Greene Law PC

New Canaan Field Club Appeals Assessment

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A private club in New Canaan has filed a lawsuit in state Superior Court protesting the town’s recent assessment of its property. The New Canaan Field Club filed an appeal May 16 in State Superior Court that challenges the town’s decision to uphold a recent $4.4 million assessment of its Smith Ridge Road property. As part of the town-wide revaluation, an assessment 164 Smith Ridge Road, an approximately 11.3-acre property that includes a new pavilion, took place Oct. 1. The valuation is “grossly excessive, disproportionate and unlawful” attorney Michael D. Reiner of Farmington-based Greene Law, P.C. said in the appeal, received May 20 by the Town Clerk.

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Police: 53-Year-Old Man Charged with Drunk Driving

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Police on Sunday arrested a 53-year-old Greenwich man and charged him with driving under the influence. At approximately 11:04 p.m. on May 26, members of the New Canaan Police Department were dispatched to 6 Forest St. on a report of a possibly intoxicated person leaving a bar and operating a motor vehicle, officials said. After conducting a motor vehicle stop and speaking with the operator, the officer detected signs of impairment, according to a police report. According to the report, the man failed field sobriety tests and was taken into custody for processing.

Drunk Driving Charge: 51-Year-Old Man Tests at More Than Twice Legal Limit

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Police on Wednesday arrested a 51-year-old Norwalk man and charged him with driving under the influence. At approximately 3:51 pm on May 22, an officer saw a vehicle traveling southbound on Park Street fail to stay in the travel lane, according to a police report. In addition, the operator of the vehicle was not wearing a seatbelt, the report said. According to the report, after conducting a motor vehicle stop, the officer found signs of impairment. The man failed field sobriety tests, the report said.

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‘Proud of New Canaan’: Local Teen Becomes First-Ever Woman To Join 65-Year-Old Rec Softball League

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The men’s slow-pitch softball league at Waveny has been a part of New Canaan resident Kelly Conheeney’s life for as long as she can remember. Her father, Tom Conheeney, joined the league shortly after moving to New Canaan in 2000 and her older brothers, twins James and Tommy, were quick to follow. “I’ve probably [been] coming to their games since I was born,” Kelly Conheeney said Wednesday night, standing near third base on the very same softball pitch where she’d cheered from the sidelines as a girl. The 19-year-old had just gone 2-for-4, with one RBI and a pair of sharp singles to left field, as the first-ever rostered female player in what had been an all-men’s league for more than a half-century. “Tonight was just another game of softball,” Kelly Conheeney said.

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Selectmen Approve Contract to Improve Trail in Waveny ‘Cornfields’

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Town officials this week approved a contract designed to improve pedestrian access to a recently reimagined area within Waveny that will serve as a new destination for park visitors. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a $95,000 contract with a Norwalk-based company to reconstruct a new trail in the “cornfields” area near the southeastern corner of Waveny. The town will pay $45,000 toward the project, while the nonprofit Waveny Park Conservancy will donate the remaining $50,000, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann. “The [Waveny Park] Conservancy is excited about this because they’ve done a lot of work on the cornfield and want to drive traffic to it,” Mann said during the Board’s regular meeting, held at Town Hall. Ultimately, the Conservancy’s vision for the cornfields is to create an area with trails, seating and wildflower meadows, officials have said.