Government

Lavieri: Fiscal Year End Update for New Canaan

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[Todd Lavieri is chair of the New Canaan Board of Finance.]

The Town of New Canaan finished the fiscal year 2025-2026 with a larger budget surplus than expected. This was the result of stronger revenue primarily from interest income and conveyance fees on property sales, coupled with expenses coming in below budget. This allowed us to deliver $5.8 million back to the taxpayers, which is $800,000 more than expected. We applied the $5.8 million to lower the amount needed through taxation. 

As you may have seen, earlier this month the Board of Finance approved a mill rate of 16.967 for fiscal year 2027, an increase of 0.276 compared to the fiscal year 2026 mill rate of 16.69. The amount to be raised from taxation for fiscal year 2027 will be $168.1 million, a 2.48% increase from the fiscal year 2026 amount of $164.0 million.

News

‘Patience Levels Are Low’: Water Main Installation on South Avenue Underway

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. A four-year-long construction project in New Canaan started its final stretch this week. 

The water company’s 36-inch water main installation is nearly complete, though community members’ patience is dwindling, officials say. Four years ago, Aquarion began installing a water main, causing road closures on the eastern side of town. Now, the installation is taking place on South Avenue (with a plan to repave starting in September). Sections of South Avenue between Douglas and Farm Road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays for the next three months, through the end of August, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann.

Around Town

NCM&HS Interns Create Local ‘History Trail’ at Irwin Park to Mark the Nation’s 250th

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. Five high school interns at the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society have created an informational exhibition at a popular local park to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 

“The History Trail” at Irwin Park will remain in place through July 4. It includes 80 informational signs with images celebrating New Canaan history and influential figures. A partnership between NCM&HS and the town, the trail went up over the course of the interns’ work from mid-May through mid-June, said Nancy Geary, executive director of the museum. The idea came from a similar trail in Darien, she said.

Around Town

Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police at 9:07 a.m. on June 19 received a report of a vehicle stolen from a South Avenue home. It was recovered in Waterbury. The theft is under investigation. ***

New Canaan’s 250 Celebration Parade will step off from the Lumberyard Lot on Elm Street at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and proceed along South Avenue to Saxe Middle School. Details here.

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Barrie Brett Gonzalez, 76

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Barrie Brett Gonzalez of New Canaan, Connecticut and Tequesta, Florida passed away on June 20, 2026, following a courageous two-year battle with cancer. Her husband, Ralph, and sister, Suzanne, were at her side when she passed. Barrie Stevenson Brett was born on March 5, 1950, in San Francisco, California, to Bruce Yeomans Brett and Jacqueline Dewey Brett. Her father was a publishing executive who later became President of the MacMillan Company, and her mother was a homemaker and later a magazine editor. Barrie lived her younger years in New Canaan.