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Residents are moving into the new affordable housing one, two and three-bedroom units...

Officials on Tuesday held a ceremony to mark the opening of the rebuilt housing complex at Route 123 and Lakeview Avenue, part of a larger project that also will see a new structure on the site. Residents of the 60 units at the rebuilt complex started moving into the new building Monday, following issuance of […]

Main Street on July 12, 2021. Credit: Michael Dinan The utility company has about one week left in its work at Forest Street and Locust Avenue downtown, feeding natural gas lines to a new development there, according to the town’s public works director. Once Eversource is done there, the water company will commence work on a water main downtown, Tiger Mann said Monday during a regular meeting of the Selectmen’s Advisory Committee on Buildings and Infrastructure. Aquarion will work on two f...

Mead Park baseball field on July 6, 2021. Credit: Michael Dinan Eight months after parks officials voted in support of the move as part of a larger recommendation, the town on Tuesday added a section to the municipal website disclosing its use of pesticides on several athletic fields. Though state law prohibits the use of pesticides on school grounds through grade 8, New Canaan uses the chemicals in treating athletic grounds at Waveny, Conner Field and baseball fields at Mead Park.  Selectman ...

Municipal officials at a recent meeting voted in favor of a proposal to widen parts of the sidewalk along the one-way stretch of Elm Street downtown. The Police Commission at May 19 meeting reviewed a proposal to widen sidewalks at Elm and South Avenue, as well as along the north side of Elm Street between […]

For the third year in a row, a well-loved park welcomed goats to a cordoned-off area in an effort to eliminate invasive weeds. Six goats, some of which are very young, arrived two weeks ago at Irwin Park, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann. Introduced to the Weed Street park two summers ago thanks […]

"Tiger Trail" named after New Canaan DPW head Tiger Mann Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Superintendent Bryan Luizzi stands to the left of DPW head Tiger Mann and First Selectman Kevin Moynihan soon after they surprised Mann with the sign for the trail between New Canaan High School and Waveny Park on Thursday, May 20.Grace Duffield / Hearst Connecticut Media signShow MoreShow Less 2of3 First Selectman Kevin Moynihan, left, said no one works harder or is more dedicated t the town than ...

An updated version of the proposal to widen some sidewalks on Elm Street, presented at the April 2021 Police Commission meeting. A proposal to widen some sidewalks on Elm Street now includes converting six spaces to 15-minutes in order to accommodate retailers, restaurants and shoppers making quick pick-ups, officials say. Town officials heard from business owners after a proposal to “bump out” some of the sidewalks on Elm between South Avenue and the Playhouse became known earlier this ye...

The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday approved an approximately $32,000 contract with a Branford-based company to replace two guiderails on Oenoke Lane. The installation of Merritt Parkway railing will be on Oenoke Lane’s hill alongside New Canaan Land Trust property, Public Works Director Tiger Mann told the selectmen at their regular meeting, held both in […]

Rendering of the proposed new crosswalk connecting Center School Lot with the new library. Shared by Langan Engineering Members of the Police Commission said at their most recent meeting that they need more time to decide whether a proposed new crosswalk connecting Center School Lot with the main entrance of a rebuilt New Canaan Library should be raised or level with the roadway.  Library officials have proposed that the crosswalk spanning Maple Street should be raised not only to accommodate...