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Below please find the song sheet for Christmas Eve caroling on God’s Acre (6:30 p.m. on Dec. 24). These caroling sheets—here as a PDF, with a QR Code to donate to the God’s Acre Christmas Caroling Fund—will be handed out. Keep an eye out for Steve Benko’s star atop the caroling tree. Here’s a history of Christmas Eve caroling in New Canaan. ***
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hark!
New Canaan Police are investigating the theft of a Santa Claus statue from 18 Forest St.—the address of New Canaan Diner—reported at 8:25 a.m. on Dec. 13. ***
The Board of Education on Monday unanimously elected Dr. Raquel Harrison to fill a recently vacated seat. A founder of New Canaan Unplugged who has served on the Health & Human Services Commission, Harrison received supportive comments from school board members on both sides of the aisle. ***
The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted 3-0 to appoint Morgan Williams to the Ethics Board.
This marks the 40th year of the New England Academy of Dance and New England Dance Theater producing “The Nutcracker” here in New Canaan.
Shows will run this weekend at 7 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday (tickets here). We put some questions to NEAD’s Ginna Ortiz ahead of the show. Here’s our exchange. ***
New Canaanite: For readers who may not know, what are the New England Academy of Dance and New England Dance Theater? Ginna Ortiz: New England Academy of Dance is a pre-professional ballet school for ages 3 thru 18 that focuses on high-quality, disciplined training within a nurturing and elite environment.
The Playhouse on Elm Street will continue to run as the town finds a new operator for the beloved movie theater, officials say. The town-owned Playhouse has been operated since it reopened in June 2024 by New Jersey-based CinemaLab. Yet amid the theater’s financial challenges, the town recently terminated its 10-year lease with the company, and last week issued an RFP for a new operator. CinemaLab will continue to run the movie theater until a successor is in place, officials say. Luke Parker Bowles and Brandon Jones, CinemaLab’s co-founders, issued this statement Sunday: “It has been one of the great honors of our careers to help bring The Playhouse back to life, and to be welcomed so warmly by the Town of New Canaan throughout that journey.
New Canaan Police are investigating three thefts from cars reported Tuesday morning—at 6:23 a.m., 8:39 a.m. and 10:11 a.m.—that may be connected. The larcenies occurred near each other, on Millport Avenue and Avalon Drive West, and a handbag and two wallets were reported stolen. ***
Save the date: The second “New Canaan Sports Trivia Night” will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23 at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society. Tickets here.