New Canaan Police are investigating a bicycle reported stolen at 7:10 p.m. Monday from the Thrift Store at Locust Avenue and Main Street.
Clockwise from top left: Gunilla Lawrie, Charill Pierce, Tracey Karl and Faith Kerchoff.
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Orders are open for this year’s New Canaan Ornaments, celebrating local heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Designed by ornament co-chair Faith Kerchoff and cut by her husband, John, they depict:
- The New Canaan Fire Department with their “Drive By Birthday Parades,” which were enjoyed by children and their families.
- Walter Stewart’s Market for keeping everyone fed, making deliveries and pick-ups possible, as well as senior only shopping hours.
- The Farmers Market which took paid orders for pickup.
- The New Canaan gnome, which was created by the New Canaan Beautification League as part of their holiday decoration for the town.
- The famous Town of New Canaan sign originally created by Silvermine artist Clifton Meek.
The 2021 New Canaan ornaments can be ordered now. Contributed
They can be ordered by using this form for November pickup. Proceeds benefit the New Canaan Museum and Historical Society. The ornaments will also be available at the Farmers Market in the Lumberyard Lot on Nov. 6 and 13.
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A car key found near an Elm Street lingerie and swimwear shop around 5:35 p.m. Sunday was turned into property management at the New Canaan Police Department.
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Firefighters respond to 190 Park St. on Oct. 21, 2021. Photo published with permission from its owner
New Canaan firefighters at 10:56 a.m. Thursday responded to a two-alarm fire in a rear unit at the Park Mead Condominiums, a complex located north of the intersection of Park and Mead Streets. Norwalk and Wilton firefighters helped cover New Canaan while NCFD had four rigs at the scene.
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The new Soundview Lane cell tower is up and AT&T is expected to go live on it some time in November, with Verizon to follow, First Selectman Kevin Moynihan said during Wednesday’s Town Council meeting. An application for another proposed cell tower, near the intersection of Ponus Ridge and Dan’s Highway, is expect to go to the Connecticut Siting Council early in 2022, he said. “We will have other positive news very soon about other towers and other locations,” Moynihan said.
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The Conservation Commission on Monday opened the new raised walkway in Bristow Park. First Selectman Kevin Moynihan Public Works Director Tiger Mann were on hand for the opening, part of a master plan for Bristow to mark its centennial in 2024.
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A special joint meeting of the Boards of Selectmen and Education has been scheduled for 8 a.m. Friday to appoint someone to fill the remainder of Carl Gardiner’s two years on the school board. The Republican resigned effective Oct. 1 because he’s moving out of state.
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New Canaan’s Cathy Kangas, a member of the Board of Directors of the Human Society of the United States, shared in a Tweet on Monday that the organization is suing the world’s largest pork producer for misleading consumers about animal abuse in its supply chain. Kangas founded PRAI Beauty, a cruelty-free, targeted skincare company.
We’re suing the world’s largest pork producer for misleading the public about animal abuse https://t.co/ZntqXsCxLd’re-suing-the-world’s-largest-pork-producer-for-misleading-the-public-about-animal-abuse.html via @HumaneSociety
— Cathy Kangas (@CathyKangas2) October 18, 2021
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The selectmen voted 3-0 Tuesday to approve the hiring of Jeff Mannella as an equipment operator in the Department of Public Works.
Champion New Canaan High School Boys Golf Team, L-R: Taylor Pinkernell, Sam Funk, Marc DeGaetano, Cullen McCarthy, Sean Watchmaker. Photo Contributed
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Congratulations to legendary head coach Bill Brown and the New Canaan High School Boys Golf Team. The Rams won the Division 1 state championship on Monday, finishing two strokes better than runners-up Glastonbury. This was the 11th state crown for Brown in his storied career. New Canaan was led by seniors Sam Funk who shot a 73 and Marc DeGaetano who finished at 79. Juniors Sean Watchmaker and Cullen McCarthy shot an 81and 83 respectively while senior Taylor Pinkernell came in at 84.
