Podcast: New Canaan CARES’ Upcoming Programs and ‘2024 Home Tour’

This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Colleen Prostor, executive director of New Canaan CARES, about important upcoming programs—namely, Destigmatize Mental Health For Teens (9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on March 14) and ‘Social Media and Your Kids’ Featuring Max Stossel (7 to 8:30 p.m. on April 4)—as well as the nonprofit organization’s 2024 Home Tour on May 31. Sign up here for the CARES newsletter. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:

Letter to the Editor

NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letter to the editor. Email editor@newcanaanite.com to have a letter published here. ***
My name is Kate Kupchak, and I am a student at New Canaan High School and the oldest sister of four. While these two points are seemingly unrelated, many of my experiences as the firstborn have significantly corresponded to my expectations as a student. As the older sister, it was always expected of me to set a good example for my younger siblings.

Letter to the Editor

NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letter(s). Email editor@newcanaanite.com to publish your letter here. 

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Dear Board of Selectmen, Members of the Town Council and Members of the Board of Finance, 

As members of the Board of Meals On Wheels of New Canaan, we echo the sentiments expressed by Irene’s Hendricks in her letter to the New Canaanite on February 29, 2024. 

We were disheartened to see the comments by our First Selectman, and the subsequent proposed budget, regarding reducing or cutting funds to the Health and Human Services budget for the upcoming fiscal year. 

Meals on Wheels of New Canaan is a volunteer based organization that solely relies on the generous donations of our neighbors, the town and approved grants. Demand for MOW services has increased significantly in recent years. We delivered 1,000 more meals during the past 12 months versus the year prior. We are serving 107 individuals up 31% from a year ago.

Podcast: John Kao To Present ‘The World According to Jazz’ on March 9

This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to New Canaan resident John Kao, a former Harvard Business School professor and current Turing Fellow at Yale’s center for new media who also is a best-selling author and expert on jazz music. His presentation—titled “The World According to Jazz”—will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan. Presented by the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society and the church, it is free and open to the public. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:

Letter to the Editor

NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letter(s). Email editor@newcanaanite.com to publish your letter here. 

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I’m writing today to strongly advocate that we do not reduce town funding to Health and Human Services during this budget period. Our Grand List is up 23.6%; $750,000 of ARPA funds are being transferred into our town’s General Fund. Our Board of Selectmen have approved a $176.8 Million budget up 6.09% year over year, with increases driven by a variety of factors including inflation, health insurance, school staffing, and information technology. 

At the same time, there is an interest in finding savings to offset these headwinds. As taxpayers, we of course have interest in these savings.