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GOOD To Watch/Attend: This Week’s Town Board Meetings
- Fire Commission Meeting: Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 5 p.m., on Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]
- Conservation Commission Meeting: Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m., on Zoom: [agenda] [Zoom link]
- Architecture Review Board/Village District Design Advisory Committee Meeting: Thursday, Jan. 8 — CANCELED
- Inland Wetlands Commission Meeting: Thursday, Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Comstock Community Center, Room 31, and on Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]
- Police Commission: Monday, Jan. 12 at 4:30 p.m. at Comstock Community Center, Room 31 [agenda]
- Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting: Monday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m., on Zoom: [agenda] [Zoom link]
- Historic District and Historic Property Commission: Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 6:30 p.m., on Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]
- Board of Finance: Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m., at Comstock Community Center, Room 31 and on Zoom [agenda] [Zoom link]
GOOD To Stay in the Know: Today’s Top GMW Story — POSITIVE Wilton Finance Dept. News
If you read one thing today in GMW, make it this story:
GOOD To Read: NPR’s Wilton Connection
Did you know that NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher grew up in Wilton? She was featured in a New York Times profile on Dec. 30, 2025. Bonus point — her mother is Wilton’s State Sen. Ceci Maher (D-26).
GOOD To Know: Wilton’s New Starbucks Opens
Wilton’s new Starbucks is now open! Located at 15 River Rd., the Wilton Center restaurant relocated from its former location across the street at 21 River Rd. as part of the plans its landlord, Kimco Realty, has to demolish and redevelop that building into apartments. Starbucks was the last of the remaining retail tenants at 21 River Rd. to vacate the premises.
Starbucks’ Wilton Center location has relocated to its new digs at 15 River Rd., across the street from its old home. Credit: GOOD Morning Wilton 
Starbucks’ Wilton Center location has relocated to its new digs at 15 River Rd., across the street from its old home. Credit: GOOD Morning Wilton 
Starbucks’ Wilton Center location has relocated to its new digs at 15 River Rd., across the street from its old home. Credit: GOOD Morning Wilton 
Inside Starbucks’ new Wilton Center location at 15 River Rd., across the street from its old home. Credit: GOOD Morning Wilton 
Inside Starbucks’ new Wilton Center location at 15 River Rd., across the street from its old home. Credit: GOOD Morning Wilton 
There’s outside seating at Starbucks’ new Wilton Center location at 15 River Rd., across the street from its old home (although anyone sitting outside now would likely be extremely cold). Credit: GOOD Morning Wilton
TODAY’S TOP GMW STORIES
- GOOD To Go — Jan. 9, 2026
- Superintendent’s $100 Million FY’27 School Budget Request Matches BOF’s 3.6% Increase Guidance
- Wilton Fire Chief: Fire Department HQ Needs Close to $6 million in Repairs and Renovations
GOOD To Get Tickets: WHS Improv Comedy Returns to Kick Off 2026
Wilton High School’s Little Theater Club is once again bringing audiences its improv show, “Freeplay, A Night of Improv Comedy presents ComedySportz.”
The students have worked hard with head coach, Glenn Packman, the co-owner of ComedySportz New York, and they’re excited to present an “all-you-can-laugh fest!”
The ComedySportz website describes the show as “a fast paced, interactive improvised comedy show played as a sport. Two teams of improvisers face off funny bone to funny bone and vie for applause and laughter.” The improvisers will interact with audiences as anything ranging from on-stage ‘competitors’ to referees, scorekeepers, vendors and even sound-effects.
Performances will be held on Thursday, Jan. 8; Friday, Jan. 9; and Saturday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m. each evening. Tickets can be purchased online and reserved in advance. Tickets are $10 for students/seniors and $15 for adults.
This year’s Varsity Cast includes Nicole Allers, Rohit Bharadwaj, Ben Cannavino, Harper Crawford, Annabel Darst, Haldan Dickinson, Sofie Gibboney, Zach Helgesen, Emma Kong, Lucia Kwei, Alex MacDonald, Finley MacDonald, TJ McCormack, Kara Mobyed, Adam Nevas, Alexander Piazza, Gavin Rafferty, McKenna Rooney, Adam Savvaides, Nikisha Shivram, Nick Somma, Grant Stein, Noah van den Heuvel and Hayden Zapotosky.
The Junior Varsity Cast includes Catherine Adams, Marcus Bassani, Charlotte Cates, El Clayton, Quinn Cooper, Ari Epstein, Evelina Fox, Evan Johnson, Finney Leonard, Tanner Livesay, Darcie Mayell, Caroline Morris, Jeffrey Nesheiwat and Alex Shiue.
The stage management team includes Isabella Kaoud, Will DeBernardis, Allison Pham and Maddy Passaro. Musical performances feature Will Mandelbaum on the piano and the ComedySportz band — Crawford, Dickinson, Helgesen, Kong, McCormack, Shiue and Stein.
Editor’s note: the article has been updated to include additional information about today’s other lead news.