Government

Town Hires 103 Part-Time Summer Workers

By |

The Board of Selectmen at its most recent meeting voted in favor of hiring more than 100 part-time employees for the 2026 summer recreation season. Parks & Recreation Director John Howe told the elected body at its May 19 meeting that he is seeking to hire 103 this summer, as the town does each year, to help operate a wide range of municipal facilities, including revenue-generating ventures such as the pool at Waveny and camps. “103 kids,” Howe said at the Board of Selectmen meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. “This is anything from lifeguards for the Steve Benko Pool to supervisors to summer camp counselors and even umpires. It’s all our seasonal help for the summer.”

First Selectman Dionna Carlson and Selectmen Steve Karl and Amy Murphy Carroll voted in favor of the request.

News

Assault Charge for New Canaan Woman, 39

By |

Police last Thursday arrested a 39-year-old New Canaan woman and charged her with disorderly conduct and third-degree assault.

At about 4:47 p.m. on May 28, officers responded to a South Avenue home on a report of a dispute, police said. Through an investigation, officers established probable cause for the two misdemeanor charges. It isn’t clear how the woman caused physical injury or whether she is related to the victim. Police withheld details, saying it’s a domestic matter. Under state law, a person is guilty of third-degree assault if he or she “[w]ith intent to cause physical injury to another person… causes such injury to such person or to a third person; or … recklessly causes serious physical injury to another person; or … with criminal negligence… causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon, a dangerous instrument or an electronic defense weapon.”

Police released the woman after she promised to appear the following day in state Superior Court.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor

By |

NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letter. Send letters to editor@newcanaanite.com to have them published here. ***

I love our town.  We are all so fortunate to live here.  The natural beauty and community resources are outstanding.  We are a community who cares, and we are a community who gets involved.  I also want us to be a community who engages in a civil manner, particularly online.  

Some of the comments made by readers of this news outlet as well as comments made elsewhere online regarding community issues are awful to read. Whether discussing Arnold Karp and affordable housing, the future of Valles pool at the Y, leaf blower regulations, or anything else that gets us worked up, we need to practice self regulation. To agree on issues is not the goal.  You have a right to speak up, to disagree, to share your perspective.  That makes our community better.  But the snarky comments aimed at individuals and the online “arguments” are exhausting to read and totally unproductive.  Before you hit send, please ask yourself: Is this comment productive?

Around Town

Coffee’s on for Thursday

By |

Join fellow residents and NewCanaanite.com editor Michael Dinan for the monthly Community Coffee, to be held 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 4 in the Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium at New Canaan Library. The Coffee is presented in partnership with the library, and the brew is supplied by Zumbach’s Gourmet Coffee (thank you, Doug). Salon Anastassia provides cookies and muffins. The free, public coffee is a group conversation about what’s happening around town, moderated by Dinan. Topics come from attendees and we spend no more than 10 minutes per subject. Those who would like to receive a friendly reminder email about the coffee—held the first Thursday of each month—should email Dinan at editor@newcanaanite.com.

Business

‘Serving with Dignity’: New Canaan Woman Launches ‘God’s Acre Concierge’

By |

A longtime New Canaan resident has launched a new business designed to help local families in need of home healthcare services. Katarina Tchakorov, a registered nurse and private-duty and post-surgical care specialist, said she launched God’s Acre Concierge to cover “care for seniors, end-of-life responsibilities and also recovery after aesthetic surgeries.” 

“So many times people don’t want to go or stay in the hospitals when they are recovering after aesthetic surgeries—they go home, but they need the support of a registered nurse,” she said. “We provide the support and match the client with a registered nurse.”

Known to scores of local families as the former director at The Inn assisted living facility, Tchakarov said that care “is not just about physical assistance to people, but it’s also about serving with dignity.”

“We try to make people independent and bring peace of mind for loved ones,” she said. The company offers several levels of service, including daily care, memory care, hospital-to-home recovery and end-of-life care. One service, called “Total Care,” is for clients who are “bedbound or significantly mobility-limited,” according to the God’s Acre Concierge website.