The Darien Department of Public Works will begin replacing the sidewalk on Nearwater Lane between the intersections of Brush Island Road and Nickerson Lane early in November, according to an announcement on the town government website. The project will start on or about Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, the announcement said. Preliminary layout and tree removal will begin before that. The project is expected to take about one month.
Anyone who wants to tell the Darien public works officials about a non-emergency problem — like potholes or damaged trees — can use an app called “SeeClickFix” or go to this web page on the town government website. The town website also can be used to report cases of blight to the town Blight Review Board, according to an announcement in the latest Town of Darien Newsletter. “Residents can submit the issue, communicate directly with the appropriate department, and track the process right through the app or a SeeClickFix account,” the announcement said. “This digital system saves phone calls and emails, and enables the Town to respond to issues quickly and efficiently.” Using the Town Website to Report a Problem
To use SeeClickFix through the town website, click on the How Do I section on the main page of the website and click on “Report a Problem” (one of the options listed under the “Submit” category) then follow these steps:
On the Citizen Service Request Form, scroll down to NEW REQUEST
Type in the address
Scroll down to CONFIRM LOCATION
Select a request category
Add a photo if you have one
Write a description
Select Confirm Details
Choose how you would like information sent: either as yourself, hide your identity, or submit as a guest.
A revised paving schedule, showing when certain roads in Darien will be repaved, was issued Thursday by the town Department of Public Works. The department also announced work on
The original schedule was issued in early July. Here’s the new list (minus paving that was newly scheduled from Thursday through Monday — the revised list is on the town government website, here). The paragraph at the bottom of the announcement is republished at the bottom of this article because it might be easier to read. The announcement says that bad weather may change the paving dates.
Get your household hazardous waste away from your kids, your pets, your absent-minded spouse and yourself at any of the nearby household hazardous waste drop-off days coming up, starting with Westport’s on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Greenwich is next on May 10; Darien on June 7. Stamford and Norwalk come next, then New Canaan, on Sept. 27 — the final collection day this year. (All of these towns have a mutual pact accepting household waste from the other towns on the list.)
This year, Darien will exchange your mercury thermometer for a new thermometer — but only while replacement supplies last.
The Darien Department of Public Works has announced it began sidewalk replacement on West Avenue between Herman Avenue (at the Rings End store) and Leroy Avenue (near Darien Railroad Station) on about Monday, March 24, 2025. — an announcement from the Darien Department of Public Works
Preliminary layout work and saw cutting will begin before that. Work is expected to take about five months. Work will begin at Leroy Avenue and progress towards Herman Avenue. The sidewalk will be constructed of concrete and will include handicap ramps at intersections.
So, how have you been enjoying this winter so far? We’ve already had eight inches of snow in Hartford, compounded by heavy winds, downed power lines and wind-chills in the single digits. February is the cruelest of months. But thanks to local and state road crews, our highways get cleared and we can, though bundled up, get on with our business. Before a storm hits local TV stations do the inevitable lame stories showing salt being loaded into trucks and road crews honing their plows.
