Here’s a shout-out to a 2013 New Canaan High School graduate and major-league “Game of Thrones” fan. Charlie Freyre has 10,000 Twitter followers and writes a GOT blog that in this installment captured much of what we all loved about the epic Season Six finale that aired Sunday night. Listen to Freyre discuss the episode in the podcast embedded above (spoiler warning).
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An attorney for Grace Farms has told officials that the organization will come before the town in September with an application for a new or amended permit, the chairman of the Planning & Zoning Commission said Tuesday night at the group’s regular meeting in Town Hall. The development appears to amount to an acquiescence on Grace’s part to concerns long voiced by neighbors about activities on its property, which culminated in the New Canaan town planner putting the organization on notice that an investigation substantiated those same concerns.
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The New Canaan Police Department announced that it’s hiring a 23-year-old Norwalk man as a new officer. Omar Rivera, a Norwalk High School graduate, earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Connecticut. He was sworn in Friday at Lapham Community Center, and will begin his training at the Connecticut Police Academy this week.
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Congratulations to three standout New Canaan athletes: 24-year-old Andrew Campbell, a Harvard grad, and 30-year-old Charlie Cole (Yale, Oxford)—both of whom attended NCHS—each have made the U.S. Olympics team as rowers, in the lightweight men’s double sculls and men’s four, respectively, while the Nashville Predators selected New Canaanite Patrick Harper in the fifth round of the NHL draft. The center played at Avon Old Farms School and will enter Boston University this fall.
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Here’s a gallery of more news items throughout town:
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The 8U Rams Summer Travel Baseball Team kicked off the summer with a 6-3 win over TYA of Eastchester. The Rams were led by solid pitching from Adrian Delicata, Thomas Shullman and Maddox Hoffman. They combined for 12 strikeouts while only giving up 4 hits. Delicata and Shullman struck out 3 in row each. At the plate, Maddox Hoffman collected 3 hits and drove in 2 to lead the Rams. Adrian Delicata, Stuart Hellman, Thomas Shullman, and Joe Cerami, Grant Hickey all collected hits in the win as well. Stellar defense from Michael Marciano, Charlie O'Neil, Connor Eich and Drew Zoccolillo.
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At the New Canaan Old Timers Association golf outing last week, held at Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course.
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The performers at Summer Theatre of New Canaan—which is putting on “West Side Story,” among other musicals, starting July 6—is rehearsing upstairs at Halo Studios, officials say. “Who doesn’t love the music in that show?” Halo Director Cindy Ziegler said of “West Side Story.”
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NCHS Student Jason Campe received the Connecticut governor’s Scholar Award. Scholar. Sponsored by the Connecticut Association of Schools and Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P.C., the purpose of the program is to recognize academically talented high school students in CAS member schools throughout the state and present 30 students for special recognition to the Governor of Connecticut.
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Austin James Howe (L), Class of 2016 St. Lukes and John Henry Bemis (R), Class of 2016 New Canaan High School. Both are members of New Canaan Boy Scout Troop 31, George Harvey, Scoutmaster. The boys started together as Cub Scouts in second grade and have travelled the ranks to Eagle Scout together. Austin will be attending Catholic University in Washington DC this fall, and John is going to Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville.
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Bankwell once again at the July 16 New Canaan Village Fair & Sidewalk Sale will bring its “Monday Machin,” where people catch fake money for 30 seconds in order to enter a raffle, and the bank gives them a savings account for what they grab.