Darien News

The Community Fund of Darien held its 33rd annual volunteer recognition luncheon on Friday, May 18, at the Darien Community Association.

Average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have fallen 3.6A per gallon in the past week , averaging $3.89 Monday.

The post-holiday work week starts with another unsettled forecast for southwestern Connecticut as scattered showers -- possibly, thunderstorms -- are possible this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service .

Anthony Adams, CFO with the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development before his retirement four years ago, is also a playwright whose new work, "A Letter from the Bishop" will have a reading June 11 at 7 p.m. at St.

Lest Linda McMahon think her recent endorsement from the state Republican Party handed her the nomination for U.S. Senate, her party challenger Christopher Shays is saying "not so fast." The former 21-year member of Congress, a Darien native who represented the 4th District of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives, made his primary ... (more)

Darien Police released this traffic advisory for before and during the Darien Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 28.

H. Darrell Harvey, co-chairman of the Stamford Hospital Foundation, and Carl Bennett at the hospitalis Bennett Cancer Centeris 20th anniversary reception.

While many war veterans hang up their uniform once their service time ends, for Darien resident Phil Kraft, the fight for freedom has continued decades after he left Vietnam.

In careful, deliberate strokes, Matthew Page, 12, wrote "Go to Italy. See the Leaning Tower of Pisa." Jessica Taylor leaned over his shoulder and examined the loops of his capital "L". Not quite perfect, she said.

When he is at work Lenny Scinto can expect that gardeners will bring him shriveled brown leaves, sickly yellow leaves, leaves with insect eggs all over them.

Darien police responded to a burglary on Wilson Ridge Road on Tuesday, May 15 at approximately 5:41 p.m. The victim told police they came home and saw the door from the kitchen to the garage was forced open.

Editor's Note: Ken Reiss has served on the board of The Darien Historical Society for seven years, four of them as president.

Are you or your children marching in the Darien Memorial Day parade? Here are some must-know details provided by the Monument & Ceremonies Commission: a Get all the info on the parade, plus submit your own photos on Monday, and check out special features on Darien veterans going back to Civil War, with The Dairen Times mobile Memorial Day guide at ... (more)

Darien High School senior and Community Council leader McKinley Stauffer arranged the Blankets for Preemies day at DHS on March 16, 2012, where students completed more than 60 blankets throughout the day.

Even though a large tropical storm taking today shape off the nation's southeastern coast is not expected to affect southwestern Connecticut, the Memorial Day holiday weekend's forecast is far from storm free.

A Martin K. Haran, age 88, of Darien and former Norwalk resident, died peacefully at the Norwalk Hospital on Friday, May 25, 2012.A Martin was born on November 6, 1923 in County Sligo, Ireland, the son of the late James and Margaret Maye Haran and has lived locally for most of his life.

Community Cooperative Nursery School parent volunteer Emily Grabowski, Rowayton artist Lisa McHugh and parent volunteer Kristen Murray decide on artwork for the 50th anniversary show.

First Selectman Jayme Stevenson said while anyone near to a natural gas infrastructure can "tap into" the line, sort of like the town sewer system, "the problem in Darien is that there isn't very much gas infrastructure that already exists." In order to change that, Yankee Gas would have to put more trunk lines in town, which could be ... (more)

Stamford police arrested two seperate incidents with child predation links.A Victor Bejarando, 46, of Whitmore Ln.

A The dance lovers of Darien have spoken and chose a clear-cut winner in the Readers' Choice "favorite dance studio" poll: Darien Arts Center ! The Renshaw Road space earned 68 percent of the votes.