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GOOD To Watch/Attend: This Week’s Town Board Meetings

Wednesday, Feb. 4:

  • 12 p.m.: Conservation Commission — Special Meeting Site Walk [agenda] Commissioners are meeting at Town Hall to carpool; locations to be visited are 39 Arrowhead Rd. and 77 Danbury Rd.
  • 5 p.m.: Wilton Capital Planning Committee Meeting, at Comstock Community Center, Rm. 31 and via Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]
  • 5 p.m.: Fire Commission Meeting, via Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]
  • 7 p.m.: Conservation Commission Meeting, via Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]
  • 7:30 p.m.: Bonding Committee Meeting, via Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]
  • 7:30 p.m.: Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting, at Comstock Community Center, Rm. 31 and via Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]

Thursday, Feb. 5:

  • 5 p.m.: Architecture Review Board/Village District Design Advisory Committee Meeting, via Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]
  • 7 p.m.: Board of Education Meeting, in the Wilton High School Professional Library, via Zoom and on YouTube [agenda] [Zoom link] [YouTube Channel]

GOOD Giving: Kiwanis Club Donates $25,000 to Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Credit: Kiwanis Club of Wilton

For the second year, the Wilton Kiwanis Club donated all net proceeds from its Great Pumpkin Sale to a single organization. On Friday, Jan. 28, Kiwanis Club members presented a check for $25,000 to the Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corps (WVAC).

“It is our way of saying thank you to a dedicated, highly trained and under-appreciated group of volunteers who are so vital to our community” said Paul Hannah, who leads the club’s fundraising effort every fall. “WVAC volunteers were present at our pumpkin patch every weekend with their ambulance and really helped make this year’s sale a success.”

WVAC Executive Director Al Garavito extended thanks on behalf of the 62 WVAC volunteers, whose service he said should inspire pride in every Wiltonian. “There is no better EMT service in all of Fairfield County.”

The donation will help WVAC fund operations, including purchasing life-saving equipment, maintaining equipment, and training volunteers, a continuation of the Kiwanis Club’s support of WVAC dating back to the mid-1970s with the purchase of the corps first ambulance. “I know I speak for our entire membership by stating that Wilton Kiwanis looks forward to standing by their side for the next 50 years,” Kiwanis Club President Joe Fiteni said.

GOOD Eats: Kiwanis Annual Citrus and Chocolate Sale — Order Now!

Credit: Kiwanis Club of Wilton

Speaking of Kiwanis and generosity, another great Kiwanis Club fundraiser is going on right now — the Annual Citrus and Chocolate Sale. Order delicious oranges and grapefruits from the same produce suppliers that sell to Village Market and know that your purchase supports worthy local nonprofit organizations. The sale also features See’s Chocolates. The order deadline is Monday, Feb. 16. Order online and pick up between Feb. 27-Mar. 1.

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GOOD Art: Wilton Library Presents Solo Exhibition “Western Stars” by Redding Artist Robert Mars

All Around Cowboy, Paul Newman by Robert Mars Credit: Robert Mars / Wilton Library

Wilton Library’s February art exhibition “Western Stars” will showcase the works of Redding resident Robert Mars. In this new body of work, Mars explores the intersection of myth and memory, drawing connections between classic western films and the glowing iconography of vintage neon signs, both of which shaped the mythology of the American West by transforming history into enduring symbols of freedom, danger and rugged individualism. Mars pairs cinematic drama with luminous roadside Americana to examine how these myths persist in cultural memory, flickering between fact and fantasy, darkness and light.

The “Western Stars” opening reception on Friday, Feb. 6 from 6-7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. The exhibition runs through Friday, Feb. 27. A majority of the works will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the library.

