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A northern New Canaan family on Thursday made a gruesome discovery: A raccoon saddled with a “body-gripping” Conibear-brand trap lay drowned at the bottom of its swimming pool. The trap had not been set by the Hunters Creek Lane family and the raccoon’s front foot had been broken by it, according to Officer Allyson Halm of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section.

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The town on Aug. 9 issued a permit for a New Canaan homeowner to demolish a greenhouse and bomb shelter on the property. Purchased in March, the 4-acre property at 734 Oenoke Ridge Road includes a 1770-built Colonial, tax records show.

Jaafar Tazi at his eponymous salon in Greenwich. Contributed

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Jaafar Tazi Salon will open next Tuesday at 80 Main St.

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Here’s new speed sentry data from the New Canaan Police Department, clocking average motorist speeds at several points in town:

  • Chichester: 21.26 mph northbound / 25.85 mph southbound
  • Forest Street: 30.13 nb / 27.85 sb
  • Lukes Wood: 31.96 nb / 33.29 sb
  • Nursery: 35.54 eb / 33.95 wb
  • Oak: 36.39 eb / 25.58 wb
  • Oenoke: 43.62 nb / 42.21 sb
  • Pocconock Trail: 29.28 eb / 32.66 wb
  • Silvermine: 33.91 nb / 33.84 sb

Jelani Alladin, Charlotte Fager and Nick Larson on NCHS graduation day, 2010. Photo courtesy of Melinda Fager

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Tickets for Disney’sFrozen” on Broadway—starring New Canaan High School and ABC House of New Canaan alumnus Jelani Alladinwent on sale on Monday.

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Pine Street Concessions’ terrific vendor Greens on the Go said on Instagram Thursday that it sold its 5,000th salad in New Canaan, and will mark the milestone by offering $10 salads and bowls all day Friday.

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Animal Control officials say they had to issue a second infraction summons—this one by certified mail—to the owners of a Devonwood Lane Bernese Mountain Dog that’s made headlines this week, before the young animal’s owners registered him with the town, as per state law.

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Town Council Vice Chairman Steve Karl made this observation about New Canaan by way of expressing his thanks to many during the legislative body’s regular meeting on Wednesday night: “The downtown looks great, folks are doing all the planting and the Pop Up Park looks amazing. I think town based on the fact that we have not had a super hot summer, it really is blooming and blossoming. It’s amazing how great our parks are being used, Waveny, the trails—I’ve walked the trails recently, they’re still working on them—but they really look great over there improvement in terms of the trails that run down the road there and they have done a tremendous amount of work. People will be coming back to town and saying, ‘Wow, look everything they’ve done.’ ”

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The owners of Canaan Parish, a Section 8 apartment complex at Lakeview Avenue and Route 123, on Thursday filed with state Superior Court to evict a woman that hasn’t paid her $444 monthly rent since last month, according to the complaint.

Pennyweights moved a few doors down, to 108 Elm St. in New Canaan. Credit: Michael Dinan

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Beloved downtown New Canaan mainstay Pennyweights has moved a few doors down Elm Street, into the space formerly occupied by Scout & Molly’s, which closed.

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The owner of a duplex on Forest Street on Aug. 3 filed to evict tenants of the property for failing to pay rent starting in May, according to documents filed in state Superior Court. Started in April, the one-year lease called for monthly payments of $2,600, according to a Summary Process Complaint.

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Finally, here’s a gallery spotlighting more worthwhile news bits from around town:

2 thoughts on “Did You Hear … ?

  1. Any way to trace who bought that inhumane Conibear trap…like a serial number, etc? So sad. Any way to stop this?

  2. Lillian — Amazon sells these traps also Walmart, Ebay
    If this trap was for a Coyote — I again call for the TC
    to hire some one to find and either relocate the coyote’s
    or put them down humanly– so that our residents don’t
    have to take matters into their own hands — They say
    we have to get use to them — I say we don’t
    And we should not put non predatory animals at risk
    also if the TC can make a law not to spit on the sidewalks
    they can make a law to outlaw the use of these traps in NC

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