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How do you take a musical as grand and beloved as My Fair Lady and make it work in the intimate auditorium of New Canaan Library? Connecticut Stage Company answered that question—with imagination, extraordinary talent, and a wonderful understanding of what makes theatre come alive. What a triumph!
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Last week, we had the privilege of welcoming former U.S. Senator Mitt Romney to New Canaan, where he endorsed State Representative Tom O’Dea for reelection and shared an inspiring message about leadership, character, and the values that should guide public service. His reflections were thoughtful, uplifting, and a powerful reminder that character still matters in public life: the willingness to serve, to listen, to stand by one’s principles, and to work constructively with people who may not always agree.
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As a member of the New Canaan Behavioral Health Alliance, I’m writing to encourage people to take the “Community Health and Well-Being Survey.” Two years after nearly 1,490 (roughly 10.5 percent) of New Canaan adults set the baseline, the New Canaan Behavioral Health Alliance returns to measure what has changed. This is important and urgent, as you only have until the end of this month to fill it out. It only takes five minutes.
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Homecoming was this past weekend in New Canaan. It has never crossed my mind to go back to Southern California for my own homecoming, and if you know me well, you know that I loved my high school experience.
June 2, 1945 – October 18, 2026
Elizabeth Ann Butterworth, known to everyone as Libby, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2026, at Bristol Hospital in Bristol, CT, surrounded by her family. She was 81 and had been living with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. Libby was born on June 2, 1945, in Mineola, NY, to Joseph and Dorothy Burrows, and grew up in Manhasset, NY. She worked as a fashion model and later as fashion director for a major department store into the early 1970s, but always said her greatest accomplishment was being a mother to her five children and a grandmother to her nine grandchildren.
She raised her family in her beloved New Canaan with her husband Tom, the love of her life. She was an active member of the New Canaan Beautification League and made her home in the oldest house in New Canaan, 453 Carter Street (New Canaan Now & Then: Mansion House | NewCanaanite.com).