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Charles Wright, 86

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Charles David Wright of New Canaan, CT died peacefully at Bridges by EPOCH in Norwalk on Thursday morning, December 12, 2024. He was 86 years old. Born on April 1, 1938, to Percy Charles Wright and Lylah Fisch Wright in Pittsburg, CA, he was predeceased by his brother and his sister, Richard and Janet Wright. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Deborah McCormick Wright, his son David and his wife Catherine Wang of Walnut Creek, CA, his daughter Eleanor of Brighton, MA, his granddaughters Keilah and Sophie Wright, and many loving family members and friends. 

After graduating from Pittsburg High School, he attended UC Davis and UC Berkeley and served briefly in the US Marine Corps. His career path took him from Sacramento to Philadelphia where he worked for National Drug Company, a subsidiary of Richardson-Vicks, Chuck crisscrossed the globe, building relationships, collecting coins, dolls, flags and beer cans for his kids, and overseeing the company’s Human Resources function throughout Latin American the Far East.

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New Canaan Holiday Shopping: Elm Street Books [Q&A]

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For today’s installment in our local holiday shopping series, we spoke to Manda Riggs of Elm Street Books at 35 Elm St. Here’s a transcription of our conversation. 

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New Canaanite: How’s it going so far this holiday shopping season? Manda Riggs: I would say it’s been soft, actually. I’m not entirely sure if it was the shorter shopping season—‘longer November, shorter December,’ as we say—not sure if it was an election result. I looked at our numbers from 2020 and 2016. It looks like our Decembers in those years were also a tiny bit soft, so we’ll see.

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Alan Lane Home Sells for $7,495,000

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The following property transfer(s) were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***

Dec. 6

42 Alan Lane

$7,495,000
The Jonathan M. Lancaster Revocable Trust to Michael K. Rozen, trustee of the The 42 Alan Lane Revocable Trust

Dec.

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Linda Carmell Andros, 76

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January 23,1948 – December 12, 2024

Linda Andros died on December 12, 2024, at home surrounded by love with her family. She died following a short illness after a brave struggle. The daughter of Plato and Florene Andros, she was born January 23,1948 in Norman, Oklahoma. Her father was a professional football player in the early years of the National Football League and later worked in the oil industry, and her mother was a homemaker. As a child Linda won prizes in piano competitions and was a skilled piano player and singer her entire life.

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‘We Want Them To Feel Really Good’: LaSource Opens on Elm Street 

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[For this installment of our local holiday shopping series, we interviewed Jessica Johnson, who last month opened LaSource at 44 Elm St.]

Jessica Johnson opened her first LaSource store in Darien a little over one year ago. A successful commercial real estate agent who used to work as a professional ballet dancer, Johnson had the idea in creating the shop to “try and reinvent a lingerie store.”

“I grew up a Victoria’s Secret customer in my 20s and everybody knows how Victoria’s Secret sells to women and what that looks like,” Johnson said Thursday afternoon from the floor of her warm, inviting new location in downtown New Canaan. “It is very much about seduction, whereas we’ve kind of taken seduction out of the store and tried to just create a beautiful space for women to feel comfortable in and supported. And we offer everything from bra fitting to resort wear and swimwear. And for all ages, really.