Canaan News

Don Brewster Sr., a successful Frederick businessman who died in September, was at one time detailed to the National Security Council at the White House as a Vietnam specialist.

With Friday set to kick-off the annual holiday shopping frenzy -- and a consumer -spending comeback beginning to appear -- a host of widespread myths have come to surround the shared cultural phenomenon of Black Friday.

Here's a clip of Heidi Klum at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. More photos here.

Comedian Andrew Kennedy says he's more of a storyteller than a joke-teller, but -- unlike that relative at Thanksgiving dinner who you're never sure how you're actually related -- Kennedy's stories are funny.

Bayside a ' You wouldn't think the folks who created Kermit the Frog would need any help when it comes to going green.

The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri.

Using goats to control forest brush may seem like a novel idea, but it has been around as long as grazing animals have roamed the planet Grazing goats like this one are increasingly being used to keep the forest underbrush clear of the tinder-like grasses, bushes and small trees that allow wildfires to burn out of control.

New Canaan resident Anne Worcester, the tournament director for the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament, which will be held Aug.

Nov 7th 2009 at 2:03PM Architecture lovers and foodies come together in a new package that combines a private tour of the P hilip Johnson Glass House site in New Canaan, Connecticut with a three-course dinner at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York.

Tel Kabri is the only site in Israel where wall paintings similar in style to those found in the Aegean 3,600 years ago have been found; researchers say this was a conscious decision made by the city rulers to lean toward Mediterranean culture The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to ...

Tess Dawson, a pagan who practices the religion of ancient Canaan, talked to the Boston Pagan Examiner about her path.

The Connecticut State Police promoted 21 Troopers during a ceremony held at the Connecticut State Police Training Academy on Friday, November 6, 2009.

JUST A SPOT OF TEA... Hankering for some Prince Harry ? Well, we can't really promise you that, but we can tell you were to get your fix of British goodies here in Connecticut.

Seth J. Frantzman Posted Oct 28 2009 The death of polymath Amos Kenan and recent Canaanite archeological finds at Beit Shemesh remind us once again of the obscure movement known as Canaanism, founded by a handful of right-wing Hebrew resistance fighters who decades later would become fountainheads of radical post-Zionism. The Canaanites were mostly ...

New York City Holiday retail sales will grow by a solid if not spectacular 2.4% year-over-year, a sharp turnaround from last yeara s unprecedented 4.1% decline, according to a new report from Customer Growth Partners.

BSF Prop Inc sold to Joel B. Mounty, property at 48 Byfield Lane for $5,150,000. Donald and Kimberly Froude sold to Stefano Ciravegna and Monica Kominami, property at 20 Church St., Unit B30, for $640,000. Bruce and Elizabeth A. Wardell sold to Eugene J. and Jennifer L. Bucalo, property at 40 Hassake Road for $732,000. Cameron F. Hopper sold to ...

T he World Monuments Fund's Watch List, a compilation of some of the most precious and endangered man-made structures in the world, this year included Connecticut's own Merritt Parkway.

Connecticut environmental police say they've charged a Waterbury man with negligent hunting after he shot another hunter while aiming at a pheasant in Canaan.

With a global conference on climate change looming in Copenhagen in December, it should come as no surprise that a flurry of studies have been released.

A Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in Connecticut offers several conventional and some innovative treatment methods in the treatment of alcoholism and addiction.