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

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New Year's Day Postcard

An early 20th century New Year's Day postcard

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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

Thursday, Dec. 31 — New Year’s Eve

New Year's Day Postcard

An early 20th century New Year’s Day postcard

Closing Early

  • Darien Library closes early at 6 p.m. (instead of the usual 9 p.m.).
  • Darien YMCA — closes early: Hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Darien Town Hall closes early, at 3 p.m. (instead of the usual 4:30 p.m.)
  • Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles — early hours of 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. (rather than a typical Thursday’s 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Want your business on this list? Contact dave@darienite.com or Darienite on Facebook or Twitter and we’ll put your early closing hours and New Year’s hours (if any) on it.

Liquor stores (in order of closing time)

  • Nicholas Roberts Fine Wines closes early, at 6 p.m. (1053 Post Road)
  • Glenn Liquors — about 6 p.m. (390 Heights Road)
  • Leary’s Liquor Cabinet (186 Heights Road) — 6 p.m. (186 Post Road)
  • Wineport of Darien — 6 p.m. (Goodwives Shopping Center)
  • Darien Liquor Shop — 9 p.m. (17 Tokeneke Road)
  • Darien Discount Wines & Spirits — 9 p.m. (353 Post Road)

Groceries

  • Palmer’s Market — closes at 7 p.m.
  • Stop & Shop — both the Heights Road and Old Kings Highway North locations will be open until 9 p.m.
  • Trader Joe’s — closes at 6 p.m.
  • Whole Foods — open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Pharmacies

  • CVS — Pharmacy closes at 6 p.m., store closes at 10 p.m.
  • Grieb’s Pharmacy closes at 4 p.m.
  • Walgreen’s — Pharmacy: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; store: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Transportation

— Buses

  • CTTransit — buses run as usual
  • Norwalk Transit District — buses run as usual

 

— Train service — Metro-North

Part of an announcement from Metro-North:

On New Year’s Eve, we will provide modified weekday AM and PM Peak service, with an early afternoon getaway schedule.

There will be some train consolidations in the AM Peak, extra outbound service between 12 noon and 4 PM, and consolidated service during the PM Peak.

For those of you planning to party in Times Square (or anywhere else in Manhattan), our New Year’s Eve schedule will include extra inbound late afternoon and early evening service.

And when the party truly is finally over, our “overnight” New Year’s morning service will get you home from your New Year’s celebrations.

Please remember that drinking alcohol on Metro-North trains and at our stations is banned from 12 noon New Year’s Eve until 12 noon New Year’s Day.

Your first resolution for the New Year should be to buy your tickets in advance: Those of you taking our early morning New Year’s service will have your tickets collected prior to boarding trains at Grand Central.

Look for a Christmas/New Year’s Eve Holiday Timetable in Grand Central or at outlying stations. Or visit our schedules page for train times.

Friday, Jan. 1 — New Year’s Day

New Year's Day postcard

A postcard mailed Dec. 29, 1910 (from Wikimedia Commons)

Groceries

  • Palmer’s Market — closed
  • Stop & Shop — both the Heights Road and Old Kings Highway North locations will be open until 9 p.m.
  • Trader Joe’s — closed
  • Whole Foods Market — open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Pharmacies

  • CVS — open regular hours: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Grieb’s — 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Walgreen’s — 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Transportation

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