Darien Parks & Rec, the Darien Nature Center and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection sponsored a free family fishing class on Saturday, June 23, at Cherry Lawn Park. (Darien Times/Kristen Riolo photo)
Here’s a look at what’s inside this week’s Darien Times — the only newspaper and news Web site based in Darien — on newsstands now and in your mailbox by this afternoon.
News
• Emotions high at P&Z lights height hearing
• Fireworks fill Darien skies, benefit fire departments
• Darien’s Got Talent takes Town Hall stage Saturday
• Cookie crafter brings organic sweetness to table
• Roll down Post Road in Push-n-Pull parade on July 4
• Fresh Air Fund helps create a bond for Darien Family
• Scout brings bees to Mather Meadows
• Do you know the history of Darien? Ask a 5th grader
• Raise your voice with DCA Blue Notes
• Darien kid earns honors for musicianship
Fireworks
• Special pullout guide to Sunday’s show at Darien High School
Opinion
• Editorial: Independence
• Letters: Fireworks for firefighters, sidewalks, affordable housing, Terrie Wood, lots of thanks
• Ryan: With state now subsidizing delis, where’s Darien’s cut?
• Wilder-Tamme: Good downtown vibrations
Opinion
Sports
• Support for Coach Lindley continues to come in
Happenings
• July 4th fun on July 5th at senior center
• Fictional band rocks the library
• Bring your book idea to library’s Pitchapalooza
• Raise your voice with DCA Blue Notes
• Senior center history talk: WPA murals
• Nature Center takes in kids so you can have night out
• Senior center talks weight control
• Darien Nature Center already planning fall programs
Arts & Leisure
• Marina Marchese of Weston came to beekeeping accidentally, but that hasn’t stopped her from creating her own apiary and becoming an internationally recognized honey tasting expert
• Caramoor’s weekend (in nearby Katonah, N.Y.) will feature an American Roots Music Festival on Saturday, with entertainment for the whole family starting at 12:30. 1B
• Keir Dullea will be at the Ridgefield Playhouse for a screening of his 1962 film, “David and Lisa,” on Friday, July 6
• BirdNotes: When you find a bird on the ground, what should you do?
• The traditional Antiques in the Churchyard show at Stevens Memorial United Methodist Church in South Salem, N.Y., will take place on July 4
• Jane Fonda in “Peace, Love and Misunderstanding”: playing a free-spirited liberal suits her, says the ReelDad. (Who’da thunk?)
• Test driver Steven Macoy likes the spacious and uncomplicated 2012 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium.
• Classifieds start on 7B
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