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Police last week arrested a 27-year-old Stamford man and charged him with evading responsibility in connection with a car crash last month. At about 11:43 p.m. on Sept. 23 (a Wednesday), officers responded to the area of West and Hemlock Hill Roads on a report of a single-car crash, police said. There, officers found a car that had struck a utility pole, according to a police report. Its driver had left the scene, the report said.
A venerable nonprofit organization is preparing to sell a vacant parcel near downtown New Canaan, officials say. Waveny LifeCare Network or ‘WLN’—a 1975-established provider of a continuum of care, including independent, assisted and memory care living, at-home and in-patient short-term physical rehabilitation, therapy and nursing care and hospice services—owns an undeveloped .74-acre property, located behind a house on Oenoke Ridge, roughly between the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church campuses.
According to an Oct. 7 letter sent to St. Mark’s parishioners, WLN last month notified the church “of their intent to sell” the parcel, under a right-of-first-opportunity clause included in the “extremely favorable terms” of Waveny’s 1993 acquisition of the land from the church.
Police late Saturday arrested a 60-year-old New Canaan woman and charged her with driving under the influence. At about 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 10, an officer spotted a vehicle swerving on Pocconock Trail, with a tire rubbing against the front fender, according to a police report. During a subsequent stop, the officer found that the vehicle appeared to have been in a crash, the report said. Police could smell alcohol on her breath and found other signs of impairment, it said.
Both candidates for a hotly contested General Assembly seat that includes parts of New Canaan are facing accusations that they’ve misused funds in their campaigns. The State Elections Enforcement Commission has received complaints against State Rep. Tom O’Dea (R-125th), a seven-term incumbent, and Democratic challenger Meredith Tobitsch, both New Canaan residents. According to a summary of the complaint filed Sept. 25 by town resident Chris Wilson, Tobitsch violated state law by misattributing the committees that paid for more than one dozen digital campaign posts that have appeared on social media, in at least one case failed to identify any committee that paid for an ad and, in another case, had two committees listed on a single ad. According to the complaint summary, “Based on the presently available information, the conduct at issue may implicate several provisions of Connecticut’s campaign-finance laws.
One of the best-loved events among New Canaan athletes, sports boosters and the wider community—the biennial New Canaan High School Hall of Fame dinner and ceremony—is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 16 at the Woodway Country Club (tickets here). We put some questions to Terry Dinan, emcee of HOF events, ahead of the special night.
Here’s our exchange. ***
New Canaanite: What is the New Canaan High School Athletic Hall of Fame? How many inductees are there?