New Canaan News

Forest Street visitors will soon be able to enjoy the restaurant-dotted lane more leisurely - no longer strolling its sidewalk single file or dining without the option of open air ambiance.

During World War I, hundreds of New Canaan residents joined together to sew comfort bags for soldiers overseas.

I was so excited to see that New Canaan Connecticut is making great strides in preserving its inventory of modern homes .

Creating an East Main Street station on the New Canaan railroad line would cost $10 million or more, and would require federal financing in order to complete in the forseeable future, state Department of Transportation engineer Andrew Davis said last week.

Starting Wednesday, July 1, New Canaan employees will have even more options for lunch.

After watching hundreds of their students make the traditional high school graduation march, three veteran New Canaan Public School teachers are embarking on a graduation journey of their own.

In December 1993, a rumor that Michael Jackson had checked into Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan drew a horde of television, radio and newspaper reporters.

The Bethel Blast 10-and-under softball team improved to 5-0 with a doubleheader sweep of New Canaan, 12-0 and 16-5, in recent action.

New York Magazine has named 18 physicians from Stamford Hospital to its annual list of best doctors.

The Bank of New Canaan hosted a seminar on Thursday, June 11, featuring a town update by New Canaan Police Chief Ed Nadriczny and a presentation by two members of the Police Special Response Team, Officer Joseph Farenga and Officer Marc DeFelice.

By CHASE WRIGHT Times Staff Writer STAMFORD -- Local rail commuters are looking for improvements to the New Canaan line and favor increasing parking at existing facilities, along with adding an entirely new station to the branch.

Mike Corrigan says his commute from Springdale would be made easier by more cars along the New Canaan Metro-North branch line, or enabling increased runs using a rail siding to allow trains to pass each other.

There are certain events that residents of New Canaan have come to view as traditions - from the annual caroling at God's Acre to the May Fair at St.

Three retiring teachers were honored at the Board of Education meeting Monday and each received a silver star that was emblematic of their contributions to the school district.

State Police charged an 18-year-old New Canaan man with reckless driving and public possession of alcohol by a minor early Wednesday, after an officer allegedly clocked him at 130 mph on the Merritt Parkway.

Summer Theater of New Canaan, which has been drawing enthusiastic audiences since its first season six years ago, returns this week to Waveny Park, where its first productions took place.

The Connecticut DOT is eyeing signal improvements - sightings allowing two trains at a time down the single-track New Canaan line -and storage tracks for a ready supply of morning trains among other things.

Joe Scarborough will be at the New Canaan Library June 13 to promote his new book, "The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism & America's Promise." Scarborough, the host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," will be interviewed by his co-host Mika Brzezinski.

No offense, but how is this fascinating? About 40% of the people in this country don't pay any income tax at all, and Fairfield County has been doing all of the heavy lifting for the rest of the state for quite some time: Greenwich itself pays 14% of the state's income tax, and Stamford, New Canaan, Westport and Fairfield combine for another 14%.

Albert F. Barber is in charge of one of the largest charity groups in Connecticut, Catholic Charities of Fairfield County, headquartered at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport.