Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Wilton Bulletin, in mailboxes and on newsstands today:
News
• Memorial Day: Wilton is red, white and blue.
• Uranium more ‘problematic’ than arsenic in Wilton wells.
• Pat Sesto will leave Wilton after 23 years.
• Innovation Day: Library event will feature ‘makers’ of all kinds, for all ages.
• Assessment reveals at-risk areas for fraud.
• Sons take 99-year-old mother to Paris for Mother’s Day.
• Kiwanis Club elects new officers.
• Historic tour: Steeple and people of 18th-Century Wilton.
• Horseshoe Pond improves, but needs support.
• Rotary seeks host families for student.
• Library’s innovation is rewarded.
• Relay for Life kicks off Friday.
• Summer camps exercise mind and body.
• Drum Hill chapter names DAR Scholar.
• Student art exhibition raises money for charity.
• Stay at Home is five years old.
• Parking spaces spark debate at Old Danbury Road hearing.
• Finding joy despite cancer.
• Police Log: Breach of peace, Cannon Road accident, Larceny, Danbury Road accident, Lost and found.
• News Notes: Helping sick pets, Benefit golf.
Schools
• Warrior Words: A last cadence.
• Students awarded for ‘exemplary’ leadership skills.
• Sixth graders don togas to celebrate Greco-Roman culture.
• Student Briefs: Boston University, Bucknell University, Colby-Sawyer College.
Social
• Woodcock Nature Center honors restaurateurs.
• Ambler Farm holds annual Sunset Dinner.
• Guitarist Leigh Richardson to entertain at Great Letterboxing History Hunt finale.
• Men’s breakfast at Hope Church.
Opinion
• Editorial: A big change.
• Letter: Thanks for running!
• Letter: The salute.
• Letter: Barn Raising Day was not to be missed.
• Letter: Turnout rule is an insult to democracy.
• Letter: Gregory and Adams supports Young Yankees.
• Letter: Taxpayers have a right to complete information.
• A View From Glen Hill: And the beat goes on...
Business
• Businesses can qualify as ‘green.’
• Prime Tutoring opens storefront.
• Bo Mitchell becomes a Certified Emergency Manager.
Obituaries
• Mary Ward Lucci.
• Robert S. Bruns III.
Sports
• Morin’s pitching powers Wilton High School’s baseball team to semifinals.
• Darien ousts Wilton High School girls lacrosse team in FCIAC semifinals.
• New Canaan edges Wilton High School boys lacrosse team in quarterfinal classic.
• Ludlowe tops Wilton High School girls tennis team in FCIAC semifinals.
• Brown breaks 53-year-old Wilton High School track record to win 400 at FCIACs.
• Wilton golf teams collecting used equipment for First Team Program this weekend.
• Many firsts for Y gymnasts at regional championships.
• Wilton Blue U9 girls soccer team takes first at Scarsdale tournament.
• Wilton U11 Blue boys soccer team takes first at Memorial Day Tournament in Newtown.
• Wilton U11 White boys soccer team wins its division at Scarsdale Memorial Day Tournament.
Arts & Leisure
• The Pie Sisters is a new novel written by a former New Canaan resident (Vikki Stone Corliss, her mother still lives in New Canaan) and her writing partner. Good summer vacation atmosphere.
• The Reel Dad took a break from films for a week and reviews Broadway’s On the 20th Century.
• The Kia Sedona SX-L is a smooth, quiet people-mover, says test driver Steven Macoy.
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