Darien News

Police arrested two men in Darien Monday following two early-morning armed robberies and are investigating whether they are linked to similar robberies over the past month in Norwalk.

University of Connecticut police have arrested a man they say lied to investigators - twice - when he told them he didn't know about the fatal stabbing of football player Jasper Howard last month.

New York City office workers who got carried away during the Yankees' victory parade Friday apparently began tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get their hands on confetti.

Republican David Campbell won the three-way race for Darien's first selectman with 69 percent of the votes Tuesday night.

Chris Noe, the petitioning candidate who ran unsuccessfully for Darien first selectman, served nearly three years in prison for first-degree assault after he was arrested on charges of shooting a man in Stonington in 1983.

The era of the local family business is alive and well in the Troilo clan. Nicholas, Robert and Peter form the Nicholas Roberts Group, which has, since 1990, been a successful and well-respected wine merchant in Darien.

Four high school students charged with assault after January fights outside Stamford High School in which two boys were wounded pleaded guilty in state Superior Court on Tuesday.

Two people suspected of stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix's airport have been arrested by police who found heaps of the stolen bags throughout their home.

The number of bodies found in and near a rapist's home rose to at least 10 on Tuesday when authorities unearthed four corpses from the backyard and found a skull in a bucket in the basement.

Darien Senior Center hosts wellness lecture series The Darien Senior Center, 30 Edgerton Court in Darien, will host a Norwalk Hospital lecture series as a community service starting today, according to a news release.

Chris Noe, the petitioning candidate running for first selectmen, served nearly three years in prison for first-degree assault after he was arrested on charges of shooting a man in Stonington in 1983.

A jovial President Armando Guebuza was among the first voters Wednesday in Mozambican elections that are expected to return him and his party to power.

His voice low, his words sharp, Albert Haynesworth questioned teammates' desire after his Washington Redskins ' 27-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.

The YWCA Darien/Norwalk Newcomers fall kickoff party will be held at the Noroton Yacht Club at 23 Baywater Dr., on Friday, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. This event is open to all YWCA Darien/Norwalk Newcomers Club members and their spouses/partners as well as those new to town who are interested in joining the YWCA.

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has demanded that a Pennsylvania-based T- shirt seller stop selling T-shirts and other merchandise that memorializes slain UConn football player Jasper Howard.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell spends time with Darien Board of Selectmen candidate Jayme Stevenson at a luncheon at a private home Friday to support the Darien Republican candidates.

A second man has pleaded guilty in Connecticut to kidnapping and raping a Connecticut jogger in 2003.

A woman has been charged with threatening to kill everyone in a Bridgeport lawyer's office.

A string of thefts from area funeral homes continued in Darien last week. A Dooney Bourke wallet containing $30 to $50 in cash and a Social Security card were reported stolen from Edward Lawrence Funeral Home at 2119 Post Road on Friday.

Way back in the dark ages of the 1950s, it was often said that women's place was in the kitchen, but if that was really so in Darien, they certainly cooked up the right recipes for community vitality.