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‘Morning Movie Club’ Heads Into Third Season at New Canaan Playhouse

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. The Morning Movie Club, which brings first-run films to the New Canaan Playhouse on Tuesday mornings with no previews and a 10 a.m. sharp start, is heading into its third season in New Canaan next month. As membership has soared to nearly 100 members, co-founder Michelle Howe said the club’s appeal comes down to something simple. “Our big hook is that there are no previews,” Howe said. “You know, you go to the movies now and there’s over a half hour of previews.

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‘The Worst That We’ve Ever Seen It’: July 21 Flash Flooding Damaged Waveny House Basement and Three Other Town Buildings

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. Four town-owned buildings sustained flood damage during the July 21 storm that dropped roughly four-and-a-half inches of rain in approximately 35 minutes on New Canaan, with Waveny House suffering what one town official called the worst basement flooding ever recorded there. “This is the worst that we’ve ever seen it where it flooded the whole basement,” Buildings Superintendent Bill Oestmann told the Board of Selectmen at its regular meeting Aug. 4 at Town Hall. “We got it all cleaned up and dry.”

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New Canaan Chamber of Commerce To Host ‘Taste of the Town Stroll’ Aug. 20

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. The New Canaan Chamber of Commerce will host its 15th annual Taste of the Town Stroll on Thursday, Aug. 20, giving participants a self-guided food and drink tour through downtown while raising money for the New Canaan Food Pantry. “We call this ‘the triple win,’ ” said Laura Budd, executive director of the Chamber. “Strollers get amazing food and drinks, the stores and restaurants get to greet existing customers and meet new ones, and the Food Pantry gets well stocked.”

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Town: People Are Illegally Dumping Garbage at Playhouse Lot Compactor

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. People who are not authorized to use the town’s newly relocated garbage compactor in the Playhouse Lot are dumping their trash there anyway, Public Works Director Tiger Mann told the Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting last Tuesday at Town Hall. The compactor, which is intended for use by downtown merchants and businesses, was recently relocated to a newly constructed enclosure cut into the hillside below the Park Street Lot as part of a broader overhaul of the Playhouse Lot. Mann said the issue has come to the town’s attention and that steps are being taken to address it. “We are having some people that are not supposed to be using the compactor using the compactor,” Mann said.

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Town to Repair Spinning Equipment at Mead Park Playground After Six-Year-Old Components Begin to Wobble

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously at its regular meeting at Town Hall on  July 21 to approve a $15,945 contract to repair two standalone spinning play components at the Mead Park playground that have become wobbly after years of use at the popular facility. Superintendent of Parks Ryan Restivo presented the request, saying the town had been alerted to the problem by members of the public who noticed the equipment was no longer functioning properly. “There’s just caution tape around it,” Restivo said of the components. “It still moves and it still functions, but it’s very wobbly.”