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Did You Hear … ?

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More than 10 motorists who received parking tickets came to Thursday’s Parking Commission meeting to fight them, and a strange thing happened: Two of those in attendance who by chance sat down next to each other also learned they have the same last name. Michael Dooley on Feb. 11 received a ticket when his fiancée (Jessica, she was there too) punched in the wrong number on a space she in fact had paid for (the car is registered in his name) at Talmadge Hill Station lot. Edward Dooley one week later typed in the wrong space number on the Pay-by-phone app when he parked in the lot on the south side of the train station. Both Dooleys brought receipts to the hearing, and the commission voided their tickets.

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Local DAR Chapter, First Selectman Mark Constitution Week

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[Editor’s Note: The following write-up and photo came in from New Canaan’s Hannah Benedict Carter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which participated in last week’s 9/11 memorial ceremony by giving to the town a “flag of remembrance” that hangs near the 9/11 memorial at the fire department.]

A proclamation, submitted by New Canaan’s Hannah Benedict Carter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is signed by First Selectman Robert E. Mallozzi III marking the 227th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States. Also celebrated is the 223rd anniversary of the first ten amendments known as the Bill of Rights. The U.S. Constitution, signed in 1787, is the oldest constitution still in active use in the world today and is the basic document of our republic which protects the individual liberties of all citizens through written law. The proclamation marks the anniversary of Constitution Week which is September 17th through September 23rd, 2014. President Eisenhower signed Constitution Week into law in 1956.

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New Canaan Marks 9/11 with Solemn Service Honoring Those Lost and All Emergency Responders

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New Canaan’s Kelly Daniel was living in London in September 2001, and on the 11th of that month she sat down to watch TV with her visiting parents after a day of sightseeing in the English capital. For Daniel, now an EMT and president of the New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corps, what appeared on the news changed her life. “No more riding the Underground,” Daniel recalled Thursday morning before about 100 fellow residents, town officials and members of the New Canaan Police and Fire Departments as well as Volunteer Ambulance Corps gathered out front of the New Canaan Police Department. “We became vigilant in train stations and avoided large crowds and gatherings. Within our family, we created a code word and a plan of where to meet if a terrorist attack occurred where we were living.