10/15/09 The Darien News Feed

• Negotiate Marshals' Fees
  posted on October 16, 2009 08:47:21 am
  Earlier this year, the New Haven Board of Aldermen derailed the state marshals' gravy train by putting out to bid the job of serving some 2,700 foreclosure suits, tax warrants and other legal papers.
• Advocates seek to fight back against domestic violence with more education
  posted on October 16, 2009 06:24:19 am
  ... be reinforced yearly, she said. Ms. Hackett said that neighboring school districts already offer seminars. Darien and New Canaan schools offer them to all high schoolers, Westport offers them to freshmen, sophomores and seniors and Weston offers ...
• Darien Family Fun Day set for Sunday
  posted on October 16, 2009 04:58:24 am
  ... to attend a special premiere of the PG-rated film "Where the Wild Things Are" on Friday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. at the Darien Playhouse. For more information about the Person-to-Person youth group, contact Judy Kilmartin, director of volunteers, at ...
• Darien Nature Center hosts 'Animals at Risk' exhibit
  posted on October 16, 2009 04:58:00 am
  The Darien Nature Center will present "Animals at Risk: Endangered Species." The exhibit features select samples of digital art posters made over the past few years by eighth-grade art students at Middlesex Middle School.
• Passport Day at library Saturday
  posted on October 16, 2009 04:57:52 am
  The Darien Post Office will host Passport Day at the Darien Library on Saturday, from 9 a.m. until noon.
• Darien hosts flu vaccination clinics
  posted on October 16, 2009 04:57:43 am
  ... Town Hall, 2 Renshaw Road, 4 to 7 p.m. ($30, cash or check, Medicare Part B). These flu clinics are sponsored by the Darien Health Department, Stamford Hospital and Nursing Home Care. For more information, call the Darien Health Department at ...
• VFW hosts 'Oktoberfest' Saturday
  posted on October 16, 2009 04:57:36 am
  The Darien VFW will host "Oktoberfest" Saturday night from 5 to 7 p.m. at its 205 Noroton Ave.
• Knock on Wood owner plans to retire
  posted on October 16, 2009 04:57:02 am
  ... said. "You don't have as much property as you do here." Eigner's homecoming will be bittersweet because she has made Darien her home for 27 years. In 1982, she opened Knock on Wood, a specialty furniture shop that has become somewhat of a fixture on ...
• Darien resident turns wedding favor into bag business
  posted on October 16, 2009 04:56:52 am
  ... bridal party. A year later, what started as a gift to a friend has grown into a successful Internet business for the Darien mother of two. Her business is called Itty Bitty Bag, and in the last year she has sold more than 100 purses. "I started ...
• Boulton won't seek BOE re-election
  posted on October 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... to join the BOE, she has been involved in a Parent-Teacher Organization, Girl Scouts and the Community Fund of Darien, she said. "I think in the first year on any board, personally, my biggest focus will be becoming a contributing member of the ...
• RTM members' meeting attendance questioned
  posted on October 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... the meetings now televised, I can watch and make sure I don't miss anything said," Camuti wrote in an e-mail to the Darien News. He said that attendance at general meetings is not a completely accurate measurement of an RTM members involvement. "The ...
• Dead CT Strolls
  posted on September 24, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... p.m. Oct. 24. 866-656-0207, connectionsgrouptours.com . $110) sponsored by Connections Tours headquartered in Darien. It begins in Norwich and includes a lantern light graveyard tour, dinner at a haunted restaurant and visits to other ghostly spots ...
• Continue
  posted on October 15, 2009 11:21:19 pm
  Darien High School senior Andrew Gagne was named a National Merit Scholar Program semifinalist earlier this month.
• Route 11 a case of discrimination
  posted on October 16, 2009 03:00:00 am
  ... is being discriminated against again. Our residents and business owners are not Wall Street's moguls who live in Darien; they are not hedge-fund managers dripping with dubious wealth, nor Westport's actors and TV executives. Apparently the lives and ...
• Treehouse searches for 'funniest comic'
  posted on October 15, 2009 03:43:58 pm
  ... was also eliminated last week. "Oh, you had to bring that up. It was my fault. I went too fast," said Arenholz. The Darien native been doing stand-up since 1991, when his older sister Denise decided to sign him up for an audition at the Treehouse. ...
• Football preview: Crusaders @ Blue Wave
  posted on October 15, 2009 02:08:51 pm
  Through four games this season, it's been two different, distinct situations for the Darien football team: home sweet home and the rough, unwelcomed road.
• It All Lines Up: Brace yourselves
  posted on October 15, 2009 02:08:40 pm
  ... blunt here - shut up? If it was a quiet murmur here and there, that's fine; but this wasn't the case at New Canaan or Darien High School. Is it too much to ask for a little respect when a player's well-being is in doubt? I know some of you may be ...
• The Good Old Days in Darien / Ed Chrostowski
  posted on October 15, 2009 02:08:26 pm
  The "big three" -- football, basketball and baseball -- always dominated public attention, of course, but there were sports of all sorts in Darien during the 1950s.
• Candidates weigh in on town's flood issue
  posted on October 15, 2009 02:08:09 pm
  The League of Women Voters of Darien is hosting Candidate's Night on Tuesday in the town hall auditorium.
• Post 53: An adrenaline rush, reality check for teen EMTs
  posted on October 15, 2009 02:07:45 pm
  Editor's note: This is the second in a series where the Darien News shadows town civil servants for an entire shift.