By Casey Kaplan
When a local kid hits it big, we like to give it some of our ‘Always Local / Always Positive’ focus and attention. Everyone wants to read about a real life hometown hero!
Like the Cover Feature we did in our Jan/Feb 2022 issue on Zach Allen; who grew up in New Canaan, and; who’s now in the first year of a $45.75M three-year contract playing Defensive End #99 for the NFL Denver Broncos.
And when the story involves the local kid overcoming great adversity on the path to success, we know everyone in the community shares a great interest!
Like the Cover Feature we did in our Jan/Feb 2021 issue on Will Reeve; who grew up on the Pound Ridge / Bedford border; whose famous Dad, Christopher Reeve, a.k.a Superman, died when Will was only 11, and whose Mom passed from cancer less than two years later, and; who is now a big TV personality and broadcast journalist with Good Morning America.
NICOLE BLOOM is our Cover Feature for this January/February 2024 issue of B&NC MAG, and her story - eerily similar to Will Reeve’s - also involves losing a famous Dad, TV Correspondent David Bloom, when she was only 9…and she’s now ascending as a TV star!
…I was surprised to see Nicole appear - on my TV screen! - as Maude Beaton in the Second Season of the hit HBO TV series I’d been watching called The Gilded Age! …I went to First Grade at Pound Ridge Elementary School with Nicole! …I knew right away we had to have Nicole on our Cover, and that this was one I’d write myself!
I’d lost touch with Nicole, but had a great time catching-up with her at her Mom’s house in Darien. She certainly fits the bill for being a local kid who has overcome great adversity on the path to success - and I hope you enjoy the Cover Feature on this real life hometown hero. And, by the way, if you missed the Cover Features on Zach Allen or Will Reeve, or want to go back and look at any of our past features, a library of our past issues is available at bedfordnewcanaanmag.com
Happy New Year,
Casey Kaplan
President
As featured in the January/February 2024 issue of Bedford & New Canaan Magazine