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‘First Pitch Is April 1’: New ‘Coppo Field’ Baseball Facility at Waveny on Time, on Budget

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A widely anticipated project to create a new baseball facility at Coppo Field in Waveny—an area that appears to passersby as massive piles of dirt behind Lapham Community Center—is on time and on budget, officials said last week. 

The approximately $5 million job—$2 million of which is coming from the town, while the nonprofit New Canaan Athletic Foundation is paying the roughly $3 million balance—started in earnest last month following the approval by municipal funding bodies of a $4,977,685 contract with Canton, Mass.-based Atlantic Sports Group or “ASG.”

“It was actually a very, very tight bid and they [ASG] hit the ground running from day one from the time the selectmen approved it,” Public Works Director Tiger Mann told members of the Board of Finance at their regular meeting, held Nov. 12 at Town Hall and via videoconference. 

He continued: “If you’ve been out there, you can see that almost the entire footprint is starting to be leveled off. They’ve put in foundations for both dugouts, home and away. Poured those. The breaks started coming back from the concrete testing and they came back well.

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‘They’re Excited, They’re Proud’: Social Justice Youth Art Showcase Opens at Carriage Barn

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Dozens of Students, families and art appreciators from New Canaan and throughout Fairfield County visited the Carriage Barn Arts Center on Saturday for the opening reception of an exhibition focused on social justice. Presented by Stand Together Against Racism or “STAR,” in partnership with The Glass House, Carriage Barn and NewCanaanite.com, the Third Annual Fairfield County Social Justice Youth Art Showcase, titled “Through Your Looking Glass,” will run through Nov. 24 at the popular gallery in Waveny Park. The number of students participating in the exhibition has tripled since its first year, according to Susan Borst, co-chair of the Showcase together with Blessings Misomali. “It has grown, especially by age,” Borst told NewCanaanite.com as artists mingled with friends, family and art-lovers, taking in a wide range of media including paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, mixed media and poetry.

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Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police at 2:22 a.m. on Nov. 6 received a report of a car stolen from a West Road driveway. It was recovered in New Haven. ***

The New Canaan Nature Center’s Holiday Market will run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23.

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Podcast: Sheri West’s New Book ‘Confidence Unleashed’

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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Sheri West, founder and CEO of LiveGirl, about her new book “Confidence Unleashed: 10 Kickass Strategies To Grow as a Leader (Without Changing Who You Are).” (Signed copies are available through Elm Street Books.)

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15 NCHS Student-Athletes Sign Letters of Intent To Play Sports in College

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Fifteen New Canaan High School seniors on Wednesday signed commitment letters to play sports in college starting next year. 

NCHS Athletic Director Jay Egan said during the school’s annual ceremony for the student-athletes that the special day is a celebration for the student-athletes, parents and coaches. “A lot of commitment on the part of the athletes, a lot of hard work—same thing with the parents,” Egan said as the ceremony started in the Wagner Room at NCHS. 

He added, “Just one comment on collegiate athletics: It’s a great opportunity. So today, I think what we’re celebrating is how hard you’ve worked to give yourself a great opportunity. High school athletics is a fun time in your life. You get to play with your friends, you’re in your hometown.