02/16/12 Recent Darien News Stories

• Fairfield County To Host Power Outage Forum _{2012-02-16, 03:01 am}
  DARIEN, Conn. - Darien will host a forum on power outages and what can be done to reduce their frequency and duration.
• Fairfield County To Host Power Outage Forum _{2012-02-16, 03:01 am}
  DARIEN, Conn. - Darien will host a forum on power outages and what can be done to reduce their frequency and duration.
• Stamford girls beat Warde to clinch FCIAC playoff berth_{2012-02-16, 02:59 am}
  ... Warde at Fairfield Warde High School. The Black Knights clinched the No. 7 seed by virtue of their win Feb. 10 over Darien. Stamford will take on No. 2 St. Joseph on Saturday in Trumbull. "It's a new season," Stamford coach Todd Parness said. "We're ...
• Panelists discuss the road from entrepreneur to investor_{2012-02-16, 01:35 am}
  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.
• Fairfield County Wins Gold Again in Income Race _{2012-02-16, 01:19 am}
  Darien residents shop for jewelry at a trunk show in town last September. Darien is the wealthiest town in the most affluent region in the nation's second richest state.
• Darien Students Celebrate Latin American Culture _{2012-02-16, 01:19 am}
  DARIEN, Conn. - Seventh-graders at Middlesex Middle School donned the colorful costumes of Latin American characters they had researched in social studies as part of a Latin America Day celebration.
• Darien Sports Roundup: Feb. 16 _{2012-02-16, 12:45 am}
  ... write-ups on youth or recreational games in your town to michaeld+sports@patch.com This one was never in doubt. The Darien High School girls basketball team clinched an FCIAC spot for the second straight by routing winless Bassick 73-17 on ...
• New Canaan Sports Roundup: Feb. 16 _{2012-02-16, 12:06 am}
  ... the Hatters, who completed a 20-0 regular season. Danbury is the top seed for the FCIAC playoffs and will host No. 8 Darien in the quarterfinals on Saturday. WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Boys basketball Danbury at New Canaan Girls basketball Danbury 52, New ...
• Scoring Change Takes Away Darien Girls Track Title _{2012-02-15, 11:35 pm}
  DARIEN, Conn. - Darien High's girls track team was removed as the winner of the Class L indoor championships when a scoring error was noticed in preparing for Saturday's State Open.
• Stamford Girls Defeat Fairfield Warde To Clinch FCIAC Playoff Spot _{2012-02-15, 11:04 pm}
  ... I think, won tonight." The Mustangs had two chances to secure an FCIAC berth, but lost both. Still, after losing at Darien 49-42 on Monday, they were poised to clinch at home on Wednesday on Senior Night. "It ended like a sad love story because we ...
• Paintings and rugs on display at Shiraz Rug Gallery _{2012-02-15, 10:22 pm}
  An exhibit of contemporary paintings and antique rugs is on display at Shiraz Rug Gallery on the Post Road in Darien through Feb.
• Teens sent home for drinking before dance _{2012-02-15, 10:22 pm}
  ... students from Fairfield College Preparatory School were taken into police custody Friday, Feb. 3, after staff at the Darien Depot discovered they had been drinking at a freshmen/sophomore dance. Janice Marzano, program director for the Depot, said ...
• Windsor girls Win Class L Indoor Track Championship_{2012-02-15, 09:59 pm}
  ... to be distributed at Monday's Class L Championship Meet and subsequently be posted on the organization's website. A Darien girls pole vaulter was listed in a four-way tie for third, which would have been worth 3.5 points for the team. During the ...
• Norwalk's Maritime Aquarium to unveil its 'FINtastic RefurbFISHment' _{2012-02-15, 09:25 pm}
  ... galleries, called the Hokin Family Sound Voyage, in honor of a $1.5 million dollar gift from the Hokin family of Darien. Gone from the main hall is the central staircase, replaced by a corner elevator, so more people can enjoy the seal feedings, ...
• CIAC changes scoring, takes Class L indoor track title from Darien High girls _{2012-02-15, 09:24 pm}
  Darien's Caroline Weihs competes during the FCIAC track championships at the New Haven Athletic Center earlier this month.
• Darien Residents Learn Value of Tweeting _{2012-02-15, 08:00 pm}
  DARIEN, Conn. - Aspiring writers and bloggers had an opportunity to learn the ins and outs of staying in touch with friends, family and the community by blogging and tweeting at the Darien Library on Feb.
• 'Such Hypocrisy in That Little Village' _{2012-02-15, 09:06 pm}
  DARIEN: A "Why are the citizens of Darien so apathetic? Complain behind the scenes, but do not come out in public full force." This is one reader's response to previous comments posted on an article about the Board of Education's cut toA Superintendent Stephen Falcone's proposed 2012-2013 fiscal year budget .
• Housekeeper charged with stealing checks _{2012-02-15, 06:53 pm}
  A Norwalk housekeeper was arrested Tuesday and charged with cashing more than $2,000 worth of checks stolen from a Darien customer last summer.
• UPDATED: Teens sent home for drinking before dance _{2012-02-15, 06:44 pm}
  ... students from Fairfield College Preparatory School were taken into police custody Friday, Feb. 3, after staff at the Darien Depot discovered they had been drinking at a freshmen/sophomore dance. Janice Marzano, program director for the Depot, said ...
• Young Life to hold reception at DCA tonight _{2012-02-15, 05:03 pm}
  Young Life of Darien and Rowayton will hold a reception on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the DCA House , from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event is free of charge and open to anyone who would like to learn more about how this faith-based program for middle and high school students is already impacting our teens and our community.