Casey Donahue

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Originally from Pennsylvania, Casey graduated from Fairfield University with a major in journalism and a minor in political science. He has covered several towns in Fairfield County since 2010. Case was formerly an assistant managing editor at Daily Voice.

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Darien, CT
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Darien Officials To Honor World War II Veterans Darien Officials To Honor World War II Veterans Darien Officials To Honor World War II Veterans
Darien Officials To Honor World War II Veterans DARIEN, Conn. – State officials will gather at Atria Darien on Sunday to observe the 67th anniversary of the end of World War II. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal will be the guest speaker for the event. U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, state Sens. Bob Duff and Carlo Leone and state Rep. Terrie Wood will also attend to pay tribute to Darien’s World War II veterans. A proclamation will be prepared by Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson. Singer and pianist Joe Holmes will provide entertainment and refreshments will be served. All Darien World War II veterans are invited to attend. It will take place from …

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Darien, CT
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Woman Charged With Selling Drugs To Darien Cop Woman Charged With Selling Drugs To Darien Cop Woman Charged With Selling Drugs To Darien Cop
Woman Charged With Selling Drugs To Darien Cop DARIEN, Conn. – A Milford woman has been charged with selling drugs to an undercover Darien police officer. According to Darien Police reports, the officer arranged to purchase $200 of cocaine from Zita Lyons, 52, in Darien on July 30, a buy that took place at the I-95 southbound service area in Fairfield, police said. Police said Lyons had provided a description of her car, and when the officer arrived she was seen standing next to the car. She was placed under arrest by a team of backup officers. During a search, police said a white napkin fell out of her right pants leg. Inside the napki…

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Darien, CT
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Darien Stop & Shops Donate To Person-To-Person Darien Stop & Shops Donate To Person-To-Person Darien Stop & Shops Donate To Person-To-Person
Darien Stop & Shops Donate To Person-To-Person DARIEN, Conn. – Darien’s Stop & Shop stores donated $5,000 to Person-to-Person through its Food for Friends campaign. The money will be used to fund food for Person-to-Person’s Supplemental Summer Food Program, which provides groceries to Stamford families on the free lunch program. Customers at the Stop & Shops in the Goodwives Shopping Center and Noroton Heights donated to Food for Friends by purchasing $1, $3 or $5 paper turkeys at the checkout counters. Food for Friends is the supermarket chain's program that helps out local hunger causes. The Supplemental Summer Food Program wa…

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Darien, CT
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Darien High Will Have New Weight Rooms This Year Darien High Will Have New Weight Rooms This Year Darien High Will Have New Weight Rooms This Year
Darien High Will Have New Weight Rooms This Year DARIEN, Conn. – Darien student athletes will have a new fitness area for workouts when school starts at the end of August. Work is being done on the exercise rooms at Darien High School, which are used by nearly all the sports teams. The current fitness center, which is used by sports teams and physical education classes, will be given new equipment. A storage space and health classroom will be combined to create a new team room, where coaches can take sports teams for specific training. Additional space will be available in the fitness center after equipment is moved to the team room. Assi…

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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Man Charged With Urinating In Darien Police Department Trash Man Charged With Urinating In Darien Police Department Trash Man Charged With Urinating In Darien Police Department Trash
Man Charged With Urinating In Darien Police Department Trash DARIEN, Conn. – A Mississippi man was charged with urinating in a trash can in the Darien police station lobby, police reports said. According to police reports, William Jones, 38, of Columbus, Miss., was in Darien selling magazines for Liberty Sales, a Houston-based company. Police said that Jones had a solicitor’s permit, but it was revoked on Aug. 1 because he had another person working with him selling magazines, which is a violation of the permit. The day after the permit was revoked, police said Jones was caught on surveillance video urinating in a garbage can in the lobby of Darien p…

