News and Reported Features

The Agony and Ecstasy of the SNL Standby Line (The Daily Beast)

Vaccine Buses Are Helping Black and Brown Communities Get Vaccinated (Teen Vogue)

Boston Haymarket vendors persevere through pandemic on 200th anniversary (The Boston Globe)

Stamford Democrats call for Rep. Anabel Figueroa to resign from DCC following antisemitic comments (Stamford Advocate, CT SPJ Excellence in Journalism First Place for Breaking News, Division B - Medium)

Last store on the block: Former Darien Dry Cleaners owners get nostalgic as demolition nears (Darien Times, CT SPJ Excellence in Journalism First Place for Business, Hyperlocal)

A 19th-century Darien girl’s headstone went missing. Years later, it turned up in a Milford cemetery (Darien Times, CT SPJ Excellence in Journalism Third Place for Feature Story, Hyperlocal)

Darien officials and parents agree walking to Ox Ridge school is unsafe — are sidewalks a solution? (CT Insider)

Connecticut’s real-life Brutalists and the landmarks they created helped inspire Oscar-nominated film (CT Insider)

Playwrights get unusual opportunity at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival in New Canaan (New Canaan Advertiser)

New Canaan's renovated Playhouse theater finally reopens its doors (New Canaan Advertiser)

Darien RTM members clash over reciting the Pledge of Allegiance (Darien Times)

Connecticut Stage Company brings Broadway stars to New Canaan with 'Little Women' (New Canaan Advertiser)

Darien residents get their first look at Great Island: 'I like my $85 million view' (Darien Times)

Stamford hockey tournament honoring Darien teen’s legacy features NHL pros and high school athletes (Darien Times)

In Darien, emergencies are mostly handled by teenagers balancing life, death and high school (Darien Times)

A year after tragedy, Darien community walks for suicide prevention: 'Power in our togetherness' (Darien Times)

Have a gripe with a book or curriculum? Darien schools plans to create a formal challenge protocol (Darien Times)

Fairfield County students take the stage with Olivier-winning actress at Palace Theatre gala in Stamford (Darien Times)

Remind me… where do Trump and Biden stand on environmental issues? (The Fifth Estate)

Still closed, Brookline's Coolidge Corner Theatre finds new ways to entertain, engage (The Brookline TAB)