Woman, 45, Relives the 80s While Attempting Ferry Reservations
I am reminded of my early adolescent days a million years ago in 1982, when “tape” was a noun and a verb having to do with music...
Love, Laughter and Lasagna: At the Table with Nancy Colella
Annunziata Colella—known to locals by her Americanized name, “Nancy”—on Tuesday afternoon sat at her long family dinner table in the...
Icon and Inspiration: Lydia Franco O’Neil, At the Store and Behind the Mousse Cake
Thomas George Franco II—‘Tom,’ as he’s known today on Elm Street, site of the family’s eponymous wine and liquor shop, a fixture of...
Faith, Family and Fierce on the Court: Rose Kelley Karl
New Canaan’s Sara Schubert can remember walking through the woods as an 8-year-old girl to visit her grandmother, Rose Karl, at the...
Audrey Stewart: Matriarch of the Market
Audrey Bailey Stewart had recently married Walter Stewart, Sr. when the young couple moved in with her husband’s parents—Walter Stewart,...
A Girl's First Wheels
It was 1986. Delusional visions of grandeur flooded my mind as I approached the age of sixteen. A car, I thought. Driving will be...
The Frog Days of Summer
At fourteen I became “too old” to hang out at Kiwanis. However, I enjoyed my first real job slinging burgers there at the old snack bar,...
Just Say No to Bruised Fruit
A great grocery bagger is a rare find. Every chance I get, I bag my own groceries, and I say to the confused and employed bagger, “It...
The Nature of New Canaan: Sappin' it up at the Nature Center
Please click here to read this article about maple tree tapping at the New Canaan Nature Center. The link will open the article in a new...
Nature Takes Over at Waveny's Nooks
Please click here to read this article about New Canaan's beautiful Waveny Park and all it has to offer. This link will open in a new...
