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Did You Hear … ?

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The Planning & Zoning Commission at its most recent meeting decided to forego approving two signs for new businesses that had been submitted to the town (see photos above). Commissioner Elizabeth DeLuca, head of P&Z’s sign committee, said that a sign for Spiga, the new Italian restaurant opening on Main Street, was meant to be “burnt orange” according to its application “but it appears to be a very bright orange color.”

“They put it up,” DeLuca said at the July 26 meeting. “It’s up. It’s there.”

Though P&Z did not specify just why, the group also forewent voting either way on a new sign for the New Canaan Psychic, to open at 179 Cherry St. Regarding Siga, Town Planner Steve Kleppin noted window signage and said that it is more attractive than banners inside downtown businesses that hang behind the glass.

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‘Everyone I Know Is Playing It’: New Canaan Caught Up in ‘Pokemon Go’ Craze

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For Anna Krolikowski, a New Canaan High School class of 1987 graduate, it seemed for a moment as though the town had been cast back to a simpler, less technological era. Driving to Bankwell on Elm Street on Monday, Krolikowski (née Valente) spotted four kids lying belly-down, on the grass outside. “I thought, ‘Oh look, how nice, they’re just chilling out. Kids being normal kids again,’ ” said Krolikowski, owner of Baskin Robbins on Main Street. “But they’re all on their phones.