Here are the latest Darien property sales recorded in the Town Clerk's Office property transfers book as of May 3.
Locations for these properties, listed as sold in the Town Clerk's Office, can be seen on the attached map (links go to online real estate descriptions):
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The celebrated children's author was best known for his book "Where The Wild Things Are."
Ridgefield's famed children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died Tuesday. The celebrated children's author, best known for his book "Where The Wild Things Are," was "widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century," the New York Times reports. The Times reports that Mr. Sendak died of complications from a recent stroke, according to his longtime editor, Michael di Capua. "Where The Wild Things Are" was published in 1963, and the story of a little boy named Max who sails into his dreams to have a "wild rumpus" with imaginative, sometimes nightmarish monsters was a bestseller. The Times described his work: "In book after book, Mr. Sendak upended the staid, centuries-old tradition of American …
The legendary newsman passed away at Waveny Care Center, surrounded by family.
Former CBS news correspondent, Mike Wallace, who was known for his tenacity and direct interviewing style, died on Saturday night at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan. Wallace, who was 93, lived at Waveny for the past few years. His stepdaughter, Pauline Dora, is a New Canaan resident. According to CBS News, Wallace passed peacefully, surrounded by his family. "I am sad, but I rejoice at the fact we had him for such a long time and the kids will never forget their grandfather," Dora told Patch. New Canaan resident Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of '60 Minutes' said in a statement, "All of us at CBS News and particularly at '60 Minutes' owe so much to Mike. Without him and his iconic style, there probably wouldn't be…
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The famous American painter from Los Gatos, CA, died Friday at the age of 54.
The Los Gatos, CA arts community was mourning the death of America's "Painter of Light" Friday with news that Thomas Kinkade had died. "Thom," as he was dearly called by friends and fellow artists in Los Gatos, is being remembered for bringing art to mainstream America, regardless of income levels and socio-economic backgrounds. "He had come to be an extremely affable man," said Los Gatos painter David Stonesifer, whose paintings grace local homes along with those of Kinkade's. "He was acting like a free spirit ... it was sort of like the kind of thing you wish would have happened to him years ago to have it reflected in his paintings." Stonesifer said he was "deeply saddened with the news." Millions of his "Kinkade paintings" adorn walls …
The late art critic and editor Hilton Kramer was feared for his lashing critiques of modern art movements and artists, but his thunderbolts were hurled by a mild-mannered man who lived on a quiet lane in Westport.
Hilton Kramer, a widely read art critic who died Tuesday at the age of 84, hurled thunderbolts at major figures and movements in the art world for decades, often from his home on a quiet back road in Westport. He wasn't just admired for his insights and knowledge. He was also feared for his courage in identifying what he found awful. It didn't matter how popular it was or how many enemies he made by saying what, according to his best judgment, he thought was true. New York magazine dubbed him the "scourge of the art world," and Newsweek reported in the mid-1990s that according to one survey he was the second-most read critic in that world. Kramer was said to be the kind of critic that "the galleries and museums of New York keep an eye out …
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The Norway native was a real estate agent in Rowayton and Darien.
Finn Wettergreen of Rowayton, died on March 24, 2012 at his home in Rowayton, CT. He was 67. Finn was born in Oslo, Norway on June 10, 1944. His parents were Frederik Wettergreen and Hjordis “Vesla” Amundsen. During his early years Finn attended schools in Oslo and then immigrated to the United States as a foreign exchange student while his mother was working in Michigan. He graduated from Midland High School in Michigan in 1962. Afterwards, he attended the University of Delaware and then returned to Oslo to complete a business degree at Handels Gymnasium in 1966. Finn was in the international tanker business for over 35 years, first working at Stolt Nielsen Ltd. in NYC (where he met Terry, on the 64th floor of the Chrysler Building) and …
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Lee Cushman, 73, of Darien died on Tuesday. Viewing hours at the Smith and Sefcik Funeral Home in Milford are from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, and the funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Lee Sumner Cushman, 73, of Darien died on Tuesday, March 13, from pancreatic cancer. "She was skiing with her grandkids three weekends ago, snorkling with friends in FL a month ago, touring in Italy with the Smith Choir six months ago and Heliskiing only five years ago," her daughter, Jessica Cushman wrote to Patch. "She was a huge life force and we will all miss her terribly." She was born in Boston, MA on June 24, 1938 daughter of the late Thurston Bradford Sumner and Jessica White Pirie. Raised in Milford, CT with her three late brothers, Richard Bradford Sumner, William White Sumner and Thurston Bradford Sumner Jr. She went to Smith College and was a member of the class of 1960. She was married to Robert Edgar Cushman for 37 years…
Susan Bathryck Fischer graduated from Darien High School in 1956 and lived in the house that later became the Darien-Norwalk YWCA.
Susan Bathrick Fischer, 73, died peacefully at home on Feb. 12, in the embrace of her family, after a valiant battle against cancer and the lingering effects of childhood polio. Born in 1938 in New York City, she spent her childhood in Darien. Her father was John Bathrick; her mother, the former Margaret Holmes. The family homestead is now the headquarters of the Darien-Norwalk YWCA. Susan Bathryck contracted polio in 1945, an experience that significantly shaped her force of character and the intense drive that defined the way she grappled with life and engaged the people around her. She graduated from Darien High School in 1956, where she was active in student government, attending Skidmore College in Saratoga, New York, followed by a …
The most interesting of today's comments from Patch account-holders in your town and neighboring communities.
DARIEN: "Please do not appeal the loss of the track team title. Darien didn't win. End of story. The events were unfortunate, but it was an honest data entry mistake, and in the end, another team scored more points than Darien. There is nothing to appeal. Make this a teaching moment. Show the kids that we accept both wins and losses. And if they want to win, well then encourage the team to try harder next year. Don't turn this into a New Canaan third place trophy bonfire event. Don't turn this into a Ridgefield punch the ump event. The Darien girls did great, but another team did a little better. Send that other team a note of congratulations signed by every girl on the Darien track team, saying we look forward to competing against them …
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David Gaillard, 44, of Bozeman, MT and a Greenwich native, died New Year's Eve in an avalanche in Montana.
Greenwich native and avid conservationist David Gaillard reportedly died in an avalanche while cross-country skiing in the Rocky Mountains of Montana during the New Years weekend, according to reports. Gaillard, 44, of Bozeman, Montana, was reportedly skiing in the Hayden Creek drainage, located in the Absaroka Mountains “just beyond the back northeastern doorstep of Yellowstone National Park,” on Saturday, Dec. 31, when the avalanche occurred, according to reports in the Summit County Citizens Voice and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Gaillard’s wife, Kerry Corcoran Gaillard, was reportedly skiing with him at the time but was not caught in the slide. As per an obituary posted to a memorial page set up on Facebook, David Lee Gaillard was born…
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David Gurliacci
10:50 am on Monday, April 9, 2012
From the New York Times "Reactions" link, above. This is the kind of thing that sounds so intrusive (about his loss of memory) that if a family member had told it to me before his death, I'd have asked the interviewee again whether he or she really wanted to make it public. On the other hand, I can't point to any harm it would have done when he said it or afterward: "In a recent interview, Mr. … more ›