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Housatonic Habitat
“The American Dream of 2.5 kids, a car in the driveway, and a white picket fence is a fundamental vision many of us still hold…but for some, no matter how hard they work, they are never quite able to get off the hamster wheel and attain that reality,” Housatonic Habitat for Humanity’s Executive Director, Kristen Keil shares.
Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Bedingfield is the chart-topping singer/songwriter best known for catchy tunes like Love Like This, Strip Me, Freckles, These Words, Wild Horses, Neon Lights, and of course her massive hit singles Unwritten and Pocketful of Sunshine. She’s also become well known as an advocate for LGBTQ rights and the environment.
Michael Dweck: Blunderbust
“I began these works in 2022, creating abstract paintings that liberated me to explore the realm of randomness, which I had previously denied myself with photography.”
Links Legend: Rob LaBritz
In October 2023, Rob invited me to join him ‘inside the ropes’ at the Furyk & Friends PGA Tour Champions event at Timuquana Country Club, in Jacksonville, Florida. Nearing the end of his second year on Tour, Labritz’s finish at Furyk would help to determine whether he would make the cut to be one of the top 35 on the Tour Champions, and thereby get to play in the $3,000,000-purse end-of-the-Season Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
The Halasz Wedding
On an unseasonably warm December 2nd, 2023, New Canaan native, Catherine Bradley, daughter of Patricia and John Bradley, married Gabor Halasz, at St Aloysius Church in New Canaan, followed by a beautiful reception at Waveny House.
Jacob Burns Film Center
The Jacob Burns Film Center, located in the charming downtown village of Pleasantville, is a movie mecca, a bastion of the big screen, and a seat of cinema. Jacob Burns has the curated clip and the featured flick for everyone from movie maven to…‘maybe we should catch a matinee’, and it’s much more than just another multiplex!
549 Oenoke
Yes, 549 Oenoke is that house! The spectacular white Southern Colonial, that seems almost as wide as two houses, and has a second-floor balcony facing the street…and a couple of drop-dead Drophead Phantom Rolls-Royces in the driveway. On the northern side of Oenoke, right between the two quite notable mid-century moderns - Edward Durell Stone’s Celanese House to the west, and Philip Johnson’s Alice Ball House to the east.
The Inclusive Initiative
A thriving community means inclusion for everyone! And that’s just what the Inclusive Initiative, aims to do - starting with Bedford and Katonah, and then expanding around the area, to make our communities welcoming to those that are neurodivergent, or otherwise in need of some extra patience and understanding.
A New Chief in Town
Of course, being only 33, just about everything about Graham Glauber screams youthful enthusiasm like a fire engine’s siren. He’s the ‘Doogie Howser M.D.’ of the new Bedford Fire House. And he’s a hometown hero, who’s a real life advertisement for the virtue of being a volunteer.
Slammin’ Sammy Swank
From tennis star to comedic tik tok sensation, this Bedford native is center-stage
The Mianus River Gorge
Formed by glaciers 12,000 years ago, the Mianus River Gorge is a preserved natural landmark; 1,000 acres of rare forests, wildlife, research, and education… protected through decades of conservation and community stewardship.
Standring-Carlson Wedding
The Spring of Spry
For time immemorial, women have been in search of treatments that will bring clean and glowing skin and an ageless complexion…the Fountain of Youth…
…Well…ladies…and gentlemen…if it isn’t the Fountain of Youth, I’ve at least found the Spring of Spry…tucked away at 59 Grove Street in New Canaan!!!
13 Hands
Bedford’s Marylou Tortorello founded 13 Hands Equine Rescue, a 113-acre sanctuary in Clinton Corners, saving abused horses while offering therapeutic programs for veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Think global, act local
From Bedford2030’s bold emissions goals to Planet New Canaan’s grassroots recycling and education, local groups are transforming concern into collective climate action… proving small communities can drive big environmental change.
The Fascinating Fishers
Emily is an award-winning photojournalist and Murray is a leading conservationist in the United States. Together they are a Bedford Power Couple.
Jayni & Chevy Chase
Chevy is a comedic giant, best known for his performances as a cast member in the first season of Saturday Night Live in 1975-1976 - including his legendary roles as the original anchor on the Weekend Update segment and his portrayal of a bumbling and stumbling President Ford - and then for his leading roles in Foul Play, Caddyshack, Fletch, Spies Like Us, Three Amigos, and as Clark W. Griswold in four National Lampoon Vacation movies.
Bedford Farms
…the young couple reinventing the 80-year-old Bedford Nursery. Meet Max and Nicole Apton, and their one-year-old daughter, Romy. Together, they’re the new owners of the Bedford Nursery, located at 235 Greenwich Road in Bedford, re-opening the community staple under the new name, Bedford Farms.
14 Adams Lane
ACT of CT
BROADWAY IN OUR BACKYARD: A Contemporary Theater of Connecticut, or ACT of CT as it’s known, is a nonprofit, professional, Actors Equity, 182-seat theater located on the old Schlumberger property, in a Philip Johnson designed building, at 36 Old Quarry Road - right here in Ridgefield!