New Canaan Police at 11:53 a.m. on June 23 received a report of missing or stolen bistro lights from a Jonathan Road back yard.
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The 24th Annual New Canaan Football Golf Tournament and Touchdown Dinner is scheduled for July 17 at Woodway Country Club. Details and tickets here.
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First Selectman Kevin Moynihan said during Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen that Greg Reilly, hired last fall as the town’s grant writer, is pursuing a state grant to help offset costs related to the Police Department and Playhouse projects.
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According to a letter dated June 8 and obtained by NewCanaanite.com, from Moynihan to officials with CinemaLab—the company that plans to operate a reopened Playhouse movie theater, now under renovation— the project has exceeded an agreed-upon cost-sharing threshold by at least $2.9 million, and CinemaLab is to pay $350,000 of that figure.
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Here’s the new “Wine Minute” from Franco’s Wine Merchants on Elm Street:
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Wilton’s Planning & Zoning Commission on Monday grudgingly voted to approve a five-story, 42-unit residential building that had come into the town as an affordable housing application, local news site Good Morning Wilton reports. The article’s headline reads: “Facing a Costly and Likely Doomed Legal Fight, P&Z Approves Wilton Center Lofts 8-30g Project.”
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CERT celebrates 20 years
More than 40 members of New Canaan CERT (“Community Emergency Response Team”) celebrated the organization’s 20th anniversary this week at Lapham Community Center. A brief history of CERT was given by Sandy Reddin, previous New Canaan fire commissioner and one of the founding members of CERT. The organization was established soon after 9/11 to educate and prepare communities to better help themselves in the event of a major disaster or incident. “The town was reluctant at first to adopt CERT programs but the wisdom of training and educating citizens to help each other and themselves has proven worthwhile over the past 20 years,” organizers said in a press bulletin. “The town’s support has been essential to CERT/NC growth and sustainability. However, additional new volunteers are always needed, CERT training classes are held each year in the Spring.”
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The New Canaan Building Department on June 21 issued a demolition permit for 57 South Ave., the vacated St. Aloysius School. The demo will cost $30,000, the permit said.
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We’re hearing that the planning is going well for this year’s N.C. Combine, scheduled for Oct. 1—an athletic contest between the local police and fire departments that brings in town residents for the fun—will benefit the New Canaan-based Gracie Fund for Pediatric Cancer (background here). A number of local sponsors have raised their hands to support the event, and a handful of sponsorships remain available—details here. (Several volunteer slots remain open.)
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Just one day remains to “double your impact” with a donation to New Canaan Library’s Annual Fund. (The library’s Board of Trustees has pledged $100,000 of matching funds for all donations through June 30.)
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Congratulations to Leighton Busby, a rising ninth-grader at Saxe Middle School, on an outstanding finish as a Connecticut Boat Club oarsman with the U16 quad boat at the 2023 Northeast Regional Championships in Worcester, Mass. The crew—coxswain Allison Murray and rowers Winnie Wartels, Busby, Norah Surette and Kamryn Morgenstern—finished 26 seconds ahead of the 4th place boat and just 5 seconds behind the second place finisher. The crew will have a chance to represent CBC at the Youth National Championship Regatta.
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The town on June 20 applied for a permit to install an approximately 15-by-15-foot “stage and ADA ramp” at East School, an estimated $13,700 project.
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The Flower Show is open through July 8 at Carriage Barn Arts Center in Waveny. Details here.
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L-R: Lucy LaGattuta and Charley Olesen
Congratulations to New Canaan residents Lucy LaGattuta and Charley Olesen, students at The Harvey School. LaGattuta, grade 9, made the head’s list with a GPA of 3.7 or higher for the final marking period of the school year, while Olesen, grade 11, earned a place on the honor roll with a GPA of at least 3.3.
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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):
- Papaya Pilates Pop-Up Class (July 8 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am)
- Gentle Yoga at The Carriage Barn (July 11 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm)
- Women Empowering Women: Curb Your Anxiety (July 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm)
- Plein Air Drawing Workshop At The Carriage Barn (July 12 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
- Gentle Yoga at The Carriage Barn (July 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm)
- Women Empowering Women: Helping Your Child Thrive in the Preschool Years: Strategies for Building Connection and Understanding during Difficult Moments (July 21 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am)
- Broadway Cabaret Under Direction of Professor Gil Harel (July 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm)