Government

New Parking Superintendent Backs Out of Job Before It Starts

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The woman that New Canaan hired as its new parking superintendent backed out of the job on Wednesday, the same week she was to have started, officials said. On Thursday, officials said they had decided to hire the Parking Bureau’s administrative assistant, Stacy Miltenberg, as head of the department on an interim basis, according to Cheryl Pickering-Jones, New Canaan’s director of human resources. Asked about her thoughts on taking over the department, Miltenberg—a New York City police officer for 20 years who then came to New Canaan as a cop and moved to parking after three years—said she is “looking forward to taking on this new position.” “I am excited to bring some ideas and changes, and hope to make parking as easy as possible for our department and the townspeople,” Miltenberg said. It isn’t clear why Robin Pulsifer backed out of the job.

Around Town

Did You Hear … ?

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We hear New Canaan native Bruce Pauley, retired last year to Vermont, has been putting on a timber frame addition to his house in the “Green Mountain State” that uses oak trees felled during Hurricanes Irene and Sandy in New Canaan (see photos above). He’s also using mostly storm-related white pine trees for the house’s exterior and the new addition is being called “The Storm Room.”

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A demolition crew on Wednesday came for the long-vacant and neglected home at 39 Richmond Hill Road—facing complaints from neighbors and the prospect of a blight citation. ***

The committee charged with studying public and private options for restoring the town-owned New Canaan Playhouse at the “50-yard-line” of Elm Street on Wednesday finalized a document that will see interested parties propose ways to purchase or otherwise acquire, renovate and operate the 1923-built brick building. The New Canaan Playhouse Committee is seeking to make a decision about the future of the cherished, cupola-topped structure by Thanksgiving. Town leaders say New Canaan is not in danger of losing the iconic building, though its capital needs are extensive.