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Pacioretty named to U.S. Olympic hockey team
New Canaan native Max Pacioretty of the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty, a New Canaan native, was named to U.S. Olympic hockey team on New Year’s Day. The announcement...
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Neighbor gives 100 miles of time to busy mom
Craig Smith has walked the Anger triplets — Lily, left, Elle and Reese — more than 100 miles. (Amie Anger photo) When they found they were pregnant again, Amie and Nick Anger had a son, 5, a daughter,...
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New Canaan Organization of the Year: Land Trust
“It takes patience, persistence and a little bit of perspiration.” That’s New Canaan Land Trust President Chris Schipper’s motto when it comes to maintaining open space for the town of New Canaan to...
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Country School presents alumni award to human rights advocate
Katherine Ward, a 1979 graduate of New Canaan Country School, will be presented with the school’s alumni award on the campus Friday, Jan. 10. The New Canaan Country School Alumni Award is presented...
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Wendy’s radio show celebrates 4th anniversary
“What’s Up with Wendy,” a nationally syndicated celebrity talk show hosted by Wendy Lowy Sloane of New Canaan, celebrated its fourth anniversary on Friday, Jan. 10. The show, which originates in...
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Directing libraries from New Zealand to New Canaan
Lisa Oldham loves libraries. The newest executive director of the New Canaan Library (since July 2013 ) has library experience from all over the world — Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Mexico, as well as Florida...
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NCHS senior named Good Citizen by New Canaan DAR chapter
The Hannah Benedict Carter Chapter, NSDAR, presented the DAR Good Citizen award for New Canaan High School to senior Lauren Serena last month. Lauren was chosen “because she is very active in school...
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Indie rockers Ula Ruth ‘making own luck’
“Ula Ruth is a Southern woman with a voice like sunbeams and a heart like thunder who dreams of leaving her roots and making it in The Big Apple.” That’s the opening line of a press release for Ula...
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Beriozkin completes Navy basic training
Navy Seaman Apprentice Aleksei A. Beriozkin, son of Patty E. Montet of Fort Collins, Colo., and a 2006 graduate of New Canaan High School, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit...
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Lea deMenocal and Alexander Russell plan June wedding
Mr. and Mrs. George Wallace deMenocal of New Canaan announce the engagement of their daughter, Lea Grace deMenocal, to Alexander William Maxwell Russell, son of Mrs. Graham Russell Briskman of West...
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Resident launches website for food enthusiasts
Eric G. Thorkilsen Resident Eric G. Thorkilsen, a former 30-year vet of Time Inc., has launched a new New Canaan-based company — Lifestyle Media Partners — which will develop revenue and distribution...
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Ughetta selected to serve on college radio board
Elizabeth A. Ughetta, daughter of Gina and James Ughetta of New Canaan, and a sophomore at Hamilton College, has been selected to serve on the executive board of Hamilton’s WHCL radio. She will serve...
View ArticleNew Canaan student makes fall dean’s list at Wyoming Seminary
Gordon Stewart Kiesling of New Canaan, a student at Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School in Kingston, Pa., has been named to the dean’s list with high honors for the fall 2013-14 academic term....
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Loomis Chaffee awards two New Canaan student-athletes
Loomis Chaffee school seal The Loomis Chaffee Athletics Department gathered recently with varsity student athletes, their parents, coaches, and Head of School Sheila Culbert to celebrate the...
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New Canaan physics student awarded fellowship
Hannah Herde, a senior physics and classical civilizations major from New Canaan, has been awarded a Jerome A. Schiff Fellowship for her senior thesis research at Wellesley College. Funded by the...
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New Canaan student awarded scholarship at Denison
Peter Johnson of New Canaan was recently awarded a scholarship at Denison University. Johnson, a member of the Class of 2017, received the Denison Alumni Award. The award is based on academic...
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Waveny LifeCare elects new chairman
Tom Lewis has been elected to succeed Jay Twombly as chairman of the Board of Directors for Waveny LifeCare Network. Under Twombly, Lewis served as vice-chairman and an active member of Waveny’s...
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Marquette names New Canaan student to dean’s list
Christopher Swift of New Canaan has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in finance. Marquette University...
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New Canaan student makes Macalester College dean’s list
Jillian Neuberger, the daughter of Mary Riordan of New Canaan and Santi Neuberger, also of New Canaan, has been named to the dean’s list of Macalester College for academic achievement during the fall...
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Officer’s fast, calm response saves baby’s life
If a very young infant suddenly becomes unable to breathe, the grim reality is there’s precious little time before that baby will die. That was the harrowing situation in which New Canaan Police...
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