Animal 411

New Canaan Animal Control Frees Hawk Snagged in Chicken Coop [PHOTOS]

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Police on Wednesday night freed a red-tailed hawk that had become stuck in a southeastern New Canaan chicken coop. Authorities were notified of the problem on Buttery Road at about 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 20, according to Officer Sean Godejohn, head of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section. “The hawk presumably flew into the coop to get a chicken and got stuck,” Godejohn said. The bird was not injured, he said.

Around Town

Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police at 5:38 p.m. on Nov. 15 euthanized a coyote that had been struck by a car in the area of Oenoke Ridge and Logan Road. At 12:50 p.m. the following day, police pursued a sick coyote on Butler Lane but the animal ran off before authorities could capture and kill it. ***

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Chrysi Gabriel

‘We Stood by Each Other and Acted as Family’: New Canaan Girls Soccer Wins FCIAC and CIAC Championships

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A 4-0 loss to St. Luke’s in their first scrimmage of the year wasn’t an ideal start for the New Canaan Girls Soccer team. Losing two of their first three official games only made things worse. At that moment, the season seemed destined for disappointment. 

Yet the girls took control of their own narrative and flipped a switch, winning 18 of their next 20 games and then riding off into the sunset, holding high both the FCIAC and CIAC trophies. New Canaan Girls Soccer was crowned as champions once more.

News

New Construction Planned for Woods End Road

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The New Canaan Building Department has received an application for a 6,920-square-foot home on Woods End Road. The five-bedroom house at 72 Woods End Road will also include one guest bedroom five bathrooms, one half-bath and an additional bedroom and bathroom in a guest living area on the lower level, the Oct. 23 application said. It also will have a three-bay garage, it said. It will cost about $1.5 million to build, according to the application. 

The contractor is Jeff Scalise Building Contractor Inc. of Stamford, the architect Fairfield-based Marc G. Andre. 

The 2.02-acre property, located in the two-acre zone, includes a 1956-built, five-bedroom house with 5,424 square feet of living space, according to tax records.

Government

Fitness Stations at Waveny To Be Removed Next Month, Making Way for New Equipment

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The broken and outdated equipment in a fitness area located on a grassy, tree-shaded island across the Orchard Field parking lot in Waveny will be removed next month, officials say. Set for a widely anticipated replacement, the 60-by-60-foot all-abilities fitness area often draws children who mistake it for playground equipment, according to Selectman Amy Murphy Carroll. “Multiple times, men and women are trying to use it, and it’s swarmed by kids,” Murphy Carroll said during Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. 

She added that no one is blaming the kids for doing so. “I know the actual equipment has little signs on it, which every kid in the world would ignore,” Murphy Carroll said. “And the parents probably don’t even see it, to be fair.