News

Charles A. ‘Chuck’ Cooper, 92

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Charles A. “Chuck” Cooper passed away peacefully at home in New Canaan, CT on Monday, April 20th at the age of 92. 

Chuck was born on Dec. 23, 1933 to Art and Betty Greenabaum Shires. His father was a talented and colorful first baseman for the Chicago White Sox who called himself “Art the Great.” His mother was 22 and had dropped out of college at 19 to marry his father. When Chuck was two his parents separated and he never saw his father again. 

In 1940 he was formally adopted by Betty’s second husband, S Robert Cooper, and raised in Highland Park, IL. He graduated from the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, IL where a chance meeting with Orson Welles, a graduate of the same school, convinced him to attend a college with a highly-rated drama program.

Around Town

‘It’s a Movement’: New Canaan Parent Support Group Marks 10th Annual Addiction Awareness Vigil on Sept. 1

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. Paul Reinhardt founded the New Canaan Parent Support Group in 2016, one year after losing his son Evan to a heroin overdose at age 24. His goal was straightforward: to give parents of loved ones struggling with addiction a safe, confidential place to share what they were going through, so no one had to face it alone. The following year, in August 2017, he held the first Community Addiction Awareness Vigil in downtown New Canaan. He had no idea what to expect.

News

Bride Path Lane Colonial Sells for $2.3 Million

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The following property transfer(s) were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***

Aug. 14

760 Smith Ridge Road

$3,620,000
Gary Singer to William Elwood Steinman III

Aug.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor

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NewCanaanite.com received the following letter. Send letters to editor@newcanaanite.com to have them published here. ***
Thank you, New Canaan. A heartfelt thank you to the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce and Rock Paper Scissors Events for making the Taste of New Canaan Food Stroll possible for the 15th consecutive year! This community event continues to bring people together while supporting an important cause.

Dede Bartlett

Podcast: New Canaan Library Launching ‘Bartlett Lecture on Moral Courage’

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In this installment of 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to New Canaan’s Dede Bartlett about a new speaker series launching at New Canaan Library. The first installment of the Bartlett Lecture on Moral Courage will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, featuring Georgette Bennett (register here). Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0: