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In New Canaan, local merchants aren’t just people who sell us things: They’re our neighbors, our high school classmates, our kids’ youth sports coaches, our friends and often they’re the first people in town to give of their time, expertise, products and services to support human services organizations here.
For today’s installment of our holiday shopping series, we talk to Nancy Kline Gorkin, owner of Earth Garden on South Avenue. Here’s our conversation. ***
New Canaanite: Please give our readers a little background on Earth Garden—how long you’ve been in town and an overview of what you offer. Nancy Kline Gorkin: We’ve been around New Canaan for 32 years. And we’ve been downtown for the past 10 years.
For this installment of our holiday shopping series, we interview Dan Holland about the recent publication of his first children’s book, “Infinity Forever,” illustrated by R.W. Rich. A 1993 New Canaan High School graduate who lives in town, Holland—following the passing of his mom—wrote a book that he says he wishes he’d been able to read to his own kids when they were little. (It’s available at Elm Street Books.)
We met Monday at New Canaan Library. Here’s our conversation. ***
New Canaanite: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your family in New Canaan. Dan Holland: My family’s been in New Canaan for almost 50 years.
In today’s installment of our local holiday shopping series, we visit Artemesia—a clothing and accessories shop that opened Black Friday on Elm Street—and talk to store manager Emma Wiltshire. Here’s our conversation. ***
New Canaanite: Please give us some background on Artemesia and tell us what you have here. Emma Wiltshire: Wendy Akroyd is our owner and designer. She started her first store in 2018 in Hudson, New York.
For this installment of our local holiday shopping series, we catch up with Judi Anders, manager of Groove’s New Canaan store on Elm Street.
Here’s a transcript of our conversation. ***
New Canaanite: Could you please give us some background on the store, and also an overview of what you have on offer here. Judi Anders: The owner is Corri Neckritz and she started the business Groove because she saw there was a need for cute, trendy clothes and gifts and she just couldn’t find them out there. And so she started selling out of her basement. And she then opened her first store in Westport in 2012.
For today’s installment of our local holiday shopping series, we caught up with Michele Sileo, assistant manager of Pet Pantry Warehouse on Grove Street.
Here’s our conversation. ***
New Canaanite: Please give us some background on Pet Pantry and an overview of what you offer here. Michele Sileo: Pet Pantry has been family owned for over 75 years now. We have seven stores—four in Connecticut, three in New York. We have a lot of products for dogs.