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Town officials say they plan to move the New Canaan Health Department temporarily out of the agency’s Vine Cottage home this spring or summer in order to spruce up the prominent Main Street building. The exterior repairs to the turreted, yellow structure will take about three weeks, according to Bill Oestmann, superintendent of buildings with […]
The yellow Gothic revival house, circa 1859, next to Town Hall, has been left unpainted...
Municipal officials last week approved an agreement with a Norwalk-based company to manage an Elm Street building recently purchased by the town. The Board of Selectmen voted 2-0 to pay WFL Real Estate Services, LLC $12,500 per month to manage the property at 220 Elm St., acquired as the future offices of New Canaan Board […]
The Board of Selectmen at its most recent meeting approved a $24,365 contract with a Stamford-based company to fix the roof of a town-owned building at Irwin Park. The slate roof of the 1963-built Irwin House has rubber in it and is original to the structure, according to Bill Oestmann, buildings superintendent in the Department […]
New Canaan’s highest-elected official said Monday that the town likely will make an announcement next month regarding a new operator for the movie theater downtown. Town officials “will probably have an April announcement” on the Playhouse on Elm Street, according to First Selectman Kevin Moynihan. “We have several active discussions going for reopening the movie theater,” he said during a regular meeting of the Selectmen’s Advisory Committee on Buildings and Infrastructure. “Maybe April is optimistic, but at least it’s in the works,” Moynihan said. The theater was ordered c...