Moynihan: Plan to Re-Mark Main Street in the Works

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The New Canaan Police Commission is discussing a plan to remove about 12 parking spaces on Main Street in order to accommodate a state regulation that requires on-street parking spaces to be distanced by 25 feet from crosswalks on state highways. First Selectman Kevin Moynihan—in a brief update during Thursday’s Parking Commission meeting—said he will meet with the Police Commission again next week, along with Town Counsel Ira Bloom and Town Planner Lynn Brooks Avni, to come up with a plan. Moynihan said the state is “putting pressure” on the town to get the project done quickly. “They said if we don’t do it, they will do it,” he said during the meeting, held at Town Hall. Last year, New Canaan lost 13 parking spaces on Elm Street after the town attorney advised that local ordinance cannot supersede the same 1949 state law.

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‘I Learned How To Drive in Vermont’: Parking Ticket Appeals

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Here are excerpts from appeals filed with the New Canaan Parking Bureau by ticketed motorists:

“First off I want to apologize for parking on a crosswalk. I work as an uber delivery driver & finding parking close to restaurants can sometimes be difficult. So I parked right in front of restaurant, but I was literally in there for one minute. I was in and out but the lady gave me a ticket anyways. I know I was wrong but if you can please give me another chance! I will never obstruct a crosswalk again.

Board of Selectmen

Selectmen Vote 3-0 To Delete Kiwanis Park from Food Concession Operator’s Lease

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The Board of Selectmen on Monday voted unanimously to remove Kiwanis Park from a lease held by a local business that’s been operating the food concession at the Old Norwalk Road facility in recent summers. First Selectman Kevin Moynihan and Selectmen Kit Devereaux and Nick Williams voted 3-0 to amend the lease with Emad Aziz’s Apple Cart Food Company LLC. It wasn’t immediately clear why the selectmen made the change. Williams said at the special meeting, “My understanding is that this is because there is no business there.”

Moynihan said that Aziz “didn’t feel it was worthy of his efforts because of the low amount of business.”

“But there is some discussion about possibly some other vendors,” Moynihan said during the meeting, held at Town Hall, referring to discussions within the Parks & Recreation Commission. (Apple Cart will continue to operate at the seasonal Mead Park Lodge.)

A town committee two years ago in reviewing and making recommendations on the future use of publicly owned buildings in New Canaan Recent noted that “improvements to [Kiwanis] Park have provided significant upgrades to the swimming area, beach, and playground.

Government

GOP Sweep: First Selectman Moynihan Wins Re-Election, Republicans Retain Town Council and Board of Ed Seats [UPDATING]

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First Selectman Kevin Moynihan won a second term to New Canaan’s highest office Tuesday by an approximately 56% margin, according to unofficial election results. Running on a platform of progress in areas such as commuter parking and cellular service, the Republican incumbent and retired corporate attorney held off a challenge by Democrat Craig Donovan by a count of 3,381 votes to 2,163, according to tabulations not yet verified by local election officials. (The figure does not include same-day registrants or the recounting of about 60 District 1 ballots.)

Interviewed by NewCanaanite.com, Moynihan said he was “thrilled” with the outcome. “I am very pleased to have such a wide margin this time compared to last time,” he said. “So I think it’s a convincing victory and …

Election 2019

Election 2019: New Canaan Hub [UPDATING] 

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[Note: Here are election results.]

Candidates for elected office in New Canaan greeted voters outside polling places at New Canaan High School and Saxe Middle School on an overcast, crisp Tuesday morning, saying they were seeing a strong turnout and hoping for good results. Craig Donovan, a Democrat challenging incumbent Republican First Selectman Kevin Moynihan for New Canaan’s highest elected office, said it was “wonderful to be here and say hi to everybody, meet all the good people and just enjoy what the best part of what America gives us, a chance to vote.”

“I learned a lot from so many people and I am still getting people coming up to me with their ideas for how this could be a better town, so it’s been a wonderful experience,” Donovan said. Moynihan said he was feeling tired but optimistic that New Canaan is turning out a big vote. 

As of 4 p.m., the number of voters who took to the polls was higher than the total who voted on Election Day in the tightly contested race of 2017 (see table below), when Moynihan earned 33 more votes than his Democratic opponent, Kit Devereaux, to win election to his first term. Asked how she was feeling about Election Day this year, Devereaux, who is seeking to retain her seat on the Board of Selectmen, said, “There are a lot of people who have come out to vote, and that’s what counts.”

Her counterpart on the Board, Republican incumbent Nick Williams, said he was “feeling great” despite some allergies to the fallen leaves that dotted the areas around the GOP and Democratic tents set up outside the auxiliary gym at NCHS. “Look, I think our message has gotten out there,” Williams said.