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The Glass House. Photo courtesy of Christa Carr While they must continue to operate under public health-related restrictions that have impacted revenue, officials with an internationally renowned National Trust for Historic Preservation site on Ponus Ridge say they’re looking forward to reopening for the season next month. The Glass House in a normal season draws about 15,000 visitors, according to Executive Director Greg Sages. The figure declined to 5,500 visitors in 2020, and at a reduced per-person revenue, he said. “People were not coming to the Visitors Center in the numbers they ha...

Saying the project was appropriate and inconspicuous, the Planning & Zoning Commission last week voted unanimously to allow the owners of an Osoborn Lane home to create a 1.5-story addition to their house. Addition (on the left side of the home) planned for 66 Osborn Lane. Specs by James Schettino Architects of New Canaan The 2,213-square-foot addition planned for 66 Osborn Lane will house an indoor pool, according to attorney Amy Zabetakis of Rucci Law Group, which has offices in Darien and New Canaan. “This is a nice property to do this on,” Zabetakis told members of P&Z at their regula...

Faced with the prospect of new state laws designed to increase the amount of affordable housing in towns such as New Canaan, the Planning & Zoning Commission should proactively focus now on boosting the number of units available to low-income families here, including through updates to its regulations, the appointed body’s chair said last week. Though New Canaan already actively supports the creation of more affordable units—such as through a long-established fund that collects fees from building permit applicants and redevelopment projects that add dozens of new apartments here—P&Z sho...

New Canaan Exchange Club sells out of Christmas trees Dec. 20, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail The Exchange Club Christmas tree sale Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at Kiwanis Park in New Canaan, Conn. More people are buying fresh trees and buying them earlier this year.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media NEW CANAAN — More than a week before Christmas under COVID conditions, the Exchange Club of New Canaan sold out at its annual Christmas tree sale in Kiwanis Park. Selectman Nick Williams, a member of the Exchange Club, announced the sellout during the Dec. 15 meeting of the Board of Selectmen. ...

Husted Commons is planned for 8 and 10 Husted Lane in New Canaan. This view looking northwest from Locust Avenue Lot. Renderings from New York, N.Y.-based Ryan Salvatore Design The owner of a structure in the town’s Historic District is joining a condominium association in suing the New Canaan Planning & Zoning Commission for its recent decision to approve a mixed-use development at the edge of the downtown. Husted Commons is planned for 8 and 10 Husted Lane in New Canaan. This view looking northeast from Heritage Hill Road. Renderings from New York, N.Y.-based Ryan Salvatore Design P&Z’...