New Canaan Police at 3:06 p.m. on March 17 received a report of a bicycle stolen from a Maple Street home.
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Congratulations to Steph Benko, who ran the NYC Half Marathon on Sunday in a time of 1:18:47. She finished 18th in the women’s division, beating out some of the professional runners. Steph placed 190th overall—there were 24,717 total runners. (“Cleary, she had an angel cheering her on,” proud mom Sue Benko said.)
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The 2023 MLB season opens next week. New Canaan’s Kelley Franco Throop, an attorney whose baseball-related videos on Twitter are gaining wide attention in the sport, is a featured guest on a new “Real Voices of the Game” podcast installment. Here’s a recent video:
When we hear of contracts of 10 years or longer, we all know the player will be cooked in the last few years. Why do clubs commit? A long contract lowers their Average Annual Value. AAV determines the luxury tax a team pays — or avoids. Here it is in a (long) minute. #MLB #Mets pic.twitter.com/wg7wZ9hN6h
— Kelley Franco Throop (@threeinningfan) March 20, 2023
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Police are investigating a report received at 12:54 p.m. Monday of a purse stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Oak Street.
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PSA: Don’t bring food into the new New Canaan Library. (When The Farmer’s Grind opens its café on the main floor—and they’re just about ready—library patrons will be able to purchase and eat there.)
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Limited class size: The Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny is hosting an improv workshop with Nancy L. Meyer, to be held 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 20.
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Police at 2:38 p.m. on March 18 received a report of a wallet missing from Le Pain Quotidien on Elm Street.
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Heads-up: Mark Yaconelli will be guest preacher and adult forum speaker at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan on Sunday. He’ll discuss his book, “Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us.” Details here.
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A black bear, likely the same one spotted Tuesday night on Ludlowe Road, was chased up a tree on Canoe Hill Road by two dogs at about 9:24 p.m. Wednesday, officials say. When the dogs left, so did the bear, according to police.
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Residents of The Inn touring the new New Canaan Library.
Waveny’s independent living community, The Inn, recently toured the new New Canaan Library. “All of the enthusiastic readers at The Inn are thrilled to enjoy this space filled with natural light, books galore and cozy nooks to sit and read,” organizers of the visit said.
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The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday appointed Brittney Singer to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
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Claire O’Hare
Congratulations to New Canaan resident Claire O’Hare on joining the board at DAE, a nonprofit organization democratizing access to 21st century digital career and life skills for underrepresented youth. O’Hare joined Facebook in 2008, launching and leading sales development and strategy for the rapidly growing global sales teams. Prior to Facebook, O’Hare launched Yahoo!’s first sales training and executive leadership development initiative. She also founded Livewell Design, an e-commerce fine jewelry line, which scaled to over $3 million in sales and was sold to OpenStore in January 2022.
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The New Canaan Beautification League’s annual appeal is underway. Details here.
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A slide from the New Canaan Library presentation to the Town Council on March 21, 2023.
Police said Thursday that they’ve closed an investigation into trespassing at the legacy “1913” building on the New Canaan Library campus. The remnants of that little structure, which has just two sides and is undergoing asbestos abatement at the privately owned library property, soon will be moved out of the way of a planned town green.
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Last chance: The NCHS Scholarship Foundation is hosting its third annual NC Color Drop at 10 a.m. on March 25. Buy a ball for $25 to support the fundraiser—there are some terrific grand prizes. Details here.
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Jennifer Toll
New Canaan’s Jennifer Toll will be honored Friday for her longtime support of the Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk.
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Finally, here are more events worth checking out (add your event to the Community Calendar here and we’ll share it with fellow residents):
- Men’s Club To Hear from Police Chief DiFederico (March 24 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am)
- Fresh Air Fund Information Session (March 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm)
- Yale Science: From Guts to Galaxies, Evolution on Many Scales (March 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
- Unite to Fight 5K (April 2 @ 7:30 am – 12:00 pm)
Prospective Member & All Member Coffee, Encore Club of New Canaan (April 18 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am)
The bear wandered over to Arrowhead Trail Wednesday night. It was caught on a security camera!
I’m curious to know if the library will have parking on the site of its new building.
Hi Fanny, I’m pretty sure there are disabled spaces on the site, though the main library parking is in the Center School Lot (the library is paying the town to lease the spaces).