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The post below is the contents of a letter Friends of Valles, a 93-member group of New Canaan Y members in support of keeping the Valles Pool, sent to the New Canaan YMCA Board of Directors on Friday evening, June 5. It had multiple authors as the group contributed to it. I am submitting it.
The following property transfer(s) were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***
May 29
73 Lake Wind Road
$3,825,000
M&T Bank to George Melashvili
May 28
98 Indian Waters Drive
$4,195,000
Jennifer Hartmann to The J. Alan Bannister Revocable Trust, dated April 27, 2026
59 Shady Knoll Lane
$1,860,000
Jack Sousa to Robert Billington
111 Heritage Hill and Garage Unit 59
$936,000
Julio Zamora to Heritage Hill A Trust Dated May 16, 2026
705 Weed St., Unit 7
$1,611,500
Caroline Gillespie Greer to Alfred Mirin
May 27
179 Oenoke Ridge, Unit D
$2.5 million
James W. Seaborg, trustee, to The Harriet Pavloukos Revocable Trust
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Last Sunday, the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society hosted its Ice Cream Social for the 37th year. The beautiful day brought nearly 1000 people to the campus to enjoy ice cream, cake, the Town Band, vintage cars, and games while exploring the campus and the historic house museums. The afternoon was filled with music, laughter, and community spirit. You can’t have an Ice Cream Social without ice cream. Huge thanks to Phil Luongo, owner of Gofer Ice Cream, for donating not only ice cream but all the delicious toppings, too. This year the big hit was Oreo mint chip. Phil could not be more generous, gracious, or committed to the Town of New Canaan. We are grateful for the many volunteers who make this day possible: the members of the Exchange Club who scooped the ice cream; the National Charity League – Canaan Parish and New Canaan Chapters, whose members baked cakes, helped with set-up and clean-up, and ran the games; the Service League of Boys, who lugged everything heavy; the Town Band for its fabulous music; George Cody, Karen Ferguson, Maryalice Gelhaus, Mark Markiewicz, Robin Miner, Geri Rhoades, Cathy Townsend, and Monica Trevino, who educated visitors to the Rock School, the Rogers Studio, the Hanford-Silliman House, and the Jim Bach Special Collections Museum; Board Governors Meredith Bach, Betty Greene, Nick Williams, and Frances Wilson, along with her husband Chris, plus volunteer extraordinaire Barbara Dougherty who welcomed people to the campus.
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On May 27th, the New Canaan Land Trust honored Chris Schipper with the Jack Gunther Legacy Award at the sold-out Legacy of the Land Celebration, held at the Roger Sherman Inn. The event welcomed 182 guests who gathered to recognize Chris’s extraordinary leadership and lasting contributions to open space protection and conservation in New Canaan. Both Jack Gunther, co-founder of the New Canaan Land Trust, and Chris Schipper served as Chairs of the Conservation Commission and shared a deep commitment to preserving open space.
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I love our town. We are all so fortunate to live here. The natural beauty and community resources are outstanding. We are a community who cares, and we are a community who gets involved. I also want us to be a community who engages in a civil manner, particularly online.
Some of the comments made by readers of this news outlet as well as comments made elsewhere online regarding community issues are awful to read. Whether discussing Arnold Karp and affordable housing, the future of Valles pool at the Y, leaf blower regulations, or anything else that gets us worked up, we need to practice self regulation. To agree on issues is not the goal. You have a right to speak up, to disagree, to share your perspective. That makes our community better. But the snarky comments aimed at individuals and the online “arguments” are exhausting to read and totally unproductive. Before you hit send, please ask yourself: Is this comment productive?