Education
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Three DHS Students Win League of Women Voters Video Contest Promoting Voting

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Two Darien High School students won first place (and $125 each), and a third was named a second-place winner in a video contest to promote voting and sponsored by the Darien League of Women Voters. The two students whose videos tied for first place are Tyler Stimpson and Forrest Lazzara. Kody Schutzman’s video placed third. Here are the videos from the contest and the Darien LVW’s announcement Monday on its website:

Today the Darien League of Women Voters announced the winners of High School video competition.  Students were challenged to create a 30 second video PSA (public service announcement) about the importance of voting. Submissions were judged on three categories: adherence to message about the importance of voting, video quality and overall communication effectiveness.

Government & Politics
Town Hall 2015

Forum for Board of Education & State Legislature Candidates Tuesday Night

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The Darien League of Women Voters will hold its annual Candidates’ Night on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in the Town Hall Auditorium. An informal reception will be held at 7 p.m., with the debate beginning promptly at 7:30 p.m.  This event is open to the public and sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Darien. Candidates for the Board of Education and candidates for 141st and 147th Connecticut House of Representative districts and the 25th and 27th Senate districts have been invited to be on stage to answer questions from the audience.  The debate will be moderated by Kay Maxwell, former  National President of the LWV. Confirmed attendees for the debate include

candidates for the offices of  state representative for District 141, Terrie Wood (R)  vs.

Community Organizations
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Himes, Shaban Debate on Oct 23 for Fourth District Congressional Seat

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The League of Women Voters of Darien will join with the 11 other Fairfield County Leagues to present a debate between incumbent Democrat Jim Himes and Republican John Shaban, candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives 4th Congressional District, on Sunday, Oct. 23. The event, free and open to the public, will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the Clune Performing Arts Center at Wilton High School, 395 Danbury Road (Route 7) in Wilton. It will be possible to register to vote and get Absentee Ballot information prior to the event. Both candidates have accepted the invitation to this event. The Debate Facilitator is Jara Burnett of LWV Greenwich.

2016 Election
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Colin McEnroe of WNPR Speaks About Electon at League of Women Voters Dinner

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Darien League of Women Voters is holding its Fall Kick-Off Program, “It’s an Election,” on Thursday, Sept. 22, with Colin McEnroe of WNPR speaking at a 7 p.m. dinner. Colin McEnroe, a writer and talk show personality, hosts a weekday program on WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio, which can be heard locally at 88.5 FM. The WNPR website gives this description of him:
Colin McEnroe hosts the daily WNPR show, The Colin McEnroe Show. He is a weekly columnist and blogger for The Hartford Courant and a contributing editor at Men’s Health.

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Panel Discussion on Town Plan of Conservation and Development

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To the editor:

The Darien League of Women Voters and the Darien Library will host a panel discussion on the Town Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) on Monday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. at the Louise Parker Berry Auditorium at the Darien Library. The panel discussion and audience participation will be enhanced by an interactive audience response system supported by Meridia software at the Darien Library. The program is free and open to the public. Panelists will include Jeremy Ginsberg, Director of Planning and Zoning for Darien, Susan Cameron, Chairman of the Darien Planning and Zoning Commission, Steven Olvany, Darien Planning and Zoning Commission member and Glenn Chalder, AICP, President and Project Manager for Planimetrics, the land use consulting firm which is working with Darien to develop a Plan of Conservation and Development.