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New Canaan Police on Monday afternoon received a report of a vehicle being entered by juveniles. No items were taken from the vehicles, and the matter is being handled by the juveniles’ parents and a NCPD youth sergeant, officials said.

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New Canaan’s own Andrew Armstrong, artistic director of New Canaan Chamber Music, is putting on a concert to be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 27 at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan. Click here for ticket info.

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Congratulations to the New Canaan High School girls ice hockey team on winning a state championship Wednesday night, topping Darien 4-3 in a triple-overtime thriller.

Here’s the game-winning goal from senior Kaleigh Harden—a team co-captain together with Grace Crowell, Caitlin Tully and Jade Lowe—and ensuing celebration:

Kaleigh Harden scores with 33.5 secs left in the 3rd OT. New Canaan wins state championship 4-3 over Darien in an absolutely wild game #ctghk @GameTimeCT pic.twitter.com/EJJKmiZcOD

— Dave Stewart (@DStewartSports) March 10, 2022

The win capped an unbeaten season for the Rams. 

Goalie Nikki Ferraro—the only freshman girls ice hockey player in Connecticut to earn both all-county and all-state honors—finished with 40 saves.

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NCHS has been ranked the #1 high school in the state by Stacker, according to this report.

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Staying Put in New Canaan is hiring a part-time manager of events. Details here.

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Many thanks to Walter Stewart’s Market for stepping up, once again, as a title sponsor of the NCHS Scholarship Foundation for its major spring fundraiser. The second annual NC Color Drop is to be held March 26. Details here.

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Police at 3:24 p.m. on March 3 received a report of a fraudulent credit card account opened in the name of an Oenoke Ridge resident.

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The New Canaan Beautification League’s annual appeal is underway and runs through March.

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Attention small businesses: NCPD created the window decal stickers seen at left for the storefronts of New Canaan businesses, help deter crimes and larcenies. Business owners who want one should contact NCPD Community Impact Officer Nicole Vartuli at nicole.Vartuli@newcanaanct.gov. 

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“Through Our Eyes X,” the 10th annual New Canaan High School exhibition, runs through March 19 at Carriage Barn Arts Center. It will feature selected work from NCHS alumni artists, as well. More information is available here.

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The Board of Education prior to its regular meeting Monday held a moment of silence to remember and honor lifelong resident and Recreation Director Steve Benko. Chair Katrina Parkhill called Benko a “longtime friend to the New Canaan Public Schools and always willing to help and support our schools in every way.” “I personally, and many others in our schools, worked with Steve for many years and we will all miss him very much,” she said.

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Waveny LifeCare Network has announced the launch of its Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) and Home Health Aide (HHA) School at 3 Farm Road. “The goal of this new initiative is to recruit and train the next generation of nursing professionals through an extensive six-week training, apprenticeship, and mentoring program that is fully subsidized and provides full-time employment opportunities for all participants within the Waveny LifeCare Network,” the nonprofit organization said in a press release.

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The Yale Daily News covered the Yale Law School Media Freedom of Information and Access clinic’s victory representing NewCanaanite.com in a lawsuit:

UNIVERSITY | Yale Law School’s clinic won a case in defense of a local Connecticut news site. https://t.co/tTMDSSxEzo

— Yale Daily News (@yaledailynews) March 3, 2022

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Parkhill at Monday’s Board of Ed meeting also called for those gathered at NCHS to “take a moment to just acknowledge the situation in Ukraine, and to offer our heartfelt thoughts and support to all of those in our community with family and friends in Ukraine.” “And just know that we are here to support you and will be thinking of you,” she said.

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Town officials disabled the chat function during Tuesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting following the back-and-forth captured in a screenshot at left.

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Police received reports of motor vehicles passing stopped school buses at 9:23 a.m. Tuesday (in the area of 281 Old Stamford Road), 4:23 p.m. Tuesday (182 Weed St.), 9:21 a.m. on March 4 (528 Main St.) and 4:26 p.m. on March 3 (222 Park St.).

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Congratulations to the award winners of the Recreation Department’s recent LEGO Builders Contest:

• Charlie Firneno – Technical Builder Award
• Alex Lobashova – Promising Architect Award
• Brian/James Izard – Creative Detail Award
• Ryan Abtahi – Star Wars Galaxy Award
• Luka Tarnuzzer – Tour of NYC Builders Award
• Charlie Firneno – Technical Builder Award
• Stefenos Bromides – First Prize Top Lego Creativity
• Gregory Schulman – Best Kit Builder Award
• Nicholas Robertson – Imagination Award

Charlie Firneno, a Saxe Middle School sixth-grader, took advantage of the snow days in January and first built a LEGO Ferrari 488 GTE, then decided to “motorize” it by adding motors and coding a mobile app to remotely control his modified LEGO Ferrari with an iPhone. He even added LED lights so that he could switch the car’s headlights on and off with a phone. 

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The New Canaan Preservation Alliance has announced the election of four new members to its Board of Directors:  Laura Dijs, Robert Ericson, Karen Martin, and Susan Serven.

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Finally, try to catch it before it’s gone: The “Women of Waveny” exhibit at the New Canaan Historical Society & Museum runs through March 31. Some background here on the show.