Darien

Interstate 84 East in Vernon is closed after a crash and traffic is beginning to get by after a truck fire on Interstate 95 in Darien.

Interstate 84 East in Vernon is closed after a crash and traffic is beginning to get by after a truck fire on Interstate 95 in Darien.

Interstate 95 North in Darien was closed because of a tractor-trailer fire, according to state police, but the highway has reopened. The highway was closed between exits 12 and 13, according to CT Travel Smart.

Darien High School tops a list of the Best High Schools in Connecticut, according to a new national ranking of schools by U.S. News & World Report. The yearly list ranks high schools in each state using a number of factors. Those factors include college readiness — or the proportions of 12-graders who took and earned a qualifying score on…

Two boaters died and two others were in critical condition after their boat capsized off Stamford Sunday.

Two men have died and two others in critical condition after a boat capsized on Long Island Sound on Sunday morning. Emergency crews from several departments were alerted of a report of a possible small boat in distress in Long Island Sound off of Shippan Point in Stamford around 10:20 a.m. Officials with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental…

A school board in Darien, an affluent Connecticut suburb, has rejected a school choice plan that would have had it take in 16 students from the city of Norwalk. The Darien Board of Education voted 5-4 Tuesday not to participate in a pilot Open Choice program, which was supported by the superintendent of schools and the board’s chairman. The program,…

A cat named Highway was found abandoned in the cold at the Darien rest stop on Interstate 95 northbound with two broken legs and a ruptured eye on Monday. A rescue is now caring for that animal and they said it’s one of the worst suspected abuse cases they’ve seen. It’s rare for a cat to pose and take...

Two broken legs and a ruptured eye. That’s how a cat named Highway was found abandoned in the cold at the Darien rest stop on Interstate 95 northbound on Monday.

Connecticut state police said a tweet sent out about the Interstate 95 North closure in Darien after a crash at exit 13 was sent in error. Police originally asked drivers to use alternate routes, but the road is currently open.

An Uber passenger punched his driver and damaged the vehicle in Darien Friday, according to Darien police.

A vehicle down an embankment has closed part of Interstate 95 north in Darien on Tuesday. State Dept. of Transportation officials said the vehicle is down an embankment between exits 12 and 13. The right lane between the exits is currently closed, officials said. According to officials, there is nearly 5 miles of congestion in the area between exits 9…

Darien native Jasmine Su has been finding her joy in the game of chess ever since she was seven years old. “My dad introduced this game to me and I’ve been hooked since,” said Jasmine Su. And now at the age of 10, she’s not only making moves on the board but in the rankings, as she’s been named...

Darien native Jasmine Su has been finding her joy in the game of chess ever since she was 7 years old. And at the age of 10 she’s not only making moves on the board but in the rankings…as she’s been named by the United States Chess Federation one of the top players in her age bracket in the...

A second woman has come forward to say she was hit by a car being driven by a man who was later charged with attempted murder in New Canaan. The woman went to Darien police on Tuesday after seeing a report about the arrest of 31-year-old Mynor Romeo Alvarado-Canahui on Memorial Day. Alvarado-Canahui is accused of hitting a woman with…

Darien Public Schools are closing for two weeks amid concerns about coronavirus. Supt. Alan Addley sent a message to families on Wednesday, saying that Darien public schools are closing for 14 calendar days, from Thursday, March 12, and the scheduled date of return to school is Thursday, March 26. In addition to the school closure, all academic, athletic, and extracurricular…

Westport and New Haven are taking steps to protect against the coronavirus by closing schools.

A skier who went off the marked trails at Stowe Mountain Resort and was found dead at the bottom of a cliff has been identified as a Connecticut man. Andrew Hryb, 36, of Darien, and his brother had gone out of bounds into the woods and became disoriented, Vermont State Police said Monday. The pair tried to find their way…

A Darien man who charged with killing a hotel worker he says attacked his family on the Caribbean island of Anguilla is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed against him. Scott Hapgood said a hotel worker, Kenny Mitchel, 27, of Dominica, showed up at his family’s room unannounced during their April vacation, demanded money and attacked them. Mitchel died, and…

The estate of a hotel worker who died after a fight with a Darien man has filed a lawsuit against him.