Government

Town Upholds $30 Ticket Issued for Overstaying on Elm

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Town officials last week upheld a $30 ticket issued to a woman who hadn’t paid for parking on Elm Street. Caroline Burke told members of the Parking Commission during an appeal hearing that she tried to download the Pay-By-Phone app on the afternoon of Jan. 8 but it wouldn’t allow her to upload her credit card information to create an account. “I had trouble just downloading the app,” Burke told the Commission during her Feb. 4 hearing, held at Town Hall and via videoconference.

News

Firefighters Put Out Blaze on Richards Lane on Friday

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Firefighters on Friday responded to Richards Lane on a report of a fire in the attic of a house under construction, officials say. The New Canaan Fire Department at about noon on Feb. 6 found a fire burning in the utility room of the attic and “extending into a finished area” of the home, Chief Albe Bassett said in a press release. “The seat of the fire was difficult to initially locate because of the energy efficient windows and insulation,” Bassett said. “Once the fire was knocked down, extensive overhaul of the spray foam insulation was conducted.”

The New Canaan Fire Marshal is actively investigating the cause of the fire. 

“The area of origin was in the utility room in the attic but the cause has not been determined,” the chief said in the press release.

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Town Upholds $30 Ticket Issued to Local Man

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Town officials on Wednesday upheld a $30 ticket issued to a longtime resident who failed to pay for parking on Elm Street. Ken Oxman told members of the Parking Commission during an appeal hearing that he and his wife had no idea that the town switched to paid parking on Elm (and part of South Avenue). “We knew nothing about the parking meters,” Oxman told the Commission during his hearing, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. Oxman said he and his wife visit downtown New Canaan only rarely and that none of the people they knew ever mentioned the switchover. “I wasn’t taking a chance,” he said, adding: “I had no idea, even when I parked I had no idea.

Around Town

NCHS Students Form ‘New Canaan for a Cure’ Team To Fight Cancer

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Though New Canaan High School juniors Eva Alexander, Sienna de Kanter and Mairead Greiner all joined the NCHS Students Against Cancer Club last fall for individual reasons, they share a deeply important motivation: Each of the teens has loved ones whose lives have been altered by or lost to the disease. Eva Alexander’s father, Sloan Alexander, had surgery last March following discovery of a sarcoma, and is now undergoing chemotherapy. De Kanter’s grandmother, Linda Glenn, died last March following a battle with colon cancer. And Greiner, whose grandfather Joseph Casey is a two-time cancer survivor (colon and prostate), has two grandmothers currently fighting skin cancer. Through the club, the students found out about the “Student Visionaries of the Year” program run by Blood Cancer United, a nonprofit organization that seeks to rid the world of blood cancer.

Opinion

Podcast: Crime Prevention in New Canaan

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In this installment of 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to New Canaan Police Chief John DiFederico. The department is hosting a crime prevention presentation at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9 at New Canaan Library (register here). Police will field questions from attendee as part of the event. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0: