News

Sidewalk Sale Draws Bargain-Hunters Downtown [PHOTOS]

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Scores of bargain-hunters and local business supporters descended on downtown New Canaan on Saturday for the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Sidewalk Sale & Village Fair. Kids, families and grownups moved through pedestrian-only sections of Elm, Main and Forest Streets under comfortably warm, overcast skies during the popular sale, which runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to New Canaan’s local brick-and-mortar stores and nonprofit organizations such as New Canaan Unplugged, Fire Company No. 1, League of Women Voters (which registered 13 new voters), and the Democratic and Republican Town Committees, pop-up vendors sold a wide array of clothes, home goods, crafts and other items.

“We had a very smooth setup,” Chamber Executive Director Laura Budd told NewCanaanite.com. “All the stores and organizations got here early and the shoppers followed right after. We’re really thankful for the weather — the one thing we can’t control — because I think people will stay longer and enjoy the day in town.”

Budd specifically thanked the town Department of Public Works crew “who do such an amazing job with the setup and cleanup.”

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.

Around Town

Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police are investigating two smash-and-grabs reported Sunday night at New Canaan High School (7:59 p.m.) and Waveny (8:49 p.m.). At 8:24 p.m. the same night, police received a report of an unlocked vehicle at NCHS being entered with a purse stolen. ***

The Carriage Barn Arts Center’s 2024 Member Show is open for entries. Submission deadline is Aug. 4.

Around Town

Podcast: Waveny’s ‘Navigator’ for Alzheimer’s Caregivers

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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Rachel Takacs, director of Navigation at Waveny LifeCare Network. The program that she oversees for the nonprofit organization, called “The Navigator: Alzheimer’s at home in New Canaan,”  provides services for caregivers, including assessments, education, insurance assistance, emotional support and more. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0: