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New Canaan Police at 8:13 a.m. on Jan. 6 received a report of mail stolen from a Ferris Hill Road mailbox, with a check cashed fraudulently. It’s under investigation. ***
The Charter Review Commission invites residents to share their perspectives on the Town Charter here.
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Coming next week: “New Canaan Sports Trivia Night” will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23 at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society.
A nail salon is planned for a vacant commercial space on Main Street, records show. A street-level business of the recently sold “Raymond Building” at 112 Main St., Spa & Nail New Canaan Inc. is a sole proprietorship offering manicures and pedicures, according to documents on file with the New Canaan Building Department.
Its principal is a Milford resident, according to Connecticut Secretary of the State records. It’s unclear when the business is planning to open. Its managing principal could not be reached by phone or email. Spa & Nail New Canaan will use the street address 116 Main St., according to an application filed Nov.
The Domestic Violence Crisis Center of Connecticut, or ‘DVCC,’ is partnering with area organizations, including the New Canaan Abuse Prevention Partnership, to present a screening of the documentary “Beyond Survival.” The hour-long film will show at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at The Playhouse, and will be followed by a panel discussion (limited tickets here). One of those panelists is DVCC CEO Suzanne Adam. We put some questions to Adam about domestic violence, as well as the event, ahead of the screening. Here’s our exchange.
In the wake of two brazen daytime car thefts in downtown New Canaan earlier this month, police have seen three additional stolen vehicles in the past week. The recent thefts include two more daytime thefts in New Canaan’s business district, according to information obtained by NewCanaanite.com. In each case, keys had been left inside an unlocked vehicle, in defiance of the New Canaan Police Department’s repeated urging for motorists to lock up and take keys with them:
2:34 p.m. on Jan. 8 at 94 Park St., the address of CVS (ongoing investigation);
6:25 p.m. on Jan. 9 at a Canoe Hill Road home (vehicle recovered in Waterbury);
12:02 p.m. on Jan.
In this special Wednesday edition of 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Hannah and Alex Guerrero, children of the late longtime New Canaan resident and prolific artist Ben Guerrero. A fixture in town for decades, Ben Guerrero created a wide range of art work in his life, much of it curated for a new exhibition, titled “Our Friend Ben,” opening Jan. 29 at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0: