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New Canaan Police are investigating the theft of a vehicle (keys left in unlocked car) from East Avenue, reported at 1:22 p.m. on Dec. 22. ***
The winter session at Silvermine Art School opens next week. Details here. ***
At 3:21 p.m. on Dec.
New Canaan Police are investigating the theft of a Santa Claus statue from 18 Forest St.—the address of New Canaan Diner—reported at 8:25 a.m. on Dec. 13. ***
The Board of Education on Monday unanimously elected Dr. Raquel Harrison to fill a recently vacated seat. A founder of New Canaan Unplugged who has served on the Health & Human Services Commission, Harrison received supportive comments from school board members on both sides of the aisle. ***
The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted 3-0 to appoint Morgan Williams to the Ethics Board.
New Canaan Police are investigating three thefts from cars reported Tuesday morning—at 6:23 a.m., 8:39 a.m. and 10:11 a.m.—that may be connected. The larcenies occurred near each other, on Millport Avenue and Avalon Drive West, and a handbag and two wallets were reported stolen. ***
Save the date: The second “New Canaan Sports Trivia Night” will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23 at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society. Tickets here.
New Canaan Police at 6:33 p.m. on Nov. 21 received a report of $200 stolen from a purse in the Verizon store on Elm Street. The investigation is ongoing.
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The Glass House Design Store is open for holiday shopping, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Monday (and will keep the same hours for Dec. 16 to 22). ***
Here’s the new installment of the “Dance Diaries” in the New Canaan High School student newspaper, The Courant, by Valentina Baldini, a senior who interned at NewCanaanite.com this past summer.
New Canaan Police are investigating the theft of an unlocked car (keys left inside) from a Juniper Road home, reported at 10:57 a.m. Sunday. ***
New Canaan’s Claire Ayoub at 4 p.m. Sunday will screen her film, “Empire Waist,” at the Triangle Community Center in Norwalk (650 West End Ave.), followed by a Q&A. ***
The Town Council during an organizational meeting Wednesday unanimously elected Michael Mauro as chair and Hilary Ormond and Janet Fonss as vice chairs. ***
Brown Harris Stevens, sponsor of the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce Gingerbread House Tour, has donated 150 Gingerbread House Kits which families can sign up to build and have displayed around town. Sign-up opens up at 10 a.m. on Nov.