08/20/09 The Darien Briefing

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• Hyperlocal Roundup: WaPo Pulls Out, AOL's Patch Adds 2 Towns
  posted on August 20, 2009 08:37:57 pm
  ... is expanding in the New York Tri-State Area, adding two new communities to its four existing sites - " Summit, NJ and Darien, CT. Two more sites are planned. The company has also hired a "regional publisher" - Sol Colontonio, who had previously been ...
• AOL-Owned Patch Launches Two New Local Sites, Names Publisher
  posted on August 20, 2009 04:40:32 am
  ... startup has its own bit of news to announce. AOL-owned Patch is launching new sites in Summit, New Jersey and Darien, Connecticut, bringing the total number of hyperlocal sites in its network to eight. Three more are listed as "coming" on its ...
• Attorneys Representing the Stamford Marriott Hotel Spa Withdraw Claim of Rape Victim's Negligence
  posted on August 18, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... 40, was attacked as she and her children were leaving the hotel the afternoon of Oct. 10, 2006, when a 56-year-old Darien native, Gary Fricker, pointed a gun into her back and forced her and her children into their minivan. There, he sexually ...
• Staying safe from West Nile Virus
  posted on August 20, 2009 05:22:58 am
  ... a campaign to stop West Nile Virus kicks off. More than 148,000 mosquitoes have been tested this summer. Cromwell, Darien, Greenwich and Stratford have all had documented cases of the virus in mosquitoes. Traps where West Nile Virus carrying ...
• Doctor further perfects device to catch skin cancer early
  posted on August 19, 2009 02:55:53 am
  ... annual deaths worldwide happen in the United States, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. Drugge, a Darien native who has a medical office at 50 Glenbrook Road, Stamford, has a medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, ...
• 5th Annual Butterfly Release in Breezy Point
  posted on August 19, 2009 12:27:58 am
  Dorothy Johnson, Diane Williams, Grant Bowers, Bonnie Hiniker and Gary Bakken following Bowers presentation at Breezy Point City Hall - photo by Joanne Boblett Max and Addie Hewitt of Darien, Connecticut look for their butterfly with grandmother Linda Hewitt of Breezy Point during the 5th annual butterfly release in Breezy Point - photo by Paul ...

08/17/09 The Darien Briefing

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• Border wars: Connecticut-New York lax teams set for battle at New Fairfield
  posted on August 17, 2009 01:19:18 am
  ... from Longwood, played in the annual Battle Across the Sound lacrosse tournament, which posses Connecticut powers Darien and New Canaan against some of New York's best. "It was an amazing atmosphere," Talbot said. "It was incredibly electric." Now, ...
• Darien Mom: He's Sent to Prison, She's Facing Foreclosure
  posted on August 16, 2009 06:07:00 pm
  LCRwestport LCRwestport Saturday, August 15, 2009 A Darien mother of two whose ex-husband has been sent to prison for bilking investors in his Westport jewelry business out of more than $500,000 has gone public with her feelings of being "financially terrorized" as she faces foreclosure on her home.
• NCC Foundation to host 'Le Bal d'Ecole' Oct 3
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... "A benefit event of this nature will have an important impact on NCC," states NCC President David L. Levinson, Ph.D. Darien residents Joan Barksdale and Anna Steiner are event co-chairs. Barksdale is president of the NCC Foundation Inc. Board of ...
• Peak of West Nile season nears
  posted on August 15, 2009 07:24:55 pm
  ... mosquitoes trapped in Connecticut so far this year - on July 15 in Stratford, July 27 in Greenwich, and August 11 in Darien. "This is the 11th year that West Nile virus has been found in Connecticut. The recent announcement of WNV-positive ...
• Connecticut Reports WNV Positive Mosquitoes
  posted on August 15, 2009 07:05:15 am
  The State Mosquito Management Program today announced that mosquitoes trapped in Darien on July 30, 2009 have tested positive for West Nile virus .
