Zumbach’s Gourmet Coffee on Pine Street will reopen Saturday. It had closed temporarily due to COVID-19.
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New Canaan Police are investigating three thefts from unlocked motor vehicles on Deer Park Road (May 2), Bald Hill Road (May 1) and Country Club Road (April 30). Items reported missing from the vehicles include credit cards, drivers licenses and a wallet.
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VFW Post 653 is raising funds for flags to place on the gravestones of military veterans buried in New Canaan—donation information here. Also, please consider joining the VFW for the placement of the flags on the morning of Saturday, May 28, ahead of Memorial Day—meet at 8 a.m. near the Main Street entrance to Lakeview Cemetery. Details here.
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A trial date of Dec. 21 has been set in the New Canaan Preservation Alliance’s lawsuit against the Planning & Zoning Commission and New Canaan Library, according to Connecticut Judicial Branch records. (The NCPA filed a second lawsuit against P&Z in January, records show.)
Scenes from the May Fair’s “Friday Night Lights”, May 8, 2015. Credit: Terry Dinan
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May Fair is this weekend, rain or shine, at St. Mark’s on Oenoke Ridge. It runs 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. More info here. (Park at the Lumberyard Lot or Richmond Hill Lot downtown and catch The Getabout shuttle, running continuously.)
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More worthwhile events coming up:
- Spectrum Contemporary Art Show at Carriage Barn Arts Center (open through May 22, Gallery Artist Talk at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 7)
- New Canaan Food Revolution downtown, sponsored in part by the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce (9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on May 14)
- Scottish Heritage Day at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan (10 a.m. on May 15)
- New Canaan Mounted Troop’s Breeches & Bowties Spring Gala at Wee Burn Beach Club (6:30 to 10 p.m. on May 20)
- New Canaan Dog Days at the New Canaan Nature Center (11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 21)
- Live Music at the Powerhouse Performing Arts Center in Waveny (7 p.m. on May 21)
- Ice Cream Social at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society (1 to 3 p.m. on June 5)
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Police received reports of motorists passing stopped school buses at Ponus Ridge and Hawks Hill Road (9:17 a.m. on May 2) and at Main Street and Millport Avenue (4:55 p.m. on April 29).
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The Glass House’s 2022 season is open, weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Book a guided tour here.
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The Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting Tuesday reviewed an approved $4,650 contract for a carpet for a “brides room” at Waveny House, with Westport-based Redi-Cut Carpet & Rugs.
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Here’s the most-clicked single article out of all newsletters this week: Ethics Investigation: Moynihan Bemoans Personal Legal Fees, News Coverage.
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Speaking of which, here’s a snapshot of how NewCanaanite.com‘s free daily newsletter performs—sign up here.
L-R: Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Laura Budd, New Canaan First Selectman Kevin Moynihan, Element Medical Aesthetics owner Merry Thornton, and Tucker Murphy. Contributed
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The town on Tuesday helped Element Medical Aesthetics cut the Grand Opening ribbon for the new business at 80 Main St. Here’s a recent Q&A with owner Merry Thornton.
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Wishing the very best to New Canaan’s Vi Peters, who last Wednesday at age 92 retired after working 27 years part-time in the Town Clerk’s office.
An excitable Penny Lefland at the Silvermine-Fowler Preserve on Dec. 12, 2018. Credit: Michael Dinan
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We also wish the best to Aaron Lefland, who has left his position as executive director of the New Canaan Land Trust after five years in order to take on the role of deputy director of the Connecticut Land Conservation Council, based in Middletown. We hope to see him and especially his wonderful dog Penny around New Canaan soon.
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New Canaan Police K-9 dog, Apollo, is healthy, happy and in the care of the department, Chief Leon Krolikowski said. Apollo will return to service in New Canaan soon.
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Police at 6 p.m. on April 27 arrested a 42-year-old Norwalk man by warrant and charged him with second-degree failure to appear. He’d been charged by New Canaan Police last May with a series of motor vehicle-related offenses, Connecticut Judicial Branch records show.
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New Canaan’s Victor Alvarez this week announced his candidacy as a Democrat seeking the 125th District House seat in the Connecticut General Assembly.
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First Selectman Kevin Moynihan during Tuesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting referred to a memo from land use attorney Tim Hollister regarding the town’s application for an affordable housing moratorium as though it were a public comment on a completely separate, state-mandated affordable housing plan that’s due in June.
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Though she’d been acquitted on felony animal cruelty charges following the deaths of five dogs in her care, Heidi Leuders was sentenced this week to 15 months in prison for first-degree criminal damage to property for leaving the dogs’ remains in the Fairfield house she was renting, the CT Post reported. She was arrested in January 2019 after police found the remains of dogs in crates inside the house.
The “Sunshine for Scarlett” team of New Canaan Dance Academy dancers at the Cystic Fibrosis Walk at NCHS, May 1, 2022. Contributed
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We hear the “Sunshine for Scarlett” team raised the most money ($40,000) out of any single group that participated in last weekend’s Cystic Fibrosis Walk at New Canaan High School. Named for Scarlett McAllister, the team included many her fellow New Canaan Dance Academy dancers, all in yellow. In all, the Walk raised more than $100,000 for the very worthy cause, we hear.
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The New Canaan Housing Authority is seeking to evict two people from a Millport Avenue apartment, in part, because one of them hadn’t been cleared to move in, as per the lease agreement, court records show. Also, a male tenant named in the complaint uses the community dump runs for other people’s garbage as part of his own dump-run business, smokes prohibitively close to buildings, allows his dog to roam and doesn’t pick up after the animal, according to the March 28 complaint.
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Finally, some more details about this year’s May Fair:
- For the first time May Fair has published the price of ride tickets and food menu on its website.
- The May Fair has partnered with Planet New Canaan to make the fair 100% compostable including all paper goods and utensils.
- The first New Canaan Dog Show will be held Saturday May 7th 2 PM at the MF stage on – fun awards for various characteristics.
- Pony Rides have returned from a 10+ year hiatus and are generously sponsored by Karl Chevrolet.
- The New Canaan High School Band and Choir will perform – see schedule at https://mayfairsmc.org/fair-information/
- Another MF first is that the New Canaan Police will have a community relations booth at May Fair.
- Parking and traffic will be difficult and congested – better to park at the Lumberyard and Richmond Hill lot and take the Get About shuttle to the Fair. We may come back with more ads promoting the shuttle.
- Credit cards accepted at ride ticket booths, food court and for tag sale purchases over $50
- Leashed dogs are welcome at the Fair.
Mike, thank you for the coverage of May Fair. Please note the following clarification: in Partnership with Planet New Canaan and Curbside Composting — and with the help of scores of volunteers just for this mission — the May Fair FOOD COURT will operate using 100% compostable cups, plates, bowls and utensils. Patrons should bring all empty or partially empty plates and bowls, utensils, leftovers food scraps, bottles and cans to any one of 6 recycle stations located throughout the Food Court and also adjacent to the Strawberry Shortcake Cafe (under a big tent this year) and the Coffee Tent. Volunteers will assist with depositing compostables and recyclables into the right bin. We expect the black bags in the “trash” bin will be virtually empty!
Thanks George, noted.