New Canaan Police at approximately 4:30 p.m. on March 19 received a complaint from a Turtleback Lane West resident regarding additional cell phone lines opened on their account. The matter is under investigation, police said.
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Just about one week remains in the New Canaan Beautification League’s annual appeal, which runs through March. (Here’s more information on the volunteer organization.)
NCHS ’10 alum Dolly Meckler, founder of New York City-based challah bread company Challah Dolly. Contributed
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Congratulations to 2010 New Canaan High School graduate Dolly Meckler, founder of New York City-based challah bread company Challah Dolly. What started as a hobby in March 2020 when Meckler couldn’t find freelance work during the pandemic “took on a life of its own via Instagram” and “got some great press in Forbes and The New Yorker,” she said. Starting Friday, March 25, Meckler will launch her challah at Walter Stewart’s Market.
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The Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting Tuesday voted 3-0 to approve the promotion of Albe Bassett to chief of the New Canaan Fire Department.
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Get your tickets now, this is coming up soon: New Canaan’s own Andrew Armstrong, artistic director of New Canaan Chamber Music, is putting on a concert at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 27 at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan.
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The town on March 21 received an application to rebuild a horse barn on Silvermine Road that had burned down in January. The project will cost $120,000, the application said, and the contractor on the job is Jarlath Corbin of Norwalk.
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Registration for Camp LiveGirl is open. Details here. It serves girls in rising grades 5 through 8, and runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for three weeks in July (7/5-7/8, 7/11-7/15 and 7/18-7/22). Located at St. Luke’s School, Camp LiveGirl this summer features comedian Samantha Ramsdell and journalism Alisyn Camerota.
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The Ethics Board received a new complaint, which the appointed body discussed in executive session during a special meeting held Wednesday night at Town Hall.
The collection bin at Bankwell on Cherry Street. Contributed
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As part of its partnership with the Carver Foundation, Bankwell will be collecting new and “like new” luggage through Friday, April 8, at the 156 Cherry St. branch in New Canaan and 370 Westport Avenue branch in Norwalk. The luggage will benefit 9th – 11th grade students from the Carver Foundation of Norwalk, who will be spending spring break touring colleges in Philadelphia, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
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New Canaan Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Laura Budd is featured in a News 12 “Road Trip” video segment spotlighting the downtown and what it has to offer.
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The selectmen during Tuesday’s meeting approved a legal bill that includes a $612 line item called “moratorium application.” According to the bill, an attorney from the firm Berchem Moses PC spent .9 hours in email correspondence with Town Planner Lynn Brooks Avni on Feb. 18 “regarding 8-30g moratorium; review of draft materials.” Separately, the town spent $9,611.50 in legal fees on an item called “751 Weed Street – 8-30g application” for work done throughout the month that involved communications with Moynihan, Board of Finance Chair Todd Lavieri, Planning & Zoning Commission Chair John Goodwin, Town Council Chair Steve Karl and Brooks Avni.
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Name a chair in the new Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium at New Canaan Library—details of The Chair Project can be found here.
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Police at about 12:41 pm.. on March 18 received a report of broken and discarded vape cartridges found in bushes near the intersection of South Avenue and Mead Street.
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A reminder that the Town Players of New Canaan’s monthly Playwriting Workshop starts March 27, details here.
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First Selectman Kevin Moynihan said during this week’s selectmen meeting that he and his wife contracted COVID the prior week while on vacation. We wish them a speedy and full recovery.
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The NC Color Drop will take place at 10 a.m. March 26 in Waveny. A Bell407 helicopter, courtesy of HeliNY, will once again fly over the skies of New Canaan and hover over the park, safely releasing close to 2,000 colored golf balls over a designated target—100% of the proceeds will be donated to the NCHS Scholarship Foundation for need-based scholarships given to NCHS graduates. Purchasing a ball gives the donor a chance to win a prize and the opportunity to be present at the event in Waveny Park. Details here.
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The New Canaan Police Department is hiring a police officer. Details and application information here.
L-R: Laura Budd, Chamber of Commerce, New Canaan; Kayla Caruthers, Greenwich Manager; Saya Suyama, Mamaroneck Manager; Cat Alessio, General Manager and New Canaan Studio Manager; Gina Norman, Owner; Thea Petta, Westport Manager; and Mireille Gaynor, Executive Assistant.
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Kaia Yoga New Canaan Studio on Park Street last week held its ribbon-cutting. The studio opened about 18 months ago but had to put off its formal ribbon-cutting due to the pandemic.
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The same legal bill that the selectmen approved Tuesday includes two line items that make reference to a “poll worker,” though it’s unclear whether it’s a reference to the poll worker at the center of a recently launched State Elections Enforcement Commission investigation. The two items, both from Feb. 1, refer to a “review of poll worker’s W-2” and “Research re: poll worker tax reporting.”
Wendy Lowy Sloane. Contributed
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New Canaan’s Wendy Lowy Sloane is joining Daniel Herrold in launching a new podcast, “Divorce Doesn’t Suck.” Covering “every aspect of divorce, including kids, finances, dating, sex, starting over, and more,” according to a press release, the podcast launches May 3.
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New Canaan-based dil figaro calls itself “your personalized digital kitchen”—click here to find out more and get started.
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Police received reports of motorists passing stopped school buses at 4:35 p.m. on March 21 (at Old Norwalk Road and Route 123) and at 4:16 p.m. on March 17 (in the area of 569 Old Stamford Road).
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Waveny LifeCare Network has reopened the Outpatient Rehabilitation Center after a pause of nearly 24 months due to COVID-19. Patients are being welcomed on the Farm Road campus on a limited schedule, as staffing returns to full capacity.
L-R: Bridget Philipp, V.P. of Healthy Living & Membership at the New Canaan YMCA, Susannah Lewis, MPH, Director of Community Relations at Silver Hill Hospital, and Margaret Riley, Executive Director at the New Canaan YMCA
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Finally, the New Canaan YMCA announced Thursday that it will offer a complimentary three-month membership as a part of Silver Hill Hospital’s Intensive Outpatient Programs. The effort is designed to provide those recovering from substance use disorders and primary mental health diagnoses with a wellness-focused component that encourages development of sustainable healthy routines, as well as support for managing primary mental health diagnoses and recovery success.