By Louise Wales, PhD. Most days, I walk into dad’s new apartment and find him sitting at his desk rearranging the items in its drawers

By Julie Jason Beginning today , this column will appear here every week. Together, we’ll be talking about the real-life financial challenges readers bring to

By Russ Barksdale Jr. N.Y. Governor Kathy Hochul’s remarks about encouraging former New Yorkers to return from Florida drew national attention. They also raised a

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By Shari Shapiro A friend told me a story this week about his daughter. She is starting seventh grade, and the night before school she

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By Frank Gallo I have a friend who is a bartender at night and a naturalist by day. Let’s call him Bill. His child-like curiosity

By Paul Reinhardt On Tuesday, Sept. 1, the New Canaan Parent Support Group will hold its 10th Annual Community Addiction Awareness Vigil in downtown New

By Russell R. Barksdale, Jr. There are few diagnoses more unsettling than dementia. The words often arrive quietly, following months of subtle changes—a misplaced cellphone,

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By Michael Dorfsman On the strength of his successful record as governor, the New Canaan Democratic Town Committee announced it has voted to give its

By Frank Gallo Summer is the perfect time to look for and learn about ferns in our area. To identify them, look first at how

For more than three decades, Dr. Anthony T. Festa has been helping patients in New Canaan achieve healthy, confident smiles while building a reputation for

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Freedom, 250 years on, is worth a second look. We tend to think of it as the absence of limits — but that’s a distorted