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Darien (/ ˌ d ɛər i ˈ æ n / DAIR-ee-AN) is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.With a population of 21,499 and a land area of just under 13 square miles (34 km 2), it is the smallest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast.
Hay Island is a small peninsula located off the Darien, Connecticut, shore of Long Island Sound. Its north shore is located on Ziegler's Cove. [1] A small road connects the island with Long Neck Point Road. [2] There are two structures on Hay Island. [2] One was the home of the late William Ziegler III, a founder of the Maritime Aquarium at ...
567-728 Boston Post Rd., 1-25 Brookside Rd., and 45-70 Old Kingshighway N., Darien, Connecticut: Coordinates: Area: 17 acres (6.9 ha) Architect: Multiple: Architectural style: Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods) NRHP reference No. 82000997 [1] Added to NRHP
Darien Downtown is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.It represents the built-up center of town around the intersections of U.S. Route 1 (Boston Post Road), Connecticut Route 124 (Mansfield Avenue), and Connecticut Route 136 (Tokeneke Road).
Gustave Vincent Curcio was born in Bridgeport, CT on January 30, 1951. He legally changed his name to Gus Curcio in 1980. He is the youngest of three children born to Gustave Curcio a/k/a "Red Buff", an Italian immigrant, and Enrica Rita Lucifora, a Sicilian immigrant whose father started the first privately owned bank in Bridgeport.
This island is part of the McKinney Wildlife Refuge and is off limits to visitation. Peach Island is at ; Sprite Island — located about 300 yards (270 m) to the northeast of Calf Pasture Beach and about 700 yards (640 m) north of Calf Pasture Island. In the 1940s, the island was the summer home of a New York City financier.
The government and politics of Darien, Connecticut take place in a historically overwhelmingly Republican, upper-middle class coastal town with a Triple-A bond rating, and a tax base made up of wealthy homes, country clubs (some of the largest taxpayers), and some office buildings. Although modern Darien is largely a Manhattan suburb, its local ...
The Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian: Festa dei sette pesci) is an Italian American celebration of Christmas Eve with dishes of fish and other seafood. [1] [2] Christmas Eve is a vigil or fasting day, and the abundance of seafood reflects the observance of abstinence from meat until the feast of Christmas Day itself.