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Community Gathers to Send Off 3-Year-Old on ‘Make-A-Wish’ Disney Vacation

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It’s unusual to find a crowd near The Playhouse on a rainy Saturday morning, but for the right reasons, anything is possible. On Saturday afternoon, that reason was 3-year-old Ezekiel Huckabee, a child in the midst of a year-long battle with cancer. Since he was diagnosed with the disease at just 2 years of age, his life has been a constant battle, but not one he would have to fight alone. After one of his medical advisors got into contact with Make-a-Wish Connecticut, it didn’t take long for them to reach out to his family. “Make-a-Wish contacted us and invited us up to the Connecticut headquarters in Trumbull, and asked to grant us a wish,” Joshua Huckabee, Ezekiel’s father, told the New Canaanite.

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Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police at 12:40 p.m. on April 19 received a report of a larceny from a store at 3 Forest St. The street address includes Athletic Shoe Factory. A juvenile was involved, police said. ***

Saturday is Janet Bouton Wood Karl’s 98th birthday. Happy birthday to Janet, a 1945 New Canaan High School graduate and lifelong New Canaanite.

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‘A Perfect Tribute’: Community Dedicates ‘Linda Andros Day’ at New Canaan Nature Center

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During her many years on the New Canaan Nature Center Board of Trustees—eight in all, including five as president—Linda Andros puzzled over what to do with the abandoned “Audubon House” structure near the Visitors Center. An original building on the well-loved Oenoke Ridge property, the Audubon House was demolished one week ago, thanks to the New Canaan Department of Public Works—something that Andros would have appreciated, according to Nature Center Executive Director Bill Flynn. “Our idea to rejuvenate this area, it being the Audubon House, was to make this a celebration to birds and bird-watching and make it a native pollinator sanctuary,” Flynn told 50 people gathered Tuesday afternoon at the Nature Center on a clear, sunny day. “And that was something we had an idea before the building was coming down.”

Next to Flynn stood a young Winter Hawthorn tree donated by Copia Home & Garden and planted in honor and memory of Andros, a lover of nature, plants and animals. She died Dec.

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‘May Fair’ Is Coming May 9-10

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One of New Canaan’s best-loved spring traditions is around the corner. May Fair will be held May 9 and 10 at the St. Mark’s Episcopal Church midway, following the second annual White Elephant Preview Party, scheduled 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 8 (tickets here). The family-friendly celebration, always held on Mother’s Day weekend, features rides, games, food (most notably, the Holy Smokers barbecue and the strawberry shortcake), face-painting, toy tent, live music and book and tag sales—all for a good cause, as proceeds benefit St. Mark’s ministries and special grants.

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Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police at 7:14 p.m. Sunday received a complaint of a vehicle doing “donuts” at Kiwanis Park on Old Norwalk Road. The matter involved a juvenile and has been resolved, police said. ***

Staying Put in New Canaan’s “Summer Soiree” will be held 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 5 at Waveny House. Tickets here. ***

Congratulations to Tom Throop, furniture designer maker and owner of Black Creek Designs on Grove Street, on being selected to exhibit his furniture at the Smithsonian Craft Show, the most prestigious juried craft exhibition in the nation.