GOOD Strokes: WHS Boys Swim and Dive Defeat New Canaan

Credit: contributed

On Wednesday, Jan. 28, the Wilton High School boys swim and dive team defeated New Canaan 96-67 at the New Canaan YMCA pool. Freshman Henry Gimby and senior Ozzy Andrews led the team with two event wins apiece. Other event winners included seniors Hirsh Iyer and Sam Jacobson. Wilton won all three relays to help secure the win. Other results:

  • 200 Medley Relay: First (Andrews, Jacobson, Adam Mims and Iyer); third (Daniel Hickey, Lucas Fontana, Will Satara and Greg Pinchbeck); fifth (Mariano Beltrano, Eraklis Hristodoulou, Julian Capalbo and Tristan Vega)
  • 200 Freestyle: First (Gimby), second (Fontana) and fourth (Kurt Jeschke)
  • 200 Individual Medley: First (Andrews), second (Alex Nguyen) and third (Adam Mims)
  • 50 Freestyle: First (Iyer), second (Andrew Mims) and fourth (Capalbo)
  • Diving: Second (Spencer Smith)
  • 100 Butterfly: Third (Andrew Mims), fourth (Lam) and sixth (Satara)
  • 100 Freestyle: First (Jacobson), third (Adam Mims) and fifth (Nguyen)
  • 500 Freestyle: First (Andrews), third (Pinchbeck) and fourth (Hickey)
  • 200 Freestyle Relay: First (Fontana, Gimby, Iyer and Andrew Mims), third (Lam, Capalbo, Satara and Nguyen) and fifth (Aditya Singhal, Luc Rivera, Jackson Norful and Sam Manson)
  • 100 Backstroke: Second (Lam), third (Jeschke) and fourth (Jacobson)
  • 100 Breaststroke: First (Gimby), second (Fontana) and fifth (Pinchbeck)
  • 400 Freestyle Relay: First (Iyer, Andrew Mims, Andrews and Jacobson); third (Hickey, Adam Mims, Jeschke and Lam); and fifth (Beltrano, Rivera, Jakub Kruk and Yihan Luo)

GOOD Slopes: Wilton Ski Teams Surge Through Back-to-Back Races, Honor Seniors

Senior ski team members: (back row L-R) Henri Allemand, Matt Morano, Theo Satrazemis, Kieran Wiseman, Ray Slough and Cooper Buchichio; (front row L-R) Polina Popova, Charlotte DiNapoli and Lyla Theoharides Credit: Gretchen McMahon Photography

The Wilton High School ski teams continued their strong winter campaign with two standout meets at Mount Southington, celebrating Senior Night and facing Class S teams on Jan. 22. Wilton’s girls varsity squad captured first place, while the boys varsity team finished second overall behind Weston.

One week later, on Jan. 29, Wilton returned to the slopes for a combined Class S and Class L race, and again delivered impressive results, with the girls varsity team earning first place and the boys finishing fourth against a deeper, mixed-class field.

Jan. 22 (Class S)

  • Boys varsity: Cooper Buchichio (43.45), Vincent Kelly (47.64), Ray Slough (49.50), Kieran Wiseman (50.08), Theo Satrazemis (50.23), Benjamin Behar (50.87), Sean Raftery (51.98), Matt Morano (52.25), Matthew Polito (52.74) and Henri Allemand (57.65)
  • Girls varsity: Olivia Edwards (48.36), Parker Pettibone (50.85), Charlotte DiNapoli (51.38), Siena Buchichio (51.47), Lila Richardson (51.61), Magnolia Levy (51.96), Polina Popova (53.07), Charlotte Cates (54.58) and Sterling Ford (58.17)

Jan. 29 (Class S & L)

  • Girls varsity: Edwards (48.73), Buchichio (50.25), Popova (50.76), Theoharides (50.91), Pettibone (50.99), Richardson (51.33), Charlotte DiNapoli (51.77), Levy (53.43), Georgia DiNapoli (56.32) and Cates (56.48)
  • Boys varsity: Buchichio (45.55), Slough (50.96), Satrazemis (51.63), Behar (52.47), Wiseman (52.73), Leighton Graves (52.87), Raftery (53.45), Polito (53.53) and Morano (56.29)