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Saying the homeowners themselves should’ve taken preventative measures, the town this week denied claims that its failure to maintain a stormwater drainage system resulted in property damage following heavy rainstorms.
In answering a lawsuit filed in state Superior Court on behalf of the owners of 57 and 59 Park Place, a Hartford-based attorney representing the town said Tuesday that the plaintiffs “were negligent, careless and did not take reasonable steps to prevent water from entering their home, including but not limited to their failure to install a proper drainage system and their failure to install preventative measures in the one to protect against the infiltration of water.”
They also “failed to properly grade or re-grade their property or utilize drainage swales to prevent water from accumulating and infiltrating the property during storms,” according to the answer, filed by attorney Thomas Gerarde of Howd & Ludorf LLC.
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Police on Thursday morning arrested a 52-year-old New Canaan man accused of creating a disturbance at a restaurant downtown.
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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free weekly podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski about a long lingering question that appears to be before the Board of Education and town again, whether to allow a drug-sniffing K-9 dog in the schools.
Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:
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Federal officials said a New Canaan man on Wednesday was sentenced to one year in prison for health care fraud.
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Affordability and state taxes are the top reasons New Canaan residents would move to another town or state, newly released survey results say.
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This Waveny proposal is not a CCRC.
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Town resident Steve Gaeta was just a few years out of high school in 1987, when he started working as a mechanic at the auto repair shop at 186 Main St.
At the time, Gaeta recalled, the downtown had nine gas stations with auto repair shops, and within a few years the co-owners of the New Canaan Chevron, located near the corner of Main and Maple Streets, in the shadow of then-recently demolished Center School—Charlie and Hank had renamed it ‘C&H Auto’ after themselves—decided to sell.
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A Darien man had his German shepherd dog euthanized last month after the animal got off-property in eastern New Canaan and attacked two dogs walking past, severely injuring one of them.
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Police last week arrested a 55-year-old Bridgeport woman by warrant after she gave a false name during a motor vehicle stop last year.
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A purse was stolen Tuesday morning in a smash-and-grab from an unoccupied car parked at Irwin Park, according to police.
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Creating a short passing lane along Metro-North Railroad’s New Canaan branch line would double hourly train service to and from Stamford, a key step toward boosting the town’s desirability and quality of life, a resident told members of the Town Council last week.
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Police before dawn Monday arrested a 53-year-old New Canaan woman and charged her with disorderly conduct.
At about 11:55 p.m. on Feb.
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Recent property transfers and building permit applications: (more…)
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Police last week arrested a 33-year-old Stamford man by warrant in connection with the theft of cash from a New Canaan home.
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The Board of Education has put off a decision on allowing drug-sniffing dogs in schools for too long, according to a longtime and prominent member of New Canaan’s legislative body.
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More than $35,000 has been raised toward a $50,000 goal to support the 5-year-old daughter of Michelle Pavia, who died Jan.