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by Casey Donahue
Norwalk, CT
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Dog That Attacked Norwalk Man To Be Euthanized Dog That Attacked Norwalk Man To Be Euthanized Dog That Attacked Norwalk Man To Be Euthanized
Dog That Attacked Norwalk Man To Be Euthanized NORWALK, Conn. – The pit bull that attacked a Norwalk man on Hanford Place Monday evening will likely be euthanized, police said. The dog has a history of violence, officers said. The dog, Samantha, was being walked on Hanford Place Monday when it broke free and attacked a 60-year-old man on the street. Neighbors' efforts to get the dog to stop failed. Police arrived and said it took four shots from a stun gun before the dog finally went down. Police said a small black pit bull was also involved in the attack. The dog broke free of the stun gun prongs and ran back into its house, where poli…

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Norwalk, CT
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Norwalk Drivers Feel Effects Of Rising Gas Prices Norwalk Drivers Feel Effects Of Rising Gas Prices Norwalk Drivers Feel Effects Of Rising Gas Prices
Norwalk Drivers Feel Effects Of Rising Gas Prices NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk drivers are feeling the crunch as gas prices continue to climb. As of Monday, only four states in the continental U.S. have higher gas prices than Connecticut. Currently, the national average for regular is $3.62 per gallon, which is 26 cents lower than Connecticut's average of $3.88. The average gas price in Connecticut has risen about six cents in the last week, and 23 cents in the last month. In Norwalk, prices at the pump are about $4 a gallon, according to Connecticut Gas Prices. “It affects me being able to feed my child,” Jeffrey Lorrius said as he filled up …

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Darien, CT
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Darien Waiting On New Canaan For Sidewalk Decision Darien Waiting On New Canaan For Sidewalk Decision Darien Waiting On New Canaan For Sidewalk Decision
Darien Waiting On New Canaan For Sidewalk Decision DARIEN, Conn. – While Darien is still deciding whether to add sidewalks to Hoyt Street, town officials are working on a new policy that would determine when and where sidewalks would be added around town. Most pedestrians who have been asking for the sidewalk want it so they can walk to the Talmadge Hill train station just over the New Canaan border. However, New Canaan has said it does not want to pay to install a sidewalk on its side of the border. The question now is whether Darien wants to proceed with a “sidewalk to nowhere,” as some selectmen have called it. First Selectman Jayme Stev…

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by Casey Donahue
Norwalk, CT
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Dogs Attack Norwalk Man; One Dog Tasered Twice Dogs Attack Norwalk Man; One Dog Tasered Twice Dogs Attack Norwalk Man; One Dog Tasered Twice
Dogs Attack Norwalk Man; One Dog Tasered Twice NORWALK, Conn. – A man was attacked by two dogs in South Norwalk on Monday night, leading police to use their stun gun on one of the dogs twice, according to witnesses. Angel Dorleans was sitting in her home on Hanford Place when she saw two dogs biting a man in the street. The man jumped on her fence and eventually ran up onto her front porch, she said. Dorleans ran out onto her porch to help the man, she said. The larger of the two dogs – which may have been pit bulls – was latched onto the man’s leg and would not let go, no matter how hard she tried to get him off, she said. She tried hi…

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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Darien Custodian Accused Of Grabbing, Breaking Teacher's Arm Darien Custodian Accused Of Grabbing, Breaking Teacher's Arm Darien Custodian Accused Of Grabbing, Breaking Teacher's Arm
Darien Custodian Accused Of Grabbing, Breaking Teacher's Arm DARIEN, Conn. – A custodian at Holmes Elementary School in Darien was arrested after a teacher reported that he grabbed her wrist and squeezed it, giving her a hairline fracture, police said. Robert Munro, 44, of Darien, was charged with breach of peace and providing a false statement. The incident occurred in late April, when the teacher she was standing in the school's front foyer and Munro started talking to her, police said. According to police reports, the teacher believes she said something to Munro that annoyed him and he grabbed her on the left wrist and squeezed it tightly. The teac…

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