07/23/09 The Raw Darien News Feed

• Continue
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:30:14 pm
  The Depot would publicly like to thank Darien Police Officers Beth D'Iorio and Dan Scoumbrose for their assistance in a recent "sticky situation." One of the teens locked himself in the bathroom during Band Night and with the music being loud, no one heard his pleas to open the door.
• The Good Old Days in Darien / Ed Chrostowski
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:29:48 pm
  When the world dried its maudlin tears just in time for Michael Jackson's funeral to become a showtime extravaganza, a painful episode in Darien's own racial history came to mind.
• New police building on hold, timeline requested by Police Commission
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:29:34 pm
  ... the town deserves it as well," Selectman David Bayne said. Selectman Linda Santarella agreed. "I believe the whole Darien community is in support of that project," she said. The total cost of the project, which was approved by the RTM in April 2008, ...
• RTC and DTC interview candiates for elected office
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:29:27 pm
  ... before the RTC Wednesday night. The RTC's application asks interviewees to identify the issues they believe Darien will be facing in the next few years, as well as their background and reasons and qualifications for the position sought, Artinian ...
• Darien High nurse resigns; case sealed for two years
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:29:21 pm
  Darien High School nurse Donna Berizzi has resigned after Berizzi and her husband, Stanford, 51, were charged with providing alcohol to minors on Saturday, March 21, at about 9:16 p.m. Berizzi, 50, had been suspended with pay following the incident while the district conducted an internal investigation.
• Bill passed preventing Lyme treating doctors from prosecution
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:29:07 pm
  ... It's an amazing story of how when everyone comes together, you can really bring change and bring it quite quickly." Darien's State Rep. Terrie Wood also supported the bill. "Doctors should be allowed to prescribe antibiotics for as long as they feel ...
• Police reports
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:28:45 pm
  ... was reported on Tuesday, July 14. The incident occurred on the evening of Saturday, July 11 at the Country Club of Darien at 300 Mansfield Ave. The watch was taken from an unlocked locker, police said. James Sellitti, 33, of Stratford, was charged ...
• DHS grad killed in motorcycle accident
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:28:39 pm
  ... his brother, Rich, said Tuesday. "It was his favorite thing in the world." The 23-year-old Bethel man and former Darien resident was riding his 1999 Yamaha to work Monday morning when an oncoming van made a left turn into his path on Federal Road. ...
• Local author and illustrator collaborate to create tale of a mermaid and the magic of lucky pennies
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:28:15 pm
  ... Nantucket Sound." In his real job, Peter Saverine, the book's author, is the director of marketing and sales at the Darien Sport Shop -- a position he has held for the past two years. This follows almost two decades in the flower business as owner ...
• Page Turners
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:28:08 pm
  On Thursday, July 23, at 11 a.m., Darien Library will present Classics 2.0, a discussion about rethinking the literary classics.