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Board of Education Chair Katrina Parkhill will fill the final two years of an open seat on the elected body, following a special meeting Friday.
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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Liz Donovan, a board member of both the New Canaan and state League of Women Voters, about the organization’s efforts to educate electors during this local election season.
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New Canaan’s highest-elected official said Wednesday night that he expects the town to make an announcement “imminently” regarding a new home for the Board of Education.
Town and Board of Ed officials for years have studied alternatives to the longstanding practice of New Canaan Public Schools administrators leasing space in a Locust Avenue office building at a cost of about $330,000-plus per year.
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Candidates for the Board of Education this week debated whether changes should be made to the process through which curriculum long has been developed and approved for New Canaan Public Schools.
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Town officials on Tuesday approved funds to address a water flow problem in Kiwanis Park that’s created dangerous winter conditions for a cherished Girls Scouts building there.
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A rapidly increasing number of New Canaan voters are requesting and filing absentee ballots for the municipal election, according to Town Clerk Claudia Weber.
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An increasing number of New Canaan residents appear to be illegally connecting sump pumps to the town’s sewers, prompting municipal officials this week to commission a $200,000 “inflow study” of the system.
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Citing a successful model from Darien, local conservation officials say they’re thinking of launching a 10K running or walking event in New Canaan that would spotlight the town’s “green link” connecting public parks and the downtown via trails and sidewalks. (more…)
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Town officials on Tuesday re-hired a small Norwalk-based company to handle cleaning duties at several municipal buildings after having problems with a different franchise-model group.
The Board of Selectmen voted 3-0 in favor of an approximately $95,000 contract to hire P&M Cleaning Services for 13 town buildings.
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Eleanor B. Meredith passed away on October 2, 2021 at her home in New Canaan surrounded by her husband and children after privately struggling with bile duct cancer for several years.
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Parks officials this month approved the installation of expanded new softball batting cages at Waveny that also will include warmup mounds for pitchers.
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A new photo of two bobcats casually standing on the deck of a New Norwalk Road home has town officials concerned about the animals’ welfare.
Taken at a residence near Route 123’s intersection with Carter Street, the photo of what appears to be an adult bobcat and kitten indicates that “they are way too comfortable getting that close to a dwelling,” according to Animal Control Officer Allyson Halm.
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New Canaan Police on Sunday morning received four complaints of vehicles illegally entered while parked in residential driveways, including three located near each other in the northeastern part of town.
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Town officials this month increased a contract for renovation work at the Carriage Barn in Waveny by more than $50,000, in part to meet the price of more expensive materials amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the change-orders for the project was “basically due to COVID, the timing from when we bid the project to when we awarded the project, material prices skyrocketed,” Tiger Mann told members of the Board of Selectmen at their Oct.
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Citing an ongoing need for traffic improvements at Route 106 and Carter Street, Selectman Kathleen Corbet this month called for a group of public works, safety and parking officials to reconvene their regular meetings. (more…)
