Two appointed to Waveny team
Bill Piper, CEO of Waveny LifeCare Network in New Canaan, has appointed Lynn Iverson, RN, LNHA, MBA and Edlira Curis to key leadership roles within the non-profit eldercare organization. Iverson has...
View ArticleTalk on jazz in post-WW II America
Perhaps no period in the history of jazz witnessed as much rapid change and stylistic evolution as the era following World War Il. New Canaan Library’s year round music series highlights this musical...
View ArticleNew pastor at St. Aloysius
St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in New Canaan welcomed a new pastor last month. The Reverend Robert M. Kinnally who will be installed by the Most Reverend Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop of the Diocese of...
View ArticleGlass House a 2016 Art Conservation Project Grant recipient
Bank of America announced the Glass House in New Canaan, is the recipient of a grant from the Bank of America 2016 Art Conservation Project. This grant will provide funding for the complete replacement...
View ArticleFirst Presbyterian Church blesses animals
People of all faiths and their animal companions were welcomed to the First Presbyterian Church on New Year’s Day for the Children and Pet’s Carol service. Adults and children alike brought their...
View ArticleLocal teen serves as Operation Hope’s first pet ambassador
At the age of 14, local Fairfielder Annie Blumenfeld knew firsthand the unconditional love animals provide and what it felt like to lose that love. Learning that many pets who are ill don’t get a...
View ArticleTom O’Dea holds Special Education Town Hall tonight
State Representative Tom O’Dea will hold a Special Education Town Hall tonight, Tuesday, February 14, 2017 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Meeting Room of New Canaan Town Hall, located at 77...
View ArticleLocal author leads first grade writers’ workshop
Paul Sullivan, Wealth Matters columnist of The New York Times, visited Grade 1 classrooms at New Canaan Country School Friday, Dec. 2, where he led a series of young writers’ workshops. “Details are...
View ArticleABC students learn from Bankwell
Bankwell in New Canaan Branch Manager Peter Olson presented a “Smart Money” workshop to the ABC students in November at the Bank’s Cherry Street branch. The workshop focused on budgeting, basic banking...
View ArticleCurator to speak on Chareau
Curator and architectural historian Esther da Costa Meyer will appear as part of Glass House Presents at New Canaan Library, an occasional series of talks and events about architecture, design, and...
View ArticleResident wins art award
Frank Bordonaro of New Canaan won 1st place in pastels at the Rowayton Arts Center, with his work, Willa Cather. Almost 60 artists entered the exhibit. The art, submitted by RAC exhibiting members, was...
View ArticleResident Hompe wins award, scholarship
Olivia Hompe, a 2013 graduate of New Canaan High School, has been named by Princeton University as one of this year’s four winners in the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI). Hompe has...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity member to address Men’s Club
Richard Townsend, an active member of the United Methodist Church’s Habitat for Humanity, will speak to the New Canaan Men’s Club at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in Morrill Hall at St. Mark’s Church. He...
View ArticleThe gift of an Iraqi to a New Canaan family
My husband and I met our Iraqi son for the first time outside Immigration at JFK Airport in New York, a couple of days after his 16th birthday. It felt like a happy ending to a year’s worth of efforts,...
View ArticleChamber’s leader looks back and forward on business prospects
Tucker Murphy Connecting the Community with Commerce has been the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce’s slogan for several years now, and Executive Director Tucker Murphy said that goal will continue this...
View ArticleMain and Elm: State slipping? and Middle of the pack
State slipping? The poor state of Connecticut. A couple of observers noted that the town roads were plowed cleaner and more quickly than the state-plowed routes 123, 124 and 106 that run through town....
View ArticleBaker plays President Adams
As part of a President’s Day celebration, New Canaan resident George Baker will perform as President John Adams at the New-York Historical Society on Sunday Feb. 19 from 11-4 p.m. at the society’s...
View ArticleLaTourette wins shooting honors
New Canaan Police Sgt. Aaron LaTourette, center, won the annual Commissioner’s Shoot Award, sponsored by the Perkin family, for the second straight year. He also won the Perkin Shoot Trophy. His name...
View ArticleFriends of New Canaan Lacrosse hosts benefit event for Harden
Graham Harden On Friday, March 3, Friends of New Canaan Lacrosse, a nonprofit organization, is sponsoring a party and silent auction at Grace Farms in New Canaan to benefit NCHS alum and nationally...
View ArticleNCHS grad has baby boy
Tiffany and Brian Gerardi of Fayetteville, N.C. announce the birth of their son, Jackson Victor-Carlo Gerardi. Jackson was born on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11 at Womack Army Medical Center, weighing 7...
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