Jack DeVicaris, left, Aubrey DeVicaris, Ryan Baiera, Olivia DeVicaris, Kyle Baiera and Drew Baierai get their patriotic groove on at the YWCA Push-n-Pull Parade held on Independence Day. There are many more photos of the eighth annual July 4th parade are in this week’s Darien Times. (Darien Times/Laureen Vellante photo)
Here’s a look at what’s in 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
• Darien woman, 45, drowns in pool
• Pool accidents are not rare, says health director, who offers safety tips
• Former Allen-O’Neill residents coming from near and far to say good-bye
• Sound wisdom series: Rising seas, invasive species concern coastal property owners
• How to help keep the Long Island Sound healthy
• Sidewalk sales feature deals and fun for children
• Police arrest car thief at gunpoint
• False gun report; but group busted downtown with stolen gift cards
• Many more police reports this week
• Schools name new assistant special education director
• Is your dog licensed?
• Push-n-Pull parade brings red, white and blue down the Post Road
• Darien student selected for National Honors choir
• Kiwanis give $17,000 to graduating Darien seniors
Opinion
• Editorial: McMahon’s free pass
• Ryan: Wasting your money on state tourism; remembering a legislative legend
• Letters: Voting, growing enrollment?, sidewalk sales, sign proposal, a special town, Weed’s weeds
Obituaries
• Amy Buffington McCann
• Joan S. Love
• Grace Whitney Clarendon
• Ruth Ripley Wemple
• Janet Ford Borden
• Ronald J. Balboni
• Kendall G. Getman
Business
• JuneRay Wines: Darienite’s dream of her own wine business comes true
• Property transfers
• Darien home gets green honor
• Late bloomer? Talk demystifies computers
• Solar panel company plans to help Darien Environmental Group with sales
Sports
• Host Middlesex takes town Relays
• Baseball: Darien 13’s once more D1 champs
• Chelsea Piers Connecticut hosts squash events July, Aug.
Happenings
• Sidewalk sales feature deals and fun for children
• Downtown summer concert series continues Friday
• ‘Houdini’ author visits library
• RTC gears up for fall fundraiser
• A free afternoon of dance classes next week
• Fictional band rocks out at library
• Ukulele classes at senior center — and the library
• Darien Road Race celebrates 33 years
• At library: Late bloomer? Talk demystifies computers
• A Londoner recalls WWII
• YW’s newcomers club hosts events for new Darien residents
• Get physical therapy advice and free lunch at the senior center
• ‘Seating Arrangements’ author speaks at library
• Qigong comes to the senior center
• Library hosts astronomy workshop
Arts & Leisure
• This week, cover feature is about Jennifer Stocker, a young designer and
Darien High School grad, who’s launched a line of clothing and home goods
called Sail to Sable
• Sidewalk sales this weekend in Greenwich and New Canaan
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opens in New Canaan
• The new exhibits opening this weekend at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield are grouped under the theme ‘united states’
• To Rome with Love: a vintage Woody Allen comedy, but missing something. Reel Dad
• CJ Chenier and His Red Hot Louisiana Band will be at Ridgefield’s Ballard Park next Tuesday, July 17
• BirdNotes: Birds really appreciate a drink, and a bath now and then
• Classifieds start on 7B
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