• Huskies Fans Create Solid Market Base
  posted on August 14, 2009 05:17:03 pm
  E.J. Narcise has had a long career in sports marketing. He has witnessed a variety of love affairs between fans and their teams.
• Fishing Spots On The Farmington River
  posted on August 14, 2009 05:16:40 pm
  He said he has been coming to this spot, next to Callahan Memorial Park, since he was 4 or 5 years old.
• Darien police investigate string of robberies
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Darien Police are investigating a string of thefts from at least 10 unlocked cars in the Noroton Heights neighborhood near the Stamford border overnight Wednesday into Thursday, police said.
• Darien hires new boys hockey coach
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  After an exhaustive interview process, Darien athletic director John Keleher and the Darien High administrators have made a decision for the new boys hockey coach.
• Going un-green for the holiday
  posted on December 22, 2007 04:00:00 pm
  If the author of the holiday carol "O Tannenbaum" were to see Ted Frankel's Christmas tree, he'd surely be baffled.
• Himes' staff to visit Town Hall
  posted on August 14, 2009 04:08:25 am
  ... hours are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, August 20, at Town Hall, 77 Main Street. The other community office hours are: Darien: Friday, August 21, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Town Hall, 2 Renshaw Road Oxford: Wednesday, August 19, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Town ...
• Sound Surfing by Mike Horyczun
  posted on August 14, 2009 04:03:32 am
  Sound Surfing by Mike Horyczun Laura Coyle heats up Darien Arts Center's summer concert series It'll be a homecoming of sorts at the Darien Arts Center's "Hot, Hot, Hot Summer Nights of Music" Cabaret series this weekend.
• Continue
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:29:37 pm
  ... I am also thankful that we had businessmen of the caliber of David and Jerry volunteering their time on the Darien High School Building Committee, amongst other worthy projects. This is a results-driven team that Darien is lucky to have. I hope ...
• The Good Old Days in Darien / Ed Chrostowski
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:28:17 pm
  Preston B. Porter, Darien's budget-minded first selectman in 1951, was never what you might call an ardent supporter of the Board of Education, but he did go out on a limb for a plan to expand the junior high school building.
• Sullivan looks to build upon strong relationship with community
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:28:01 pm
  ... is the Democratic-endorsed candidate. Next week: Independent candidate Chris Noe. Callie Sullivan thinks the town of Darien is run pretty well. And if she becomes First Selectman, she doesn't want to change that. "The Evonne Klein administration has ...
• Number of lifeguards dwindle at Darien beaches
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:27:37 pm
  ... Coghlan said. There will be signs with the schedule of the dates and times when guards will be on duty to inform Darien patrons of the beaches. The Parks and Recreation Department also already released this warning in an announcement to caution ...
• Darien will not tap into statewide emergency notification system
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:27:22 pm
  ... and businesses by telephone to landlines and mobile devices, text message, e-mail and fax during emergencies. Darien will not use the system for at least a year because it just renewed its contract with emergency notification system CodeRed, a ...
• Polar Bear teaches YMCA campers how to fight global warming
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:27:05 pm
  Children at the Darien YMCA Camp celebrated Polar Bear Empathy Day with Fallon Murphy, Fairfield County's new teen Arctic Ambassador.
• Darien's Zulu stays sharp at twice-a-month training sessions
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:26:48 pm
  ... a recent early evening as the long-shuttered Shakespeare theater served as a backdrop, rookie police dog Zulu, of the Darien Canine Unit, and veteran police dogs Zak and Roscoe, of Stratford, and Justice and Liberty, of Monroe, put on quite a ...
• Police Reports
  posted on August 13, 2009 11:26:03 pm
  ... wallet had some credit cards and $57 in cash in it, police said. The credit cards were used at a gas stations in Darien, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and the Bronx, N.Y., according to reports. An $85 purchase was also made at a Foot Locker store. The case is ...

