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Letter to the Editor

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NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letter. Send letters to editor@newcanaanite.com to have them published here. ***

On behalf of the Exchange Club of New Canaan, thank you to the New Canaan community and residents from nearby towns for buying Christmas trees and wreaths from our annual fundraiser at Kiwanis Park. Your generous support once again made our fundraising efforts a success, as it has for over 50 years. 

The event had another sold year, with over 1,100 trees and 850 wreaths sold. We netted approximately $130,000, which we’ll distribute to local not-for-profit and community organizations, as we do every year.

Who Knew: By the Spoonful

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‘Who Knew?’ is sponsored by Walter Stewart’s Market. * * *

January’s atonement vibes are in full swing, like a sobering cosmic credit card bill for the gin-soaked immoderation we practiced in December. As with every January, I find myself casting about for joy. I want sunlight. I want fun.

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Podcast: NewCanaanite.com Turns 11

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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we’ve switched things up. As NewCanaanite.com marks its 11th anniversary this month, Bob Doran, the head of NCTV 79, interviews me about the news site, its history and my own experience in running it. 

Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:

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Letter to the Editor

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NewCanaanite.com received the following letter. Send letters to editor@newcanaanite.com to have them published here. ***
Planet New Canaan would like to thank everyone that supported and participated in our fifth annual Tree*Cycling initiative. Our collective efforts filled the Steve Benko Pool Parking lot and kept over 800 trees from ending up in landfills. It took over two weeks to collect the trees and only a few hours to chip them down and transport them to the New Canaan Nature Center to form what has been affectionately nicknamed Christmas Tree Hill.

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NewCanaanite.com received the following letter. Send letters to editor@newcanaanite.com to have them published here. ***

Dear Editor,

I am a junior at New Canaan High School writing to you to share my special experience with Book Pals, a program through which I have sent letters and books back and forth with a sixth-grade student in Stamford for the past year. The Book Pals program paired me with an economically disadvantaged, book-loving student in Stamford who I have gotten to know throughout the year, talking about school, weekend plans, friends, and of course, our shared passion for reading. She tells me what type of book she is interested in each month, whether it be nonfiction, realistic, dramatic, or a certain topic, and I select a book that I think she will like.