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New Canaan Families Await Details on Limited COVID-19 ‘Home Test Kit’ Distribution

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New Canaan families that were able to sign up last week for COVID-19 at-home test kits likely will receive instructions in the coming days on a new distribution plan, according to the town’s highest elected official. 

First Selectman Kevin Moynihan originally had said the town sought to get test kits “into the hands of families prior to the coming holiday weekend to help reduce the current surge in COVID-19 cases by allowing individuals to identify COVID-19 cases quickly and take steps to isolate appropriately to curb further spread of the virus.”

“The State is allocating only enough test kits for a small percentage of the New Canaan population, so the target for these test kits are individuals and families who plan to attend holiday weekend gatherings,” Moynihan said in a town-wide email on Wednesday. “Those planning to remain at home for the weekend should not seek tests in this distribution.”

Yet the following afternoon, Thursday, Moynihan followed up with another email saying that “[b]ecause the test kits did not arrive from California by this morning, as the Governor’s office had expected, the distribution this evening at NCHS has been canceled.”

“New Canaan was to receive only enough test kits for about 500 families and the SignUpGenius app was sold out within minutes yesterday, partly because residents signed up for multiple family members rather than only one sign up per family,” he said in the Dec. 30 email. “Those families that have received time slots for pickup of test kits will be notified by email when a new delivery plan is scheduled, which will likely be next week.”

The emails came within days of an announcement that Gov. Ned Lamont made Monday, that the state would start distributing federally funded at-home rapid tests (and N95 masks) starting Dec. 30 and through this week.

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Canoe Hill Road Home Sells for $3.1 Million 

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The following property transfers were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address and click on the ‘Sales’ tab. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***

Dec. 3

38 Canoe Hill Road

$3,110,000
Carl Gardiner to Conor Manley

42 Forest St., Unit A (retail)

$721,000
42 Forest Street LLC to Shivji LLC

180 Park St., Unit 205

$1,725,000
M2 Partners LLC to Patricia Dunning

145 Thurton Drive

$1,450,000
Estate of Joseph R. Palmer Jr. to Brian McGuire

Dec.

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Police: Boy, 12, Suffers Minor Injuries After Being Struck by Vehicle at South and Farm

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A 12-year-old boy suffered minor injuries Tuesday morning after he was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of South Avenue and Farm Road, police say. At about 8:17 a.m., officers were dispatched to the busy intersection on a report of the collision, according to a press release issued by New Canaan Police Lt. Jason Ferraro, the department’s public information officer. Early findings show that the vehicle had a green signal and was turning left from Farm Road into the northbound lane of South Avenue at the time of the collision, the press release said. An investigation is ongoing. “The pedestrian had exited a vehicle that was stopped in traffic on South Avenue and entered the roadway to cross the street to get onto the sidewalk,” it said.

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Ca.-1900 Greenhouse at New Canaan Nature Center Demolished

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More than one year after demolition plans entered the public realm, a dilapidated ca.-1900 greenhouse at the New Canaan Nature Center has been razed, town officials said Monday. The contaminant-laden town-owned structure “is down,” Public Works Director Tiger Mann said during a regular meeting of the Selectmen’s Advisory Committee on Buildings and Infrastructure. “We had some residents coming and asking for materials even after we told them that they couldn’t,” Mann said during the meeting, held via videoconference. “We had exhausted all possibilities as to re-using any of the materials themselves. But it’s down.

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Dunning Road Colonial Sells for $2,550,000

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The following property transfers were recorded recently in the Town Clerk’s office. For more information about each property from the assessor, click on the street address and click on the ‘Sales’ tab. To get the history of a New Canaan street name, click here. ***

Jan. 8

124 Dunning Road

$2,550,000
Anthony Cieszko to Michael Canoro

81 Hemlock Hill Road

$4,050,000
Matthew LeBaron to Katherine McGee

Jan.