DARIEN, Conn. -- Live in a town long enough and you know what it needs.That was basically the driver behind Spree, the women's clothing store opened by Lindsay Westbrook in August 2011. As someone who has always loved clothes -- and dreamed of opening her own boutique -- the Darien resident saw a hole in the market for fun, stylish, and affordable clothes for women.The rest, as they ...

DARIEN, Conn. -- A golf scramble June 5 in Greenwich will help pay for special needs programming for kids and teens at the Darien YMCA.The Darien Y is the largest provider of special needs programs in the Darien community, with an annual participation rate of over 600 people. There are classes in cooking, art, fitness, yoga, and martial arts and aquatics programs. There is even a girls ...

DARIEN, Conn. -- A golf scramble June 5 in Greenwich will help pay for special needs programming for kids and teens at the Darien YMCA.The Darien Y is the largest provider of special needs programs in the Darien community, with an annual participation rate of over 600 people. There are classes in cooking, art, fitness, yoga, and martial arts and aquatics programs. There is even a girls ...

DARIEN, Conn. -- Olympic gold medal swimmers ran an in-pool clinic for the Darien Y Piranhas swim team at the YMCA recently.Maya DiRado and Josh Davis also signed autographs and answered questions for the young athletes.They led swim drills with a grand finale race against team members across the pool.DiRado talked about her success, telling the kids, ages 11 and 12, that she never had ...

DARIEN, Conn. – A group of young swimmers from Darien are expected to learn a thing or two this weekend from a pair of Olympic athletes.The Darien YMCA Piranhas swim team is to host a team-only event with gold medal swimmers Maya Dirado and Josh Davis, according to event organizers.The meeting at 8:30 a.m. Sunday will include poolside clinics, a question and answer session and autograph ...

DARIEN, Conn. -- Summer camp is months away but registration is in a couple of weeks at the Darien YMCA.Camp programs for preschool and school-age kids include special needs, gymnastics, arts and crafts, and special interest. There will be outdoor fun, swimming in two indoor pools, and canoeing on a pond at the Darien YMCA.“I am extremely grateful for the opportunities the Darien YMCA ...

DARIEN, Conn. – The Darien YMCA is hoping people will kick off the new year in a healthy way.According to a statement from the organization, the YMCA has opened registration for Lean Machine, an eight-week “customized system for losing weight and getting fit.”Kicking off on Jan. 7, the competition runs through March 4, according to the YMCA, which said that the program is designed for ...

DARIEN, Conn. — Six Piranha swimmers from the Darien Y traveled to Cary, N.C., for a fast mid-season YMCA Meet at the Triangle Aquatic Center. The Piranhas left the Y on Thursday and when the weekend was over, they had won five events, placed in the top three in three others, broke 10 team records and achieved 20 new lifetime best times. The meet was hosted by the YOTA Swim Team and ...

DARIEN, Conn. --  Holmes Elementary School in Darien recently hosted its Veterans Day assembly.Each year, Holmes School holds a Veterans Day Share by fifth-graders and honors veterans who are friends and family of the students. The fifth-grade class sings patriotic favorites like "God Bless America" and "Anchors Aweigh," and the students read original poems and ...

DARIEN, Conn. -- The Darien YMCA will host its inaugural Holiday Boutique on Monday, Dec. 5, in the Y's lobby. The event will benefit revive, the Darien Y's cancer rehabilitation program.The boutique will host Darien-based vendors, each of which will donate 10 percent of the days’ profits to the YMCA on behalf of revive.Holiday Boutique will include the following vendors: Arbonne ...