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Jennifer Carrs, a trainer at Serenity Show Stable, takes Yo Yo back to his paddock on Great Island in Darien, Conn., on Thursday June 29, 2022. Jennifer Leahy, a real estate agent who sold the property to the town, gave a tour of the land.

A tour of Great Island: Orchards, horses, a 1930s Lincoln sedan

Parker Farris previously practices parading with Peyton Mathis, at the Darien Pull-n-Pull Parade at the Darien High School on Sunday July 4, 2021. The Darien VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW Post 6933 is hosting the seventh annual Darien/Norwalk July 4th Push-n-Pull Parade event for the July 4th, 2022, Independence Day, and Fourth of July holiday on Monday, July 4, from the Darien High School, and down Noroton Avenue in the town, and then to the Post, which is also in the town.

Community news: Darien’s Push-n-Pull parade details, and more

Great Island in Darien, Conn., photographed on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The town of Darien is in negotiations with the property owners to purchase the 63-acre island and estate.

The final vote is in: Darien will buy Great Island for $103M

The Mather Homestead Foundation recently raised funds for gardening, and beautification projects on the Homestead’s property at its second annual Garden Tea event May 26, on the property, which is located at 19 Stephen Mather Road in Darien.

Kids can tour Mather Homestead for free this summer. Here’s why.

Two Darien High School seniors have been selected as spring 2022 interns in the Stamford-based SoundWaters environmental education organization’s spring internship program. Sophie Petti, and Lila Degenarro are working for five weeks at the organization’s Coastal Education Center at the Cove Island Park in Stamford.

Two Darien High seniors dive into internships at SoundWaters

Ox Ridge PTO hosts its building send-off event called “Spray Goodbye to Ox Ridge” at Ox Ridge Elementary School in Darien, Conn., on Saturday June 18, 2022. Taking part in the fun from left to right is Olivia Carlson, Ava Carlson, Amy Wyson and Ellie Stewart. Families and staff purchased a “demolition art kit” full of kid-friendly art supplies (spray chalk, window markers, paint sticks, etc) which they used to decorate the outside of the building with farewell messages, before its demolition in a few weeks.

Saying goodbye to a Darien school with chalk, paint, tears

Swimmers take to the water at the Swim Across America Fairfield County event at Cummings Point in Stamford, Conn. Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. More than $360,000 was raised at the event for the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, a local nonprofit that funds research in cell and gene therapies to treat cancer. Swimmers swam routes ranging from half a mile to three miles as hundreds cheered them on from the shore.

Stamford-based research center to benefit from swim-a-thon

The Darien Library is inviting readers of all ages to participate in its 2022 summer reading program: “Expedition Blue Wave” for children, the Teen Summer Challenge for tweens and teens, and “Make a Splash” for adults. Readers have through Aug. 14 to read books and enter challenges for a chance to win prizes.

Community news: Darien Library offers summer reading, and more

Great Island in Darien photographed on Tuesday, April 12. The town is in negotiations with the property owners to purchase the 63-acre island and estate.

2 Darien boards OK Great Island fund using current rental money

Darien High School, exterior with sign, photographed on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Students beg school officials to rethink academic pressure

Stamford education group receives grant

Nelson Oliveira

June 24, 2016

First County Bank's Willard Miley and Mark Rosenbloom present Matthew Quinones, center, CEO of the Stamford Public Education Foundation, with a $3,500 grant to help fund the group’s nationally-recognized mentoring program. — First County Bank's Willard Miley and Mark Rosenbloom present Matthew Quinones, center, CEO of the Stamford Public Education Foundation, with a $3,500 grant to help fund the group’s nationally-recognized mentoring program.Contributed

STAMFORD — The Stamford Public Education Foundation has received a $3,500 grant to support its nationally-recognized mentoring initiative.

The grant, awarded by First County Bank Foundation, will be used toward the Stamford Mentoring Program, an effort launched in 2010 to provide students in need of additional academic and/or social support with resources and guidance.

The program serves students in all school levels and in all college and career endeavors.

During the current school year, the foundation provided mentoring services to 736 students in grades three to 12, a 52 percent increase over last year, according to a news release.