Book signing with corporate exec tonight!
New Canaan Library is hosting a book signing event, accompanied by an informal talk, by businesswoman and entrepreneur Kathy McShane. A long-term New Canaan resident, McShane will present her debut...
View ArticleSchool of Rock drummer makes it big on Broadway
Dante Melucci is an actor, singer and musician currently playing a principal role as the rebellious drummer Freddy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock: The Musical, opening at Broadway’s Winter...
View ArticleHersams celebrate 60th wedding anniversary today
Jeanne and Don Hersam, on their wedding day and 50 years later. Jeanne and Don Hersam are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today, Jan. 21. Don Hersam was the longtime publisher of the...
View ArticleHetherington resigns as chairman of Charter Revision
John Hetherington announced at the Charter Revision Commission meeting on Jan. 20 that he is stepping down as the group’s chairman and resigning from the commission. Hetherington suggested that...
View ArticleSlideshow: Service of Remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Click the photo to begin the slideshow. Nearly 200 people gathered for the Interfaith Council of New Canaan’s service of remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Monday at the United...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Buhl has day in Supreme Court
The Connecticut Supreme Court hearing Teri Buhl’s case on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The Connecticut Supreme Court will soon decide just how private or public Facebook posts are, and how one’s status as a...
View ArticleUnlike New Canaan house sale, actor Christopher Meloni makes millions selling...
Actor Christopher Meloni’s former house in New Canaan. Law and Order has been restored to Christopher Meloni’s recent real estate transactions. The actor just sold his 60th floor apartment with...
View ArticleStudent earns Dean’s List
Mary Katherine Molano, daughter of Dr. Walter and Mrs. Mary Beth Molano of New Canaan, has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2015 semester at Providence College. The honor is reserved for...
View ArticleAdams named to Swanepoel Power 200 list
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England and Westchester Properties President and CEO Candace Adams was recently named to the Swanepoel Power 200 List for 2015. Adams is on the list for the third...
View ArticleAquarion seeks nominees for environmental awards
The Aquarion Water Company is again seeking to recognize adults, students, small and large businesses, and non-profits whose volunteer efforts have protected or improved Connecticut’s natural resources...
View ArticleEx-Advertiser staffer wins award out west
Julie Butler of Jackson Hole, WY, a former New Canaan resident and New Canaan Advertiser managing editor, has been awarded a first place award in the features category from the Wyoming Press...
View ArticleYankees GM Brian Cashman visits St. Luke’s
The St. Luke’s Center for Leadership’s Lunch & Lead with SLS parents and Yankees General Manager and Vice President Brian Cashman drew a large group last week. Eighty Upper School students, faculty...
View ArticleFamily raising $300,000 for Ann Depuy’s fight against ALS
When a spouse is struck with an illness such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS, what is a husband or wife to do? Warner Depuy (pronounced “de-pew”), husband of ALS patient Ann Depuy, has embodied...
View ArticleMatrimonial lawyers add partner
Two attorneys who have represented dozens of New Canaan residents in family law and matrimonial matters over the past two decades, Frederic J. Siegel and George A. Reilly, have joined with Ross M....
View ArticleRaveis announces awards for December
Congratulations went to Hannelore & Company for the top listing team for the month of December. Melissa Rwambuya for top selling agent, and Wendy Brainard for top producing agent. Margaret Brady...
View ArticleMeet the Oscar-nominated filmmaker and New Canaan Country School grad
New Canaan Country School alumnus Matthew Heineman (‘98) has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary for his latest film Cartel Land. New Canaan Country School alumnus Matthew Heineman (‘98)...
View ArticleStudent grants awarded from local charity
New Canaan P.E.O. Chapter N recently presented three Program for Continuing Education (PCE) grants. The first award was to Lydia Lord, a New Canaan resident who is studying for her Masters’ degree in...
View ArticleBHHS names top local sales executives
BHHS New England Properties announced the top sales executives in the New Canaan office. In January top honors went to Ashley Howell Petraska as the top listing agent and Nicole Steel was the top...
View ArticleObituary: Jacqueline Fearey, 96, Garden Club president, great-grandmother of 15
Jacqueline D. Fearey Jacqueline Lydia Dwight Fearey (Jackie) of New Canaan, and a resident of Meadow Ridge Senior Living in Redding, Conn., died peacefully in her sleep at Danbury Hospital on Jan. 16,...
View ArticleObituary: Maxine G. Baker, 86, teacher, resident, mother of resident
Maxine G. Baker Maxine G. Baker of Laurel Hollow, N.Y. and New Canaan for the past five years, passed away on Feb. 3 after nearly 87 years. She was born Feb. 28, 1929 in New York City where she also...
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