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New Canaan officials are taking measures to make outdoor dining a bigger part of town, including putting nicer barriers at several Elm Street restaurants.

New Canaan’s local traffic authority has approved this season of expanded outdoor dining in three areas along the north side of Elm Street. The Police Commission at its most recent meeting voted unanimously to allow the expanded outdoor dining—an offshoot of the COVID-19 pandemic where tables and chairs are placed in would-be parking spaces on […]

One year after the town formally requested that the state make the speed limit along Route 123 in New Canaan 40 mph throughout, the Connecticut Department of Transportation issued its denial, officials say. Citing safety concerns, the Police Commission last April backed the town’s request to convert two 45 mph zones—at the southernmost and northernmost […]

Town officials say they remain in negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice following the federal agency’s recent findings of dozens of violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act at public properties and buildings. The town’s lawyers and officials are “still working through that with them [the DOJ] as far as what the final outcome […]

Dunkin’ Donuts is planning a May 20 grand opening in its new space at South Avenue and Elm Street, officials say. The chain coffee shop plans to put a pop-up tent in a no-parking area outside the store, with “wind wavers” and a balloon arch on the sidewalk on that Saturday morning, handing out samples […]

Officials on Tuesday approved an approximately $19,000 with a Norwalk-based company following the discovery of lead in the soil of a community garden on a town-owned property. The discovery of elevated levels of lead at in the New Canaan Nature Center’s community herb garden requires the removal and disposal of existing wood from raised beds, […]

The New Canaan public works director said the $5,000 state grant will go toward brush clearing, wall repair and other projects at the cemeteries.

The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted in favor of a $20,000 contract with a Meriden-based company to help with a project that will take advantage of the state’s plan for a summer-long shutdown of the Metro-North Railroad’s New Canaan branch line. The town for years has planned to install a new sidewalk on Richmond […]

The Board of Selectmen last week approved an approximately $23,000 contract with a Bethel-based company to buy two pedestrian-activated flashing beacons that will be installed on lower Valley Road. Silver Hill Hospital will cover the $22,775 cost for a pair of “rapid rectangular flashing beacons,” or RRFBs, from East Coast Sign & Supply, Inc., according […]

Town officials last week approved a $10,000 contract with a New Haven-based company to help complete plans for a long-desired pedestrian route across Route 123 near downtown New Canaan. The Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting March 21 voted unanimously in favor of the contract with Fuss & O’Neill. The company is helping the […]