03/03/12 The Raw Darien News Feed

Forget About Those lousy Hearst Newspapers like the weekly Darien News and the Daily Stamford Advocate.

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• Fairfield County Store Specializes in Olive Oils _{2012-03-03, 02:31 am}
  DARIEN, Conn. - Long before she opened her new shop in Darien, Alina Lawrence loved olive oil.
• Wilton Girls Fall To RHAM In Class L Tourney _{2012-03-03, 12:55 am}
  ... vanced to the quarterfinals, where it will take on No. 2 Pomperaug, a 68-31 winner over No. 18 Farmington, which beat Darien in the first round.
• Morgan Stanley Official Charged with Assault, Racial Statements _{2012-03-03, 12:52 am}
  22 when he took a cab ride from Manhattan to his $2.3 million Darien, Connecticut home.
• Reader's Choice: Best Italian: Mama Mia, So Close _{2012-03-03, 12:13 am}
  Two Italian restaurants in Darien showed stronger support than the rest in our "Readers' Choice" contest asking readers for the best one in town- Pizza, Pasta & Brew and Papa Joe's Ristorante Italiano .
• HS roundup -- Greenwich wins another FCIAC swim title _{2012-03-02, 10:40 pm}
  ... won the competition with a score of 440.90. Bobby Ross of New Canaan placed second (438.65) and Jackson McGoldrick of Darien took third (367.20). WRESTLING @Body No Indent:Riggins starts New Englands strong PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Norwalk High wrestler ...
• Morgan Stanley Officer Charged With Hate Crime _{2012-03-02, 09:04 pm}
  ... and intimidation by bias or bigotry - which in New York is considered a hate crime - related to the Dec. 22 incident, Darien, Conn., police Detective Mark ... A Morgan Stanley executive living in Connecticut has been charged with a hate crime ...
• Investment Banker Charged With Hate Crime After Dispute With Cabbie _{2012-03-02, 09:00 pm}
  Police in Connecticut have charged an investment banker with a hate crime in connection with a dispute with a taxi driver over the fare for a trip from New York City to his home in Darien.
• Morgan Stanley Banker Charged After 'Accidental' Stabbing of Taxi Driver _{2012-03-02, 02:45 pm}
  ... for an alleged attack and stabbing of a Middle Eastern taxi driver who ferried him from Manhattan to his home in Darien, Connecticut, on Dec. 22 last year. Darien Police Lt. Ronald Bussell said that according to the taxi driver, Jennings refused to ...
• Fairfield County Runners Stretch Buildup Capacity _{2012-03-02, 02:00 pm}
  ... unners can pre-register online or at the race site. Numbers also can be picked up in advance at the Runner's Roost in Darien.
• Things Are Getting Awfully Stabby Out in Darien _{2012-03-02, 07:12 am}
  ... driver with a pen knife after the guy charged him more money than he wanted to pay for a cab ride from Manhattan to Darien, Connecticut. As the driver tells it, the amount was $200 and the result was that Jennings began yelling racial slurs at him ...
• New Canaan falls to Darien in FCIAC semifinals _{2012-03-01, 03:00 am}
  It is virtually impossible to predict what is about to happen anytime the New Canaan and Darien boys hockey teams face off.
• Morgan Stanley Banker Arrested for Violent Hate Crime _{2012-03-02, 05:33 pm}
  ... bias or bigotry. The charges stem from a dispute with a taxi driver during a trip from Manhattan to Jennings' home in Darien, Connecticut on December 22. According to the driver, upon arrival at his home, Jennings refused to pay the agreed $204 ...
• MLB Playoffs Changes _{2012-03-02, 05:12 pm}
  Major League Baseball officially announced Friday that its playoffs will expand to 10 teams in 2012, confirming speculation that has taken place throughout the offseason.
• New Canaan Lawyer Opens Firm For Entrepreneurs _{2012-03-02, 04:44 pm}
  DARIEN, Conn. - A new law firm specializing in entrepreneurs has opened its office in Darien.
• Readers' Choice Winner: Cafe Silvium _{2012-03-02, 04:34 pm}
  ... the best Italian in Stamford. Karen Boccadoro : Stamford Restaurant! Why is it not on the list? We and many of our Darien neighbors cross the line just for their food! Here's some more information aboutA CafA© Silvium: The menu includes everything ...
• New Darien Law Firm Specializes In Entrepreneurs _{2012-03-02, 04:33 pm}
  DARIEN, Conn. - A new law firm specializing in entrepreneurs has opened its office in Darien.
• Darien Executive Charged With Hate Crime _{2012-03-02, 04:00 pm}
  DARIEN, Conn. - A Morgan Stanley executive from Darien was charged with a hate crime after allegedly getting in a fight with a cab driver over a fare, police said.
• Darien man charged with hate crime _{2012-03-02, 03:34 pm}
  William Jennings, 47, of Darien was arrested Wednesday and charged with a hate crime in connection to a Dec.
• Rich banker stabs cabbie's, claims his $10K in taxes will clear his name _{2012-03-02, 03:32 pm}
  ... York cab driver after refusing to pay the agreed fare to his Connecticut home. The assault occurred December 22 in Darien, Connecticut, where the $2 million-a-year New York banker makes his home. The driver, identified only as a 44-year-old Queens ...
• Too many milestones _{2012-03-02, 03:10 pm}
  ... sheared to stuff the ridiculously expensive hypoallergenic pillows I'd planned to sell in boutiques in Greenwich and Darien. Rather than whining about how the 1 percent is bleeding the other 99 percent of us dry, I was hoping to profit from them. ...