08/11/09 The Darien Briefing

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• Pencil It In
  posted on August 11, 2009 10:41:47 pm
  ... George Dawes Green, author of the critically acclaimed novels "The Caveman's Valentine" and "The Juror," will be at Darien Library on Thursday, August 13 at 7 p.m. to talk about his long-awaited new novel, "Ravens." There will be a wine and cheese ...
• New deal for I-95, Merritt Parkway rest plazas is shaping up
  posted on August 11, 2009 04:06:30 pm
  ... plazas that offer food and fuel on Interstates 95 and 91, and the Merritt Parkway. There are 10 I-95 plazas between Darien and Madison with McDonald's restaurants. The restaurants at the Darien rest stop are among the nation's busiest, McDonald's ...
• Lanes cleared after I-95 accident
  posted on August 11, 2009 10:11:51 am
  ... lanes have been cleared, they are still investigating the cause of the accident. Lanes cleared after I-95 accident Darien News Staff Posted: 08/10/2009 02:19:09 PM EDT State Police are still on the scene of an accident that occurred at about 1:30 ...
• Darien's Zulu stays sharp with training sessions
  posted on August 11, 2009 01:52:07 am
  ... a recent early evening as the long-shuttered Shakespeare theater served as a backdrop, rookie police dog Zulu, of the Darien Canine Unit, and veteran police dogs Zak and Roscoe, of Stratford, and Justice and Liberty, of Monroe, put on quite a ...
• WebMediaBrands Inc. Signs Agreement to Sell Internet.com Assets for $18 Million in Cash
  posted on August 10, 2009 09:28:51 pm
  ... transaction when it becomes available. WebMediaBrands Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM, www.webmediabrands.com ), headquartered in Darien, CT, is an Internet media company concentrating on BtoB communities. WebMediaBrands has two online communities: ...
• Police canine units practice crime-fighting skills
  posted on August 10, 2009 12:41:16 pm
  ... a recent early evening as the long-shuttered Shakespeare theater served as a backdrop, rookie police dog Zulu, of the Darien Canine Unit, and veteran police dogs Zak and Roscoe, of Stratford, and Justice and Liberty, of Monroe, put on quite a ...
• Continue reading Unemployed financial execs finding work in smaller companies
  posted on August 10, 2009 01:18:31 am
  ... and worst of Wall Street, Mondi, 55, packed up himself, his wife, Cynthia, and their three children and moved from Darien, Conn., to Winnetka, Ill., 17 miles north of downtown Chicago. He's resurrecting his career at Mesirow Financial Holdings , a ...
• Traders find 2nd chances
  posted on August 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... and worst of Wall Street, Mondi, 55, packed up himself, his wife, Cynthia, and their three children and moved from Darien, Conn., to Winnetka, Ill., 17 miles north of downtown Chicago. He's resurrecting his career at Mesirow Financial Holdings ...
• 'Delgo'
  posted on August 09, 2009 06:16:33 pm
  In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry villain.
• Only Invested Capital Creates Jobs
  posted on August 09, 2009 05:58:19 am
  So writes Dick Meloy of Darien, Conn., recently in the WJS. "Elizabeth McNichol of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington offers the familiar but totally false description about how government stimulus 'creates' jobs.
• Living in a time capsule
  posted on August 09, 2009 12:49:14 am
  In her job as a Realtor at William Pitt Sotheby's in Darien, Conn., Ellen Kelley sees so many homes they sometimes blur together.
• Conn. to Launch First Reverse 911 System
  posted on August 08, 2009 11:09:43 pm
  ... the system up until now, but is about to run out. Several neighboring municipalities such as Stamford, New Canaan, Darien and Norwalk have similar notification systems, according to Warzoha, who is the incident management team commander for the ...
• Bank takes back ex-Sylvania plant
  posted on August 08, 2009 07:07:28 pm
  ... an outstanding principal balance of nearly $22.2 million. The bank that held the mortgage was NewStar Financial of Darien, Conn. An official for the bank could not be reached for comment. Last year, Goggin had to change the terms of her loan, and ...
