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.

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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.

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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:

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‘A Real Treasure’: Jim & Dede Bartlett Center for New Canaan History Opens at NCM&HS

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The New Canaanite 2024 Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. New Canaan has long been an epicenter of rich history and culture. It’s apparent in the buildings downtown, library, schools, parks and local organizations. It’s also apparent in the people, some of whom have left indelible marks on the town. 

Recently, the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society opened a permanent exhibit to highlight just that: the people and ideas that have left a profound legacy on New Canaan. The “Jim and Dede Bartlett Center for New Canaan History” is “the cornerstone of a $2 million dollar ‘Campus Reimagined’ project,” said Nancy Geary, executive director of the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society.

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Field Club Challenges Neighbor’s Property Ownership Claim

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The New Canaan Field Club is disputing property rights with one of its neighbors, documents show. The residents of 230 Smith Ridge Road, a .68-acre residential property located just north of the private club on Route 123, “have made claims of ownership and/or control through adverse possession or via an easement to a section of” the Field Club’s property, according to a Notice filed June 21 in the Town Clerk’s office by attorney Todd Lampert of New Canaan-based Lampert, Toohey & Rucci LLC. 

The club-owned property includes part of what the neighbors use as their driveway, according to Lampert. The neighbors’ “use and/or maintenance” of the disputed property “encroaches” upon the Field Club-owned lot, according to the Notice. “The New Canaan Field Club, Inc. claims use and ownership” of the property and “disputes any rights of possession” that the neighbors claim, Lampert said in the Notice. The club is “filing this notice to prevent them from gaining any possession rights,” it said.