Sing, Move, Pitch, Plan and Care

A 16-year-old driver who had her license for two weeks was arrested for DWI after crashing her car through a split rail fence and into a stone wall. This item was just one of a very this week in New Canaan.

On Thursday night, the Town Council held its in as many weeks to hear the Long Range Planning Committee's request for a special appropriation of $175,000 to embark on Phase 2 of its planning process. Seven residents, with questions and suggestions.

We met who were recently sworn in as Guardian Ad Litems. They volunteer to help neglected and abused children as they navigate the legal system. "Ordinary people doing extraordinary work," is how the Child Advocates of Connecticut describe them.

Talk about heavy lifting. Columnist Chris Farley described her transformation from hoarder to purger in this week's column. Who can't relate to how important 'things' have become in our lives?

And columnist Laurie Cantillo looked at a YouTube phenomenon that's caught the attention of 70 million viewers, including most kids in New Canaan. It's a music video by 13-year-old Rebecca Black called 'Friday,' and we warn you, it's one of those tunes that's hard to get out of your head.

On Wednesday, Patch went to a totally modern yet somehow old fashion . We saw the western fir frame of the 750 square foot structure be assembled without the sound of a single hammer. Watch it grow timber by timber and frame by frame in our picture gallery. And on Thursday, we traveled the roads of New Canaan to pay tribute to some of the in town for this week's 'Picture This!' feature. 

Former NCHS baseball player Paul Devlin gave us a play-by-play description of his experience throwing out . It's a nightmare that returns to haunt him on opening day every year. And he gave us his list of the five worst first pitches thrown. See if you agree with him. We hope your team won on this first weekend of the baseball season.