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Free Spring Gardening Workshop on April 23 at the DCA

SilverSource Charity Golf Outing on June 10 Benefits Area Seniors

Learn About Artist Joan Miró at April 30 MoMA Lecture at Darien Library

Phyllis Colin, 87, Loved Swimming, Traveled to All 7 Continents, Former Darien Resident

AAA Driver Improvement Class Offered at East Norwalk Library on April 23

Darien Athletes Help Greens Farms Academy on Fields, Tracks and Courts

Police: Engagement Ring Became Missing from Home During Period When Contractors Were There

Police: Man Thwarted in Trying to Withdraw Money from a Bank in Darien by Using a False Name

Free Lunch for Seniors with Talk on ‘Healthy Living For Your Brain and Body’ at Mather Center April 30

Katherine Love of Darien Elected State Treasurer of Daughters of the American Revolution

Trouble for Tolls: Cameron in Transportation

Lane Closures This Week on Interstate 95, Route 7

Talk on Merritt Parkway: ‘History and Future of a National Treasure’ Tuesday at Library

Volunteers Help Put Together Kits for Future Disaster Victims Around the World

Pacific House Food and Wine Experience Raises $40K to Help Homeless Youth

Events Calendar

Darien Community Association

By DARIENITE.COM | April 16, 2019

Charity Events and Opportunities

By DARIENITE.COM | April 16, 2019

Arts & Entertainment

By DARIENITE.COM | April 16, 2019

Obituaries

By DARIENITE.COM | April 16, 2019

Classes

By DARIENITE.COM | April 16, 2019

Sports

By DARIENITE.COM | April 15, 2019

Public Safety

By David Gurliacci | April 15, 2019

Public Safety

By David Gurliacci | April 15, 2019

Healthy Living

By DARIENITE.COM | April 15, 2019

Community Organizations

By David Gurliacci | April 14, 2019

Opinion

By JIM CAMERON | April 14, 2019

Transportation

By DARIENITE.COM | April 14, 2019

Darien Library

By DARIENITE.COM | April 14, 2019

Community Organizations

By DARIENITE.COM | April 13, 2019

Charity Events and Opportunities

By DARIENITE.COM | April 13, 2019

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Finally – spring is here! Members of the Darien Community Association Greenhouse Group are again offering a free gardening workshop on Tuesday, April 23. — an announcement from the Darien Community Association

Join the group to divide and transplant perennials, plant containers, and prune shrubs on the DCA grounds. Novice gardeners will be given guidance; experienced gardeners are welcome to just help out. Participants should wear clothes appropriate to gardening, and bring any hand tools available (trowel, hand shovel, clippers; the group will have extras).

SilverSource Inc., a leader in providing assistance to older adults in need since 1908, will host the 19th Annual SilverSource Charity Golf Outing on Monday, June 10, 2019. — an announcement from SilverSource
Tickets are on sale now for this outstanding event, where golfers enjoy a fun day of world-class golf at Rockrimmon Country Club while supporting the SilverSource “Ride to Wellness” and “Housing Stability” programs.
Enjoy a high-spirited day networking with fun-loving professionals, friends and family. The shotgun start tournament includes brunch, a post-tournament reception and a seated dinner. Golfers compete for trophies for everything from a first-place finish to the longest drive, and participate in a hole in one contest with a chance to win a car. Non-golfers are invited to join the fun for cocktails and dinner.

Get a sneak preview of the latest hit exhibit from the Museum of Modern Art, Joan Miró: Birth of the World, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 30 in the Louise Parker Berry Community Room. — an announcement from Darien Library

“You and all my writer friends have given me much help and improved my understanding of many things,” Joan Miró told the French poet Michel Leiris in the summer of 1924, writing from his family’s farm in Montroig, a small village nestled between the mountains and the sea in his native Catalonia. The next year, Miró’s intense engagement with poetry, the creative process, and material experimentation inspired him to paint The Birth of the World. In this signature work, Miró covered the ground of the oversize canvas by applying paint in an astonishing variety of ways that recall poetic chance procedures. He then added a series of pictographic signs that seem less painted than drawn, transforming the broken syntax, constellated space, and dreamlike imagery of avant-garde poetry into a radiantly imaginative and highly inventive form of painting.

Surrounded by family, Phyllis M. Colin, 87, succumbed to heart-related complications on April 3 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport. She and her beloved husband, Robert, lived in Battery Park City in New York. They had resided in Darien from 1969 until 1994. During her years in Darien, Phyllis was very active in the YMCA, serving as a Red Cross volunteer life guard and swim teacher to both young children and adults.

Experienced Fairfield County motorists can lower their auto insurance costs while improving their driving skills when they enroll in AAA’s Driver Improvement Program classes that teach the basics of defensive driving and provide current driving practice updates. — an announcement from AAA Northeast
AAA will conduct a free four-hour class at its newest location, the East Norwalk Association Library, 51 Van Zant Street, East Norwalk on Tuesday, April 23 from 9 am to 1 pm. Sgt. Ralph Fonseca of the Norwalk Police Department will lead the class. To register, go to AAA.com/DefensiveDriving or call 866-901-8457. However, walk-ins are welcome. “Our program is aimed at drivers with several years of experience, who wish to improve or refresh their driving skills,” explains Fran Mayko, AAA’s public affairs spokesman and DIP coordinator.