• UConn Self-Reports 17 Minor NCAA Violations
  posted on August 08, 2009 05:31:32 pm
  UConn officials have self-reported 17 minor NCAA violations, ranging from giving basketball and football players too much meal money to sending the wrong media guide to football recruits, involving its big three sports programs over the past five years.
• Connecticut Announces First Reverse 911 System
  posted on August 08, 2009 08:55:00 am
  ... the system up until now, but is about to run out. Several neighboring municipalities such as Stamford, New Canaan, Darien and Norwalk have similar notification systems, according to Warzoha, who is the incident management team commander for the ...
• Family Centers
  posted on August 08, 2009 09:23:51 am
  ... Donna Spellman is Family Centers' director of self-sufficiency services. With offices in Greenwich, Stamford, Darien and New Canaan, Family Centers is a United Way partner agency that offers counseling and support programs for children, adults and ...
• New deal for highway rest plazas is shaping up
  posted on August 08, 2009 09:02:20 am
  ... offer food and fuel on Interstates 95 and 91, and the Merritt Parkway in the state. There are 10 I-95 plazas between Darien and Madison with McDonald's restaurants. The restaurants at the Darien rest stop are among the nation's busiest, McDonald's ...
• Cities and towns could piggyback on state's new reverse 911 system to save money
  posted on August 07, 2009 11:42:17 am
  ... the system up until now, but is about to run out. Several neighboring municipalities such as Stamford, New Canaan, Darien and Norwalk have similar notification systems, according to Warzoha, who is the incident management team commander for the ...
• Police clear suspicious man
  posted on August 07, 2009 03:43:49 am
  Darien police said the suspicious man sighted on Littlebrook Road Wednesday was a family member of a resident on the street.
• The Good Old Days in Darien / Ed Chrostowski
  posted on August 06, 2009 03:44:59 pm
  ... fool. Chief Mugavero was the first to hear him out and then to check with San Francisco police who said that in his Darien confession, Crozier had revealed details of the crime that could have been known only to the perpetrator. Two San Francisco ...

08/05/09 The Darien Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

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• Homeless shelter elects new chairman
  posted on August 06, 2009 06:22:43 am
  ... emergency beds for men and daytime programs for men and women, serving the communities of Stamford, Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan. A 2008 report by the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness indicates that homelessness throughout the state, ...
• Darien police investigate report of suspicious manDarien
  posted on August 06, 2009 03:37:10 am
  ... as an elderly white male did not speak or otherwise approach the children, police consider the incident suspicious, Darien Police Sgt. Jeremiah Marron, a spokesman for the department said. The man, described as an elderly white male, was spotted ...
• The Fairfield County Morning News with John LaBarca
  posted on August 05, 2009 10:41:42 pm
  ... the younger you would -- on occasion esteemed actor -- nasty as they highly trained plastic surgeon with offices in Darien and scared -- providing breast reconstruction a variety of cosmetic surgery and a full range of -- services listened to what ...
• Turnovers cost Summer Lady Wrecker cagers, 45-38
  posted on August 05, 2009 01:33:02 pm
  ... proved to be the undoing of the Staples High girls basketball team last Thursday. Staples had many chances to beat Darien High in the Darien YMCA Summer League finale for both teams but in the end, its miscues and Darien's second half surge shut ...
• Aug. 4 2009, 10:00pm-11:00pm
  posted on August 05, 2009 11:55:07 am
  ... -- legislative leaders are resuming their budget negotiations at the governor's residence in Hartford. A former Darien priest convicted of embezzling more than a million dollars from his parish is now being accused of having homosexual affair with a ...
• 00am
  posted on February 01, 2009 04:00:00 pm
  ... seemed legislative leaders are resuming their budget negotiations at the governor's residence in Hartford. A former Darien priest convicted of embezzling more than a million dollars from his parish is now being accused of the in homosexual affair ...
