News

Larceny Charge for New Canaan Man, After Theft of $1,800 of Cellphones from AT&T

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Police early Monday arrested a 22-year-old New Canaan man in connection with the theft of three cellphones from a local business. At approximately 1:11 p.m. on July 19, officers were dispatched to the newly opened AT&T store on Elm Street on a report that three iPhones had been stolen, according to a police report. The devices were worth a combined $1,800, the report said. The store manager identified a store employee and resident of Millport Avenue as a suspect. During the subsequent investigation, the man confessed to taking the cellphones. 

He surrendered to the police at 4:44 a.m. on July 22, and was charged with fourth-degree larceny, a misdemeanor offense.

Government

‘A Real Good Moment for New Canaan’: Officials Break Ground on New Affordable Housing on Millport Avenue

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Lifelong town resident Scott Hobbs recalls that New Canaan was more economically diverse when he grew up here than it is today. And due to the success of the town, “we seem to become less and less economically diverse,” Hobbs, chairman of the New Canaan Housing Authority, said Wednesday. “So the more that we are able to provide housing and have the people who work in the community actually live here, too, creates a healthier community,” Hobbs said from the site of a widely anticipated project that will see the affordable units that overlook Mill Pond expanded and built with greater density. A handful of town officials attended the groundbreaking ceremony at the Millport Avenue Apartments. The Housing Authority is now completing a phased redevelopment of the site, starting with 33 new affordable housing units, with 40 more to come.