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Wells to be Dug in Darien Library Parking Lot from February to June

DCA Offers Two Choices to Learn and Play Mah Jongg in February

‘Clear Your Clutter, Clear Your Mind’ Presentation at Feb 5 DCA Luncheon

Registration Begins Soon for Darien YMCA Spring Programs

Bruce Bjork, 57, Former Darien Resident

Seal of Approval: By a Nose, Aquarium’s Harbor Seal Picks Patriots for Superbowl

AAA: You Still Have Time to Prep Your Car for the Coming Frigid Weather

Letter from Friends of Animals: Fencing, Not a Kill Permit, Is What’s Needed to Protect Pets from Coyotes

Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month Proclaimed in Darien

Town Administrator Proposes Budget Increase of 3.89% to Board of Selectmen

Former Gov John Rowland to Speak in Darien — Perhaps His First Public Speech Since Jail

One Dog Killed in Possible Coyote Attack, Another Injured in Tokeneke

Jean Edwards, 95, Created and Ran a Gift Department in Darien Sports Shop

Safe With Money Inside Stolen from Downtown Shop

Eversource Has These Tips to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Scammers

Darien Library

By David Gurliacci | January 31, 2019

Darien Community Association

By DARIENITE.COM | January 31, 2019

Darien Community Association

By DARIENITE.COM | January 31, 2019

Darien YMCA

By DARIENITE.COM | January 31, 2019

Obituaries

By DARIENITE.COM | January 30, 2019

Maritime Aquarium

By DARIENITE.COM | January 30, 2019

Public Safety

By DARIENITE.COM | January 30, 2019

Animals

By DARIENITE.COM | January 30, 2019

Community Organizations

By DARIENITE.COM | January 30, 2019

Government & Politics

By David Gurliacci | January 29, 2019

Community Organizations

By David Gurliacci | January 29, 2019

Animals

By David Gurliacci | January 29, 2019

Obituaries

By DARIENITE.COM | January 29, 2019

Public Safety

By David Gurliacci | January 29, 2019

Consumer and Finances

By DARIENITE.COM | January 28, 2019

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Darien Library on Thursday announced that a well-digging project will be done in its parking lot starting in February and continuing through June. Expect fewer parking spaces. “The interior of the building will be largely unaffected during this project,” the library announced. But “the Library has advised that parking will be impacted while the new wells are being drilled in some parts of the parking lot.” Your Guide to Parking at Darien Library

Parking at the library can be a problem: You may find the parking lot has no free spaces during popular events, as sometimes happens already (the library is more popular than was expected when the new, larger building opened up 10 years ago).

Popular instructor and longtime Darien resident Donna Holt is at the Darien Community Association to teach two different classes to learn and play Mah Jongg based on your ability:
Mah Jongg: Learn to Play classes
Try this four week session with longtime Darien resident and instructor Donna Holt. Beginners will learn the basics: how to identify tiles and understand the Mah Jongg card, and how to select and strengthen a winning hand. — an announcement from the Darien Community Associatioon

Rules and strategies of play as well as game etiquette will be covered. Please order your 2018 card at nationalmahjonggleague.org once class is confirmed. This class is offered on four Tuesdays (Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26) from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

Andrea Deinstadt DCA Luncheon Feb 5 2019

The Darien Community Association DCA Women’s Luncheons will feature “Clear Your Clutter, Clear Your Mind” featuring Andrea Deinstadt for their luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 12:15 p.m. at the DCA. Men are welcome, too! — an announcement from the Darien Community Association

When you become overwhelmed by the clutter and all the stuff in your home, then you can no longer think clearly. Andrea will discuss some steps on how to clear the decks and clear your mind, so that you can start to take control of your home and your life.

It’s time to browse through the Darien YMCA’s spring programs brochure: Registration begins Tuesday, Feb. 12 on a tiered schedule. Priority registration for Y members who are currently enrolled in the winter session begins at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12. Darien Y members who are residents of Darien can register beginning Thursday, Feb.

Bruce A. Bjork of Bradenton, Florida died on Jan. 26, 2019. He was 57. He was born April 3, 1961. Mr. Bjork formerly lived in Darien.

Harbor Seal Aquarium Superbowl Pick 2019

Rasal the harbor seal with the prognosticating proboscis at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, has made her pick for Super Bowl 53: the New England Patriots. — an announcement from the Maritime Aquarium

The 33-year-old female seal knows how to hold her nose against the hand of her Aquarium trainers, and also against a “target pole” and other objects, including the exhibit window. On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Aquarium seal exhibit was lined with alternating images of New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams helmets. When instructed to go to the exhibit window, Rasal decisively swam to — and held her nose against — a Patriots helmet, indicating her pick.

Car Batteries in Weather AAA Infographic 2019

As the season’s third cold spell arrives, Southern New England’s forecasted frigid temps this week expect to test the hardiest of car batteries. — an announcement from AAA Northeast. Darienite.com added some infographics from the AAA website. “We saw a significant spike in calls from members with battery problems during last week’s cold snap,” said AAA Northeast spokeswoman Fran Mayko in an announcement. “Even a new battery can lose up to 50 percent of its capacity when temperatures drop to zero,” she said.

