What’s Open, What’s Closed, What’s Closing Early New Year’s Eve & New Years Day

State Police Have Extra Patrols Out for New Year’s Eve Drunk Driving

Train Schedule Changes Starting Christmas Eve, Through New Year’s Day

Business

By David Gurliacci | December 30, 2015

Holidays

By David Gurliacci | December 29, 2015

Holidays

By David Gurliacci | December 22, 2015

Here’s what’s staying open and what’s closing, along with what’s got different hours on New Year’s Eve 2015 and New Year’s Day 2016 in and around Darien. We’re including businesses as well as governments, schools and other institutions on this list and noting transportation changes and a few other bits of timely news, as well. Remember: Darien police and state police are out patrolling more, looking especially for those driving while intoxicated. Already Closed

Darien Public Schools, along with Pear Tree Point School and many preschool programs in town (Darien Public Schools reopen Monday, Jan. 4.)
Darien Nature Center (reopens Monday, Jan.

An announcement released Tuesday by Connecticut State Police:

The Connecticut State Police will remain very active to enhance public safety on all highways and roads in Connecticut this New Year’s Holiday.

Troopers will utilize various enforcement methods to locate and arrest dangerous and intoxicated drivers this New Year’s Holiday weekend. To accomplish this task State Troopers will utilize both marked and unmarked State Police Patrol Cars as Troopers are attempting to remove all unsafe and intoxicated drivers from Connecticut’s roads and highways. _________

See also: Drinking & Driving? Extra Darien Police Patrols Would Like to Meet up with You (Dec. 29)

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State Police ask motorists to follow all driving laws, as their behavior on the roads is essential to keeping potential hazards at a distance.

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Darien commuters and others taking the train will find schedule changes around the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, Metro-North says. Here’s the announcement, (with links to online schedules at the bottom):

Who needs flying reindeer? Our special Christmas/New Year’s Holiday timetable has all the service you’ll need for getting around Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day. Here’s what we have “under the tree” for you:

Early Getaway Service on Christmas Eve (Thursday, Dec. 24) Our regular weekday schedule will feature more cars on trains at key travel times and 18 additional early getaway trains (5 on the Hudson Line, 3 on the Harlem Line, and 10 the New Haven Line) departing Grand Central between 12 noon and 4:10 PM.