Darien News

Students in Sandy Henry's second grade class at Ox Ridge Elementary School stand in front of the 100 boxes of Macaroni & Cheese they collected.

Choice To Reuse appears to have alliances; Ms. Melvin, chairman Darien Environmental Group , in a letter last week, seemed to be sending a message of either you agree with the plastic bag ban or there is something wrong in how you view things.

Senior Chelsea LeVander won all four events, helping the Wilton gymnastics team captured its second straight FCIAC championship Saturday afternoon at Law High School in Milford.

"Expressions 2012" Best in Show winner Pierre Lahaussois is pictured with first place winners Laure Dunn, Ilana Appleby, Kendall Klingbeil, Cynthia Mazzaferro, Bruce Horan and Meg Tweedy during the opening reception at the Rowayton Arts Center on Feb.

Very light snow is dusting southwestern Connecticut early this morning, and the National Weather Service predicts that whatever scant accumulation there is by afternoon will melt as the precipitation changes to rain and temperatures rise.

The problem with education in Connecticut is income inequality, not teacher quality.

DARIEN, Conn. - Darien will probably not set aside $250,000 in its budget to build sidewalks on Hoyt Street as residents requested last month .

Leslie Quick, founding partner of Massey Quick, Greg Rogers, founder and president or Raylign Advisory LLC, Allen Wolpert, investor and retired partner of Accenture and Joel Treisman, chief learning officer and group chair of TIGER 21 participated in a panel discussion last Wednesday at Giovanni's II/The Water's Edge in Darien.

Restaurant week is back for the third year as local eateries craft special menus in an effort to encourage customers to try a new dining experience they might otherwise pass up.

Pictured are some of the Catwalk 2 committee members at The Loading Dock. Top row: Marcia Maslo ; Janne Allam ; Laura Kolderup ; Karen Hauben ; Susan Campion ; Molly Massie ; Susan Lynch ; and Debbie Eck .

Members of a regional task force seized more than four grams of crack and arrested three during the operations, both of which happened in the parking lots of Route 5 businesses.

Snow. It's been almost entirely missing from weather forecasts for southwestern Connecticut since a freak snowy nor'easter socked the region last Halloween weekend.

The Darien Board of Education has not made any final decisions, but several members are convinced of the need for another social worker.

High-quality works by some of the region's finest artists are on view through February 25 during "Expressions 2012," a juried all-media exhibition at the Rowayton Arts Center, 145 Rowayton Ave.

Retired Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino poses with Anthony Bruno, right,, Shawn Kelly and Tara Bruno at Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza in Darien, Conn., February 8, 2012.

DARIEN: " Interesting reading and as a car buff and I find it entirely justified.

Happy 65th birthday, baby boomers. The first wave of the baby boom generation turned 65 last year, which means older drivers now account for nearly 20 percent of American motorists.

The choir and soloists of Saint Luke's Parish will offer the Mass in G by classical composer Franz Schubert on Sunday, Feb.12. Photo: Contributed Photo / CT The choir and soloists of Saint Luke's Parish, accompanied by a string ensemble, will offer the Mass in G by classical composer Franz Schubert at the 10 a.m. service on Sunday, Feb.

Students at the Academy of Information, Technology & Engineering in Stamford may benefit from the changes the state makes to improve education.

DARIEN, Conn. - The sand won't be replaced at either town beach and the Senior Center won't see more programs after Darien's Board of Selectmen proposed nearly $940,000 in cuts in the 2012-13 budget in an effort to keep spending increases in check.