Animal 411

PHOTOS: ‘Very Uncommon’ Bald Eagle Sighting in New Canaan

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A bald eagle—national bird and symbol of the United States—appeared high up in a tree overlooking South Avenue across from the New Canaan YMCA last week. The sighting of the bird of prey, at about 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, is “very uncommon,” according to Officer Sean Godejohn, head of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section. “New Canaan lacks large rivers and reservoirs like the Housatonic,” Godejohn told NewCanaanite.com when asked about the bird. “But their populations are increasing and they will move more inland to suburban habitats as their populations increase. Eagles are occasionally reported in Fairfield County, especially during winter when migrants from the north bolster the population.”

Several residents noticed and photographed the bald eagle, including from the Y lot, as the bird faced west toward New Canaan Figh School.

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Main Street Commercial Building Sells for $5.1 Million

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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. ***

Dec. 31

339 Old Norwalk Road

$3.1 million
Charles Fleischmann to Frank Hudson Lee

112 Main St.

Business

‘Resource360’ Opens on Main Street

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A one-stop shop for home improvement has opened in the heart of downtown New Canaan. Located at 99 Main St., Resource360 is the brainchild of town resident Todd Sell, a veteran property renovator who launched the business to assist homeowners with both kitchen and bath retail needs as well as services such as property management and interior design, and professional referrals for suppliers and trades such as painters, electricians and plumbers. “People are starting to come in,” Sell said Thursday from the front retail area at Resource360, featuring concrete countertops and custom cabinetry. “The people that come in really like our mix of products and they’re asking a lot of questions. It’s been a good start.”

Those patronizing the business are often preparing to do home renovations or “beginning the process of looking at countertops and cabinetry and lights and mirrors,” among other building materials, he said.

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Criminal Trespass Charge for Man, 26

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Police on Wednesday morning arrested a 26-year-old Fairfield man and charged him with first-degree criminal trespass. At about 10:02 a.m. on Jan. 7, officers responded to a Main Street business on a report of a terminated employee who had returned to the property after being asked to stay away, police said. The arrest took place at 130 Main St., according to a police report. Under state law, a person is guilty of first-degree criminal trespass if he or she “enters or remains in a building or any other premises after an order to leave or not to enter personally communicated to such person by the owner of the premises or other authorized person,” among other reasons.

Amy Lehaney

New Canaan Health Director: ‘Flu Numbers Are Way Up’

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New Canaan has seen an unusually strong and early flu season, health officials say. The town “definitely had a nice peak before Christmas, unfortunately, which is not typically where we peak,” according to Health Director Amy Lehaney. “We typically peak two weeks after the Near Year-ish,” Lehaney told members of the Health & Human Services Commission during their regular meeting, held Tuesday at Town Hall and via videoconference. “So I’m curious to see if we end up having a second peak or if we kind of just peaked early this year. But the flu numbers are way up.