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Warrant: Woman Charged After Altercation at Basketball Game at NCHS

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. A Meriden woman, 41, has been charged following an investigation into an altercation that occurred after a high school basketball game at New Canaan High School in March. According to an arrest warrant application filed by the New Canaan Police Department, the woman has been charged with third-degree assault and disorderly conduct in connection with the March 12 incident. Police said officers were assigned to the game due to concerns over disruptive spectator behavior. As the game ended, a large number of parents entered the court despite announcements instructing spectators to remain off the playing surface, according to an affidavit filed by Officer Nolan Heintz, signed April 3 by a state Superior Court judge and obtained by NewCanaanite.com.

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‘Patience Levels Are Low’: Water Main Installation on South Avenue Underway

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. A four-year-long construction project in New Canaan started its final stretch this week. 

The water company’s 36-inch water main installation is nearly complete, though community members’ patience is dwindling, officials say. Four years ago, Aquarion began installing a water main, causing road closures on the eastern side of town. Now, the installation is taking place on South Avenue (with a plan to repave starting in September). Sections of South Avenue between Douglas and Farm Road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays for the next three months, through the end of August, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann.

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Kids at St. Mark’s Raise Funds for Bicycles in Impoverished Areas

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. Children at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church raised enough money this spring to purchase dozens of bicycles for people in rural African communities. Created around Lent, the project was led by the church’s children’s ministry as part of its annual giving efforts in collaboration with Episcopal Relief & Development’s “Gifts for Life” program. 

Church leaders said the giving component of Lent was used to connect children’s interest in bicycles with the fundraiser’s goal of providing transportation to impoverished communities. “The season of Lent in church is a time for people to take stock and recenter ourselves on the basics of the Gospel, like giving, fasting and praying,” the Rev. Elizabeth Garnsey said.