For many of us, the arrival of warm weather means short sleeves and bare feet. For my family, it means that it’s time to clean, paint and get the boat into the water.
If you’re a member of Noroton Yacht Club or are fortunate enough to have a slip at the Darien Boat Club, you don’t need to [...]
One of two public beaches in Darien, Pear Tree Point is all beach (no park) but has what you might call a “kiddie beach” on the West side of the beach which makes it kind of nice for people with small children.
The “kiddie” beach faces the channel rather than the larger body of water which [...]
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Nice-to-Know Neighborhood Stats:
(1) Park(s) – Selleck’s Woods
(1) Playground(s) — Tokeneke School Playground
(1+) Beach(es) — Tokeneke Club (Private) Beach, plus countless additional beaches on private property
Train Station: Darien
Streets included in this school district:
Andrews Drive
Locust [...]
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(3) Park(s) – Cherry Lawn, Tilley Pond, Stony Brook Park
(2) Playground(s) — Royle School Playground, Cherry Lawn Playground
(0) Beach(es)
Train Station: Darien
Streets included in this school district:
Academy Street
Norman Lane
Allen O’Neill Drive
Noroton Avenue [...]
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(0) Park(s)
(1) Playground(s) — Ox Ridge School Playground
(0)Beach(es)
Ox Ridge Hunt Club
Train Station: Darien, New Canaan Streets included in this school district:
Allwood Road
Maywood Court
Althea Lane
Maywood Hill
Barringer Road
Maywood Road
Birch [...]
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(1) Park(s) – Woodland Park
(1) Playground(s) — Holmes School Playground
(0) Beach(es)
Train Station: Noroton Heights
Streets included in this school district:
Abbey Road
Homestead Road
Alpine Lane
Hoyt Court
Beechwood Road
Hoyt Street #1-246
Bellevale Street
Intervale Road
Bittersweet [...]
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(2) Park(s) – Weed Beach Park, Baker Park
(3) Playground(s) — Hindley School Playground, McGuane Playground, Baker Playground
(2) Beach(es) — Pear Tree Point, Weed Beach
Train Station: Noroton Heights
Streets included in this [...]
(Darien Station morning departures, Weekdays)
Among the many advantages that Darien offers residents is its convenient proximinity to NYC.
It’s just a 50 minute train ride from Darien or Noroton Heights station to Grand Central Station, the trains are clean and the people riding them – for the most part- are civilized.
Having been both a regular [...]
PARKING
If you do not have a parking permit, you cannot park at the Noroton Heights station: you need to leave from the Darien station. The Darien train station offers permit parking in addition to daily, weekly and monthly parking on a first-come first-served basis: cash only.
The waitlist for a permit at the Darien Train Station [...]
This is definitely going to be an evolving post, as bathrooms in stores are not really something you notice unless you’re in desperate need to find one. However, when you’re out and about running errands and are in desperate need, you are so grateful to find one that you vow eternal loyalty to that store. [...]
When I was growing up, there were at least 4 hardware stores in town that I knew of … and over the years I guess the Home Depot in Norwalk has driven them out of town. Even I will admit that when it comes to any kind of home improvement project or a need for [...]
If it’s never happened to you before, I hope it will soon: you’re going about your busy daily life which takes you through downtown Darien at some point, and tolling through the air you notice the sound of church bells playing “Danny Boy,” and you take a deep breath and allow yourself just an instant [...]
.alOkay, I might get an eye roll here and you might be suspicious that I am perhaps related to someone at Plamer’s Market because of all the coverage I give them, but I assure you: I’m not, and the fact is that I continue to find new things that they offer that make my life [...]
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