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 Students Gear Up for Design Competition Darien Students Gear Up for Design Competition Darien Students Gear Up for Design Competition
Darien Students Gear Up for Design Competition The members of Darien High School’s Fuel Cell Team have been working from early morning to late at night on their newest super-efficient car. For team business manager Matt Gentile, it’s meant balancing his commitment as an electric violinist for the orchestra with preparations for next month’s Shell Eco-Marathon in Houston. The challenge seems like it would be daunting even for a professional auto engineer. "The goal in the competition is not speed but efficiency,” said head student engineer Ryan Dirvan. “We're trying to build the equivalent of 1,500 miles to the gallon." The high school…

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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Darien Boys Travel to Geographic Bee Darien Boys Travel to Geographic Bee Darien Boys Travel to Geographic Bee
Darien Boys Travel to Geographic Bee Michael Borecki, a sixth-grader at Middlesex Middle School, and Forrest Lazzara, a fifth-grader at Hindley Elementary, will be competing at this year's Connecticut Geographic Bee. Both Darien boys won the Geography Bees held at their schools and will compete at the state level after taking a 70-question written exam and scoring in the top 100 in Connecticut. This is the third time Michael Borecki is competing at the state level. Last year, he placed in the Top 10 at the state competition. This is Forrest Lazzara's first trip to the state competition. The boys have been preparing for the ev…

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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Send Us Your Final Darien Snow Pictures! Send Us Your Final Darien Snow Pictures! Send Us Your Final Darien Snow Pictures!
Send Us Your Final Darien Snow Pictures! Nobody's looking forward to more snow this week, but it could be a good opportunity to break out the camera and snap some photos of the snow before it melts away. This could be the (hopefully) last opportunity to get some good pictures of places around your neighborhood while they are covered with snow. If you get any good shots, send them to [email protected], and don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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Getting Organized: The Paperwork Pileup Getting Organized: The Paperwork Pileup Getting Organized: The Paperwork Pileup
Getting Organized: The Paperwork Pileup The following is a submitted article by reader Seana Turner, the second in a series on getting organized. If you would like to submit material to be published on The Daily Darien, send it to [email protected]. Are you drowning in paperwork? This is one of the most common problems I run into as a professional organizer. Even though we are supposedly becoming a "paperless society," there is still a lot of paper out there! A good place to start is to SORT what is out on surfaces. Gather all of the paperwork, bills, catalogs, schoolwork, etc., that is lying around on tables or count…

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by Seana Turner
Darien, CT
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N.J. Man Charged With Punching Darien Woman N.J. Man Charged With Punching Darien Woman N.J. Man Charged With Punching Darien Woman
N.J. Man Charged With Punching Darien Woman A New Jersey man was arrested on charges of beating a Darien woman in her Post Road apartment. Police received a call last Wednesday at noon from a woman who claimed a man named Robert Rush of Whiting, N.J., had beaten her. The police went to her apartment building at 397 Post Road and found her standing outside with her face bloodied, bruised and swollen. She said Rush was still in her apartment. When officers went inside they found him face down on the floor, snoring. The woman said Rush had been drinking and when she tried to wake him up he got up swinging. He then twisted her arm, pushed …

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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P&Z Rejects Hoyt St. Affordable Housing Plan P&Z Rejects Hoyt St. Affordable Housing Plan P&Z Rejects Hoyt St. Affordable Housing Plan
P&Z Rejects Hoyt St. Affordable Housing Plan Another affordable housing application was shot down by Darien Tuesday night. The Planning and Zoning Commission said the Hoyt Street project from developers Christopher and Margaret Stefanoni was a health and safety hazard. "These are people who have no experience, who haven't built one stick of residential property," said Fred Conze, chairman of the commission. The decision comes two weeks after the P&Z rejected a similar proposal by the couple for Tokeneke Road. As it did with that project, the commission said they would approve a substantially modified proposal that would reduce t…

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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Snow Will Rear Its Ugly Head Once Again Snow Will Rear Its Ugly Head Once Again Snow Will Rear Its Ugly Head Once Again
Snow Will Rear Its Ugly Head Once Again It looks like we haven't seen the last of the terrible winter that bombarded Darien with more than 70 inches of snow this year. Even though spring has arrived and the sun is shining warm and bright, a little more snow is on its way this week. The National Weather Service is reporting an 80 percent chance of snow for Wednesday, mainly after 2 p.m. The high temperature is predicted be near 37 degrees, with a total of less than an inch of snow expected. It won't stop there, however. Another 1 to 3 inches of snow is expected Wednesday night. Thursday could bring more snow in the morning, as the …

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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Ex-Darien Man Sentenced for Insider Trading Ex-Darien Man Sentenced for Insider Trading Ex-Darien Man Sentenced for Insider Trading
Ex-Darien Man Sentenced for Insider Trading Igor Poteroba, a former Darien resident who now lives in New Canaan, was sentenced to 22 months in prison Monday for insider trading, ABC News reported. Poteroba, 37, pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and three counts of insider trading when he was an investment banker at UBS Securities. Poteroba's sentence will include 12 months already served. He will also be subject to three years of supervised release and a $25,000 fine and will have to forfeit the $465,095 he made through the schemes. According to prosecutors, between 2006 and 2009 Poteroba passed in…

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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Darien Updating its Town Charter Darien Updating its Town Charter Darien Updating its Town Charter
Darien Updating its Town Charter Darien's Town Charter is getting a facelift. In a presentation to the Representative Town Meeting Monday night, Frank Kemp and Sarah Seelye of the RTM's Town Government Structure and Administration Committee outlined their plan to bring the document up to date and make it easier to comprehend. "Most of us are older than this charter," Kemp said in his presentation. The charter, which basically acts as the Constitution for the town, was not created until 1959, even though the town was incorporated in 1820. Since its creation, it has been amended 23 times, but only three of the updates were m…

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by Casey Donahue
Darien, CT
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Woman in Crash Disobeys Police, Gets Arrested Woman in Crash Disobeys Police, Gets Arrested Woman in Crash Disobeys Police, Gets Arrested
Woman in Crash Disobeys Police, Gets Arrested A car accident in the parking lot of the Stop & Shop on Heights Road in Darien landed a woman in jail last Wednesday. A woman from Wilton was making a left turn into a parking spot when Anna Salaam, 39, of Warwick, N.Y., allegedly tried to pass her on the left. The two cars collided, causing minor damage. The Wilton woman, who had her 3-year-old daughter in her car, told police that Salaam made her nervous and was taking multiple pictures of her daughter. At one point, Salaam leaned into the car and made a crude hand gesture, police said. When police arrived, they told Salaam to go to he…

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