Page 9 - Tiger Mann News Today

One way to address the problem of motorists seeking to cross Route 106 from Carter Street to Canoe Hill Road—a difficult maneuver, given limited sight lines and busy traffic—may be to encourage drivers to enter the state road sooner. If northbound motorists on Carter connect to 106 by cutting through on Clapboard Hill Road, they […]

Town officials are petitioning the state to change the speed limit on Route 123 to 40 mph throughout its entire stretch in New Canaan. As it is now, the speed limit is 45 mph from New Norwalk Road to East Avenue, then 40 mph to Michigan Road and 45 mph from Michigan to the New […]

A playground for children and new fitness equipment for adults in Waveny Park, for a...

Town officials last week approved the installation of new guiderails along a road in northwestern New Canaan in the area of a recent car crash. When officials investigated the site of the Cascade Road crash, they found “a severe drop-off,” Public Works Director Tiger Mann told the Board of Selectmen at their April 5 meeting, […]

The utility companies that have been working extensively in the downtown now are obtaining state permits to re-pave the areas that have been dug up, official said Tuesday. Aquarion and Eversource are planning to take care of stretches of Cherry  and Main Streets this spring, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann. “And then once […]

The Powerhouse has been looking to the town for an OK to expand the lobby, but has yet to...

After seeking a prospective buyer for the building twice in the last three years, New Canaan’s highest elected official said last week that the town may keep a ca.-1859 building that long has formed part of the Town Hall campus. The town first issued a request for proposals from potential buyers of Vine Cottage in […]

A frequently visited pond at the New Canaan Nature Center is in serious need of dredging, and the town is planning to partner with the nonprofit organization on the project. The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday approved a $14,600 contract with a local company to survey an approximately 26-acre parcel at the Nature Center in […]

Bea Watkins got to know Steve Benko at New Canaan High School in the late-1960s, and for the last 11 years has worked for him as office manager of the town’s Recreation Department. There at the Rec offices in Waveny House, they often reminisced about mutual friends, parties and weddings, as well as Watkins’s brother, […]

Absorbent booms were installed to stem the flow of oil into the pond, after an event...