Here's how New Canaan is embracing outdoor dining
New Canaan officials are taking measures to make outdoor dining a bigger part of town, including putting nicer barriers at several Elm Street restaurants.
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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 […]