New Canaan Police at 10:11 a.m. Monday received a report of a hat stolen from a Heritage Hill Road home.
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Registration is open for spring programs and activities at the New Canaan YMCA.
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The New Canaan High School PFA is holding a prom dress donation drive through Saturday. If you can part with your clean and gently-used (less than five years old) prom dress, email nchspostprom2025@gmail.com to arrange a pick-up. Members of the NCHS Class of 2025 will model the dresses at the Ram Jam fashion show and music festival – afterwards, the dresses will be donated to charity. Ram Jam is the only student-run fundraiser benefiting the NCHS Post Prom party in May. Ram Jam is at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 28, and tickets are available online.
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The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday appointed John Clarke to the Parking Commission and Thomas Herman to the Conservation Commission.
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Golf balls are available for purchase for the Color Drop at Waveny. The fundraiser for the New Canaan High School Scholarship Foundation will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 22. This year’s grand prize is a red 2025 Chevy Colorado truck. More info here.
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L-R: Amy Gildea, New Canan Rotary, Ulrike Bell, New Canaan Thrift Shop Manager, David Shea, The Exchange Club of New Canaan, Stella Clarke, Waveny, Joel Pelzner, The Exchange Club of New Canaan
Waveny LifeCare Network extended heartfelt appreciation this week to the New Canaan Rotary Club and The Exchange Club of New Canaan for their generous grant funding, which enabled significant upgrades to the kitchen area at New Canaan Thrift Shop. “Our volunteers are thrilled with the transformation which will make their work easier as they carefully wash all glassware, dishes and china before being displayed for sale, quite a labor of love,” Waveny said in a press bulletin. “The project is a wonderful example of our three nonprofits coming together to support and encourage each other as we pursue our mission of caring for our community.”
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Police at 10:37 a.m. Monday received a report of construction tools stolen from a White Oak Shade Road site.
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NCHS grad Claire Ayoub’s film, “Empire Waist,” will be screened at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 16 at New Canaan Library (register here). It will be followed by a Q&A with Ayoub, who also will walk the audience through how to use the film’s free education curriculum. The new “Empire Waist” coloring book also will be for sale.
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Police at 11:11 a.m. on Feb. 22 received a report of a table stolen from a Locust Avenue work site. The investigation is ongoing.
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The Oak Hills Women’s Golf Association, based at Norwalk’s Oak Hills Park Golf Course, is taking new members. The 18-hole league, whose members include New Canaan’s Liza Paglialunga, will have designated tee times starting at 8 a.m. Wednesdays, and welcomes weekend players. More info here.
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Two local events happening Friday, Feb. 28:
- “Paint with Your Partner” 6:30 p.m. at Carriage Barn Arts Center
- “Winter Blues Party” 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan
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The Town Players of New Canaan’s production of “Terra Nova” runs through March 9. Tickets here. Info here.
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Congratulations to 2024 New Canaan High School graduate Claire Ognibene on scoring her first goal as a Springfield College freshman.
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Enter the New Canaan Land Trust’s “Spring Raffle” here. First prize is two ultralight Portage ‘Hornbeck’ canoes plus padded, two PFDs, easy carrier straps and apparel ($5,000 value), second prize is one cord of wood delivered and stacked ($1,000) and third prize is a $300 gift card to The Adirondack Store on Elm Street.
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The Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday night voted unanimously in favor of a text amendment that will enable the former TD Bank building at Grove and Elm Streets to be used as a pet retail store that also offers grooming services. The change to the New Canaan Zoning Regulations specifically will allow pet grooming facilities by Special Permit in the Business A zone, on lots with a minimum area of 20,000 square feet.
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Now showing at the Playhouse movie theater on Elm Street: “Paddington in Peru” and “Anora.” Coming soon: “Novocaine.”
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Fred Astaire Dance Studios on Main Street is offering a “new student special”—$39 for a 30-minute intro ballroom dance lesson.
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The selectmen on Tuesday approved two part-time hires at Town Hall: Linda Sidani as administrative assistant to the tax collector and Nicole Barrett as administrative assistant to the assessor.
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Register here for “Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America with Best-Selling Author Russell Shorto,” a free talk to be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 9 at New Canaan Library. The author “offers up a thrilling narrative of how the brash, bold, archetypal city of New York came to be—just in time for the 400th anniversary of its founding as Niewe Amsterdam,” according to promotional materials.
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Finally—courtesy of event section sponsor April Kaynor & Kelly DeFrancesco of William Raveis—here are more local happenings worth checking out (add your event to the Community Calendar here and we’ll share it with fellow residents):
- Parker Bowles speaks to Men’s Club about The Playhouse, Movie Industry Trends (February 28 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am)
- Film Screening: Hidden Figures (February 28 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
- Mini Golf at the Library (February 28 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
- Book Signing with Richie McGinniss (March 1 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm)
- Storytelling with The Moth (March 1 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
- Tea & Tranquility: A Restorative Yoga + Tea Bar Experience at Sama Yoga Center (March 2 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm)
- Joke’s On You: An Afternoon of Humor with Authors Dan Gutman and Alan Katz (March 2 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
- Maple Syrup & Bourbon (March 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
- Anything But “Still”: Women Artists & Floral Still Lives (March 5 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm)
- Navigating Post-Secondary Planning for Students with Learning Differences (March 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)