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Seven women with direct connections to New Canaan—see the gallery above—will share their leadership experiences and encourage women and girls to pursue their goals in “Being Queen: Thoughts from the Throne,” a panel discussion hosted by NC Women Mean Business that will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at New Canaan Library. Read here for more information to this free, open event. ***

A New Canaan woman spotted a bobcat on her Canoe Hill Road property on Saturday morning—the sixth such sighting in one month of the reclusive feline. “I happened to be in the kitchen and turned and looked out the window and saw a bobcat on the front lawn,” Carol Miller said of her sighting at about 4:35 p.m. Saturday. “It meandered across the driveway and headed into the woods, and not a minute later there were six prancing deer that followed it.

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Congratulations to the South School Chess Club, which won first place at the Fairfield County Scholastic Team Chess Championship. The Nov. 8 tournament featured competitors from nine K-5 Fairfield County elementary schools. The South School team was led by Joseph Ho, Michael Telesco, Henry Chandra and Luke Gencarelli, who each won three games out of four. Strong contributors included Jenna Ho and Luke Van Dussen. This tournament also brought out young talents Quinn Kilkenny, Yuna Ho and Emily Telesco who were each playing in their first or second professional tournament.

Business

‘The Changing Room’: A Cold-Weather Wear Boutique, Personal Shopping Service Opens on Burtis Avenue

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Few New Canaan businesses built a reputation for unique products in demand and strong customer service as did the Alberino family-owned New Canaan Ski and Sport, a Main Street fixture for decades. Fueled by a love of skiing and offering a wide array of outdoor wear, the iconic shop that John Alberino launched on Cherry Street in 1976 would serve locals for most of its 36 years in a commercial space opposite Morse Court before moving to Forest for its final eight years in town. It closed in October 2012. By then, daughter Pam Alberino, a 1990 Wilton High School graduate and accomplished skier, already had worked for most of her life at the shop, and the family had opened a store in Ridgefield with another soon to launch in Westport. Yet the Alberinos’ deep New Canaan roots remained, and when Pam—now mom to a 4-year-old boy and living in the Silvermine district of Norwalk—brought her high-end winter wear to a trunk show at a downtown salon two winters ago, an idea for a new business came to her.