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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. Dry Martini Clothing, a Manhattan-based women’s fashion brand known for its luxury fabrics and sharp New York aesthetic, is opening its second physical location at 70 Elm St. in New Canaan on Sept. 12, company officials say. The brand was founded by designer Sarah Miller, who said the concept begun from a simple vision.
The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. The inaugural New Canaan Music Festival is set for Saturday, Sept. 19, at the New Canaan Nature Center, bringing what organizers call a full day of live music, food, children’s activities and community events to town. Festival director Michael-Louis Smith said the event has been about five years in the making. A lifelong musician who has organized concerts and other music festivals, Smith said he had been looking for the right opportunity to bring a festival to New Canaan.
The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. Couples who booked their weddings at Waveny House for 2027 say they were caught off guard this summer when the town informed them that the historic mansion will be covered in scaffolding during an exterior masonry restoration project scheduled to run from April through December of next year, leaving them scrambling to decide whether to upend months of wedding planning or proceed with construction surrounding their ceremony. The town sent letters to affected couples in June signed by the head of Parks & Recreation, telling them the facility would remain open and available for scheduled events, but that “there may be scaffolding and construction activity present on portions of the exterior of the building” during their event date. The letter offered couples a full refund if they cancel in writing by Aug. 15.
Town officials on Tuesday approved another $84,000 for the remediation of contaminated soils at the former Irwin House site. The funds—to be paid to the Stamford Wrecking Company following a 3-0 vote by the Board of Selectmen—hopefully will be the final payment in a demolition and abatement project budgeted for about $770,000 all in, according to Joe Zagarenski, senior engineer in the Department of Public Works. The overall project is coming in about $29,000 over that spending plan, he told the selectmen at their regular meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. Asked when the public can expect to see green grass on the site of the former Irwin House, Zagarenski said in October-November — so long as no further contaminants turn up. “I don’t suspect we’re going to find anything, but if we’re trying to find the clean limits and we hit into another area that’s [contaminated]—I don’t see it, I don’t foresee it happening, but there is that [chance],” he said.
Police on Aug. 7 arrested a 60-year-old Westport man and charged him with driving under the influence after a two-car crash. At about 11:42 p.m. on Aug. 6, a Thursday, officers responded to a crash at East Avenue and Route 123, according to a police report. There, police discovered that the man ran a red light at Silvermine Road and ended up striking a car that was traveling on Route 123, the report said.