You’ve no doubt seen the absolutely mind-blowingly fabulous new library building getting its finishing touches on the Post Road, and from what I hear this new building is going to completely change the way we think of a Library experience!

However, I do have a bit of a lump in my throat hearing that the doors to the little building on Leroy where I spent so much time as a young student are actually going to close this weekend.  Forever!?!

I hope she won’t mind, but I would like to post the note the Head of the Children’s Department sent me, as it is packed with great information that I think we’d all be interested in … click the link to read more. Click To Read More of This Post

So my exciting announcement today is that the AllAboutarien.com Real Estate Guide now offers ~ ** VIDEO LISTINGS ~ **!!

Did you know that the Real Estate section is the second most frequently visited section of the entire AllAboutDarien.com site?!  And that basic listings and Open House listings are FREE for everyone????  And that the listings are like mini websites, and you can advertise their links anywhere you want AND even assign your listing a unique URL (www.youraddress.com)????? And that this real estate guide combines houses and apartments for sale or rent By Owner AND by Realtor?  AND has commercial listings for sale or lease as well?  AND you can search houses and apartments BY SCHOOL DISTRICT?  And did you know that you can have an upgraded listing that shows up on the HOMEPAGE of this site (see Featured Listing, lower left margin!) AND includes your Open House Listing in the AllAbout This Weekend Newsletter AND can even show a video tour of your home???????????

Whether you’re selling your home, someone else’s home or know friends who are looking for homes in Darien, the AllAboutDarien.com Real Estate Guide is the place to be listed to SELL, and the place for BUYERS to FIND their Darien home or office.  Hundreds of buyers a month are visiting the guide and every minute you’re not there is a lost opportunity for a sale! It’s FREE!  Don’t be SILLY!!  Please forward this post to everyone you know to help me spread the word!

So they’ve gone ahead and done it, and if you live in the area you have probably been bracing yourself for the eventuality, but if you don’t you should brace yourself: it’s a big pain.  The Hollow Tree Ridge Road train and highway bridge (right at Noroton Heights train station) has been closed to traffic.

Now foot traffic is still allowed (thank God, if it weren’t the 5 minute walk to the train so many of us enjoy in the neighborhood would increase by at least 25 minutes).  However, for those of you who use Hollow Tree Ridge Road to get across town and through Noroton Heights, you need to plan a good 10 minutes of detour time to your route, or try to find another way that’s more direct.

And remember NOT to SPEED … if you think you’ll be able to zoom down Heights Road to make up for lost time, you’ll be sorry when Darien’s Finest pulls you over: I regularly see cars getting tickets on this road, and I imagine they’ll be paying closer attention to Maple Ave, which runs parallel to Heights Road but on the other side of the tracks & highway, as well.

I think I read that this is going to be a 6-month project … anyone?

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