NewCanaanite.com Surpasses 1 Million Pageviews in 2017

NewCanaanite.com around midday on Wednesday, Sept. 13 surpassed 1 million pageviews in 2017—more than one month ahead of 2016’s pace:

When NewCanaanite.com Hit 1 Million Pageviews, by Year

Launched at the end of January 2014, the local news website covers quality of life matters for New Canaanites, such as land use, local history, traffic, parking, pets and wildlife, the downtown and schools.

Readers come directly to New Canaanite‘s homepage as well as through a popular (and free) daily newsletter, Facebook and through shared articles. Here are the five most-read stories over the past week:

1. Police Arrest 36-Year-Old Woman Following Bicyclist vs. Motorist Dispute in New Canaan
2. Chilling Details of New Canaan Boy’s Drowning Emerge in Arrest Warrant Application
3. Op-Ed: Troubled by Withholding of Cost Overrun Information for NCHS Fields, Track Project
4. Developer Seeks To Create New Mixed-Use Building, Townhouses at Forest and Locust
5. ‘We Feel a Bit Bamboozled’: Unhappy Finance Board Votes To Commit $3.9 Million for NCHS Fields Projects; Figure Is Up $800,000 Since April

Many thanks to our readers and advertisers for your constant support and feedback on the site. Year-over-year traffic is up 12.7 percent so far in 2017.

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