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Wilton
Neighborhoods [ EACH COMMUNITY ADDS TO OUR OVERALL PERSONALITY ]
Wilton Center
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Whether shopping, heading out to a restaurant, or attending a community-wide celebration, Wilton Town Center is welcoming to residents and visitors alike. One can buy groceries or wine, checkout an array of retail shops, go to a movie, or find a cozy spot to meet friends for coffee. Schenck’s Island offers multiple trails with cleared areas for fishing, picnicking or relaxing by the edge of the Norwalk River, and an escape to nature for dog walkers. The Wilton Library is a town treasure, with a full calendar of author talks, documenta-
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ry film screenings, lectures, musical events, and programs for the whole family. There's the annual Mother's Day Plant sale in May, a July sidewalk sale, Halloweekend in October, the December Holiday Stroll, and the Winter Carnival held in January. Twice a year, local Wilton Center restaurateurs offer special menus during Restaurant Week.
stops at the Cannondale Station, but the area is better known for its small shops and businesses adjacent to the station, including The Schoolhouse at Cannondale restaurant. Diners there enjoy their meals in what was the second schoolhouse built in the neighborhood in 1872.
Cannondale
The Silvermine section of Wilton has been known as an artist community since the early 1900s. A visionary sculptor named Solon Borglum moved to the area in 1906 and contributed to the artist movement there. Solon’s depictions of frontier life, especially sculptures based on his experience with cowboys and native Americans established his reputation. His was a subtler artistic path than his brother Gutzon and nephew Lincoln, who sculpted Mount Rushmore. Today the arts are still very much alive in the area thanks to the Silvermine
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Originally called Pimpewaug by the local Native Americans, Cannondale was named after the Cannon family who became prominent in the area following the opening of their general store in the 1790s. The addition of the railway station came next, followed by a campaign by the Cannon family to open a neighborhood post office. Cannon Station was soon abuzz with activity. Today, the Metro-North Danbury branch continues to make
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