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New Canaan & Toys for Tots 2007-11-21 20:03:00 As a Marine (many years ago), I was pleased to get this message from Wendy of Karl Chevrolet Hummer:
KARL Chevrolet HUMMER and KARL Automotive Service of Greenwich have assumed a leadership role again this year for the largest U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots collection project in lower Fairfield County. Last year the group which KARL and co-sponsor Cox Radio coordinated collected more
New Canaan & Best Schools 2007-11-30 20:29:00 US News & World Report just released their list of America's top 100 high schools. I was surprised & dismayed to see that New Canaan did not make this list.
We only received a "silver medal" - so we are good but not great.
Harvard, Princeton, Columbia (my Alma Mata) & other Ivy League schools boost their academic prowess by creating multi-billion dollar endowments in order to hire the best Read more:Schools
New Canaan Schools & Second Place 2007-12-05 18:25:00 In case, you didn't read my previous blog post regarding the US News & World Report article on the country's best high schools, I have listed below the area schools that placed above New Canaan (we were ranked in the second class "Silver Level").
Come on! We can do better. New Canaan was ranked below Rye, Scarsdale and even Irvington.
7. High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ
15. Stuyvesant Read more:Schools
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New Canaan & Winter Storm 2007-12-15 10:07:00 Another modest winter storm is expected to hit New Canaan tonight. See our weather page for more details.
Looks like everyone is stocking up for the storm. I was over at Weed & Duryea picking up some salt to put on the driveway and the store was swamped. People were buying snow shovels by the dozen. The town's supermarkets were also packed. Everyone seemed to be buying a month's worth of food. Read more:Storm
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New Canaan Webcams 2007-12-22 03:18:00 If you want to "see" the weather conditions in New Canaan (i.e. check local driving conditions before you return home from work in NYC), please try these local webcams:
New Canaan Country School - A webcam mounted at the New Canaan Country School.
CT Dept. of Transportation - A large number of webcams along I-95 near Stamford, CT. Frequent updates. Great for checking out weather & traffic Read more:Webcams
Junk Mail & Global Warming 2007-12-21 05:36:00 Every holiday season, New Canaan gets inundated with junk mail. Since we are a wealthy community, every company on the planet sends us their catalogs. Unfortunately, 99% of the time, we just dump this useless junk back into the recycling bin.
Beyond breaking the back of the mailman, this flood of catalogs contributes to global warming and the use of imported oil. We have to cut down trees for Read more:Global
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Top High Schools - Part 2 2007-12-26 18:36:00 One of my visitors stated the following about the inability for New Canaan to make the top 100 high schools in the US News & World Report rankings:
Will, this makes sense after looking at the criteria for the ranking. One of the factors, is the percentage of economically disdavantaged kids who surpass state averages on standardized tests. Since NC doesn't have an "economically disadvantaged" Read more:Schools
New Canaan Parks 2008-01-26 08:21:20 Here is a map of New Canaan's local parks such as Kiwanis and Waverny. I have also added some of the key highlights from each park (i.e. the "beach" at Kiwanis) - click on the blue markers to read about some of the fun things to do at each park. If you can think of any other parks in town that I have missed, please leave me a message in the commentary section & I will add them to the map.
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Humilating & Futile 2008-01-19 21:28:27 This week, President Bush went hat in hand to beg OPEC to pump more oil in order to help the US economy. For more details, please read this NY Times article. It also has a revealing photo of the Saudi King and President Bush examining one of the rewards of high energy prices, the King's latest prize thoroughbred.
You can imagine the scene... The Saudis respond to Bush's plea by stating "Sure,
Weathermen wrong again 2008-01-15 18:18:07 My boys want to sue the weather forecasters. They were so disappointed that they did not get a day off from school. Instead of the promised 5-8 inches of snow, New Canaan got an anemic 1/2 inch (at best).
The boys are studying their legal options. More later. :)
Will
New Canaan Snow Update 2008-01-13 15:12:13 Here is the latest from the National Weather Service:
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST MONDAY.
A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND NOONTIME. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 Read more:Update
New Canaan Snow Warning 2008-01-12 10:18:01 Today is a beautiful mild day (for January). However, be warned, current weather forecasts are saying that there is the possibility of "significant snow accumulation" on Sunday night and into Monday. Let's hope that the weathermen are wrong (like usual).
Keep up-to-date with New Canaan's potential snow storm on our weather page.
Will
New Canaan & Airplane Noise 2008-01-11 19:40:22 Since a plane just flew over my house (and most of New Canaan) and was only a few hundred feet above the town, it made a tremendous racket. Cursing, I went to find out how the lawsuit is going against the massive increase in aircraft traffic over New Canaan & Fairfield County.
