15 NCHS Student-Athletes Sign Letters of Intent To Play Sports in College

Fifteen New Canaan High School seniors on Wednesday signed commitment letters to play sports in college starting next year. 

NCHS Athletic Director Jay Egan said during the school’s annual ceremony for the student-athletes that the special day is a celebration for the student-athletes, parents and coaches. “A lot of commitment on the part of the athletes, a lot of hard work—same thing with the parents,” Egan said as the ceremony started in the Wagner Room at NCHS. 

He added, “Just one comment on collegiate athletics: It’s a great opportunity. So today, I think what we’re celebrating is how hard you’ve worked to give yourself a great opportunity. High school athletics is a fun time in your life. You get to play with your friends, you’re in your hometown.

2nd Annual Waveny Park Arts Festival Set for Oct. 6 [Q&A]

The second annual Waveny Park Arts Festival is less than two weeks away. Presented Oct. 6 in partnership with the New Canaan Parks & Recreation Department, and with support from the Waveny Park Conservancy, the Carriage Barn Arts Center’s festival features a juried collection from fine artists and artisans across a wide range of media. The Carriage Barn is looking to build on a very successful inaugural event, with live music, family activities, refreshments and food trucks and more—including a new “Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace.”

We put some questions to the organization’s executive director, Hilary Wittmann, ahead of the Oct. 6 festival.

Power Restored to All But 10 Homes After Widespread Outage Monday [UPDATED]

Update 11:30 p.m.

Just 10 New Canaan homes were without power as of 11:30 p.m. Monday, according to Eversource. Update 2:45 p.m.

As of 2:45 p.m., just 224 New Canaan customers remained without power, according to Eversource—about 2.6% of all customers in town. Update 2:30 p.m.

As of 2:30 p.m. Monday, 7,875 of Eversource’s New Canaan customers—or 91.7% of the company’s customers here—were without power, according to the company. (Evesource officials said the elevated figure was due to a glitch with the company’s website.)

Original article

Nearly 800 New Canaan homes lost power Monday afternoon, causing some downtown businesses to close and rendering some traffic lights useless. As of 1 p.m., 765 customers of New Canaan were without power, according to Eversource.

Podcast: Downtown New Canaan Arts Festival



This week, on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Hilary Wittmann, executive director of the Carriage Barn Arts Center, about the organization’s Downtown New Canaan Canaan Arts Festival. To be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, the festival is a kickoff to the Carriage Barn’s 15th annual Art in the Windows exhibit, presented in partnership with the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0: