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Election 2023

Board of Education

Podcast: Board of Ed Candidate Lauren Connolly Nussbaum

By Michael Dinan | August 31, 2023

This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Board of Education candidate Lauren Connolly Nussbaum. The Democrat is one of eight total candidates seeking a seat on the school board Nov. 7. There are four four-year seats up for election. There also is a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term.

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Podcast: Board of Ed Candidate Lara Kelly

By Michael Dinan | August 28, 2023

This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Board of Education candidate Lara Kelly. The Republican is one of eight total candidates seeking a four-year term on the school board Nov. 7. There are four four-year seats up for election. There also is a contested two-person race for a two-year Board of Ed term.

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Deadline Passes: Moynihan Will Not Force Primary

By Connor Markey | August 13, 2023

New Canaan’s incumbent first selectman did not file papers to force a primary in September, town officials have confirmed. First Selectman Kevin Moynihan, who was soundly defeated by Republican challenger Dionna Carlson at the GOP Caucus last month, had until 4 p.m. Thursday to file with the town clerk. 

Yet, as Town Clerk Claudia Weber confirmed in an email to NewCanaanite.com, no runner-up candidates filed an application. “No one filed a petition for the First Selectman race, and New Canaan will not be having a Primary this year,” Weber said. That means Carlson will face off against Democrat Amy Murphy Carroll for New Canaan’s top job in the Nov. 7 election. 

It also means that Moynihan’s six-year tenure is coming to a close.

Dionna Carlson

Election 2023: Republicans Back Dionna Carlson for First Selectman; Contested BOE, Town Council Slates Set

By Michael Dinan | July 25, 2023

Dionna Carlson on Tuesday received Republican party backing in her bid to win New Canaan’s highest elected office. The former Board of Education chair, who campaigned for party backing on a platform of increased transparency, civility, teamwork and public input, received more votes than incumbent Kevin Moynihan and fellow challenger Kimberly Norton combined in the Republican Caucus, held at Saxe Middle School. Here’s a snapshot of voting results in contested Caucus races:

“I’m thrilled to be moving on,” Carlson told NewCanaanite.com. “A huge thank you to all the voters who came out,” she continued. “This was a really high turnout election so I think the voice of the Republican party in New Canaan was heard this evening.

Dionna Carlson

Election 2023: Republican Candidates for First Selectman Debate West School Cell Tower Plan [UPDATED]

By Michael Dinan | July 24, 2023

[Note: This article has been updated with a comment from St. Luke’s School.]

Bringing back a proposal to erect a cell tower behind West School when it was “roundly criticized by residents and parents” more than five years ago is “an unbelievably bad waste of time, money and effort,” according to one Republican candidate for New Canaan’s highest elected office. There are alternative technologies such as satellite and distributed antenna systems or “DAS,” and public safety has already been addressed because all elementary schools have antenna systems, Dionna Carlson said during a GOP debate last week. “So if there’s an emergency at West School or in the West School area, they can connect to our emergency service providers,” Carlson said at the Republican Town Committee’s July 18 debate, held at the Carriage Barn Arts Center. “I was on the Board of Education when those antennas were put up and redone,” she continued.

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