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‘I Am So Proud of This Group’: Animal Control Officer Thanks Volunteers as Neglected Dogs Are Safely Re-Homed

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The head of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section is thanking dozens of local volunteers and businesses that donated time, energy, goods and services to ensure the health and comfort of 12 neglected dogs seized in November from a Butler Lane home. Following a lengthy court dispute with the dogs’ former owner—a woman who still faces three counts of felony cruelty to animals in an ongoing criminal case—the town on Jan. 20 was awarded full legal custody of the 10 puppies and two adults dogs. A 20-day appeal period expired Feb. 10, Officer Allyson Halm said, and the puppies became “free and clear” to be placed “in safe places.”

“I am decompressing slowly,” Halm told NewCanaanite.com. 

“It was an emotional roller-coaster for me.

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New Canaan Remembers Residents, Honors Responders in 9/11 Ceremony [VIDEO]

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New Canaan Marks 9 11 in Ceremony at Town Hall on 9 11 15
Uploaded by Michael Dinan on 2015-09-11. One of the Sept. 11, 2001 images seared into the memory of New Canaan First Selectman Rob Mallozzi is looking out across Main Street from Town Hall, and catching sight of firefighters Don Gesuladi and Bobby Thompson. On Friday, Mallozzi said he could “still see them straddling the yellow lines with an empty fire boot in hand, collecting spare change from motorists that were passing by our firehouse.”

“Was there ever a time when we all felt so desperately that we wanted to do something for our country, for our community or for our families?” Mallozzi told more than 100 residents, town workers and emergency responders who gathered on Town Hall’s front lawn for a solemn ceremony honoring those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks of 9/11. “That was the good that came from the evil.