TV’s original home improvement show has a webcam on the God’s Acre Greek Revival that made headlines this week when town officials voiced support for a sensitive restoration and rebuilding project. The antique at 4 Main St. is the 2019 “Idea House” for “This Old House” and will track developments there.
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The peacock seen wandering around Wahackme Road on Monday afternoon is back home, according to police. The exotic bird’s Ponus Ridge owner saw an article about it, and the peacock was located and returned to its pen with three others.
Thomas Teles
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New Canaan Library recently appointed two new members to its Board of Trustees, Thomas Teles and David Rucci. They join Marie Dolan, Thomas Joyce, and Christopher O’Connor who have been appointed in recent months.
Teles, recently retired from Goldman Sachs after 21 years at the firm. He was a partner in the asset management unit. Teles also serves on the board of the Touch Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to strengthen the healthcare system in Tanzania. He lives here with his wife Sharon and their children.
David Rucci
David Rucci, his wife Barbara, and children are longtime residents of New Canaan. Rucci is a partner at the law firm of Lampert Toohey & Rucci, LLC, and a member of both the New Canaan Bar Association and the Rotary Club of New Canaan. He has served on the boards of the New Canaan Community Foundation, Lakeview Cemetery Association and The Getabout. In addition to New Canaan Library, he currently serves as a board member for the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce.
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The planned transfer in ownership of the “Ponus Ridge Chapel” property has gone through, according to records on file with the Town Clerk’s office. The association that had owned the property at 424 Ponus Ridge for decades transferred the property to New Canaan Library through a quitclaim deed, and then it transferred again to PRC, LLC, whose principals are next-door neighbors Brendan and Ainsley Hayes. Both transfers were made for $1, according to the deeds.
Mallory Ehlers
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Congratulations to New Canaan resident and King School senior Mallory Ehlers, New Canaan, one of just four students in the school’s Advanced Mathematics and Science Research Program. It serves a small group of students each year who excel in science, technology, engineering or mathematics and are then selected for independent study and competition preparation and a laboratory research experience. Mallory is working with Dr. Jan Grimm, a physician scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
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Sadly, the Canada goose rescued in September by an area mom at Kiwanis Park succumbed to his injuries after infection set in, officials said.
Greens Farms Academy senior point guard Katherine Marcus, center, poses for a photo with coach Jen Harris, second from left, and teammates after she scored the 1,000th point of her varsity basketball career at Hotchiss on Saturday. Marcus scored 30 points to lead GFA to a 60-38 win over the Bearcats.
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Congratulations to lifelong New Canaan resident Katherine Marcus, daughter of Bo and Julie Marcus, who as a senior girls basketball player at Greens Farms Academy scored the 1,000th point of her varsity career last weekend.
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Police at about 7:46 p.m. Wednesday charged a 20-year-old Norwalk man with possession of more than .5 ounces of marijuana after stopping the car he was riding in on Old Norwalk Road for having a shattered windshield.
L-R: Lori Kelly of the New Canaan Board of Realtors, Carol McDonald, Director of New Canaan Health and Human Services and New Canaan BOR President Janis Hennessy. Contributed
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New Canaan Realtors donated funds to the New Canaan Department of Human Services “Warm Up Fund,” which assists local families in need of help with their utility and heating bills over the winter.
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The town on Dec. 5 issued a building permit for a new 10,700-square-foot house at 95 Devonwood Lane, and on Dec. 6 issued a building permit for a new 5,215-square-foot house at 211 Oenoke Ridge Road.
I’m the one on the left.
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Finally, a bit of personal news offered up to satisfy some of those whose parking ticket appeals we feature regularly here on New Canaanite: I got a $30 parking ticket at 10:52 a.m. Wednesday for parking in a loading zone at Main Street and East Avenue.
I will not be appealing this ticket.
Have a great weekend, everyone.