Darien Police have learned that an additional two cars were stolen from BMW of Darien over night in late August, bringing the total number of cars stolen to eight.
Car theft investigation yields two more stolen Darien BMWs
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Last lobstermen battle bureaucrats and each other as fishery struggles to rebound
It’s been eight months since Darienite Roger Frate checked his lobster pots in the western Long Island Sound. Why?
“Financially, we can’t do it,” Frate said, throwing his hands in the air. Instead, the 40-plus year lobsterman is trying his hands at clams and oysters, which he said haven’t been too bad lately. Continue reading
Public, lawmakers gather to combat climate change
Shoreline communities across Connecticut face an unprecedented foe that threatens the very foundation upon which these communities are built: climate change. Continue reading
Lobstermen blame pesticides for declining population
A stack of files piled a foot high rests on Roger Frate’s legs as he attempts to explain 13 years of advocacy against the chemical pesticides that he says are ruining the Long Island Sound lobster fishery. Each file holds records Frate has collected after spending thousands of hours in meetings across the East Coast, trying to end the use of chemical pesticides that kill mosquitoes to control the spread of West Nile virus. Continue reading
Rising seas, invasive species concern coastal property owners
Sally Knowlton-Keen lost her shoe in the logy muck of a Darien marsh back in 1959. She was 7, and her family had just bought a home on Edgehill Drive for $35,000. But losing her shoe wasn’t a horrific moment, as it might have been for some children. Instead it was the beginning of a deep reverence for this natural habitat; a reverence fueled by a curiosity and wonder that has stayed with her over the past half century.But these days, Knowlton-Keen fears something far worse than losing footwear — the death of the marsh itself. Continue reading
Northeastern seas rising faster than global average
While the health of the Long Island Sound is arguably better than it’s been in 40 years, climate change brings another dimension to the complex issue as rising sea levels threaten to challenge the delicate balance between nature and human civilization.
Lawyer points out several holes in stabbed-cabbie’s story
In another move to end the case against a Morgan Stanley banker charged with stiffing and stabbing a Queens, N.Y., cab driver, Bridgeport lawyer Gene Riccio has filed a supplemental motion to dismiss the case based on “false statements and material omissions” filed by Darien Police in the arrest warrant.
Ongoing service defines Vietnam vet’s patriotism
While many war veterans hang up their uniform once their service time ends, for Darien resident Phil Kraft, the fight for freedom has continued decades after he left Vietnam. This fight, however, is not against Communism or terrorism or other foreign entities. It’s a battle for American veterans’ rights.
He said, he said: Banker and cabbie disagree over details
It’s a case of one man’s word against another’s. One, a Queens cab driver of Egyptian descent, faces another, a white Morgan Stanley banker from Darien, in a court battle over a ride that ended in a haze of competing facts, allegations and a bloodied hand.
Man faces bigotry, assault charges after scuffle with cab driver
A Knollwood Lane man faces charges of assault, larceny and racially-charged intimidation after a December cab ride from Manhattan to Darien went awry. But, according to the man’s lawyer, he was abducted by the driver.
David DesRoches 