Did You Hear … ?

More than 10 motorists who received parking tickets came to Thursday’s Parking Commission meeting to fight them, and a strange thing happened: Two of those in attendance who by chance sat down next to each other also learned they have the same last name. Michael Dooley on Feb. 11 received a ticket when his fiancée (Jessica, she was there too) punched in the wrong number on a space she in fact had paid for (the car is registered in his name) at Talmadge Hill Station lot. Edward Dooley one week later typed in the wrong space number on the Pay-by-phone app when he parked in the lot on the south side of the train station. Both Dooleys brought receipts to the hearing, and the commission voided their tickets.

Young Locals Plan Paddle Tennis Fundraiser for AmeriCares, a Global Nonprofit with Deep New Canaan Roots

Even before last fall, Rob Blosio Jr. held an abiding respect for community and volunteerism. The 2007 New Canaan High School graduate had volunteered as a New Canaan Lacrosse Association coach, did the same with NCHS fall league ice hockey, gave of his time with the Red Cross and mentored inner-city kids as a University of Richmond student-athlete. Over time, the 25-year-old town resident—a business analyst for Conair and Realtor in New Canaan—decided to help youth while directing his energies to helping in disaster recovery. “If I cannot make big monetary contributions, then I can start something that will lead to that,” Blosio Jr. said. Enter global health and emergency response organization AmeriCares, a nonprofit agency founded in New Canaan in 1982 by the late Bob Macauley.