Unfortunately not much "new" news beyond the lawsuit against the FAA but you should definitely visit the region's Read more:Airplane
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Rate New Canaan Schools 2008-01-07 19:17:37 How do you rate the ability of New Canaan's public schools to educate your children and prepare them to be accepted & succeed at highly ranked colleges?
Will Read more:Schools
New Canaan & Ivy League Schools 2008-01-05 09:30:30 Following up on my educational endowment post and top high schools post, let's see where New Canaan kids are going to college. The New Canaan High School College & Career Center lists the 2004 results (latest data that I could find online).
Only 10 attended an Ivy League
school out of the 234 listed (if I counted correctly) or 4% percent. Given the strength of our community and the wealth & Read more:Schools
New Canaan & Global Warming 2007-12-31 20:13:53 Looking for some New Year's resolutions to help yourself, America and the world? Want to help stop global warming and/or reduce our dependence on foreign oil (which is indirectly funding terrorism)? If so, New Canaan residents can take some of the following simple steps:
1. Replace the standard light bulbs in your house with compact fluorescents or LED light bulbs. This is probably the easiest & Read more:Global
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July 4th After-Action Report 2008-07-05 05:11:14 Here are a few of my observations from this year’s Family Fourth:
1. The rain and potential cancellation of the event kept many people away. I would guess that only 60-70% of the normal crowd showed up. 2. The town website needs to display a message that the event is still ON – versus their standard practice of posting when the event has been postponed. Given the drizzle & threat of Read more:Action
July 4th Update - Part 2 2008-07-04 17:49:56 Since I haven’t seen any cancellation notice, we are off to the Family Fourth festivities. Wish us luck – hopefully no thunderstorms will disrupt the fireworks. However, we are bringing rain jackets & umbrellas - just in case!
Will Read more:Update
July 4th Update 2008-07-04 15:45:12 4pm - Light rain falling in New Canaan (and thunder storms expected for tonight) so I am waiting to see if the Family Fourth is cancelled. Nothing yet but I am keeping an eye on the town website for an update.
If I hear anything, I will let you know.
Keep an eye on tonight's weather via our weather page.
Will Read more:Update
New Canaan July 4th Celebration 2008 2008-06-28 10:45:11 The New Canaan 2008 Family Fourth Celebration will be held this year on Friday, July 4th. The rain date is Saturday, July 5th. The gates to Waveny Park will open at 5 pm. Enter via South Avenue (as the Lapham entrance will be closed). See map below.
If you missed the June 25th mail-in date for tickets, you get buy your tickets at the Rec Dept. located in Waveny House.
See you there!
Will
2008 New Canaan Fair and Sidewalk Sale 2008-07-12 10:38:25 This year's New Canaan Fair and Sidewalk
Sale will be held on Saturday July 19th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (rain or shine). This is where New Canaan's merchants hold a massive outdoor sale & party. Lots to things to browse, great bargains, food to eat and activities for the kids (i.e. clowns and balloons). So if you are bored next weekend, you should definitely stop by the center of town for thi
Poll regarding the New Canaan Family Fourth 2008-07-09 18:29:11 How would you improve the New Canaan Family
Fourth (the town festivities that are held on or near July 4th)? Please answer the poll below and see how others have voted. You can vote for several options if you wish.
How would you improve New Canaan's Family Fourth? ( polls)
Train Trip Essentials 2008-07-26 05:53:48 As I have to wait for the train every day, I thought that I would list some essential train gear to take with you on your trips into New York (or anywhere else):
• Coffee – To help you wake up in the morning, the best coffee spots in New Canaan include Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts and JP’s Country Cupboard. Or you can shop online at Starbucks for coffee to be delivered to your home or for Starb Read more:Train
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New Canaan & Trees on Forest Street 2008-08-31 06:19:40 Just got this email from Abby.
Dear Will,
PLEASE Help me save the trees on ForestStreet
! Please post an article on your blog asking residents and concerned citizens to get involved.Would be a real travesty to see that glorious canopy be unnecessarily eliminated.
Thanks, Abby
In case, you don't know what Abby is talking about, please read this New Canaan Advertiser article. The controversy Read more:Trees
New Canaan Farmer's Market 2008-08-29 15:12:46 First off, I want to say that my family loves the New Canaan Farmer's Market
. My wife stops by most weekends to find locally grown vegetables and to pick up some delicious pies.
Our only concern is that the Farmer's Market has become too popular. The parking lot at the Farmer's Market is overflowing. People are parking on many of the side streets and weekend traffic is becoming very congested in
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