Gardner Read to serve a two-year mission in Taipei, Taiwan
Gardner Read, New Canaan High School Class of 2016, will soon leave for a two-year mission in Taipei, Taiwan for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will share his farewell thoughts at...
View ArticleAll are invited to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration
Interfaith of New Canaan is sponsoring a town-wide service in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It will be held at United Methodist Church, 165 South Avenue on Monday, Jan. 16 at 10:30 a.m....
View ArticleLocal architect earns AIA award
Mark Markiewicz, AIA, an architect and current president of the New Canaan Historical Society, has received the 2016 American Institute of Architects Connecticut Drawing Award. Its purpose is to...
View ArticleResident wins iWatch
New Canaan resident Sheila Clemente was the winner of the iWatch prize raffled off by Bankwell at the Holiday Boutique and Charity event presented by the Women’s Networking Group of Fairfield County...
View ArticleResident goes to Costa Rica to teach English
New Canaan resident, Kathy McShane, founder of Ladies Launch Club, recently visited Costa Rica to teach English to highly vulnerable children. It was a 10-day trip, where she was totally immersed in...
View ArticleRolling Stone editor to speak here
Internationally renowned photography editor and expert Laurie Kratochvil will speak at the closing event for the 37th Annual Photography Show at The Carriage Barn Arts Center in Waveny Park Thursday,...
View ArticleLocal author at release event Jan. 21
New Canaan author Gigi Priebe will be at Norwalk’s Stepping Stones Museum Jan. 21 as part of a day-long, museum-wide book release celebration. Although she never took her teaching degree into the...
View ArticleYMCA community Sunday supper
Join the New Canaan YMCA’s Togetherhood Committee as they celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of giving of yourself for those in need. This event will be held on Sunday Jan. 15, 3 – 5 p.m....
View ArticleShepherds celebrates National Mentorship Month
January is National Mentorship Month – a month dedicated since 2002 to promoting youth mentoring programs in the United States. For 18 years, Connecticut’s Shepherds, with help from a number of New...
View ArticleThe Glass House appoints Philip Johnson scholar curator
The Glass House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation on Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, announced the appointment of Hilary Lewis as the site’s chief curator and creative director,...
View ArticleTourette Association honors Gnuses
Tourette Association of America (TAA) recently recognized the Tom Gnuse family from New Canaan at its Annual Gala on Nov. 14. Tom Gnuse is a New Canaan Community Foundation Board Member. Tom lived with...
View ArticleRaveis announces excellence awards
For the month of December, congratulations went to Ying Emma Zhang for Top Listing agent, to Melissa Rwambuya for Top Selling agent, and to Kelly DeFrancesco for Top Producer. William Raveis Real...
View ArticleRolling Stone photo editor to speak tonight
Internationally renowned photography editor and expert Laurie Kratochvil will speak at the closing event for the 37th Annual Photography Show at The Carriage Barn Arts Center in Waveny Park in New...
View ArticleAquarion’s Ulrich to discuss drought at Men’s Club
Jeff Ulrich will address the New Canaan Men’s Club at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, in Morrill Hall at St. Mark’s Church. He will give an overview of current drought conditions, Aquarion’s water management...
View ArticleParents meet, talk about children with emotional issues
Feel like you have no one to talk with about your child’s challenging behavior? You are not alone. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Child and Adolescent Network (CAN) Support Group is for...
View ArticleCarriage Barn to host JACK Quartet
Treetops Chamber Music Society (Treetops CMS) is kicking off the new year at the Carriage Barn Arts Center in New Canaan, with the JACK Quartet, the American ‘rock star’ new music string quartet. The...
View ArticleResident’s cooking and caring for cancer patients a true labor of love
New Canaan’s Jeanette Chen, with her pet dog, Sunny, has cooked and cared for many cancer patients.—Michael Catarevas photo The expression that death is part of life could easily have been coined by...
View ArticleDr. Harrison Pierce retires
After witnessing and experiencing major changes in the business of medicine, pediatrician Dr. Harrison Pierce is retiring from the New Canaan Medical Group. In his forty-two years, he treated children...
View ArticleFormer residents give 2.3 acres to Land Trust
The New Canaan Land Trust announced receipt of a 2.29-acre gift visible along Turner Hill Road from Scott and Karen Amero. Former longtime residents of New Canaan, the Ameros share a deep interest in...
View ArticleFood as fashion: a conversation with Baldanza
Angela Baldanza of New Canaan’s Baldanza restaurant began her career journey in fashion, a field equally as fast paced and trendy as today’s food scene. Join her for a talk at New Canaan Library on...
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