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New Construction Planned for Greenley Road

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The New Canaan Building Department has received an application to build a 6,113-square-foot home on Greenley Road. The five-bedroom home planned for 277 Greenley Road will include five full bathrooms, one half-bath, three fireplaces, a finished basement that includes a craft room, wine room, gym and bath, and a three-bay garage, according to the building permit application, filed Feb. 5. 

It will cost $1.6 million to build, the application said. The contractor on the job is Barrington Homes 255 LLC of Westport, the architect Stamford-based Ro & Co Architecture LLC, it said. The vacant 2.46-acre property sold for $1,062,500, tax records show.

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DUI Charge for Woman, 31

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Police at 1:27 a.m. on Feb. 20 arrested a 31-year-old Stamford woman and charged her with driving under the influence. Officers responded at that time to a report of a single-car crash in the area of Old Stamford and Talmadge Hill Roads, according to police. Arriving, they found a vehicle down an embankment off the southbound lane of Old Stamford Road, according to a police report. Police identified the driver and found signs of impairment in her, the report said.

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Town Approves ‘Third Annual Waveny Arts Festival’ for Sept. 28

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Town officials have approved use of Waveny for a hugely popular arts festival organized by a nonprofit organization. The 3rd Annual Waveny Park Arts Festival will be held Sunday, Sept. 28 following unanimous votes by the Parks & Recreation Commission and Board of Selectmen at their most recent meetings. The first year of the festival was a test to see how it would go “and it was a huge success,” according to Hilary Wittmann, executive director of the Carriage Barn Arts Center. 

“We did grow quite a bit last year, and everything went really smoothly,” Wittmann told the selectmen at their Feb. 25 meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference.

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New Canaan Dog Bites Boy in Face

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A New Canaan dog underwent a 10-day quarantine at home last month after biting a boy in the face, records show. The dog, a 13-year-old brown-colored male mixed-breed named Petey, “was interacting” with the boy at home on Jan. 28 (a Tuesday) when the incident occurred, according to a police report obtained through a public records request. The dog’s owner—who also is the victim’s father, according to the incident report—told police that the boy “had a small puncture wound on his cheek” and was taken to a hospital with the injury, the report said. Police withheld the boy’s age.

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Town Approves $50,000 To Install Second Pump at ‘Steve Benko Pool’

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Municipal officials last week approved an approximately $50,000 contract with a Bethel-based company to help assure the continuous operation of the popular town pool at Waveny Park. Purchase of a second main pump for the Steve Benko Pool will make the facility “a much better place as far as I’m concerned,” according to Parks & Recreation Director John Howe. 

“It will allow me to sleep,” Howe told members of the Board of Selectmen at their Feb 25 meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. 

He continued: “What this is, a few years ago, we were able to buy a second main pump. We have one pump that filters all the water. If that goes offline for any reason, we have to close the pool. We have to have constant filtration in order for the pool to stay open.