News

South Avenue Split-Level Sells for $1.8 Million

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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 21

788 South Ave. $1.8 million
Evelyn M. Sultan to Evgeny Tarasov

30 Elm Place

$4 million 
Brian & Elizabeth Wilhelm to David & Sarah Andrias

May 20

48 Green Meadow Lane

$2,850,000
David Miller to Liya Gu

Opinion

Letter: Thank You, New Canaan

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I have been privileged to serve the residents of New Canaan for the past 25 years. I began in 2001 as a part-time employee with the New Canaan Fire Department, working as an administrative assistant to the volunteer fire chief. During those early years, while my children were young, I also volunteered for many sports and school programs in our community. Around 2005, I transitioned to full-time work with the town. Over the years, I’ve worked with several First Selectmen and across a few departments.

New Canaan There & Then

New Canaan There & Then: John & Carolyn Kennedy, the New Canaan Couple That Might Have Been

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‘New Canaan There & Then’ is sponsored by Brown Harris Stevens Realtors Bettina Hegel, Joanne Santulli and Dawn Sterner. 

Within days of the tragedy that summer of 1999, the New York Post carried the intriguing story that the beautiful young couple were under contract to purchase property in New Canaan. 

The story, titled in the Post’s inimitable way, “Estate Would Have Been Great for Kids,” was uncharacteristically fact specific:
“John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn were building a Connecticut dream house with everything a Camelot couple could wish for – even llamas grazing nearby. The spread has lots of rooms, lots of land, a tennis court, a swimming pool. And it’s in New Canaan, the tony town where Carolyn Bessette Kennedy spent part of her childhood and where her sister Lisa Ann lives.”
The Post story identified the property as 65 Barnegat Road, a large parcel of land at the northern tip of New Canaan, on the border with New York State. Construction there was well underway continued the story, and the Post identified the owner as Alex Kaali-Nagy, a respected architect and local builder responsible for a number of high-end construction projects in Greenwich and elsewhere in Fairfield County. Two days later, the New York Daily News threw water on the story of its arch competitor.

Around Town

Waveny LifeCare Network ‘Breaks Ground’ on New Rehab Center

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Waveny LifeCare Network—a venerable nonprofit that provides a continuum of care for seniors—this week “broke ground” on a widely anticipated new facility in New Canaan. Announced at a ceremony held Wednesday at the organization’s Farm Road headquarters, the inpatient rehabilitation center is expected to address what officials called the growing challenge of increased demand for local post-acute care. The approximately 41,000-square-foot facility will serve 400 additional patients annually and give patients access to high-quality services, according to Waveny President and CEO Russell Barksdale Jr.

“We felt that we owed it to the community to expand our five-star quality,” Barksdale said at a ground-breaking ceremony launching the new facility. “This means more people can come in and actually rehab and take part in the short-term program.”

Barksdale said he believed the new rehabilitation center was necessary to accommodate the growing number of patients in need of a home. “We can only accept a very small percentage of people that get sent to us, and returning that many people down is impactful,” he said.

Around Town

Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police are investigating a theft from the ACME liquor store on Elm Street, reported at 4:09 p.m. Sunday. ***

New Canaan Dog Days, presented by Pet Pantry Warehouse—a fundraiser for Adopt-A-Dog—will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the New Canaan Nature Center (register here). And register here for the Bonkers for Balls Scavenger Hunt.  

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The Board of Selectmen during its May 19 meeting approved the following hires in the Department of Public Works: Allen Pearson and Christopher Armiento, both as equipment operator II’s. ***

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