To the editor:
The incident involving an attack on two dogs in Tokeneke is a most unfortunate event, but there is no reason why Darien residents should react by applying for kill permits from DEEP [the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection]. First, an invisible fence is not sufficient to keep dogs on one’s property protected because that electric fence won’t prevent other dogs, foxes or coyotes from entering one’s yard. There is fencing that will protect dogs and prevent wildlife from entering one’s property — but it’s five-foot woven-wire stationery fencing with extenders facing outward at the top of each post, not invisible fencing. Fencing needs to extend at least 8 inches below the surface, or have a galvanized-wire apron that extends out from the fence at least 15 inches. Prevention is the best strategy for minimizing encounters and conflicts with coyotes, foxes and other indigenous wildlife who shouldn’t be persecuted.

Respect Works Teen Dating Violence Darien Domestic Abuse Council

February, 2019 has been proclaimed “Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month” by Darien First Selectman Jayme J. Stevenson, who urged Darien residents to work together to eliminate dating violence from our community. — an announcement from Respect Works

“Teens especially high school age do not realize that most of the times they are in relationship problems [is] due to them being unaware what mental abuse can do to them,” said Emma Cavoli, co-president of Respect Works, a group of high school students trying to educate the public and their peers about violence in teen relationships. Respect Works will be at Darien Ice Rink Wednesday afternoon to bring awareness to Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Made up of both males and females, Respect Works meets monthly at the Depot Youth Center. The Darien Domestic Abuse Council mentors the group. Both groups believe the more people, including teenagers, that they can educate about domestic abuse, more will come forward.

In the first public stage of the town budget process, Town Administrator Kathleen Buch proposed to the Board of Selectmen on Monday a $48.9 million town budget, a spending increase of 3.89 percent. The budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 is subject to changes made first by the Board of Selectmen, then the Board of Finance, and finally by the Representative Town Meeting, which is expected to adopt the in late spring. The town fiscal years run from July 1 to June 30. —You can see the entire Town Administrator’s Proposed Budget here on the town government website. Buch proposed the hiring of three civilian dispatchers to free up more police officers from dispatch duties, and the hiring of a maintenance worker for the Parks and Recreation Department.

Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, out of prison since last May, is scheduled to speak at a breakfast meeting of a men’s group in Darien on Feb. 8. “This may be Rowland’s first public speech since his release” from federal custody, according to the CT Politics newsletter, published by Hearst CT newspapers. Rowland is speaking before the New Canaan chapter of the New Canaan Society, a national, nondenominational Christian men’s group founded in New Canaan. The chapter holds meetings in Darien.

Eastern Coyote 03-23-17 via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coyote-face-snow_-_Virginia_-_ForestWander.jpg

A dachshund belonging to a resident of Coves End Road in the Tokeneke section of Darien died from injuries after a fight with another animal, thought to be a large coyote in the area, according to the Tokeneke Association. In an email sent to members of the Tokeneke Association on Sunday (full text below), two dachshunds were let out by their owner at 6:45 p.m. on Jan. 18. One returned later with four-inch cuts on both sides of her body, which required surgery at a veterinary hospital. Family members searched for the other dog, but couldn’t find him.

Jean Menetrey Edwards, 95, passed away with her family by her side on Jan. 25, 2019 at Cambridge Manor in Fairfield. She was born in Waterbury to Frank and Olive Woosley Menetrey. She was a direct descendant of Louis DuBois, a Huguenot settler & “patentee” of New Paltz, NY in 1678. Jean’s grandparents remembered family members coming down the Hudson River with barge loads of Rosendale hydraulic cement for construction of the piers of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Sometime before 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an employee at the Green & Tonic store downtown found the front door had been unlocked and a safe with cash inside was missing, Darien police said. The amount of money in the safe wasn’t known when police were notified of the burglary at 10:39 a.m., according to police. Police detectives examined the store at 1098 Post Road for evidence. A lock box attached to the outside of the building, which held a key to the front door, was also missing.

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The New Year is in full swing and so are scams targeting utility customers across the country and right here in Connecticut. Already this year, customers in many towns around the state have been approached by scammers, either on the phone or at their door. — an announcement from Eversource

To warn customers, Eversource andBetter Business Bureau Serving Connecticut are teaming up to ensure that people know the telltale signs of scams, so they can avoid becoming a victim. “The scammers, often sounding legitimate and quite convincing, threaten to shut off electric service immediately unless instant payment is made,” said Eversource Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Penni Conner. “These scammers can be relentless but they’re only successful if they catch our customers off-guard and scare them into making a payment,” she said. “We remind customers, if something doesn’t sound right or feel right, trust your gut, and don’t pay.”

With the increase in scams across the country, BBB offers ScamTracker which is a national tracking system that provides up-to-date information on the latest scams.

The tool allows consumers to submit scam reports and see what scams are happening right in their backyard.