There’s talk of a plan for pickleball courts.
Darien, Connecticut, now has a new island. As the New York, the wealthy suburb is growing its footprint by buying Great Island — which is in Darien, though, until now, wasn’tby Darien — for $85 million. The purchase is kind of a bargain as far as islands go. The descendants of William Ziegler, who made his fortune on baking powder, have owned Great Island for over a century and have been trying to off-load it since 2017, when it was first listed for $175 million.
The 60-acre island comes with a 13,000-square-foot villa; an equestrian facility designed by Rafael Guastavino, the same architect who designed Grand Central Terminal; and a deep water dock. Darien’s first selectman, Monica McNally,
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