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Newly restored stone steps leading up into the Canoe Hill Cemetery. Credit: Michael Dinan Perched on a hill off of the east side of Laurel not far from the intersection of Canoe Hill Road, the final resting place of 200-plus New Canaanites—including the town’s (and possibly Connecticut’s) last living slave—had fallen into disrepair over the years. With little dedicated parking and difficult to access even by foot, given a steep hill and crumbling stone staircase, the .69-acre cemetery grounds were largely covered in weeds and fallen branches, with broken and illegible gravestones scat...

New Canaan supporters of electric vehicles amp up charger buzz Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail New Canaan has one municipal charger for electric vehicles located in Morse Court parking lot. Soon the town may be getting more installed.  Picture was taken April 2021.Grace Duffield / Hearst Connecticut Media New Canaan will become a destination location for drivers of electric cars, if EV advocates who presented to the Tourism and Economic Development Advisory Committee have their way. Electric car driver Chris Hering said ‘range anxiety’— concerns about how far an EV driver can trave...

Ice rink coming to New Canaan's Waveny Park Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail The skating rink equipment was delivered to Waveny Park in New Canaan on Jan. 4.Grace Duffield Hearst Connecticut Media / NEW CANAAN — The New Canaan Parks and Recreation Commission voted on Wednesday in favor of putting the temporary rink on a parking lot in 300-acre Waveny Park at 677 South Ave. Commissioner Jake Granito made the motion after he voiced reasons why the parking lot at Waveny is the best site after considering several other locations. He said the benefits for having the rink in Waveny Park includ...

Draft aerial schematic of the sidewalk bump-out proposal for Elm Street. Sidewalks would be bumped out in the red-hashed areas. Five parallel parking spaces would be lost on the north side of Elm Street between South Avenue and the Playhouse crosswalk, while five total spaces would be gained on the south side of Elm—three below the same crosswalk (in front of the Bank of America building) and two more just east of the intersection of South Avenue and Elm Street. Image courtesy of the New Canaan DPW Public works officials next week will will bring forward a proposal to widen several sections...

Committee mulls best location for New Canaan skating rink Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail Equipment for a skating rink has been delivered in New Canaan and is being stored in this unit behind the Carriage Barn.Grace Duffield Hearst Connecticut Media The ice skating rink equipment that sits in a trailer in Waveny Park behind the Carriage Barn may already be located close to its temporary home. A committee responsible for locating the new ice rink is expected to report to the Parks and Recreation Commission on Wednesday, April 14, and explain that the best temporary location would be in par...