former 37-year resident of Darien, passed away peacefully on Feb. 5, 2020 at his home in Rowayton.
In “The Biggest Little Farm,” a 2018 movie, a documentarian and his wife attempt to establish a farm outside LA while facing wildfires, pests and predators.
The movie is being presented at 7 p.m., Wednesday at Darien Library, co-sponsored by the library, the Darien Pollinator Pathway, the Darien Land Trust, the Garden Club, the Darien Nature Center and Planet New Canaan.
Everyone’s invited to join hosts First Selectman Jayme Stevenson and state Rep. Terrie Wood for a morning cup of coffee and a conversation about the state budget, and how proposals in the new state legislative session would impact Darien.
A 46-year-old resident of Old Kings Highway North caused minor injuries and ripped the shirt of a person in a domestic violence incident Sunday morning, Feb. 9, and was given a summons to appear in court, Darien police said.
James Clement Dunne passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Feb. 4, 2020, in White River Junction, Vermont. He was 96.
In one of two mailbox thefts reported to Darien police on Friday, Feb. 7, a man stole an envelope containing a check — but the victim saw the theft happen and contained the damage.
A Hickory Lane woman saw a gray four-door vehicle stop in front of her driveway, then saw a man get out and remove something from her mailbox and drive away in one of two mailbox thefts reported to police on Friday.
Tilden Hamilton Bunge, “Ham,” 50, of New York City died Jan. 29, 2020, after a courageous battle with melanoma.
Warren Tuttle, a Darien resident who marketed many of the kitchen products you’ve seen on shelves marked “As Seen on TV,” will speak Wednesday morning to the Darien Men’s Association about “Open Innovation.”
Warren’s talk at the DMA’s meeting begins at about 10:45 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road, Darien.
Adults and students in Grades 5-8 can improve their digital photography skills with professional photographer and Darien Arts Center instructor Brien Adams in classes at the arts center.
Registration for Darien Summer School and Enrichment’s 2020 season has begun, with popular programs coming back for another year, new courses and, for the first time, programs from the Happy Coding Club.
A mixed bag of meets this week put Darien gymnasts in the middle of the pack heading into FCIACs this coming Saturday, Feb. 15, but as Coach Judy Zakim said in an email, “I have every reason to believe that we will qualify.”
Ann Curtis Congdon passed away on Jan. 10 in Dillon, Colorado. She was 67.
The Connecticut Green Bank is encouraging building owners to increase their energy saving measures and embrace the electric vehicle (EV) movement by offering free EV stations through a new program — Charge Up CT Buildings (CUCB).
The Tiny Miracles Foundation, based in Darien, has announced the addition of two new members to its Hospital/Medical Advisory Board: Dr. John F. Ciannella and Dr. Joseph A. Vitterito II.
Each doctor heads the neonatology department at his hospital.
A new show by exhibiting members at the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC), “Abstraction,” will be on view Feb. 9 through March 7.
For someone with a mental health condition, the basic necessity of a stable home can be hard to come by. NAMI Southwest CT (an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness) has assembled a panel of professionals who will discuss different types of housing and the varying degrees of independence and care they offer.
To the editor:
Late last month, our Senator Bob Duff and Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney announced “A Just Connecticut,” one of four legislative agendas for the 2020 General Assembly session.