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NCPD Officer Kelly Coughlin and the ‘Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run’ [Q&A]

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New Canaan Police Officer Kelly Coughlin is a longtime supporter of the Special Olympics, and in recent years she’s arranged for the New Canaan Police Department to participate in a popular fundraiser for the organization, the Law Enforcement Torch Run. We put some questions to Coughlin about the event itself, scheduled for May 31, as well as additional ways that locals can support the Special Olympics. Here’s our exchange. ***

New Canaanite: What is the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run? Officer Kelly Coughlin: The Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run first started in 1981 as a way for law enforcement to become active in the community and to support the Special Olympics cause by carrying the Flame of Hope, hence the Torch Run name, through communities in every state.

News

Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police received additional reports of vandalism in the downtown in the past week, including graffiti on a public table at Richmond Hill and Grove Streets (reported Tuesday), a parking meter in the upper Park Street Lot (Tuesday), an Eversource meter box at East Avenue and Main Street (Sunday) and a USPS mailbox at 258 Elm St. (Sunday). ***

The Glass House on April 15 opens for tours for the 2024 season. Info and tickets here. ***

Congratulations to New Canaan High School Class of 2020 grad Skye Risom of Rowayton, on being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences.

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Podcast: ‘Alice In Wonderland’ Opens April 26 at Powerhouse Theatre

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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Peter Green, director of “Alice In Wonderland”—and a different version than many are familiar with—which opens April 26 at the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny (tickets here). Presented by the Town Players of New Canaan, the show runs weekends through May 12. 

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NCHS Junior Launches ‘Fashion Forward’ To Collect Prom Dresses for Open Doors in Norwalk

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New Canaan High School junior Adelaide Tuff first visited Open Doors about two years ago. 

Her family had already been involved in the Norwalk shelter and support services organization, making about 1,000 sandwiches during the pandemic. Her older brother, Oliver, founded Feeding 500, which sees dozens of NCHS and Darien students raise money for the Open Doors food program. “They didn’t really have many donors who were able to donate food during that time, just because of the overwhelming amount of need they had,” Adelaide Tuff recalled. “So once I saw my brother do that, I had a realization that I wanted to do something like that, as well, because we’ve been involved for so long.”

She did. 

Last year, Tuff held a clothing drive for the Open Doors “Community Closet,” a free store where families in need can shop for seasonal clothing, shoes and household necessities. She led an effort to collect 45 large bags of clothing—about 1,500 items for the Community Closet.

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Connecticut Stage Company’s Production of ‘Little Women’ Set for April 27 [Q&A]

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The Connecticut Stage Company, an organization launched last year by two New Canaan women, is putting on a production of “Little Women” on April 27 at New Canaan Library (tickets here). We put some questions to the organization’s co-founders—Lorah Haskins, owner of The Studio for Performing Arts, and actor and director Kate Simone—about the Connecticut Stage Company and upcoming show. 

Our exchange follows. ***

New Canaanite: The Connecticut Stage Company saw huge demand for its inaugural production here in town (“Into the Woods”). Tell us about how things are going since the nonprofit organization’s founding last year. Lorah Haskins: Into the Woods was such a great kickoff for our company and gave us a really solid footing to build upon.