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‘The Fabric of the Community’: Francos Marks 90 Years on Elm Street
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Francos Wine Merchants, a family-owned wine and spirits store on Elm Street, marks its 90th anniversary.
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Holiday Shopping 2023: Claudette
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For today’s installment of our local holiday shopping series, we visited Claudette Rothman, owner of the eponymous women’s clothing and accessories boutique Claudette on Main Street. (In addition to the clothing featured below, the shop offers many gifts, such a Kate Spade puzzle at $24, as well as picture frames, flasks, napkins, coffee table books, trays and toiletries.)
Here’s our conversation. ***
New Canaanite: Please give us some background on yourself and on the boutique. Claudette Rothman: I went to the Fashion Institute of Technology and I’ve been in this industry a very long time. I’ve worked for a lot of the big guys, and then I got out of the industry right around when dot coms were beginning.
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Holiday Shopping 2023: The Toy Chest
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This installment of our local holiday shopping series takes us to The Toy Chest on Main Street. We stopped by on Sunday to talk to co-owner Carlos Sedeno. Here’s a transcription of our conversation.
New Canaanite: For people who maybe don’t know The Toy Chest, could you give us some background on the shop?
Carlos Sedeno: We’ve been here over 25 years. We’ve been in this town. Yes.
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Holiday Shopping 2023: Plum Plums Cheese
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Today’s installment of our local holiday shopping series takes us to Plum Plums Cheese on Cherry Street. The shop recently underwent a seamless change of ownership. On Thursday, we stopped in to chat with Jo Bloom, who has been operating Plum Plums with husband Stephen Bloom since just before Thanksgiving. Here’s our conversation. ***
New Canaanite: What was your thought in becoming the owner of Plum Plums in New Canaan, and how’s it going?
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Holiday Shopping 2023: The Adirondack Store
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For this installment of our local holiday shopping series, we talked to Stephen Shin, who owns The Adirondack Store at 39 Elm St. with husband Christopher English. Here’s our conversation. New Canaanite: Tell me a little bit about the store. Describe it generally for our readers.