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Recreation Department’s Inaugural ‘Labor Day Weekend Bash’ Planned for Sept. 4

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Town recreation officials are planning a new community event to be held just after school starts up again later this year. Tentatively titled the ‘Labor Day Weekend Bash,’ it will be a ticketed event held Sept. 4 at Waveny, similar to the town’s Family Fall Festival according to Assistant Recreation Director Zack Philippas. “People will be charged, we’ll get them wristbands so we know they’re able to attend the event, and that’s how we’ll be able to track registrations and cover the expenses,” Philippas told members of the Board of Selectmen at their March 17 meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. First Selectman Dionna Carlson and Selectmen Steve Karl and Amy Murphy Carroll voted 3-0 in favor of allowing food trucks at the Bash (Philippas estimated three to five total).

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Rec Department Launches Women’s Pickup Soccer Program Starting April 28

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Spurred by interest from two New Canaan residents, officials say they’re forming a women’s pickup soccer group that will play Sunday nights starting later this month. The new program (register here) will run 8 to 9:30 p.m. weekly starting April 28 through June 2 at Water Tower Turf Field 1 at New Canaan High School (closest to Lapham Community Center, where there’s close and ample parking), according to Assistant Recreation Director Zack Philippas. “It’s a pick-up style, so it means each week teams will be formed based on the players that are there,” Phillippas told NewCanaanite.com. “And this flexible format ensures that everyone gets plenty of playing time and an opportunity to get new teammates. And it also allows us to have 14 people sign up and we could do 7-on-7 on a smaller size field.