Public Safety
Douglas Addiction

What Drug Abuse and Addiction Look Like in New Canaan: A Panel Discussion

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Kera Townshend, a former captain of the New Canaan High School cheerleading squad, gave a glowing description Wednesday of her accomplishments and life in this town and then in college, with plenty to impress admissions officers, job interviewers or any audience. Then she gave the audience of well over 200 New Canaanites — at a panel discussion in Town Hall about heroin, opiod and general drug abuse — the seamy underside: Anxiety and, in some areas, lack of self confidence and wanting to get along, led her into some sordid drug and alcohol abuse and addiction. Addictions which stuck even after she thought she’d conquered them. Townshend was one of several speakers discussing opioid, heroin and substance addiction in general at a panel discussion that packed the community meeting room at Town Hall. It was organized by the League of Women Voters of New Canaan.

Schools

School Buildings Should Be Ready for Kids on First Day of School

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New Canaan’s public school buildings “are looking great” and should be ready for students when school starts, Jo-Anne Keating, the director of finance and operations for the school system recently told the Board of Education. “Everything is clean or getting there,” Keating told the board at its Aug. 17 meeting. “We’ll be ready for the kids.” School starts Thursday, Aug.

Schools
Jay Egan Athletic Director Presentation

Field Improvements, Live TV Described in New Canaan Athletics Program Presentation

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Renovations for Dunning Field, proposed new turf fields and live TV streaming of New Canaan and other FCIAC high school sports games are what the New Canaan High School athletics department will be planning for in the upcoming school year. That’s according to the school’s Athletic Director Jay Egan, who gave a presentation about the athletic program at a Board of Education meeting on Aug. 17. This selection of Power Point illustrations from Egan’s presentation to the board (not in the order Egan gave them):

Egan’s presentation also described the values that the athletic program tries to instill in student sports players and compared the budget of the athletic program with those of Darien and Wilton. Egan also listed numerous victories and awards school athletes and teams achieved in the last  school year:

New Canaan High School was the only high school in Connecticut to win four state championships during the 2015 spring season.

Real Estate
63 Old Norwalk Road

Old Norwalk Road Home Goes for $1,167,500 and Other New Canaan Home Sales

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The following property transfers were recorded last week in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the Assessor, click on the street address. Aug. 14

104 Jonathan Road

$562,000
Pamela Jennings to Paul & Hadley Denny

289 New Norwalk Road, Unit 12

$810,000
Estate of Joseph F. Riggs to Canaan 21 LLC

Aug. 17

401 Michigan Road

$1,575,000
Paul Fossati and Kay Dickerson to Andrew & Lisa Gifford

Aug.