• Southampton Village Police reports
  posted on August 05, 2009 07:42:57 am
  ... Deer Park; Nelson E. Argila, 28, of East Hampton; Fabiel Villalobos, 29, of Southampton; Jonathan M. Hammond, 35, of Darien, Connecticut; and Alius Kerezius, 39, of Shirley. Mr. Kerezius was also charged with driving with a suspended registration, a ...
• Court memo claims former Darien priest had affair with married church finance board member
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:35:28 am
  Rev. Michael Jude Fay, former pastor of St. John's Roman Catholic Church in Darien, Conn., leaves U.S. District Court in New Haven in 2007.
• Conn. priest: Bishop wanted to send me to the nuns
  posted on August 04, 2009 03:53:19 pm
  In this Dec. 4, 2007 file photo, the former pastor Michael Jude Fay leaves the Federal Court in New Haven, Conn, after being sentenced to 37 months in prison for stealing 1.3 million dollars for his own luxuries from the parish of Saint John's in Darien, Conn.
• A Spot Where The Bog Is Preserved
  posted on June 22, 2008 03:00:00 pm
  In the 1950s, Helen Carlson, whose husband owned Indian Motorcycles, saved an ancient cranberry bog after the owner became too ill to continue producing and harvesting cranberries.
• Priest: Bishop Wanted to Send Me to the Nuns
  posted on August 04, 2009 12:26:31 pm
  In this Dec. 4, 2007 file photo, the former pastor Michael Jude Fay leaves the Federal Court in New Haven, Conn, after being sentenced to 37 months in prison for stealing 1.3 million dollars for his own luxuries from the parish of Saint John's in Darien, Conn.
• Five readers go on digital diet, and live to write about it
  posted on August 03, 2009 09:59:35 am
  ... like, 'Wow, this is too funny,' " Rodgers recalls. Still, "the important thing is we were together." LUCY HACKMAN, 35 Darien, Conn. Works in corporate marketing Affliction description: Though she has had her BlackBerry for about two years, it wasn't ...
• Aug. 2 2009, 7:30pm-7:50pm
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... lost their jobs didn't -- night. Parking at the train station every day so one of the initiatives are taking up in in Darien where I live is to try to persuade the town which regulates the parking. To allow people who have permits and aren't using .

08/02/09 The Darien Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

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• Connecticut company eyes biomass plant in Vail
  posted on August 02, 2009 09:54:25 am
  ... by pine beetles to produce electricity and hot water. The Vail Daily reports that Hayden Cary and King Paper Co. of Darien, Conn., is seeking a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for the plan. The proposal is still in the ...
• Connecticut Company Mulls Biomass Plant In Vail
  posted on August 02, 2009 06:27:26 am
  ... beetles to produce electricity and hot water. The Vail Daily reports that Hayden Cary and King Paper Co. of Darien, Conn., is seeking a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for the plan. The proposal is still in the ...
• Forest may fuel Vail's future
  posted on August 01, 2009 09:33:18 pm
  ... for a biomass plant in Vail that could use pine-beetle-killed trees to create energy. Hayden Cary and King Co. of Darien, Conn., is seeking a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund the plan. Vail Town Manager Stan Zemler sent a ...
• The Fairfield County Morning News with John LaBarca
  posted on July 31, 2009 11:54:54 pm
  ... free world free events going on now only. He had DI MW of Gary and -- eleven Obama and -- BMW Derry N dot com. BMW of Darien is determined to put a certified -- free on BMW is everyone's. Drive way zero point 9% financing include in the series and ...
• 00pm
  posted on February 01, 2009 04:00:00 pm
  ... you would doctor on the occasion esteemed doctor -- snaps he is highly trained plastic surgeon with offices in Darien and fear -- providing breast reconstruction and variety of cosmetic surgery and a full range of injectable services listen to what ...
• After Layoff, Volunteering Gives Comfort on WNPR Regional Coverage
  posted on July 31, 2009 09:59:59 pm
  ... Harvard alums for volunteer consulting projects across Connecticut. This one was for a social service agency in Darien, where Heckell lives. It's called Person-to-Person, or P-to-P. It provides assistance for families in economic emergencies. Food, ...
