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This is our New Canaan news catch-all category—stories about traffic calming, public parks, local weather, human services efforts and other quality of life matters facing New Canaanites.
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. ***
Registration is open for the winter session at Silvermine Art School. Info here.
The owners of a commercial property on Grove Street this month filed a lawsuit against a neighbor, saying the latter created significant problems when it re-striped a shared accessway and parking areas without consultation. In its Nov. 8 complaint, the plaintiff—the New Canaan Lumber Company or ‘NCLC,’ owner of 45 Grove St.—said its neighbor (15 Grove Street LLC, owner of 15 and 21 Grove St.) has “irreparably harmed” NCLC with its “self-help re-striping and resulting trespass on the accessway” that leads to the commercial properties. Businesses in the plaintiff’s building include the New Canaan Racquet Club. Businesses in the defendant’s buildings include Weed & Duryea.
One of New Canaan’s most active service organizations, the Exchange Club (background here), is preparing to launch its hugely popular Annual Tree Sale at Kiwanis Park. The sale, whose proceeds go toward the club’s grant-giving program, benefitting local charities, will open Nov. 29 in the Old Norwalk Road park.
We put some questions to New Canaan’s David Shea, a Board member at Exchange, ahead of the sale, which runs through Dec. 22. Here’s our back-and-forth.
Dozens of Students, families and art appreciators from New Canaan and throughout Fairfield County visited the Carriage Barn Arts Center on Saturday for the opening reception of an exhibition focused on social justice. Presented by Stand Together Against Racism or “STAR,” in partnership with The Glass House, Carriage Barn and NewCanaanite.com, the Third Annual Fairfield County Social Justice Youth Art Showcase, titled “Through Your Looking Glass,” will run through Nov. 24 at the popular gallery in Waveny Park. The number of students participating in the exhibition has tripled since its first year, according to Susan Borst, co-chair of the Showcase together with Blessings Misomali. “It has grown, especially by age,” Borst told NewCanaanite.com as artists mingled with friends, family and art-lovers, taking in a wide range of media including paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, mixed media and poetry.
New Canaan Police at 2:22 a.m. on Nov. 6 received a report of a car stolen from a West Road driveway. It was recovered in New Haven. ***
The New Canaan Nature Center’s Holiday Market will run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23.