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Though a representative of the building’s owner said the house at 30 Maple St. is structurally unsound, has no practical use for St. Aloysius Church, is to be razed to make way for an improved drop-off area for schoolchildren and isn’t the defining historic structure on the property, town officials last week voted unanimously to […]

An appointed town body on Monday voted 4-0 in favor of imposing a 90-day delay on the partial demolition of New Canaan Library. Members of the Historical Review Committee during a special meeting said that the original 1913 library meets criteria of local history and architecture as outlined in Section 12-10A of the Town Code. […]

The Gores Pavilion is reopening for the season on May 5 with an exhibition by Mark Markiewicz, architect, artist, and former President of the NCM&HS Board of Governors. Based on his own travels, the collection of drawings forms a graphic travelog with a focus on architectural history. The show includes images from his native Poland, […]

WINTHROP – Jo Ann Adams Stark, 76, a longtime resident of the Mahoney Road, after a lengthy illness, while under the professional care of Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley, passed peacefully and comfortably at her home Thursday morning, April 8, 2021 at her home surrounded by family love. Jo Ann was born on February 20, 1945 in Potsdam, the daughter of the late James W. and Pearl (Hicks) Pelsue. She attended Norwood-Norfolk Central School, graduating in 1963. In June 1963, Jo Ann was united i...

9 Colonial Court in New Canaan. Streetview The planned demolition of a fieldstone-clad house on Colonial Court that some in town have called architecturally significant is slated to go forward Jan. 19, according to the most publicly available information.  Though town officials on Nov. 12 imposed a 90-day delay on the demolition of the 1933-built house at 9 Colonial Court, that delay lifts Jan. 19.  Following the Historical Review Committee’s 4-0 vote to delay demolition in hopes of preserv...