Hardesty & Hanover

Officials Weigh Possible Third Stop Sign at 106-Carter Street Intersection

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The New Canaanite 2024 Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. Motorists are speeding along a busy stretch of Route 106 in New Canaan and officials now are looking at possibly adding a stop sign to an already complicated intersection. During the July 17 meeting of the Police Commission, a representative of New-Haven-based Hardesty & Hanover presented officials with various ideas to remedy the skewed intersection of Carter Street, state Route 106 or Silvermine Road, and Canoe Hill Road. After hearing numerous proposals for possible solutions, Police Chief John DiFederico questioned why the traffic consultant had not considered placing a single stop sign in the westbound direction of the intersection – creating a three-way stop. Veronica Prezioso of Hardesty & Hanover said she thought this was a “good point” and that she would have to further “look into it.” 

She told town officials at the meeting—held at Town Hall and via videoconference— that the addition of the third stop sign could be a viable solution but added that it would invite more signage earlier on, likely with blinking lights to indicate to drivers that there would be a stop. 

DiFederico noted that it was a much cheaper solution and could be implemented much quicker. 

Director of Public Works Tiger Mann said that officials had already looked into a four-way stop at the intersection and even the installation of a traffic light, but those ideas were vetoed earlier on.

New Canaan Police Deparmtent

Arrest Warrant: Local Man Harassed by Ex

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Police last week arrested a 34-year-old New Canaan woman by warrant and charged her with second-degree harassment. The woman, who is the ex-girlfriend of the victim, has repeatedly harassed the victim through social media platforms, emails, texts, and calls, court documents show. 

Early this June, the victim said his ex-fiancee and mother to their children notified him that his ex-girlfriend had commented under a photo of him on Facebook. The comment said, “Wondering if his ex-wife posted this – he’s a cocky jerk and i am vindictive/scheming a final vengeance! He’s also a rat.” The comment was dated two weeks before the date the victim was made aware of it, court documents show. 

Police confirmed that the account and profile picture from which the comment came matched that of the ex-girlfriend and that further investigation of the profile showed more pictures of her and descriptions of her educational history which matched the ex-girlfriend’s known education, according to a police affidavit. The following day, police responded to the front desk of NCPD to speak to the victim regarding harassment, according to the arrest warrant application filed by New Canaan Police and signed in July by the prosecuting attorney and state Superior Court Judge Robert.

Business

‘A Great Addition to Our Town’: Connecticut Breast Imaging Center Opens on Vitti Street

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The New Canaanite 2024 Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. A new location for breast imaging opened in town last month. 

Connecticut Breast Imaging – which has several locations across the state – has expanded into New Canaan with a new location on Vitti Street. 

The new imaging center opened on June 2 and one week later, held an open house fundraiser for a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer through better prevention, early detection, treatment and cure. “Our June 9 Open House Fundraiser was a huge success,” said Shawn Barto, administrative manager of Breast Imaging Services. “We were able to donate $2,500 to the Breast Cancer Alliance.”

The new center provides services such as mammography, breast ultrasound and breast biopsies. 

“We also offer same day appointments as well as same day reads by our highly regarded breast imagers,” Barto said. 

The center is “a great addition to our town,” Executive Director of the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce, Laura Budd said. 

“We were very lucky that the ownership group decided to expand into New Canaan,” she said. Before the new center opened, many residents were forced to travel far distances for checkups, officials say.

Government

Town Voids Ticket Issued to Local Woman for Parking in Town Hall Lot

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The New Canaanite 2024 Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. In what was deemed a misread of the situation, town officials this month voided a ticket issued to a local woman for parking in the Town Hall lot. Members of the Parking Commission during their July 10 meeting voted 3-0 to void a ticket that had been issued to Marnie Miller for parking in the lot behind the municipal building while appearing to have no Town Hall business. During her appeal hearing, held at Town Hall and via videoconference, Miller said she had come to register her dogs at Town Hall but stopped in Greenology for a drink beforehand. During that small timeframe, she had been issued the ticket, with the officer believing she was using the lot for other business. 

“I came to register my dogs and it was hot so I popped across the street,” Miller said.

Government

Commission Discusses Proposed Striping, Disabled Space on Morse Court

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The New Canaanite 2024 Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. Members of the appointed body that oversees municipal parking lots in New Canaan are asking town officials to carefully balance the number of disabled spaces needed downtown with sorely needed 15-minute spaces. Parking Manager Stacey Miltenberg told members of the Parking Commission during their July 10 meeting that disabled spots would be delineated along with the 15-minute parking spaces along the northern edge of Morse Court, as part of a new striping plan for the lot. (Currently, the parallel-parking 15-minute spaces are not lined out.)

Commissioner Nancy Bemis noted that the block of parking may be more useful if left unpainted — for example, because smaller cars wouldn’t take up a full space — and also raised a question about a plan to add a disabled space to the row. “My concern is that by adding the handicapped spot, is it going to lead to any confusion?” Bemis said at the meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference.