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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Middlesex PTO Gives $20K for New Stage Middlesex PTO Gives $20K for New Stage Middlesex PTO Gives $20K for New Stage
Middlesex PTO Gives $20K for New Stage The Board of Education voted Tuesday night to accept a gift of $20,000 from the Middlesex Middle School PTO to renovate the stage in the auditorium. Middlesex principal Debi Boccanfuso said years of wear and tear make it necessary to renovate the stage floor completely. "The stage is just a mess," Boccanfuso said. "There are dips and valleys. Boards in the back were rotted out and had to be replaced with piecemeal." She said the back of stage sags. "We need to put in some support," she said. Middlesex plans to use $9,600 of the gift money to replace the floor. "The idea is to completely tak…

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Police, Parents Meet to Talk Shop Police, Parents Meet to Talk Shop Police, Parents Meet to Talk Shop
Police, Parents Meet to Talk Shop Darien parents get a chance every month to meet with, talk to and ask questions of police officers to learn more about issues concerning their children. On the first Wednesday of each month, The Depot on Heights Road hosts "Mom and Pop Shop" with Darien Detectives Sam Boccuzzi and Mark Cappelli. The Depot invites parents to come and hear what the detectives have to say. "It's an open forum," said Boccuzzi, who works in the Darien Police Department's Youth Division with Cappelli. "We meet with parents and discuss any topic they wish. It's really a question-and-answer session for them." Paren…

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Pink Flamingos Descend on Darien Pink Flamingos Descend on Darien Pink Flamingos Descend on Darien
Pink Flamingos Descend on Darien Andrew Walter was surprised to wake up Tuesday morning to find a flock of plastic pink flamingos on his front lawn. They had been secretly placed there Monday night by members of the St. Luke's Parish School Parent Teacher Committee as part of a fundraising campaign. "I knew they were doing this, but it was still funny to see all these pink flamingos on my lawn this morning," Walter said. Walter is the Associate Rector of St. Luke's Parish. "It's a great fundraiser." The way the fundraiser works is that people sign up to have the plastic flamingos covertly placed on somebody's lawn, along w…

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Seniors Get the 411 on Medicare Seniors Get the 411 on Medicare Seniors Get the 411 on Medicare
Seniors Get the 411 on Medicare Darien seniors learned about their options under Medicare  Tuesday morning in a talk at the library from Christine Crain, director of programs at the Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging. She presented "Medicare 411," which Darien citizens like Fred Chang found beneficial. "Trying to read through the Medicare Web site can be extremely confusing," Chang said. "This helped." The talk was part of the Library's Health and Wellness Series of Events. SWCAA is a non-profit organization devoted to providing objective information on issues related to seniors. About half of those in attendance …

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Hindley Parents Champion Volunteerism Hindley Parents Champion Volunteerism Hindley Parents Champion Volunteerism
Hindley Parents Champion Volunteerism As co-chair of the Hindley School Association, the parent group at Hindley Elementary, Jennifer Montanaro gets a first-hand look at parents' commitment and involvement in their kids' schools. "We have a tremendous community of parents here," she said. "There's a wealth of talented women in Hindley and the town." Montanaro praised the school's parents for coming together on projects such as the one this summer when they worked to renovate the school's cafeteria. She says that seeing parents volunteer their time and take an interest in the school are her favorite parts of heading the associati…

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Woman Arrested For Punching Mom Woman Arrested For Punching Mom Woman Arrested For Punching Mom
Woman Arrested For Punching Mom A 23-year-old Stamford woman was arrested last week in connection with a domestic violence incident at Middlesex Middle School in Darien. According to Darien police, the woman was accompanying her mother to the middle school to pick up a student when they got into an argument. The mother was sitting in the driver's seat and her daughter reached over, grabbed her hair and punched her head. The mother got out of the car and asked her daughter to leave. The daughter then pushed her mother to the ground, grabbed $20 and ran. A witness called the police. The daughter was later arrested in Stamfor…

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New Leader Looks to Strike Up the Band New Leader Looks to Strike Up the Band New Leader Looks to Strike Up the Band
New Leader Looks to Strike Up the Band Jon Grauer just started his first year as band director at Darien High School, but he already has big plans. Grauer wants to add energy to the band and get kids excited about joining. "I want to restore a sense of pride in the band," he said. After that, Grauer wants to concentrate on making the band, which now has about 65 students, bigger. "I want to have about 100 students," Grauer said. "A school this size should have a band that big." Grauer came to Darien this year after eight years of teaching music in New Milford and two years before that in Derby. A lifelong resident of Connecticut…

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Walk Honors Memory of Darien Son Walk Honors Memory of Darien Son Walk Honors Memory of Darien Son
Walk Honors Memory of Darien Son James Robert "JR" Schoen died in July 2008, but his spirit lives on. The third annual JR Forever Memorial Walk is Sunday, and all proceeds will go to benefit JR's Ray of Hope. "I'm so grateful for everybody coming together to honor my son," said Sharon Schoen, JR's mother. "It feels so amazing." JR died of a brain tumor at the age of 9 after a yearlong fight. His family remembers him as a sweet, fun-loving boy who loved arts and crafts, baseball and sailing. After he died, friends decided to put together the walk as a way to remember JR and to raise money for local charities. "Kimberly Ser…

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Charity Brings Water to Africa Charity Brings Water to Africa Charity Brings Water to Africa
Charity Brings Water to Africa Peter Troilo, managing director of Nicholas Roberts Fine Wine, and his family have taken a story from the Bible and turned it into a life-saving charity. Peter, his father, Nicholas, and brother Robert run Turning Wine Into Water, which will hold its fifth annual Harvest Wine Tasting Saturday at Equinox Fitness Club.[breakhere] "Millions of children are dying without access to clean water," Troilo said. The charity helps raise money to build wells in villages in Africa through wine-related events. They work with the organization World Vision and recently completed construction of a well in Z…

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Parents Get Advice on Teen Years Parents Get Advice on Teen Years Parents Get Advice on Teen Years
Parents Get Advice on Teen Years Darien parents have a valuable child-rearing resource in the Parent Awareness Network. On Thursday, the Network hosted a talk by counseling specialist Jack Agati, who spoke on the importance of birth order and on how to survive your kids' teenage years. "I think he's great," said Darien mom Anne-Lise Brown, who has listened to Agati's talks before and keeps coming back. "You can listen to him several times and he really makes you think about your own family." In "Birth Order and Beyond" Agati discussed how a child's personality is shaped by the order in which he or she is born. "First-bor…

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