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The following property transfer(s) were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***
June 4
202 Weed St. $2,075,000
Jeffrey Norman to Maria Farani de Azevedo
June 3
35 Canoe Hill Road
$3 million
John Bagshaw to Jack McGivney
June 2
71 St.
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Dear Editor:
It’s difficult to imagine that any young teenager would be given a motorcycle or allowed to ride in a car without a seatbelt. And yet, they are being given electric bikes and sent, with developing prefrontal cortexes, into a world of distracted drivers, road rage, and 5,000 lb. projectiles.
For example: during evening rush hour last week, six teenagers, five on e-bikes and one on an e-scooter, rode from New Canaan to Darien and did the following:
turned left on red through an active intersection at Farm Road and South Avenue in New Canaan;
evaded police at Mansfield Avenue and Sedgwick Avenue in Darien by racing through a four-way stop with cars on all sides;
reached speeds of approximately 40 mph by slowing down to block traffic and then quickly accelerating;
crossed the yellow line in front of oncoming traffic;
popped wheelies and rode on one wheel near oncoming traffic; and
caused a traffic jam. Last year, Connecticut realized a 350% increase in the number of fatalities and injuries involving bikes and e-bikes on state roads, and that metric shows no sign of stopping.
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To the Editor:
The New Canaan Pops in the Park Committee wishes to express our gratitude to the residents of New Canaan and our neighboring communities for supporting the 5th annual Pops in the Park with the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra.
We estimate that approximately 1,800 people turned out on Sunday, June 7th for our “America 250!” concert on the great lawn behind Waveny House. A big thank you goes to our Platinum Sponsors Chris Gruseke and Bankwell, the lead sponsor again this year, and Chris and Terri Bell (Horizon Kinetics), as well as our Gold Sponsors, including Waveny Park Conservancy, where Michelle Crookenden and the Board do amazing work in the upkeep of our beautiful park.
Our heartfelt thanks go out to our other generous sponsors:
Karl Chevrolet
New Canaan Community Foundation
Dawn Sterner at Brown Harris Stevens Real Estate
Walter Stewart’s Market
Bill Bergner at State Farm Insurance
New Canaan Music
CMI Dunkin
HTG Investment Advisors
The Franco, Lara Kelly, Kerridge and Schlein families in New Canaan and Westport.
We offer special thanks to all our volunteers, especially the Service League of Boys (SLOBS).
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I write this in my capacities as: a Civil Engineer; a 15-year former New Canaan YMCA Board member; a NC Y project team member for the Valles expansion in 1978-1980 and the 2014-2016 Forese renovation; and a Board member and member of the Building Committee, the Finance Committee and the Pool Committee during the Forese renovation. The Pool Update & Facility Survey signed by Margaret Riley, CEO of the Y, states that three years ago an architect and engineer concluded that the Valles building requires repairs that will span 1-2 years at a cost of millions of dollars; that the Valles pool will be closed later this year; and that the Valles Pool may be replaced by a new aquatic center. She has also said to me that the building is in danger of failure.
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To the Editor,
As a daily 5:30 a.m. lap swimmer at the New Canaan YMCA for the past 10 years, I would like to express the concerns of many members regarding the proposed demolition of the Valles Pool. Hundreds of swimmers rely on access to both pools. Many of us swim before heading to work, and some members even join the New Canaan YMCA from neighboring towns such as Stamford and Norwalk because of its convenient location and early-morning pool access.