Darien Morning Briefing: 5.22.12, Tuesday

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Today is Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

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HEADLINES:

News & opinion:

Darien Man Arrested for Choking His Wife

Darien Eye on the Beltway: Lieberman on U.S. Response to Syria

McMahon Says Shays Should Drop Out

'We Are Very Lucky to Have This School in the Area...'

Sports:

Darien SportsBeat: Things That Made Me Go, 'Wow!'

Features:

EVENTS & REMINDERS 

Adults:

• Book Club’s ‘Writers’ Workshop’: 10:30 a.m. Darien Community Association. " During this popular luncheon, attendees will be entertained by Writers’ Workshop members as they read some of the work they penned during the 2011-2012 season."—from on Darien Patch

• Polar bear lecture: 7 p.m. Darien Library. Presented by Andy Griswold, the director of ecotravel for Connecticut Audubon Society. "This lecture will show you the bears in their spectacular habitat and one of the world's most wonderful natural phenomena, the annual Polar Bear Migration along the Hudson Bay coast."—library announcement

Ongoing:

• Food Drive for Person-to-Person: "For the month of May, the Darien Rowayton Bank branch, at 1001 Post Road, will be collecting non-perishable food items to benefit Person-to-Person. Janet King, Director of Volunteers, says “This is such a great way to help the increased number of our neighbors in need who come to us daily for food. We are in need of more food due to slow economic recovery. Please stop in the Bank and give what you can."—from the  on Darien Patch
• Submit art to the 54th Annual Darien Art Show & Sale: "Artists may enter up to two pieces of artwork, with a registration fee of $20 for adults and $10 for Students per submission. The Darien Arts Center encourages all interested artists to pre-register online through  its website."— on Darien Patch
• Crazy for Quilts ~ Scrapbooks in Silk and Satin: "Elegant, silk crazy quilts from the collection of the Darien Historical Society."—from on Darien Patch
  

Parents:

• Eagle Hill-Southport School: 9 to 10:30 a.m. At the school in Southport, which is "designed for bright, capable students experiencing academic difficulties because of a learning disability.  The school offers these children a chance to develop a foundation of academic competence and enhance their self-esteem.  These admissions presentations, led by the Headmaster, allow prospective parents to learn about the school's philosophy, tour the school, and meet with the Director of Admissions.  An RSVP to Carolyn Lavender, Director of Admissions, at (203) 254-2044 is required."— on Darien Patch 
• Methodist Family Center Preschool Camp: "MFCP is offering camp for preschool children starting May 29 and ending June 29"—from on Darien Patch
• New Methodist Family Center Preschool program for 4-year-olds: "MFCP is offering the new Navigators program to students enrolled in the four-year-old classes this fall."—from on Darien Patch.
• YWCA Toddler Time and Summer Fun Registration for 2012-2013
• at the Darien Nature Center

Kids:

• Toddler Tales: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Storytime Room, Darien Library. "Walkers up to 36 months and caregiver."—library announcement
• 2 to 6-year-olds family storytime
• Indian Ledge Park Road, Trumbull. "Racing on Tuesday nights, May into September! Practice from 5 to 6:45 p.m. Racing starts at 7 p.m. If you can ride a bicycle, we have a racing class for you! Riders race against other riders of the same age and ability. Never an admission fee for spectators! $6 to race (you have to join USABMX to race). Come on out and see what BMX is all about!"—from on Darien Patch

Teens:

• Darien High School schedule: "B" Day. Order of periods: 3|4|1 6|7|8|5
• Darien Depot: May Calendar

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• Dark Shadows: 7:30 p.m. PG-13 (1 hr. 53 min.)—"Are you stoned or something?" "They tried stoning me, my dear. It did not work."—IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes

• Marvel's The Avengers: 7 p.m. PG-13 (2 hrs. 22 min.). "Dr. Banner, your work is unparalleled, and I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster." "Thanks."—IMDb—trailer—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes

FORECAST as of 11:28 p.m. Monday (update)

• Tuesday: "A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then a slight chance of showers after 1pm."
• Tuesday Night: "A slight chance of showers. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 60."
• Tide information

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

All meetings take place in , 2 Renshaw Rd., unless otherwise noted. Since Darien town government provides no reliable, centralized list of town government meetings, and there is not enough time in the day to go searching for them, this list may well be incomplete:

BOE Central Office/Mather Community Center Building Committee

Board of Education

Board of Selectmen

Board of Education

Darien Housing Authority

INTERSTATE 95 TRAFFIC CAMS

See also Darien Patch's "Traffic & Gas Prices" page.

• Stamford: southbound, Exit 8 - Elm St.

• Stamford: northbound, south of Exit 9 - Lockwood Ave.

• Darien southbound, north of Exit 9 - Darien Service Plaza

• Darien northbound Exit 12 - Tokeneke Rd.

• Darien northbound, south of Exit 13 - Darien Service Plaza

• Darien southbound, Exit 13 - Rt. 1 (Boston Post Rd.)

• Norwalk southbound, Exit 15 - Stuart Ave.

• Norwalk Rt 7 south of Exit 1 - Connecticut Ave.

• Norwalk northbound, Exit 15 - Rt. 7

HOW TO USE PATCH:

• Claim your business's Darien Patch listing

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service.