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New Canaan Week in Review: 9/11 Ceremony, C&C Plans, DD Arrest

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New Canaan, and the nation, this past week paused to remember those lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks—including the town’s own Joseph Coppo, Brad Fetchet and Eamon McEneaney. Dozens gathered Thursday for a memorial ceremony outside the New Canaan Police Department—the 13th anniversary of the unforgettable day (which was a Tuesday). There, police, fire, ambulance corps personnel and others talked about why the day is important to them and some of the ways that it has changed emergency response and our culture at large. Last week also saw one of New Canaan’s longest-established and venerable nonprofit organizations mark its own 75th anniversary, while a proposed new fee scheduled within the district about facilities rental rates—and especially how higher fees might affect businesses such as Walter Schalk—spurred discussion in our community.

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New Canaan Week in Review: Downtown Violators, Hill Street Dispute

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New Canaan families got the first full week of school under their belts, and for many families that means it’s time for youth sports, and days away from the high school varsity football team’s season opener. Some local families whose kids play for our varsity sports teams last week saw their home’s TP’d. We had good news to start the week, with an older dog that went lost amid a severe heat and humidity wave returning home again. We also had strange news, of a Locust Avenue man brought up on a misdemeanor charge, for failing to shield his body from fellow residents of a multi-family dwelling when he sunbathed nude in the backyard. Though the man’s naked body was not visible from ground level (he shielded it through a bed sheet barricade of some kind), residents in the upper floors of the house could see him when they looked down—how he possibly could have shielded them from view and still caught the desired sun rays isn’t clear.

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New Canaan Week in Review: ‘Welcome to New Canaan,’ and Back To School

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It was Back To School week in New Canaan, and back to work week for many locals (including our rail commuters). As we headed into this Labor Day weekend, we caught up with a local organization that partners with scores of fellow nonprofits, schools, youth sports programs and others to make sure students in this area don’t go hungry, and dropped by the ABC House of New Canaan to witness one co-resident director share how his life has been touched by ALS and yes, undergo the ice bucket challenge. John Walsh ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at ABC House
Here’s the Week in Review. Town Talker

Ending months of speculation about a possible sale, the Roger Sherman Inn hit the market at $6 million. The historic structure, an operating inn since 1925 though the property there began its residential life in the mid-19th Century when the fourth pastor of the Congregational Church of New Canaan established a house there, now is the subject of wide speculation.

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New Canaan Week in Review: Bo Hickey, Enrollment, Taste of the Town

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Residents, including youth sports families with kids whose practices and camps already are underway, are returning to New Canaan from the Cape, the Jersey shore and further afield. The first day of school is just a few days away, and for now the town is suspended in a relaxing equilibrium—neighbors and friends are greeting each other in town with a feeling of vacation still lingering, even as Labor Day approaches with not just the academic year but municipal government reconvenes. The Board of Education kickstarted this academic year’s meetings with a peek at higher-than-anticipated (by an outside organization) enrollment projections—here’s a table that was distributed at Monday’s meeting, article continues below:

 

The South School windows project is on schedule and budget, and we got word from New Canaan’s police chief that the department not only would conduct targeted enforcement around schools, but also a great list of tips for students who are college-bound, and their parents. This past week saw one of New Canaan’s highest elected officials undergo the popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and extend that challenge to a colleague, while a very cool new exhibition opened at the New Canaan Library gallery and one of New Canaan’s delegates in Washington, D.C. (who is up for re-election this and every even-numbered year) dropped by The Candy Scoop, New Canaan Music and New Canaan Olive Oil, among other local businesses. Here’s the Week in Review.

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New Canaan Week in Review: Pizza, Pantry, Italian Ices

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A quiet August week in New Canaan remained just that—unhappily so for some, with GOP primaries for nonlocal races—though a single-car accident (no serious injuries) on Weed Street Friday caused a stir for many on that side of town, as police closed the road for several hours. Under the Dog Star of summer, many residents sticking around town spent some time poolside, while others took up the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, including New Canaanite summer intern Alex Hutchins (NCHS ’15). Outdoors-lovers additionally were invited by the volunteer group that supports our New Canaan tree warden to participate in a “Notable Trees Register” for the town, by nominating large trees of every species. Here’s the Week in Review. Town Talker

“Sad to see it go…” “Shame …” “We still have a chair we bought from them 20 years ago …” These were some of the reactions we heard from locals on breaking the news this week that The Silk Purse, a furniture consignment shop in New Canaan since 1973, would be closing its doors.