New Canaan News

Dorothy Shergalis, director of the Cherry Lawn Community Gardens, has planted one rose bush for each of her five grandchildren.

Daniel Klein and Tiffan Borelli, in a scene from "South Pacific," are among the 20 performers appearing in a benefit for the Summer Theatre of New Canaan Monday, July 28. Photo: Contributed Photo, Contributed More than 20 stars from Broadway and Connecticut will perform in "A Night of Stars in Concert" to benefit the Summer Theatre of New Canaan .

Westport residents Patty Kondub and Mary Heery join hands with health and wellness professionals from the Y's of Westport/Weston, New Canaan, Darien and Wilton, to mark $1,000 donations from SpinOdyssey to each of the Y's to support their cancer exercise survivor programs.

Six-year-old Christopher DeMuth III, building a boat in the photo, is planning to donate 10 percent of the profits he makes with his first lemonade stand to the New Canaan Library, New Canaan, Conn.

New Canaan Public Works Department employee Benjamin Olmstead, 71, of Norwalk was struck by a vehicle driven by Francesco Sorge, 60, of Norwalk.

Brandon Alexander, from left, John Bemis and Trevor LaVecchia of Birwalk at the New Canaan sidewalk sales.

The New Canaan-based Voices of September 11th has been awarded funding from the Kanishka Project Contribution Program, an initiative funded by the government of Canada.

A West Haven city councilman charged with embezzling $172,000 from two accounts at Chase Bank in New Canaan, has asked for a jury trial in state Superior Court in Stamford, the New Haven Register reports .

Elliott L. Maynes, 23, of 283 Buttery Road, New Canaan, Conn., is facing charges of second-degree possession of child pornography and violation of probation.

By John Totaro. Riding 190 miles on a bike in two days is quite a challenge. New Canaan's John Murphy will be taking that challenge for a good cause in the 10th annual CT Challenge Bike Ride which started Friday morning and continues on Saturday.

A 71-year-old New Canaan Public Works Department employee died in the hospital Thursday after he was struck by a vehicle late Wednesday morning while working, police said.

July 25--Gov. Dannel P. Malloy hailed the appointment Thursday of a Cheshire man who will come onboard to oversee long-overdue improvements to Metro-North Railroad's problematic Waterbury branch.

Dorothy Shergalis, director of the Cherry Lawn Community Gardens, has planted one rose bush for each of her five grandchildren.

4 Hemlock Trail in Fairfield is hosting an estate sale between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Kiwanis Treasurer Jerry Miller, far right, presents three of the five 2014 Kiwanis Scholarships to Eugene Constandaki, Samuel Kramer and Lauren Perone.

Jazmine Damato, a professional studies major in education, was named to the dean's list at Mount Ida College for the spring semester.

Villanova University student Margie Hahn and Youth and Family Services Coordinator Jacqueline D'Louhy discuss campus sexual violence at a meeting at the New Canaan Police Department, in New Canaan, Conn., Monday, July 21, 2014.

New Canaan police are searching for a suspect in the theft of a wallet at Dunkin' Donuts, 88 Elm St., New Canaan, Conn., July 15, 2014.

Tarkeisha L. Valentine, 25, of 520 Kershaw St., Aiken, SC, charged by New Canaan Police in connection with an alleged fraud at Walgreens.

That's one of the goals of a new technology initiative by New Canaan Public Schools, which increases mobile device use in all levels, starting in the elementary schools, Director of Digital Learning Robert Miller told the Board of Education Monday.