A historic win and a couple of school records highlighted the week in sports at Greens Farms Academy as the spring season kicked into full gear. — an announcement provided by Greens Farms Academy

The boys lacrosse team defeated Hopkins 10-5 to notch their first win over the Hilltoppers in 22 years. And the GFA track team saw a pair of records fall during a meet against Kingswood Oxford in the middle of the week. Here is a rundown of the week:
BOYS LACROSSE
Zach Liston (Wilton) and Charlie Benson (Darien) combined for nine of GFA’s 10 goals as the Dragons bested Hopkins for the first time in at least 22 years with the win on Wednesday. Henry Mcdonald (Westport) also had a goal for the Dragons, who improved to 2-1 on the young season.

A Darien woman’s engagement ring went missing sometime between April 8 and April 10, a time period when contractors were doing work in her house on Fitch Avenue, police said. The woman had put the ring, valued at $30,000 on or in her nightstand, police were told. Contractors who were working in the house were questioned by police, but denied they knew anything about the ring or where it could be, police said.

A 49-year-old man tried to withdraw money from an account at HSBC Bank under a false name on Thursday, but police were called, and he was arrested, police said. Darien police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

The man entered HSBC Bank at 151 Post Road shortly before 1:30 p.m. and tried to withdraw the money using a falsified New Jersey driver’s license and bank cards, all bearing the name “William Evans.” Something made bank employees suspicious, and police were called. When they arrived, police questioned the man, who told them his name is “William Evans.” He said he was at the bank to withdraw money.

At Home In Darien in partnership with the Mather Center, home of Darien Senior Programs, is presenting “Healthy Living For Your Brain and Body,” a Lunch and Learn program, on Tuesday, April 30. — an announcement from At Home In Darien

The program will be held at the Mather Center, 2 Renshaw Road, from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. All Darien Seniors are invited to attend this free event. Lunch will be served at noon with the program immediately following. For centuries we’ve known that the health of the brain and the body are intimately connected. But now, science has shown how certain lifestyle choices may help keep your brain and body healthy as you age.

Katherine Love, regent of Darien’s Good Wife’s River Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was elected Connecticut State DAR treasurer for 2019 to 2022 on Saturday, April 13, at a CTDAR state conference. She was elected as a member of the Hendrie Associates slate at the 126th CTDAR State Conference held at the Red Lion Hotel in Cromwell. Katherine joined the DAR in 2006 and has been active in the organization at both the local and state levels. At the Darien chapter, she has been regent, vice regent and 2nd vice regent. She initiated a Chapter Project to fundraiser, erect and dedicate the first endorsed DAR Marker in celebration of the NSDAR 125th anniversary in September 2015.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s tolling plan is in trouble. I knew it when I recently got a call from Dan Malloy. The former governor and I know each other going back to his days as mayor of Stamford, but he’s only called me once before (many years ago when he sought my endorsement in his run for a second term as governor). This time he was calling about my recent column on the Transportation Strategy Board, the panel tasked 18 years ago with prioritizing our state’s transportation needs and how to pay for them. It wasn’t my fawning over then-TSB Chairman Oz Griebel that prompted Malloy’s recent call.

Lane closures will face drivers in both directions on Interstate 95 in Greenwich between Exits 3 and 4 on Wednesday, April 17, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced. Lane closures will also take place Tuesday through Thursday on the Route 7 highway in Norwalk, the department said. On the northbound-traffic side, the lane closures will take place between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. On the southbound-traffic side, closures will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

On the “Super 7” U.S. Route 7 highway in Norwalk, there will be alternate right and left lane closures in these areas and times from Tuesday through Thursday, on both the southbound and northbound traffic lanes, the department announced:

—At Exit 3 — both Tuesday and Wednesday, April 16 to 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

—Between Exits 2 and 3 — Thursday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Please join us for a discussion on The Merritt Parkway: History and Future of a National Treasure. We’ll learn about the origin, construction and impact of this historic road that changed the design of American roads and life in Fairfield County, the challenges it faces, and what needs to be done to ensure its future as a safe and beautiful drive. — an announcement from Darien Library

The talk will take place from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 16 in the Community Room of Darien Library. About the Presenter

Wes Haynes is executive director of the Merritt Parkway Conservancy, a non-profit, member-supported organization committed to the protection and stewardship of Connecticut’s largest and most heavily used cultural resource, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a federally designated Scenic Byway. A native of Stamford, Wes’ long career in historic preservation has included senior staff positions with the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Preservation League of New York State, and New Jersey Historic Trust.

Volunteers assemble emergency kits at Americares 2019

More than 50 volunteers from UConn’s Fairfield County Alumni Network recently assembled 1,000 emergency kits for disaster survivors at Americares headquarters. The event last Tuesday, April 10 was organized in celebration of National Volunteer Week and UConn Cares, a month-long initiative encouraging alumni to celebrate their Husky pride and volunteer within their local communities. — an announcement from Americares

The kits contain essential hygiene items, including soap, shampoo and toothpaste. Americares pre-positions the kits in its Stamford warehouse for distribution to families worldwide displaced by tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding and other emergencies. “National Volunteer Week is a great opportunity to involve the community in the hands-on work that we do,” said Americares Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer Christine Squires.

Hundreds of community leaders, food and music enthusiasts and community-minded area residents gathered together at the Pacific House Food & Wine Experience Thursday night at the Sheraton Stamford Hotel. The event raised nearly $40,000 to help homeless youth and the Pacific House Young Adult Program. — an announcement from Pacific House
This community tradition offered delicious tastes from award-winning local restaurants, top chefs and sommeliers. Music, a fun photo booth and moving remarks rounded out this inspiring evening of caring for our community. “Pacific House plays a vital role in our community,” said state Rep. Matt Blumenthal, who represents parts of Stamford and Darien in the state House of Representatives.

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