Sept|Oct 25 Pres Note
IT'S BEDFORD & NEW CANAAN MAGAZINE'S FIFTH ANNIVERSARY!
My Dad and I acquired the then-16-year-old Bedford Magazine publication in May 2020, and we began to publish the rebranded Bedford & New Canaan Magazine with the September/ October 2020 issue. We’ve quite literally grown the publication to over 200 pages! Even more important, we’ve grown the distribution to include not just all the houses in Bedford and New Canaan, but the most affluent households in Darien and Ridgefield, in Connecticut, and Armonk, Katonah, Mt. Kisco, North Salem, Pleasantville, Pound Ridge, Purchase, South Salem, and Wacabuc, in New York! And we’re most proud that our readers spend an average of over one-hour-twenty- minutes devoted to each B&NC issue!
B&NC MAG introduces you to the most interesting people in our area...and, again, that means people in Darien, Ridgefield, Armonk, Katonah, Mt. Kisco, North Salem, Pleasantville, Pound Ridge, Purchase, South Salem, and Wacabuc, and not just Bedford and New Canaan. B&NC MAG gets you in to see the most incredible homes and exposes you to the great cultural institutions and other attractions nearby. And B&NC MAG takes you golfing and skiing and to far away places for luxurious stays in exotic resorts.
But the best thing we get to do in publishing B&NC MAG is to use our Always Local! Always Positive! publication to be of service to the community! And, again, that means Darien, Ridgefield, Armonk, Katonah, Mt. Kisco, North Salem, Pleasantville, Pound Ridge, Purchase, South Salem, and Wacabuc, and not just Bedford and New Canaan.
In the last five years, we’ve managed to make a real difference for dozens of local charities and charitable causes. Time after time our coverage generates tremendous interest and results in new volunteers, contributions, and other support from the community. Charitable organizations including The Mather Homestead, The Glass House, Neighbors Link, The Ridgefield Playhouse, Caramoor, Bedford 2030, Planet New Canaan, The New Canaan Mounted Troop, The Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester, the Wolf Conservation Center, Endeavor, Habitat for Humanity, BluePath service dogs, Woman2Woman, The Inclusive Initiative, The New Canaan Land Trust, Buxton Gorge Preserve, The Westmoreland Sanctuary, Welcome Baby, and dozens of others.
Most recently, as I was introduced to and awed by the story of our May/June 2025 Cover Feature, Ali Truwit - who lost her leg in a shark attack two days after graduating from Yale, and then won two Paralympic Silver medals a year later - I’ve joined the Board of her Stronger Than You Think Foundation, which provides prosthetics to girls and women in need and supports water safety and the Paralympic movement. And in May, B&NC sponsored an event at Darlington Manor in North Salem to support Stronger Than You Think.
And, coming up, on October 25, 2025, we will be bringing 400 lucky B&NC readers in for a private guided tour of Iroki - the Steinhardt estate in Mt. Kisco, complete with a zoo, that was our July/August 2025 Homes Issue Cover Feature. Tickets are $100 each and are available by emailing info@BedfordNewCanaanMag.com, with all proceeds going to benefit Northern Westchester Hospital and Welcome Baby.
In lieu of presents in celebration of our Fifth Anniversary, donations may be made to any of the local charities we feature.
