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By Elizabeth Barhydt This three-part series examines how one family’s loss has sparked a broader effort to change the landscape of pediatric cancer care. The

By Teresa Alasio We have all heard and read recommendations from medical experts, fitness gurus and even official government offices about how much exercise adults

By Carl Franco Going to the gym, starting a diet, finally cleaning out that closet, maybe even dusting off that résumé, every New Year’s resolution

By Sentinel Staff The New Canaan Board of Education voted unanimously this week to appoint Dr. Raquel Harrison to fill a vacant seat on the

By Elizabeth Barhydt For many in New Canaan and around the world, treasured holiday traditions include a bedtime story that begins, “’Twas the night before

By Frank Gallo I like coffee. I drink a lot of it, and luckily, my travels have taken me to many countries where coffee is

By Peter Barhydt New Canaan residents offered a wide range of reflections on gratitude this week, highlighting service, community trust, shared history, and the quiet
By Russell R. Barksdale, Jr. By the time this column goes to print, one hopes the federal government is open again—and that at least two

By Tom Williamson Speaking before the New Canaan Men’s Club recently, Laura Budd, executive director of the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce, who has been

By Peter Barhydt Walk up the garden path at 63 Park Street and you enter a new public room for New Canaan: a 19th-century home,

Photos from the projects: Many are available as greeting cards at the NCNC giftshop. By Frank Gallo New Canaan Nature Center (NCNC) has embarked on

By Dr. Katie Takaysu In integrative medicine, we look at the whole picture—how your body, mind, and environment work together. One small but powerful way

By Stephanie Dunn Ashley If a fire starts, you may only have two minutes to get out of the home. That’s why it’s so important

By Dr. Teresa Alasio Few things are more distressing than noticing hair thinning or extra shedding. It happens to both women and men, and, in

By Russell R. Barksdale, Jr. and Andrew J. Gerber Much attention has been directed toward involuntary health risks—microplastics in drinking water, fluoride level disputes, preservative

By Anne W. Semmes For the last two Wednesday afternoons Mary Scott Himes, the talented wife of our U. S. Congressman Jim Himes has opened

Our Fire and Police departments work throughout the year to prevent fires and crimes and protect our community from loss. Vibrant foliage, crisp mornings,

In 1897, newspaper magic happened. An eight-year-old girl, Virginia O’Hanlon, wrote a simple three-sentence letter to The New York Sun newspaper asking if Santa exists. Her father suggested she write: “Papa says, ‘If you see it in

Connecticut’s habit of legislating first and thinking later has again revealed its cost. Within days of the General Assembly’s passage of House Bill 8002 — a sweeping assertion of bureaucratic housing supervision over 169 municipalities — the

Every now and then, someone leaves this world whose decency feels almost old-fashioned, as if borrowed from an earlier, kinder America. Betsi Shays was one of those people. For decades in Greenwich, in New Canaan, and through
Dear Editor, On behalf of the New Canaan YMCA Annual Campaign Committee, we are writing to ask our fellow community
Transparency in public education isn’t optional. It never was. The Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission just made that crystal clear.
To the Editor, I am proud to support Julie Toal for the New Canaan Board of Education. We need voices
Never in the history of New Canaan politics has an attack mailer singled out one individual from a slate of
I wish to enthusiastically endorse Hugo Alves, Philip Hogan and Julie Toal for their courageous track record of leadership at
This summer, the Board of Education unveiled a proposal to spend $328 million on constructing a new North School elementary
Dear Residents of New Canaan, Having served on the Town Council and other Town bodies for several years, I have
Please join me in voting for Incumbent Kim Norton for New Canaan’s Town Council on November 4th. On Town Council,
Over the past four years, I’ve gotten to know Republican incumbent Kim Norton. She is one of the few public
Dear Editor, New Canaan is truly special — a town defined by its strong schools, vibrant civic life, fiscal responsibility,
New Canaan is extremely fortunate that Hilary Ormond is seeking a second term on Town Council, and I encourage all
As a senior, it is important to me that the Democrats running for Town Council and the Board of Education
As a member of the NCHS class of 1980, I grew up in New Canaan and attended East & West
Actions and elections matter. Talk is cheap during election season. Actions reveal priorities. For example, Democratic legislators State Senator Ceci Maher
To the Editor: As a proud resident of New Canaan since early 1998, I have been actively involved in local,
Letter of Endorsement for Josh Kaye, Candidate for New Canaan Board of Education I’m proud to endorse my friend, Josh