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PORT CARBON — John Place got up from his lawn chair and stood in silence as the Cressona Band played “Anchors Aweigh” Wednesday in Veterans Memorial Park.

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The Board of Selectmen at its most recent meeting approved a $32,120 contract with a Kearny, N.J.-based company to reline a failing stretch of sewer near God’s Acre. The elected body voted unanimously at its Feb. 19 meeting to approve the contract with National Water Main Cleaning Co. The 300-foot portion of sewer along Main […]

The first known structure built where 17 St. John Place now stands was, of all things, an observatory.  This structure was built sometime in the mid 1800s by Dr. Samuel St. John, who used the space not only to gaze at the stars but also as a library and a classroom.  Circa 1900, the observatory […]

Officials say the town has received numerous reports in recent weeks of a “friendly” fox living in the area of Richmond Hill Road and Park Street, raising concerns about too much familiarity with the animal. Officer Allyson Halm, head of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section, said she’s been told that “the fox […]

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Local preservationists are seeking to create an expanded historic district in New Canaan. The town’s current Historic District, created in 1963, includes 21 structures around God’s Acre.  Under a proposal made public Tuesday by members of the New Canaan Preservation Alliance, the “Church Hill Historic District” would also encompass Vine Cottage and qualifying homes on […]

The first owner of the land on which 7 St. John Place would later be built was Dr. Samuel Benedict St. John. His great-grandfather was Brigadier-General Joseph Pearse Palmer, who was a participant in the Boston Tea Party and fought in the Revolutionary War.    Dr. St. John was a notable man; he was a […]

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a police van in Brooklyn, said the NYPD.