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Meet the authors of "Our Place Darien"

Written by VeronicaPonce on 05/10/2009

Wednesday, May 20, at 5:30pm

Bring the family for dinner and a story, with local authors Michelle Morfitt and Chris Gorman. Join us in celebrating our town in their delightful new book "Our Place Darien". Prizes will be given to children who take part in a local history quiz

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A Notice from the Darien Office of Emergency Managment

Written by Barbara T. on 03/18/2009

The Town of Darien, Office of Emergency Management, will be conducting a full-scale test of its Code Red™ Emergency Notification System. The test will be conducted on March 25, 2009 at 10:00 AM. “The importance of communication in an emergency cannot be emphasized strongly enough” stated Emergency Management Director Marc McEwan.

 
We would like to encourage our residents and its businesses to participate and ensure that they are included in the broadcast of this test and future emergency messages. The town relies on commercially available telephone data for our emergency notification database. This leaves out our community members who subscribe to either unlisted phone numbers, voice over internet phones, and in today’s society the heavy use of mobile phones. Our other area of concern;  is that many of our businesses and residents relocate to new locations and their phone numbers end up associated with their old address locations. This makes our ability to target a particularly affected population by a geographical area extremely difficult, due to its inaccuracies from out-dated contact information. 
 
Please help us to help all of you by going to the Town of Darien’s homepage at darienct.gov and enroll yourself into this important database. The link to enlist is located at the bottom of the town’s homepage.
 
Our community has tried to proactively ready itself for emergencies of all types; this is just an additional tool available to us, which we must periodically test these resources, before using it becomes necessary. The town has used this service a few times, since its inception, to notify residents regarding targeted zones, for burglary activity, and also suspected individuals spotted in a specific neighborhood. Our community members should not take for granted that their contact information is included, and their addresses are correct. The process to enlist is quick and simple and can be done on-line. However, people without internet access may call or stop in at the Fire Marshal’s Office located in Darien Town Hall.   

Meet the Candidates

Written by Erica B on 10/17/2008

On Tuesday, October 21st, the Darien League of Women Voters will sponsor Candidates' Night, an educational forum where you can meet the candidates running for election (State Senator for Districts 25 and 27; State Representative for District 141, and Board of Education) and hear a review of ballot questions. The event takes place at Darien Town Hall Auditorium, 2 Renshaw Road, from 7:30p.m. to 9:30p.m.

 

2008 Ballot Questions Guide Available at the Library

Written by Erica B on 10/17/2008

The League of Women Voters of Darien has compiled a non-partisan 2008 Ballot Question Guide that provides information on the two State of Connecticut questions and the five Darien Charter Revision questions that will appear on the ballot on November 4th. For each question, a background on the issue is presented as well as what it means to vote yes or no. Guides are available at the Darien Library Information Desk.

Electronics Recycling Update

Written by Anonymous on 08/10/2008

The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority has scheduled an Electronics Recycling Day for Saturday, September 13, for the Bridgeport Project Towns (including Darien, Norwalk, and Stamford). The collection will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Norwalk Highway Garage, 15 South Smith Street, Norwalk. (Directions)

This collection is for home electronics only. Electronics from businesses and institutions will not be accepted. Here's a list of things to bring:

     

  • Computers
  • Monitors
  • Cell phones
  • TVs
  • VCRs
  • Copiers
  • Fax machines
  • Printers
  • Radios
  • Stereos

Soaring above average

Written by Erica B on 07/17/2008

We're not talking about gas prices here! Money Magazine just published its Best Places to Live 2008, and Darien was listed as one of the top-25 earning towns in the country. Click here to take a look at how Darien compares to the rest of the Best Places to Live list.

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