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Assault Charge for New Canaan Man, 23

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Police on New Year’s Day arrested a 23-year-old New Canaan man and charged him by warrant with third-degree assault and second-degree breach of peace. 

The misdemeanor charges stem from a dispute that was reported to authorities Nov. 28, according to police. 

Police withheld details of the incident. 

A person is guilty of third-degree assault, under state law, when “with intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person” or “recklessly causes serious physical injury to another person or “with criminal negligence, he causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon, a dangerous instrument or an electronic defense weapon,” among other reasons. The man, a resident of Ponus Ridge, turned himself in to police at 2:56 p.m. on Jan. 1. He is scheduled to appear Jan.

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George Browne Post, 102

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George Browne Post passed away peacefully on December 5th, 2024, at the age of 102, shortly after a joyful Thanksgiving with family. 

Mr. Post was born in New York City to George B. Post III and Irene Emery (née Gibson) on October 7th, 1922, and educated at the Buckley School ‘37, St. Marks School ‘41, and Harvard College ‘45. His maternal grandparents were suffragist Irene Langhorne and Charles Dana Gibson, the illustrator who created the iconic Gibson Girl, a symbol of the independent, modern woman of the early 20th century. His great-grandfather was George B. Post, Beaux-Art architect of the New York Stock Exchange and Wisconsin State Capitol. He temporarily left his studies to enlist in the Army Air Forces, serving as a lieutenant in the Pacific Theater during World War II.  After the war, he was a writer for Time Magazine and Reader’s Digest and left behind volumes of illustrated journals about his fascinating life.

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Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police at 10:09 a.m. on Dec. 24 received a report of a vehicle (with keys inside) stolen from Hoyt Farm Drive home. It was recovered in Bridgeport. ***

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Sasha Carr, 55

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Dr. Sasha J. Carr, 55, of Norwalk, CT, and Burlington, VT, passed away December 28 in Norwalk.  

Sasha was born in London, England; lived in New York City through her high school years;  and had been a longtime resident of  Norwalk. She relocated to Burlington, VT, in 2022. Sasha attended The Chapin School in New York, received her undergraduate degree from Brown University in 1992 and was awarded a Ph. D. in clinical psychology from Rutgers University in 2006. In Norwalk, Carr built a consulting practice, Off to Dreamland, and was a sought-after family sleep expert, dedicated to helping babies, children and families get the rest they need.  She was also a faculty member of the Family Sleep Institute.

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Affordable Housing: Town, Developer At Odds Over State-Issued ‘Moratorium’

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Attorneys representing the town last week pushed back on a local developer’s effort to have the state reconsider its issuance in August of four years of relief for New Canaan from a widely discussed affordable housing law. After an initial denial, the Connecticut Department of Housing in August granted New Canaan a four-year “moratorium” from the law known by its statute number, 8-30g. Under it, 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. 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.