The New Canaan Building Department on Nov. 6 received an application to rebuild the Canaan Parish housing complex at Route 123 and Lakeview. This phase of the project will cost an estimated $33 million and includes abatement, demolition and new building construction of “building #2” at 186 Lakeview Ave., the application said. The 60-unit Section 8 housing complex is being rebuilt in a single five-story structure and there also will be a new, 40-unit structure of the same height. Both buildings would count toward the state’s affordable housing requirement.
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Police at 9:41 a.m. on Nov. 8 received a complaint from 46 Sunrise Ave. about a neighbor blowing leaves in violation of town ordinance.
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It’s here: New Canaan Library’s 13th Annual Lit Lunch @ Night featuring Alice Hoffman is to be held Friday, Nov. 13—sponsors include Christine Saxe and Bankwell.
Here’s the cat. Photo courtesy of NCPD Animal Control
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A cat that on Tuesday afternoon bit a resident on Gower Road is undergoing a 10-day off-site quarantine, according to the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section. The cat’s owner came forward.
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Just a few days remain: New Canaan CARES through Nov. 15 is accepting entries for a logo contest for a local substance misuse prevention council. The New Canaan Coalition Logo Contest will award a $100 gift card to the winner. Rules here.
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A school resource officer is investigating a complaint following a complaint at 12:54 p.m. on Nov. 8 about damage to a lock on a shed at South School.
Members of the Charity Link Club at New Canaan High School with the bags of non-perishable groceries generously donated by Walter Stewart’s Market shoppers. Contributed
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The Charity Link Club at New Canaan High School recently held a food drive at Walter Stewart’s Market to benefit Person-to-Person in Darien. They raised more than $1,100 in cash donations and 24 full bags of groceries by speaking to Stewart’s shoppers about their project, asking for either cash or food donations. The club’s co-presidents are Madison “Maddie” Grenauer and Eleanor Lapin. Charity Link members also include Belle Dunlap, Megan Tappe , Kate Fideli, Claire Meli, Sydney Lanxon, Anna Grzymski and Maeson Wagner.
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Jake Granito has been appointed to the New Canaan Parks & Recreation Commission.
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Two more local restaurants have passed unannounced inspections by the New Canaan Health Department—Cava on Forest Street scored 94 out of 100 during an Oct. 30, inspection, and Pinocchio Pizza on Main Street also scored 94 out of 100 during a Nov. 2 inspection, records show.
Barred owl photographed Monday, Oct. 9, 2020 in Bristow Bird Sanctuary. Photo courtesy of Chris Schipper
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During a walk Monday in Bristow Bird Sanctuary, Patrick Comins, executive director of the Connecticut Audubon, along with New Canaan Conservation Commission Chair Chris Schipper and Commissioner Marty McLaughlin spotted a white throated sparrow, hermit thrush and barred owl (pictured here). Comins advising the Conservation Commission on bird habitat and care in the 17-acre town property, adjacent to and accessible from Mead Park (as well as a pull-off along Route 106). Comins was presented with a 1915 edition of “Wild Bird Encounters” by Ernest Harold Baynes and 1935 edition of “Birdcraft” by Mabel Osgood Wright from Schipper and McLaughlin.
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Police referred the occupants of a Logan Road home to a nuisance wildlife control operator after they reported finding a snake in the basement at 9:36 a.m. on Nov. 2.
L-R: Samantha (Sam) Sayah, master teacher: Voice, Musical Theatre, Acting; and Justine Goggin, master teacher: Musical Theatre. Contributed
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The Performing Arts Conservatory of New Canaan announced this week that it’s bringing in two master teachers, Samantha Sayah and Justine Goggin, who began teaching this fall semester. Sayah is a New York City-based actor, singer, dancer, musician and teaching artist. She recently performed the role of Jasmine in Aladdin at the Tokyo Disney Center and the role of Girl in the musical, Once. A graduate of Dartmouth, Justine Goggin is a professional actor and vocalist who recently performed her cabaret, Back to the Garden, in New York City. She also was featured in Summer Theatre of New Canaan’s productions of The Light Princess and Pippin and in the New London Playhouse in Newsies and Camelot.
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Police at 5:31 p.m. on Oct. 31 shot and killed a suspected sick raccoon on Buttery Road.
Bill and Jim Taubner of Bona Fide Masks deliver 50,000 masks that the company is donating to the New Canaan Police Department. Lt. Jason Ferraro pictured at right. Contributed
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Mount Vernon, N.Y.-based Bona Fide Masks recently donated 50,000 masks to the New Canaan Police Department. The masks will be used by emergency responders.
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Finally, GetAbout of New Canaan helping local nonprofit Meals on Wheels with meal delivery, running one to two routes per day to the organization’s clients. Anyone interested in volunteering or receiving meals can visit the MOW website or call 203-594-5318.