• Summer Lady Wrecker cagers clinch first place
  posted on July 31, 2009 08:20:10 pm
  For the second straight year, the Staples High girls basketball team took first place in the Darien YMCA summer league.
• Tough times test Darien Rowayton
  posted on July 31, 2009 03:12:40 pm
  Darien Rowayton Bank in Darien is taking steps to raise capital and clear a federal cease-and-desist order that's preventing the young bank from growing its loan portfolio.
• Suspect in bank robbery here linked to other heists?
  posted on July 31, 2009 01:19:06 am
  ... he said. Lt. Donald Wakeman said Tuesday that the Wilton Police Department has been in contact with the Norwalk, Darien and Stamford departments, which have all had similar robberies occur in their jurisdictions over the past several weeks. "We're ...
• Continue
  posted on July 30, 2009 02:26:34 pm
  I am thrilled that the Darien Democratic Town Committee has nominated Callie Sullivan for first selectman and David Bayne for selectman.
• The Good Old Days in Darien / Ed Chrostowski
  posted on July 30, 2009 02:25:59 pm
  This should be a pretty short story; it's about Democrats in Darien during the 1950s and there weren't very many of them.
• Democrats endorse Sullivan for First Selectwoman; announce full slate of candidates
  posted on July 30, 2009 02:25:51 pm
  In a town with a majority of Republican voters, the Democrats of Darien unanimously approved a slate of candidates Tuesday night they believe are strong contenders against the Republicans.
• Noroton Heights train station conditions continue to worsen
  posted on July 30, 2009 02:25:46 pm
  The deteriorating condition of the Noroton Heights Train Station was a focal point of Evonne Klein's campaign when she first ran for Darien First Selectman six years ago.
• RTC endorses Campbell for First Selectman, announces full slate of candidates
  posted on July 30, 2009 02:25:40 pm
  The Darien Republican Town Committee announced Tuesday the slate of candidates it will endorse for the November election, headlined by First Selectman candidate David Campbell.
• Joy of cooking
  posted on July 30, 2009 02:25:35 pm
  ... cooking class drifted down the halls of Brien McMahon High School, sweet and savory on Tuesday morning. Barbour, a Darien resident, teaches elective classes in culinary arts at Brien McMahon during the school year. Over the summer, however, he ...
• Selectmen discuss adding additional annual permit spaces at train stations
  posted on July 30, 2009 02:25:27 pm
  ... to obtain an annual parking permit for a discounted rate a lot that's further from the train station. At the Darien train station, there are currently 33 percent of spaces assigned to annual permits and 67 percent assigned to daily voucher spaces. ...
• Smith, Smith
  posted on July 30, 2009 04:28:43 am
  Maureen and William Smith of Franklin Lakes announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Maureen, to Jeffrey Scarborough Smith, son of Carol Lynn and D. Scarborough Smith III of Darien, Conn., formerly of Ridgewood.
• Jul. 29 2009, 1:00pm-2:00pm
  posted on January 01, 2009 04:00:00 pm
  ... through their -- Tony. Connoisseur by north and south between Greenwich and -- really no problems. And very quiet in Darien as well -- seven south and it's in both CBS the ongoing construction. This report rusty by -- song instantly gardens and ...
• Jul. 29 2009, 11:00am-12:00pm
  posted on July 29, 2009 11:24:37 pm
  ... discover any younger you with actor on the -- nasty tactic as nasty -- highly trained plastic surgeon with offices in Darien and they're still providing breast reconstruction in her -- Idea cosmetic surgery and phone Marines and -- services listened ...
• Airborne Once Again WWII bomber takes flight over Fairfield County
  posted on July 29, 2009 11:22:23 pm
  ... coast safe and sound. Mission accomplished. "It was the best ride I've had in my entire life," said Noble, now a Darien resident. "I loved every minute of it." Noble, 88, stayed seated toward the plane's tail for the duration of the trip. When he ...