A NEW YEAR — Olivia Fordyce, Lindsey Bonfils, Ali Barnaud, Logan Ethere and Tatum Fine are excited to head back to Middlesex Middle School after a fun summer. (Darien TImes/Laureen Vellante)
In this week’s Darien Times:
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
• Department of Justice closes case on Darien
• Smooth start to school this week, but Spanish curriculum delayed in elementary schools
• Housing projects popping up all around town
• Six BMWs stolen from dealership
• Thriving Youth, YMCA invites family to bonding dinner
• First Selectman Jayme Stevenson reps state, town at Republican National Convention
• Train ads cause furor, charges of anti-Islam bigotry
• Metro-North nixes early train ticket expirations
• The Heights at Darien won’t have four bedroom units
• Church protest turnout low, but raises some concerns
• Police blotter: teen punches mom, bikes stolen
Opinion
• Editorial: Big brother
• Letters: Support of Hagerty-Ross, Schneider-Zuro for Board of Ed, Chiaramonte for state senate, support for plastic bag ban, questioning first selectman on emergency service response times
• Cameron: Metro-North’s ticket rules are still a rip-off
• Volpicelli: Darien social a real hometown joint
• New column — Natale: An art show, sundaes and rock n’ roll
Obituaries
• Varina Mason Steuert, active supporter of the arts
• Margaret Gallinger Cone Berg, former Darienite
• Margery Ann Woodberry, mother, grandmother of Darien residents
• Betty Ann Morris, Red Cross volunteer
• Christopher D. Perez, worked as rehab counselor
• Louis Persico Sr., Army and Navy veteran
Sports
• Youth football has roots in teamwork, saftey
• Life’s a beach for volleyball player Cody Coughlin
• Runners unite to help young girls with self-esteem
• Annual Blue Wave hockey car wash
Happenings
• Darien churches preparing to ‘Feed My Starving Children”
• YMCA holding ribbon cutting ceremony to reopen after renovations
• Barrett Bookstore, DCA to host author Lee Woodruff
• Cops for Kids offering chance for adventure
• League of Women voters luncheon will feature Gov. Malloy as speaker
Schools
• Organizer offers back to school tips
• Teen Times reporter Brendan Ferguson shows the first day of a school from a teenager’s view
Business
• New yoga studio opens downtown this weekend
• Wells Fargo hires new associate
Arts & Leisure
• Karen Summerton grew up in Darien and her goal has always been to entertain people: She¹s making it her career in New York City, as a stand-up
comic and actress.
comic and actress.
• The Green Corn Festival, an American Indian harvest celebration, takes place this weekend at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y
•Blues, Views, and Barbecue: a great combination for a weekend festival at the Levitt Pavilion and the grounds of the Westport Library Saturday and
Sunday.
Sunday.
• The Mark Twain Library¹s 52nd Book Fair will open Friday, Aug. 31, and run
through Monday, Sept. 2
through Monday, Sept. 2
• The Reel Dad really liked Julie Delpy¹s new film, with Chris Rock, 2 Days in New York.
• Mary Chapin Carpenter and her band will be at the Norwalk Concert Hall on Sept. 6.
• Classifieds start on 7B
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