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Warrant: Encounter on Route 123 Resulted in Protective Order Violation

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A 27-year-old man forbidden from contacting an ex-girlfriend recently violated a protective order in New Canaan when he tried to get her attention as they each drove along Route 123, court documents show. The protective order is in place until May 15, according to an application for an arrest warrant obtained by NewCanaanite.com through a public records request. 

At about 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 (a Thursday), the victim was driving on New Norwalk Road when “she observed a car trying to pass her on the right side of her vehicle, so she slowed down and allowed the car to get beside her,” according to the application, filed Nov. 12 by New Canaan Police Officer John Barlosky and signed by a Superior Court judge. 

She recognized the driver as her ex, a Pleasantville, N.Y. resident, and also identified his vehicle (a dark-colored Mazda sedan), the application said. 

Under the order, the man is not to have any contact with the victim “directly, indirectly or through a third party,” it said. The man “was signaling, with his hands, for her to roll her window down and also trying to talk to her,” the application said.

Around Town

Coffee’s on for Thursday

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Join fellow residents and NewCanaanite.com editor Michael Dinan for the monthly Community Coffee, to be held 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 in the Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium at New Canaan Library. The Coffee is presented in partnership with the library, and the brew is supplied by Zumbach’s Gourmet Coffee (thank you, Doug). The free, public coffee is a group conversation about what’s happening around town, moderated by Dinan. Topics come from attendees and we spend no more than 10 minutes per subject.

Badass Bagels

‘Badass Bagels’ Is Coming to Burtis Avenue

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A favorite of the popular New Canaan Farmers Market is setting up a permanent location downtown. Badass Bagels—a sourdough bagel maker whose extras include Hot Honey Pistachio Cream Cheese, Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cookies, Sourdough Pizza Dough and Honey Nut Squash Soup—is opening at 5 Burtis Ave., according to the company’s social media and a sign in the window. The bagels are “entirely different from a standard yeast bagel,” the result of a four-day dough-making process, according to the Badass Bagels website. “They are made with our very own sourdough starter,” the website says. “The starter was created during the spring of 2020 during the many weeks of being home and baking and cooking anything and everything.

News

Bennington Place Colonial Sells for $2,350,000

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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. ***

Jan. 23

112 Bennington Place

$2,350,000
Laura Watt to Andrew Meaden

Jan.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor

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NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letter. Send letters to editor@newcanaanite.com to have them published here. ***

On behalf of the Exchange Club of New Canaan, thank you to the New Canaan community and residents from nearby towns for buying Christmas trees and wreaths from our annual fundraiser at Kiwanis Park. Your generous support once again made our fundraising efforts a success, as it has for over 50 years. 

The event had another sold year, with over 1,100 trees and 850 wreaths sold. We netted approximately $130,000, which we’ll distribute to local not-for-profit and community organizations, as we do every year.