Business

Weed & Duryea: ‘What We Have Left, We Have Left’

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By Michael Dinan

The pet-friendly rock salt is flying off of the shelves at Weed & Duryea, a manager of the downtown New Canaan mainstay said Saturday afternoon. On Thursday, Weed & Duryea brought in seven additional pallets of salt—various mixtures as well as pure rock salt—and then seven more on Friday, Barry Coleman told NewCanaanite.com. “But now we’re winding down,” Coleman said as customers hustled into and out of the store before the snow arrived on Saturday afternoon. “What we have left, we have left.”
The Mobil Station also is selling rock salt. Credit: Michael Dinan

The store closes at 5 p.m. Saturday and is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service is calling for up to four inches of snow in New Canaan by night’s end.

Around Town

New Canaan DPW: ‘Salt Is at a Premium Right Now’

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By Michael Dinan

New Canaan public works officials are focused on securing salt for clearing roads as Winter Storm Pax bears down on the region. The National Weather Service is calling for accumulations of up to a foot or more in New Canaan, with heavy snow and sleet falling throughout Thursday. Tiger Mann, assistant director and senior engineer in the New Canaan Department of Public Works, said the entire region is seeing salt shortages. “We’re working on it,” Mann said. “Salt is at a premium right now.”

The weather service says snow will develop “late tonight and continue during the day Thursday before tapering off Thursday night.” Dangers include not just treacherous roads but also the dangers of flat rooftops and trees—many still carrying snow from last week’s storm—collapsing beneath the weight of sleet and snow.