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Missing New Canaan Man Found, Maritime Aquarium Launches Renovations

A roundup of today's stories from the Towns Around Us.

Darien: on the east side of Post Road near Hecker Avenue Tuesday morning, closing the Post Road to be closed to traffic in both directions until the afternoon. According to Keith Barker, owner of , a male driver headed northbound on Post Road veered suddenly into the pole around 11 a.m. No serious injuries were reported. Power was shut down along part of Post Road around 11:50 a.m. as CL&P crews worked to repair the pole and was restored just after 2 p.m.

New Canaan: A 22-year-old New Canaan man with autism was located on Tuesday afternoon after he voluntarily entered a hospital in Westchester, according to police. Robert O. Brown was last seen near Vitti Street on Monday and New Canaan police issued a silver alert the next day. According to police, Brown was unharmed.

Norwalk: kicked off on Monday and includes a new, 5,600-gallon Shark & Ray Touch Pool, a "school-bus-size" interactive map of Long Island Sound and removal of a staircase. The aquarium will remain open throughout the project.

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Ridgefield: Parents living on and around Lakeside Drive addressed members of the Board of Education Monday night after school bus drivers were directed this year by the district to bypass small roads in area because of state statutes, leaving only one stop on Bennet's Farm Road. According to Superintendent Deborah Low, allowing buses to travel down those narrow roads would

Stamford, Norwalk: U.S. Attorney David B. Fein credited the Stamford, and Westport Police Departments and other law enforcement agencies on Tuesday as being important forces in . According to the Department of Justice, at least three agents of the Transportation Security Administration and two police officers were arrested Monday for their participation in a large oxycodone smuggling ring that operated between Connecticut and Florida. The arrests were the result of "Operation Blue Coast," which began five months ago.

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