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New Canaan Man, 35, Charged with DUI After Crash

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Police after midnight Friday arrested a 35-year-old New Canaan man and charged him with driving under the influence. At about 2:11 a.m. on Feb. 21, officers responded to the area of Canoe Hill Road between Route 123 and Rosebrook Road on a report of an abandoned 911 call, police said. Arriving officers found a vehicle that had crashed into a utility police, according to a police report. Officers identified the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle and, on speaking to him, smelled alcohol on his breath among other signs of impairment, the report said.

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Ronald J. Ulrich, 80

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Ronald J. Ulrich passed away on February 8, 2025, in New Canaan, CT, surrounded by his family. He was 80 years old. Ron was a 52-year resident of New Canaan. He and his wife, Christie, were married at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in 1971 before moving to the town in 1973 and raising three children.

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Affordable Housing: More Units Needed for ‘Moratorium’ in 2032

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Though New Canaan has qualified for a four-year exemption from a widely discussed affordable housing law—and is also expected to earn another “moratorium” from the state law known by its statute number, 8-30g, in 2028—more units likely must be built or acquired in order to get four more years of relief in 2032, according to a municipal committee that’s studying the issue. Under the state law, 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 Planning & Zoning Commission denies their applications. New Canaan since its last moratorium lapsed in July 2021 has received three such applications, at Weed and Elm Streets (120 units), Main Street (20 units) and Hill Street (93 units). P&Z denied all of them. Those applications are now under appeal in state Superior Court.

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Cross Ridge Road Home Sells for $2.9 Million

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The following property transfer(s) were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***

Feb. 12

80 Cross Ridge Road

$2.9 million
Walter P. Smith to Alexander Olsen

Feb.

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Gary Stevens, 84

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Gary Stevens (Gulfstream, FL and New Canaan, CT), a pioneering force in the radio industry, passed away on February 17, 2025, in Delray Beach, Florida, at the age of 84. Born on April 5, 1940, in Buffalo, New York, Gary’s passion for broadcasting began early. He launched his on-air career in 1959 at WWOW in Conneaut, Ohio, while on break from college. His early years in radio took him to WCKR and WAME—known as “Whammy in Miami” as well as WFUN while he was a student at the University of Miami. In 1961, he moved to WIL in St.