The town on Thursday issued a building permit for a restaurant renovation at 15 Elm St.
Floor plan for interior renovations at 15 Elm St.—to be “The South End Uncorked” (or something similar)—approved March 19. (Specs by Watertown-based Kuncas Associates LLC)
The $55,000 renovation at the former Picador space will involve moving the bar to the opposite side of the floor, opening a wall into the kitchen and replacing tables, according to the permit. The new restaurant is to be owned and operated by Nick Martschenko of South End, and will serve as an extension of and complement to that successful brand. One possible name for the new restaurant is South End Uncorked, and Martschenko has said it will be “heavily beveraged.” He’s applying for a liquor permit.
The caption on this photo says it’s the President and Mrs. Coolidge and the “American delegates to the conference on board the Texas on their arrival in Havana.”
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The man standing third from the left of this photo (next to Grace Coolidge and two people away from her husband “Silent Cal” Calvin Coolidge) is a New Canaan man who had been born in 1861. He’s one patriarch of a prominent family in town, and as a very young boy he saw Abraham Lincoln pass through Norwalk on a train. Want to know more? Register for the free talk at New Canaan Library tonight. “Our Town: New Canaan, 1927” is part of the library’s One Book New Canaan initiative.
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There were no animals in the back of the Animal Control van, police say, when it was rear-ended on South Avenue two Fridays ago.
Pictured here are the 7th/8th grade girls rec champion girls’ basketball players. Kneeling L-R: Emily Bryant and Caity Blair. Standing L-R: Nicole Schlesinger, Audrey Cutler, Kayla Homan, Summer Sloane, Whitney Bryants, Paula, Kristy McGough.
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Congratulations to the 7th/8th grade rec champion girls basketball team, coached by Bill Bryant.
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During a March 19 discussion of single-stream recycling—and specifically the lack of a place to dump some materials—the affable chairman of the Town Council, Bill Walbert, joked: “If Darien is downriver from us, I don’t see what the problem is
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Members of the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce are invited to attend the organization’s annual “Breakfast with the First Selectman” on Wednesday. At the breakfast—to be held at 8 a.m. at South End restaurant—New Canaan’s highest elected official discusses the state of the town and other issues that affect the local business community, including in a Q&A. Cost to attend is $3o and includes a full breakfast.
Photo L-R: Corky Stewart and Frank Concepcion of the Open Door Shelter, John Kydes, Chairman of the Mayor’s Energy and Environment Task Force & Common Council Representative, Ed Musante, President & CEO of the Norwalk Chamber, Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling, Attorney Frank Zullo, Bankwell President Heidi DeWyngaert, Bankwell CEO Chris Gruseke, Harry Carey and Candace Mayer of the Norwalk Housing Authority, former Bankwell CEO Fred Afragola, Bankwell Branch Manager Mario Harriott and VP Mary Lynn Drake.
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Bankwell, formerly Bank of New Canaan, on Thursday celebrated the opening of its new Norwalk branch with a ribbon cutting ceremony. It’s located at 370 Westport Avenue in Norwalk.
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The New Canaan High School “Senior Fashion Show Post-Prom Fund-Raiser,” hosted by the 2015 graduating class, will proudly take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, in the auditorium at NCHS.
NCHS Fashion Show emcees. L-R: Carly Risom, Chris Tohir, Jamie Schmlim, Charlie Sosnick, Matt DeMattia, Chloe DeMauro, Corrine Vietorisz, and Jake MorrisIf.
All students, parents and members of the community are enthusiastically invited to come out and enjoy the show. “A host of anxious seniors and invited New Canaan teaching faculty will model the latest prom fashions and desirable clothing couture for the off-to-college in the fall, graduate. Masters of Ceremony this year will include seniors Matt DeMattia, Chloe DeMauro, Jake Morris, Carly Risom, Jamie Schlim, Charlie Sosnick, Chris Tohir and Corrine Vietorisz, organizers say. The evening’s entertainment is set to include various musical productions including the NCHS Orchestra, the NCHS cast of “Grease”, the 7th & 8th grade cast of “Seussical” and the band “Triple Coil” featuring NCHS seniors Dan Antoniu, Justin Podlesak and Kyle Street, as well as, video clips written, directed, produced and staring seniors.
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Sama Yoga Center at Halo Studios is offering two weeks of unlimited access for $50 to new students.