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Did You Hear … ?
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New Canaan Police at 4:02 p.m. on Sept. 24 received a report of a wallet missing from a South Avenue home. ***
The Fall Fair—food, games, music—is coming Oct. 9 to 11 at the New Canaan Nature Center. Details here.
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‘We Are Going To Build It’: Developer Plans Q4 Groundbreaking on 102-Unit Affordable Complex at Weed and Elm
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The local developer planning to build a 102-unit apartment complex at Weed and Elm Streets—with 30% of those units designated as “affordable” rentals, under the state’s definition—says he is planning to break ground in the fourth quarter. Arnold Karp of New Canaan-based Karp Associates and principal of the limited liability company that owns a 3.1 acre lot at 751 Weed St., said his team is “working with plans with the architect who is based in Vienna, Va. and we are hoping to have buildable plans and groundbreaking in the fourth quarter of this year.”
“If everything goes well, we are hoping to break ground and dig through the winter and to be framing by springtime,” Karp said when asked during an interview about the project’s timeline. Denied by the New Canaan Planning & Zoning Commission, the affordable housing project at Weed and Elm takes advantage of a state law widely known by its statute number. Under 8-30g, in towns where less than 10% of all housing stock qualifies as affordable, developers who propose projects where a certain number of units are set aside to rent at affordable rates may appeal to the state after a local P&Z Commission denies their applications.
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District Worker Sues NCPS and Town, Claiming Discrimination
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A New Canaan Public Schools building manager is suing the district and town, saying he was discriminated against when placed on administrative leave following a confrontation at work two-plus years ago. The plaintiff, David Reyes, also has been discriminated against by being prevented from working overtime, according to the complaint, filed July 7 by attorney John T. Bochanis of Bridgeport-based Daly, Weihing & Bochanis, LLC. He is Hispanic and Brown, the complaint said. Reyes, who is Hispanic and Brown, according to the lawsuit, has been employed by the public schools since 2013 and has served as a building manager for five years. His direct supervisor is the director of facilities, it said.
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Coffee’s on for Thursday
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Join fellow residents and NewCanaanite.com editor Michael Dinan for the monthly Community Coffee, to be held 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 in the Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium at New Canaan Library. The Coffee is presented in partnership with the library, and the brew is supplied by Zumbach’s Gourmet Coffee (thank you, Doug). Salon Anastassia provides cookies and muffins. The free, public coffee is a group conversation about what’s happening around town, moderated by Dinan. Topics come from attendees and we spend no more than 10 minutes per subject.
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Eversource: New Canaan 99% Restored Late Sunday [PHOTOS, UPDATED]
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Updated 11:30 p.m. Sunday
As of 11:30 p.m. Sunday, all but about 1% of New Canaan customers of Eversource had power restored, according to the utility company. Original Article
More than 500 New Canaan customers of Eversource remained without power at 1:45 p.m. Sunday as a Nor’Easter that pounded the shoreline starting Friday also brought down branches and utility lines in town. The figure—about 5.9% of all customers—is an improvement over the 940 Eversource customers that were without power as of 9:30 a.m. In a townwide outcall on Sunday morning, Emergency Management Director Russ Kimes III reported that most of those 940 customers were along South Avenue.
Some businesses downtown, including the New Canaan Racquet Club, also reported power outages. “The remaining outages, per Eversource’s website, appear widely scattered which may result in a prolonged restoration period,” Kimes said. Emergency responders oversaw downed trees, branches and wires on Marshall Ridge, Country Club, Cascade and Toquam Roads, as well as Wahackme Lane, Kimes said.