
By Lockey Coughlin Recently, my staff and I were kicking around an idea that we thought would help our students see themselves and their behavior
By Tyler Amorando By the time Toni Boucher hit “save” on the final draft of her latest book, The Husky Effect: How UConn Is Creating
By Peter Barhydt If you were anywhere near the Country Club of New Canaan on April 24 or 25, you might have heard the sound
By Lisa Vasquez Encore Club of New Canaan, 40th Anniversary Celebration at Waveny House in New Canaan: “Then and Now: 1985 through 2025.” -Written
By Liz Leamy Last Wednesday, more than 125 people gathered at The First Bank of Greenwich Cos Cob headquarters to celebrate the spring season
By Margarita Cossuto, PhD Many people assume feeling tired is just the cost of a busy life. But more often than not, the root of
By Liz Leamy Several weeks ago, 17 fourth graders from the Midland School in Rye banded together in enthusiastic fashion to help assist the
By Patricia Chadwick Michael Lewis has just published another book—this one in collaboration with six other writers, each of whom is renowned as an author.
By Teresa Alasio MD The landscape of nicotine consumption has dramatically shifted over the past decade, with vaping surging in popularity, particularly among teenagers and
By Paul Reitano Whenever I get a call from a 718 area code, I get a little excited and a little nervous. Excited, because Brooklyn
By Russell R. Barksdale, Jr. The story of mail-order pharmaceuticals in the United States is a tale that spans decades, woven through consumer pricing, policy
By Frank Gallo It’s almost Spring, and I’ve set out for a walk at the New Canaan Nature Center to see what I can find…
By Tyler Amorando Concordia Conservatory will conclude its 21st season of the celebrated Hoch Chamber Music Series with Music of Innovation, a genre-blending performance that
By John Kriz Perched on South Avenue, just to the south of the soon-to-be-re-opened police headquarters, is New Canaan EMS, Inc. (Emergency Medical Service) www.newcanaanems.org
By Geri Rhoades Eighty-six years ago, a small group of volunteers held their first meeting with the idea of helping make New Canaan more beautiful.
By Tom Nissley, for the Ridgelea Reports on Theatre. The most important number that you can see this week is Curtain Call’s splendid production of
By Dionna Carlson As we move into the heart of spring, the annual budget process draws to a close. The Town Council has completed its
By John Kriz Lamb, especially leg of lamb, is a classic Easter meal, but it often intimidates people. Maybe not as much as a Thanksgiving
May, though modest in name, is a month of monumental exertion. It does not unfold so much as it surges—thirty-one days of converging obligations and emotional milestones. To navigate May requires poise, strength, and a kind of
Last week, New Canaan once again did what it does best: it gathered, it laughed, and it honored one of its own. This time, the spotlight fell on Wendy Hilboldt—a civic stalwart whose contributions to our town
By any meaningful definition of political courage, Senator Ryan Fazio and Representative Tom O’Dea are exhibiting it. In a state that has long treated energy costs as a regrettable inevitability—something to be murmured about in kitchen corners
Picture walking through Waveny Park, finding needles, assorted filth, and scattered encampments. Imagine our towns beginning to mirror San Francisco’s
Using the pretext of providing more affordable housing for struggling Connecticut residents, the Connecticut General Assembly seems primed to trigger
A funny thing happened when I set aside time to review Raised Bill No. 6831, also known as “Work Live
As the mother of a young adult on the autism spectrum I am grateful for this month’s effort to spotlight
Is Connecticut poised to have the largest tax increase due to a new housing policy that the legislature may pass?
On April 3rd, the Town Council will approve a final budget for New Canaan Public Schools for 2025-2026. Inquiring minds
I am a parent of two New Canaan High School graduates; one who is out of college and in the
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to express my concern over very possible impacts to the New Canaan Public
In 2013, Connecticut enacted the so-called “Trust Act” to foster trust between illegal immigrants and state law enforcement. The idea
By Todd Lavieri This week, the New Canaan Board of Finance passed the FY 2025-2026 budget. This budget now goes
Dear Editor, Excellent coverage of the annual budget process in this week’s edition. The overview and message from the First
Dear Editor, As some of you may know, a mother from our community recently raised concerns about a book that
Dear Editor, I wanted to tell you what a well written and researched article you published in the New
By Kirk Carr, Alexis Harrison, & Maria Weingarten For the fifth time, developer lobbying group, DesegregateCT, has put forth their
On behalf of the Exchange Club of New Canaan, thank you to the New Canaan community and residents from nearby
Planet New Canaan would like to thank everyone that supported and participated in our fifth annual Tree*Cycling initiative. Our collective