New Canaan Police at 11:44 a.m. on Dec. 26 received a call about a dead cat found in a South Avenue backyard near the Merritt Parkway.
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Pre-registration is open for kindergarten for the 2024-25 New Canaan Public Schools academic year. Click here.
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Members of the Parking Commission during a discussion about a ticket during their regular meeting Wednesday called for clarity about which spaces are designated for New Canaan Library patrons and which are paid. Parking Manager Stacey Miltenberg responded that spaces with numbers are paid, and the others are for library visitors.
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Coming soon to the Town Players of New Canaan, located in the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny:
- Actors Workshop, Scene Study for All—8-week class starting Jan. 23, Tuesdays from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m.
- A Concert Reading of ‘Oleanna’ by David Mamet—Jan. 12 to 14 at Carriage Barn Arts Center.
- “The Puffs” Feb. 16 to March 3 at the. The tag line on promotional materials reads “A Parody of a Certain Wizarding School” (more info here).
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Police received two reports of motorists passing stopped school buses, at 2:37 p.m. in the area of 290 Weed St., and then one minute later at the intersection of Old Stamford and Jelliff Mill Roads.
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Coming up soon: Register now for the Silvermine Art Center’s winter session, running Jan. 8 to March 17.
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L-R: DPW Town Engineer Maria Coplit, Director Tiger Mann, First Selectman Dionna Carlson, Waste Water Treatment Plant Superintendent Nick Colabella and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes during a Dec. 21, 2023 visit. Photo courtesy of Steve Karl
We hear U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-4) stopped by Town Hall on Dec. 21 to meet First Selectman Dionna Carlson and talk about upcoming projects that the federal government could help fund. Members of the Department of Public Works took Himes and Carlson to the Wastewater Treatment Plant to point out how certain systems need to be updated soon.
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The Carriage Barn Arts Center is presenting a new exhibition of works by members of the New Canaan Sculpture Group. “Encounters with Sculpture” will run Jan. 7-19 and feature several works in clay, bronze, stone and other media by 13 members of the group. The New Canaan Sculpture Group is a collaborative of Fairfield County artists who practice in studio space located on the lower level of the Carriage Barn. Exhibit hours are Wednesday-Saturday 10am-3pm and Sunday 1-5pm. There will be a closing reception with the artists on January 19 from 4-6pm.
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The New Canaan Community Emergency Response Team or ‘CERT’ is open to taking on new volunteers. Twice-weekly training sessions in disaster preparedness, basic first aid, fire safety, search-and-rescue, incident command and emergency communications will be held starting Jan. 24 and run for three weeks (six sessions total). To register or learn more about New Canaan CERT, visit the organization’s website or email certleader@newcanaancert.org.
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Authorities reported at the most recent Police Commission meeting that identity theft-related calls from residents increased from 40 to 58 year-over-year through the first 11 months of 2023.
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New Canaan’s Silvia Baldini, co-author of the new cookbook “Les Dames d’Escoffier New York Cookbook: Stirring the Pot,” included four local eateries in her CT Bites roundup of the best food in 2023: Gelatissimo on Forest Street, Mercantile at GrayBarns, New Canaan Butcher Shop and Walter Stewart’s Market (“Lunch must: The Soup Bar”). Baldini, a “Chopped” champion on The Food Network, also spotlighted Baldanza at The Schoolhouse in Wilton, Flour Water Salt Bread in Darien, Casa Me in Westport and Community Table in Washington.
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New Canaan Police after stopping a car on Route 123 at about 9:42 p.m. on Dec. 27 for failing to properly display its license plate, cited the driver—a 30-year-old Bridgeport woman—for motor vehicle-related charges as well as third-degree forgery.
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Remember, do not throw away your Christmas tree: Planet New Canaan will accept New Canaanites’ discarded trees for recycling, drop off will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Jan. 8 at the Steve Benko Pool lot in Waveny. The program is sponsored by the Exchange Club.
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Attorney spotlight here from Rucci Law Group:
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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):
- Historian Details Impact of Monroe Doctrine for Men’s Club (January 5 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am)
- Yoga & Sound Bath Class at the Carriage Barn (January 6 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am)
- After School Art Adventures at the Carriage Barn (January 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
- THE SLIP: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever, Presented by Art Historian and Critic Prudence Peiffer (January 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
- Yoga & Sound Bath Class at the Carriage Barn (January 13 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am)