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New Canaan Teen Arrested on Drug, Alcohol and Evading Charges

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New Canaan Police on Sunday arrested an 18-year-old Bald Hill Road man and charged him with evading responsibility, possession of alcohol by a minor and six counts of possession of a controlled substance. At about 8:15 a.m. on March 19, officers were dispatched to North Wilton Road on a report of a vehicle that had been abandoned following a crash, police said. Through an investigation, the local man was identified as the driver, according to a police report. Police also found contraband on the man, the report said. He was charged with the misdemeanor offenses at about 10:30 a.m., it said.

Anthony Spartaccini

‘He’s Just That Guy’: New Canaan Native To Retire After 65 Years as Local Mailman

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Anthony Spartaccini was born Sept. 9, 1935 on Locust Avenue in New Canaan. He grew up in town, graduated from New Canaan High School in 1954 and soon started working at the local Post Office. 

The lifelong New Canaanite had a walking route in town as a letter carrier for 26 years, then a driving route here for the next 40. At the end of this month, he’ll retire after six-and-a-half decades with the U.S. Postal Service. Asked for his thoughts on the milestone, here’s what Spartaccini said: “I’ve been there 65 years, I figure that it’s time for me to go.

Charles Crookenden

Parks & Rec Approves Installation of Two Sculpted Benches in Waveny

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Parks officials last week approved the installation of two new benches in Waveny. The Parks & Rec Commission during its regular meeting March 15 voted unanimously to allow a local nonprofit organization to purchase and install the benches, created by a British sculptor. They are expected to add “a really interesting new dimension to the park that enriches current residents’ experience of the park and actually can attract new visitors,” Charles Crookenden, treasurer of the Waveny Park Conservancy, told the Commission during its meeting, held at Lapham Community Center. Nigel Ross’s benches “are functional and attractive sculptures,” he said. “By that I mean that they are designed to be played on, to be sat on,” Crookenden continued.

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Letters to the Editor

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NewCanaaanite.com recently received the following letter(s) to the editor. Please email letters to editor@newcanaanite.com for publication here. ***

Dear Editor,

It is disappointing that the Board of Selectmen will be discussing a new, taller, cell tower behind West School at their 8:30 a.m. meeting on Tuesday (3/21). The proposal this past fall/winter was for a 145 foot tower behind West School.  This new proposal is for a 185 foot tall tower behind West School, near Llewellyn Drive. The First Selectman’s proposed towers are well above the town’s 110 foot limit outlined in several publicly available documents on the town’s website:

 “Cell Service FAQs” —“No cell site developed on any of these town properties will be taller than 110 feet”.

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Old Studio Road Colonial Sells for $1,890,000

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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. ***

March 9

166 Old Studio Road

$1,890,000
David Gilio to Brent Jordan Gunts

March 8

134 Braeburn Drive

$2,050,000
Manuel Pires to Kenneth Kurtzman

March 6

184 Marvin Ridge Road

$3.1 million
Marissa Eisner to Neth Wiedemann

326 Hoyt Farm Road

$1,650,000
William H. Brewster and Patricia R. Brewster Revoca to Nadina Casullo

180 Park St., Unit 206

$1,525,000
M2 Partners LLC to Elizabeth Stewart