The Nash Island gazebo returned to the Noroton Bay shoreline after Jim and Marion Friend had it rebuilt to same 1800s design after the original was destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene last year. (Darien Times/David DesRoches)
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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
• Plastic bag ban makes next RTM agenda
• Controversial DHA commissioner’s term not re-upped
• Mother daughter business advises women on finances
• Hall of Fame boat designer talks legacy
• Town remembers 9/11
• Redistricting error adjusts map again
• Selectmen talk sidewalk policy
• Town teams up with attorney general for texting and driving campaign
• Special ed teachers increased, aides reduced
• Bronx woman busted for forgery, larceny
• Darien teen inspired by refugee camp in Lebanon
• Nash Island gazebo returns to shoreline
Opinion
• Editorial: The vetting process
• Letters: Support of Hagerty-Ross, Schneider-Zuro for Board of Ed, developer says he’s not desperate, support for plastic bag ban, no evidence reducing deer = reducing Lyme disease
• Ryan: Like the Red Sox, state finds itself near the bottom
• Cameron: Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry
• Natale: The end of summer and a secret garden
Obituaries
• Jessie Walker Searles: Former Darienite, avid Mets fan
• Jeannette (Keller) McLaughlin, mother of Darienite, avid reader
Sports
• Fucigna starts junior year Davidson’s premier
• Gulick top 10 in USA
• Swim-dive car wash Saturday
Happenings
• Republican Town Committee hosts annual fundraiser Saturday
• Library features “Romantics Anonymous”
• League of Women Voters welcomes Gov. Malloy next week
• DCA hosts “royal” afternoon tea
• Library to host busy moms panel
• YMCA reopens Saturday with family event
• Darien Road Race Sunday at Pear Tree Point Beach
• DCA fall art lecture series to feature Frick collection
• Hackers for Hope at Wee Burn Country Club Friday
• Big Rig Gig returns this month
Schools
• Hindley earns Blue Ribbon status
• Teen Times reporter talks about finding the perfect balance in teenage life
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