New Canaan train station

Bus Crashes into Platform Canopy at Train Station, Causing Nearly $20,000 in Damage

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. New Canaan is pursuing an insurance claim after a Metro-North Railroad bus crashed into the canopy at the historic New Canaan Train Station last month, causing an estimated $20,000 in damage, officials say. During an update at the Aug. 4 Board of Selectmen meeting, Buildings Superintendent Bill Oestmann said the crash occurred July 25, a Saturday. “This time it really got hit,” Oestmann told the selectmen, noting that while buses have previously scraped mirrors against the canopy, this incident caused substantially more damage.

South Avenue

Town Aims to Complete Most South Avenue Paving Before School Starts

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. New Canaan officials said last week that they are optimistic that the majority of paving on South Avenue can be completed before students return to school, though the timeline depends on the successful testing of the newly installed Aquarion water main. During a Department of Public Works update at the Aug. 4 Board of Selectmen meeting, Public Works Director Tiger Mann said Aquarion has finished installing the new water pipe, which is now being filled, chlorinated and tested. If the line passes testing, the town plans to move quickly into the paving phase.

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Town: People Are Illegally Dumping Garbage at Playhouse Lot Compactor

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. People who are not authorized to use the town’s newly relocated garbage compactor in the Playhouse Lot are dumping their trash there anyway, Public Works Director Tiger Mann told the Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting last Tuesday at Town Hall. The compactor, which is intended for use by downtown merchants and businesses, was recently relocated to a newly constructed enclosure cut into the hillside below the Park Street Lot as part of a broader overhaul of the Playhouse Lot. Mann said the issue has come to the town’s attention and that steps are being taken to address it. “We are having some people that are not supposed to be using the compactor using the compactor,” Mann said.

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Town to Repair Spinning Equipment at Mead Park Playground After Six-Year-Old Components Begin to Wobble

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously at its regular meeting at Town Hall on  July 21 to approve a $15,945 contract to repair two standalone spinning play components at the Mead Park playground that have become wobbly after years of use at the popular facility. Superintendent of Parks Ryan Restivo presented the request, saying the town had been alerted to the problem by members of the public who noticed the equipment was no longer functioning properly. “There’s just caution tape around it,” Restivo said of the components. “It still moves and it still functions, but it’s very wobbly.”

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Divided Commission Voids $30 Parking Ticket

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. A North Stamford mother of two who said she did not realize the section of the Playhouse Lot where she parked required payment had her $30 ticket voided by the New Canaan Parking Commission on a divided vote at its most recent meeting. 

Valerie Storr, told commissioners July 8 that she had just come from a pediatrician’s appointment with her young children and was trying out the New Canaan office for the first time. She received a ticket on June 16 at 2:37 p.m. in the Playhouse Lot. In a written appeal, Storr said she had not noticed the upper and lower portions of the lot were different. “I’m very sorry.