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Police at 8:45 a.m. on Oct. 15 arrested a 32-year-old Springfield, Mass. man by warrant and charged him with first-degree failure to appear. They had been dispatched to an Adams Lane residence regarding an unknown man walking around the property and discovered that Milford Police had a warrant out for him. He’d been arrested in April and charged with criminal trespass and burglary, Connecticut Judicial Branch records show.
Stella Clarke, Executive Director of Community Engagement and Volunteering at Waveny (holding the citation) and state Rep. Lucy Dathan (D-142nd). Contributed
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On Monday, state Rep. Lucy Dathan (D-142nd) helped Waveny LifeCare Network and the National Charity League commemorate the 30th anniversary of their partnership by presenting an citation from the Connecticut General Assembly to Waveny and members of the Canaan Parrish and the New Canaan Chapter. Dathan and her daughter Beatrice, who belong to the Canaan Parrish Chapter of the National Charity League, joined National Charity League members Carolyn Corcoran and her daughter Grace, Anne Wagner and her daughter Maison, Janet Lee and her daughters Lauryn and Camryn, Sarah Haddad and her daughter Caroline and Stella Clarke, Executive Director of Community Engagement and Volunteering at Waveny.
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The National Charity League’s New Canaan Parish Class of 2022 and their grade level advisors Camilla Austin and Kristin Reed thanked New Canaan Police Department Officer Kelly Coughlin, who recently discussed avoiding conflicts (“run, hide, fight”), the importance of being aware of one’s surroundings and texting 911 with the organization. She also taught and demonstrated important defense moves to college-bound seniors in the NCL class. “We feel very lucky to have female officers who care about our daughters and act as excellent role models for them,” they said in a statement.
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New Canaan’s Chase Williams co-authored a news story published on Fox Business last week that includes an interview with Nick Martschenko, owner of The South End and other local restaurants
Picture (L-R) Board of Directors: Norman Toy, Phil Williams, Michael Carusi, Martie Mackay, BJ Flagg, Lisa Ferrante, Svava Bragason, Angela Piscitello, Jeanne McDonagh (Advisory Board), Allison Donaldson, Rich Companik, Tom Berntsen, Suzy Lavieri and Executive Director Hilary Wittmann. Not pictured: Sveinn Bragason and Kathy Magrue-Smith
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The New Canaan Society for the Arts recently held the organization’s 2020/21 Annual Meeting of members at the Carriage Barn Arts Center. The member-supported, nonprofit arts organization has operated the Carriage Barn Arts Center and gallery since 1977.
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The New Canaan Chamber of Commerce will host a Halloween Block Party on Elm Street from 12 to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31. Children are invited to trick-or-treat along Elm and the whole family is invited show off their costumes. New Canaan School of Rock will be performing and there will be appearance from New England Academy of Dance and the cat of New Canaan High School’s “Freaky Friday.” This event is free to the public generously sponsored by Walter Stewart’s Market.
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Finally, here are more events worth booking:
- From 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 24, youth from First Presbyterian and St Mark’s Church are gathering to enjoy popcorn, fire pits and a movie on the great lawn at St Mark’s. Grades 7 – 12 are welcome. Parent volunteers will be helping out. More info here.
- The next New Canaan Chamber Music concerts are coming up, at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29. They will be held at First Presbyterian Church and will feature Andrew Armstrong on piano and James Ehnes on violin. More info here.
- The “Hocus Pocus” event at New Canaan Mounted Troop will be held 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30.
- New Canaan Library’s 14th annual Literary Luncheon, will be held at 11 a.m. on Nov. 4 and will feature “Sunflower Sisters” author Martha Hall Kelly. More info here. Sponsors include Bankwell and Saxe + Bryan Properties.
- The Children’s School Open House will be held 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5 (118 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford).