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New Canaan Man Trips on Brick on Elm Street, Sues Town

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A New Canaan man who tripped on a jutting brick on Elm Street two  years ago and fell on the sidewalk is suing the town. Harvey Melzer, the plaintiff, had been “lawfully walking” near 73 Elm St.—the address of Elm Restaurant—at about 11:24 a.m. on Oct. 15, 2024 (a Tuesday) “when he suddenly, and without warning, was caused to trip and fall as a result of [a] defective, unsafe, dangerous and/or hazardous protruding brick piece of the sidewalk,” according to a complaint filed April 15 by attorney Jason Gladstone of New Canaan-based Lampert, Williams & Toohey, LLC. The fall caused headaches, dizziness, nausea, disorientation and a number of injuries to Melzer (left hand, left knee, left hip, neck, back) as well as “loss of sleep” and a “general feeling of malaise,” according to the complaint. As a result, Melzer has “incurred expenses for ambulance transportation, emergency care, surgical care, orthopedic care, visiting care nursing, x-rays, physical therapy care, medications, medical care and attention for matters incidental thereto,” Gladstone said in the complaint.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor

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NewCanaanite.com received the following letter. Send letters to editor@newcanaanite.com. ***

The post below is the contents of a letter Friends of Valles, a 93-member group of New Canaan Y members in support of keeping the Valles Pool, sent to the New Canaan YMCA Board of Directors on Friday evening, June 5. It had multiple authors as the group contributed to it. I am submitting it.

Around Town

‘Come In and Enjoy’: Public Welcome to Spectacular Lee Garden on Chichester Road

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A vast and unique garden in New Canaan that’s open to the public recently finished its final bloom, inviting visitors to a spectacular experience. Located off of Chichester Road, the New Canaan Beautification League’s Lee Garden is a publicly accessible place for residents to enjoy in the warm weather. The garden was founded after George Lee moved to New Canaan in the 1940s, longtime NCBL member Faith Kerchoff said. “Goerge asked if he could leave it to us, and we said ‘yes,’ ” Kerchoff said. “So we’ve had the garden since 1978.”

Several features of the Lee Garden are most enjoyable in the summer, following the widely anticipated azalea bloom within, Kerchoff said.

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Warrant: Following Dispute, Man Sent Threatening Text Messages to New Canaan Family

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New Canaan Police on May 19 arrested a 54-year-old man by warrant in connection with a series of expletive-laden, threatening text messages that had been sent following a dispute in January. The initial dispute occurred on the afternoon of Jan. 15, a Thursday, according to police. Two New Canaan parents—the man, then 53, and a 38-year-old woman—each were charged with disorderly conduct after the latter discovered that her minor son “had purchased alcohol” with the man’s daughter, according to the affidavit of Officer Carlos Prado that forms the major part of an arrest warrant application signed Jan. 26 by a state Superior Court judge.

News

Lake Wind Road Home Sells for $3,825,000

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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. ***

May 29

73 Lake Wind Road

$3,825,000
M&T Bank to George Melashvili

May 28

98 Indian Waters Drive

$4,195,000
Jennifer Hartmann to The J. Alan Bannister Revocable Trust, dated April 27, 2026

59 Shady Knoll Lane

$1,860,000
Jack Sousa to Robert Billington

111 Heritage Hill and Garage Unit 59

$936,000
Julio Zamora to Heritage Hill A Trust Dated May 16, 2026

705 Weed St., Unit 7

$1,611,500
Caroline Gillespie Greer to Alfred Mirin

May 27

179 Oenoke Ridge, Unit D

$2.5 million
James W. Seaborg, trustee, to The Harriet Pavloukos Revocable Trust