Around Town
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Our senior intern from NCHS, Sam Stoner, took the photos in the gallery above at the launch party for “Beat Shazam,” the new game show on FOX that’s hosted by Jamie Foxx and co-produced by him as well as New Canaan’s Rich Riley, CEO of Shazam. The party was at The Water’s Edge in Darien on Thursday night and hundreds attended. ***
East Avenue favorite Fish Tales temporarily closed in March for an extensive renovation—and the fish and seafood shop reopened this week under a new name, “La Pescaderia Fish Market & Arepa.”
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About two hours after putting out a fire on Hoyt Street Wednesday morning that appeared to have been ignited after cats switched on a gas stove, emergency responders were called out for another feline-related incident: A cat was stuck up a tree on Lost District Drive. ***
Six residents of eastern New Canaan reported seeing a black bear last Thursday morning, at bird feeders and garbage cans on Rocky Brook, Knollwood, Benedict Hill and Evergreen, according to the Animal Control section of the New Canaan Police Department. ***
Motorists traveling on Route 106 in New Canaan after 1 p.m. Monday came across a tree and wires down across the road near Weed Street.