New Canaan Police at 12:55 p.m. on April 2 received a report from a Ferris Hill Road homeowner of a duplicate check for services at the house being cashed by a contractor. The investigation is ongoing.
***
Coming next week: New Canaan Chamber Music’s next concerts. Titled “Clarinet Meets Classical Accordion!” concerts will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 16 and 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17 at First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan. They will feature Yoonah Kim (clarinet), Ryan Corbett (accordion) and Andrew Armstrong (piano), the organization’s founder and artistic director. Tickets here.
***
The 8th grade girls championship basketball team.
Congratulations to the New Canaan 8th grade girls basketball team on winning the Fairfield County Basketball Association’s Class A championship this season (the first New Canaan team—boys or girls—to have won the A bracket in travel history, team reps say). Players include Victoria Hricik, Liliana Favale, Hadley Miller, Avery Van Dam, Lola McManus, Mia Ciavarelli, Emma Kutney, Eta Catalano-Israel, Amelia Emson, Callie Carriero and Mia Bourlatskii, playing under coaches Alexa and Onyx.
***
The Glass House tour season opens April 16. Tickets here.
***
Selectman Steve Karl during Tuesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting remembered the late Susan Boston, calling her “a great, great volunteer in town and lifelong resident” who “went to New Canaan High School and just contributed so much to the community.” “Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are going to the Boston family this week.”
***
The United Methodist Church of New Canaan’s ‘Kids on a Mission’ event—preparing packaged meals for residents of Malta House in Norwalk—will be held 4:30 to 6 p.m. on April 17. Sign up here.
***
Local police are cracking down on distracted driving in April after receiving a grant for additional enforcement.
***
St. Mark’s Friends of Music is presenting a master organ recital from Frédéric Blanc at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, followed by a reception. Tickets and info here.
***
New Canaan Library is hiring a part-time adult programs associate. Details here.
***
The Friends of Irwin Park’s “Dink for Daffodils” pickleball fundraiser is set for April 24 at the Country Club of New Canaan. Sign up here.
***
New Canaan resident and Democrat Meredith Tobitsch on March 31 announced she has filed to seek the 125th House District seat, representing New Canaan, Stamford, and Darien in the General Assembly. The seat is currently held by Republican state Rep. Tom O’Dea, also a New Canaan resident.
***
A public workshop will be held at 7 p.m. on April 21 at Lapham Community Center to review proposed changes to the town’s commercial zoning regulations.
***
The selectmen on Tuesday voted 3-0 to appoint Brett Dockwell to the Zoning Board of Appeals as an alternate.
***
Finally, here are more local happenings worth checking out (add your event to the Community Calendar here and we’ll share it with fellow residents):
- TODAY Show’s Sheinelle Jones Presents: “Through Mom’s Eyes” (April 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
- From Busy to Brilliant: The Science of High-Performance Leadership (April 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm)
- Renowned Designer Nathan Turner Presents I Love Decorating (April 16 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm)
- Voices Center for Resilience ‘Building Bridges Luncheon’ (April 17 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm)
- Visions: AAPL at the Carriage Barn Opening Reception (April 19 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
- Lunch & Learn: Sacrifice Without Remembrance is Meaningless (April 21 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm)
- US Embassies of the Cold War: The Battle of the Curtain Wall vs. the Iron Curtain (April 21 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm)
- Preserved: A New Documentary Film by Ben Clark (April 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm)
- How to Work, Win, and Make Meaning with Agentic AI (April 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
- Stacey Brook Presents ‘The Uncommon College Essay’ (April 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
- In Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Jodi Kantor (April 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
- Tiny House Experience! Film and Tour with Escape the Waste (April 25 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
- Art, Wine & Jazz Night at the Carriage Barn (April 25 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
- Tang Elegance and Delight: Chinese Dance and Calligraphy (April 26 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm)
- An Evening with Author Colm Tóibín (April 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
- Beloved Italian Grandmother and Social Media Star Nonna Gracie Presents Her Cookbook (April 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm)
- Master gardener and composter Alice Ely presents the basics of composting (April 28 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm)