The "DePatie DeParty" on March 17 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church honored Dick DePatie, who recently wrapped up 19 years as parish administrator. Contributed
The "DePatie DeParty" on March 17 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church honored Dick DePatie, who recently wrapped up 19 years as parish administrator. Contributed
The "DePatie DeParty" on March 17 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church honored Dick DePatie, who recently wrapped up 19 years as parish administrator. Contributed
The "DePatie DeParty" on March 17 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church honored Dick DePatie, who recently wrapped up 19 years as parish administrator. Contributed
The "DePatie DeParty" on March 17 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church honored Dick DePatie, who recently wrapped up 19 years as parish administrator. Contributed
The "DePatie DeParty" on March 17 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church honored Dick DePatie, who recently wrapped up 19 years as parish administrator. Contributed
The "DePatie DeParty" on March 17 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church honored Dick DePatie, who recently wrapped up 19 years as parish administrator. Contributed
The photos from our gallery this week are from a party honoring town resident Dick DePatie after 19 years as parish administrator at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Congratulations to Dick and the DePaties! The March 17 ‘DePatie DeParty’ in Morrill Hall featured musical numbers, including from a ukulele band.
New Canaan Animal Control Officer Allyson Halm. Photo by Mackenzie Lewis
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Officer Allyson Halm of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section this week will begin making door-to-door visits to residents who have been unresponsive to calls to renew their dogs’ licenses. There are about 30 people on “The List,” including several who have multiple dogs. Dogs are to be licensed on July 1 of each year. Owners can do it online here.
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The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted 3-0 to approve Michael McCargo, long a part-time parking enforcement officer in New Canaan, to a full-time position.
Scenes from the 2015 Turkey Bowl, at Boyle Stadium in Stamford. Credit: Terry Dinan
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Department of Public Works officials said during a budget hearing before the Town Council Wednesday night that the new recycling bins to appear downtown later this calendar year will be a shade of green, rather than blue. Why? Because blue is the color Darien, home of the Blue Wave (as well as the Interstate 95 and Route 1 corridors).
Cryotherapy
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A reminder that from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, NORDIC Cryotherapy at Halo Studios on Grove Street is offering free trial sessions—register here. Whole body cryotherapy, which means “cold treatment,” is a very brief procedure (the entire treatment is only three minutes) that exposes the body to temperatures of about minus 264 degrees. Although it has been around since the ‘70s where it was used widely in Japan to treat a number of ailments, it has gained radical popularity in the West in recent years, especially among elite athletes as a more efficient way to soothe and repair sore muscles.
South Avenue at Cherry Street, November 6, 1960. Robert Corry photo, courtesy of the New Canaan Historical Society
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New Canaan’s Keith Simpson in a recent and widely read letter to New Canaanite recommended Mary Louise King’s comprehensive local history book for a future town-wide reading project—and mentioned in the letter that the 1981 book itself, “Portrait of New Canaan,” may need re-publishing. In fact, we hear, the book is out of print and, if Simpson’s vision were to materialize, it could only happen if someone undertakes getting a print run done, as the number of copies needed is significant.
L-R: Jack Sheffield , Tommy Jahns, Ryan Moore, Finn Greiner , Leyton Warren and Cole Wilson. Team led by coach Tanaz Warren. Contributed
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Congratulations to the Saxe Middle School 5th grade team 12320 A Division 1, which took second place Saturday at the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament to earn a seat at the world finals in Michigan this May. All the boys are athletes who used their teamwork and skills from the field to perform an athletics-inspired theme that encompassed multiple sports. Seventeen teams from New Canaan competed in the Connecticut tournament on March 18, and four other Saxe teams and two NCHS teams also qualified for World Finals with 1st- and 2nd-place showings.
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The 1.6 percent operating budget increase for New Canaan Public Schools, now before the Town Council, would be the lowest bump for the district in at least 20 years, according to research cited by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bryan Luizzi. With wage increases built into contracts, the district is looking at a hard reduction year-over-year to its discretionary budget.
Here’s a snapshot of the singers with Mr. Leckie after the concert, top L-R: Parisa Aratsu, Clara Bloom, Julia Lamoreaux. Bottom L-R: Lynaea Pace and Mia Konidaris. Not pictured: Ava Sabloff.
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Congratulations to six 7th– and 8th-graders from Saxe Middle School who performed in the concert choir at the Connecticut Western Region Middle School Music Festival last weekend. Parents expressed thanks to Saxe choir director Trevor Leckie who coached the group for auditions and in the weeks leading up to the concert.
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New Canaan got back nine bidders—a high number—f0r its project to create the new sidewalk that is to run from the top of Elm Street to Irwin Park’s entrance. The selectmen on Tuesday approved that project 3-0.
Pet Pantry EVP Adam Jacobson, center, with the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce’s Tucker Murphy (L) and Laura Budd (R) at New Canaan Dog Days 2016, held May 22. Credit: Michael Dinan
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New Canaan’s locally owned pet store, Pet Pantry Warehouse, has arranged for 6-session “Puppy Basics” and “Basic Manners” courses to be offered right in town with a certified trainer.
New Canaan Police at 2:36 a.m. on Wednesday cited a 19-year-old Stamford woman for possession of less than .5 ounces of marijuana. An officer stopped her for crossing the double-yellow line while traveling north on Old Stamford Road, police said. The officer smelled pot during a subsequent stop.
L-R: NC Color Run Co-Chairs, Jennifer Richardson, Allison Mennitt and Steffi Loomis; Bankwell Branch Manager, Peter Olson; Bankwell Director of Marketing, Diane Knetzger; Oxygen Fitness Owners, Sara and Dave Koch. Contributed
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Oxygen Fitness and Bankwell are partnering to sponsor the first-ever New Canaan High School Color Run. Designed to mark the New Canaan High School Scholarship Foundation’s 50th anniversary, the Color Run will be held at 9 a.m. on April 29, with a rain date of April 30. Students and adults of all ages will run/walk in either the Kids’ Color Dash, which is .8-miles for younger children, or the NC Color Run, an approximately 5K distance. Both events will have start and finish lines at the high school and will feature “Color Stations” along the route where powdered, washable paint will be thrown in the air to create the “color run.” There will also be food and a D.J. to celebrate at the start/finish line.
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Oxygen also gets a shout-out this week from LiveGirl, the local nonprofit organization founded by New Canaanite Sheri West. The Pine Street fitness biz hosted a mother-daughter empowerment workshop and girls’ leadership summit titled ‘Strong Girls = Strong World.’ Attendees learned about girls’ education and laughed as they bonded and worked out with Oxygen trainer Megan Hoffman. The girls’ leadership summit brought together 60 middle school girls from across Fairfield County for leadership development and team building.
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