Around Town

New Canaan Week in Review: New Park in Town, Singular Obsessions, Hockey Title

By |

 

We began the week by jack-hammering at the frozen snow and finished by besting our rivals and neighbors on the ice. Town Talker

Many of us learned a new word this week: ‘coywolf.’ Also known as a ‘red wolf’ and spotted up in the Tobys Lane area in December, it’s a cross between an eastern wolf and western coyote that turned up in town again, this time at Proprietors Crossing. After we reported the Sunday sighting, we heard from another resident, in the area between Kiwanis and Route 123, who saw what appears to be the same species on her own property on Thursday morning (hers are the photos you see in this article). We’re told that the species is about 100 years old and came down to this area from Canada about 50 years ago. Quality of Life

New Canaan Library is planning a pocket park for the corner of Maple Street and South Avenue, and it could include not only benches and landscaping, but the ability to download e-Books to mobile devices.

News

VIDEO: Construction Crew Needs Jackhammer to Clear Frozen Snow in New Canaan

By |

 

via YouTube

It’s been so cold in New Canaan since consecutive snowstorms walloped the town that the crew clearing the area outside the former Post Office building is using a jackhammer to crack the mountain of frozen snow outside (see video). Motorists pulling up to the light where Park Street hits Cherry and Pine watched from the comfort of warm SUVs as these guys jack-hammered away at the pile and shoveled the frozen pieces away. The space long occupied by the Post Office—itself relocated at least for now at 90 Main St. (which is causing its own difficulties with traffic and parking)—will see a Mrs. Green’s Natural Market go in. It isn’t clear just when it will open.

Around Town

Are Cars Speeding into the S-Curve on White Oak Shade [VIDEO]?

By |

via YouTube

 [Note: This video was taken on Monday, March 3, 2014.]

Prompted by a speed complaint, town officials are looking into whether motorists are driving too fast into the sharp S-curve on White Oak Shade Road. The curve jags left and then right between Overlook Drive and Putnam Road for motorists traveling south on White Oak Shade. The town likely will start by using sentries to collect data about motorists’ speeds there, according to Tiger Mann, the town’s senior engineer and assistant director of the New Canaan Department of Public Works. In the past, the town has installed “rumble strips” in the roadway there to slow motorists and the approach worked, Mann said. The strips serve as small bumps for cars traveling over them and cause motorists to slow down before entering the S-curve, he said.

Around Town

New Canaan Week in Review: Post Office Parking, Our ‘Classic’ Style

By |

 

While the town braces for yet another snowstorm, we’re taking a look back at the week that was in New Canaan. Town Talker
Readers are contacting us to say that there’s wide concern over the Post Office’s new location at 90 Main St. and what is perceived as a lack of effort to find a better space. Parking officials in town, following a decision to introduce three 15-minute parking spaces in front of the building (which at times also is a loading zone), say they’re seeing frequent double-parking. NewCanaanite.com will follow up with the post office next week for an update on the status of their search for a permanent location in town.