The collection spot down on Lapham Road is meant for residents only, but landscaping crews regularly load up on the mulch that New Canaan provides. The first selectman’s solution? Make the mulch available at the Transfer Station only.
This one would help those parking behind United Methodist Church get back across South Avenue to the New Canaan Police Department, site of several municipal offices during renovations at Town Hall.
"I think it's very important that we let them know that we support what they do…," New Canaan Town Council Chairman Mark DeWaele said.
Taxpayers soon will be able to review ahead of time more detailed information to be discussed at public meetings, such as the Board of Selectmen.
The license plate reader had been a hotly debated item going back to December when it was first requested as part of the New Canaan Police Department's budget.
The New Canaan Town Council is expected to vote on the town clerk's salary tonight at the Lapham Center, prior to finalizing the town budget.
New Canaan Town Council member Tucker Murphy expressed disgust over the sometimes uncivil approach to budget negotiations.
The bill gives the state some of the toughest gun laws in the country, and includes stipulations for mental health and school security.
"I implore you to not make any further cuts to the school budget," school parent Diane Hobbs told the Town Council during Wednesday's meeting at the New Canaan Nature Center.
After seven years as director of the South Western Regional Planning Agency that serves New Canaan and surrounding towns, Floyd Lapp on Wednesday announced his resignation, according to this news release from SWRPA.
First Selectman Rob Mallozzi addresses frequently asked questions surrounding the widely anticipated new Town Hall, including traffic, meeting space, architecture and suggestions that the school board be housed in the new facility.
As Greenwich resident and politico Tom Foley sets his sights on an election rematch with Gov. Dannel Malloy, a former Malloy aide posts a sardonic photo on Twitter.
Members argue the panel has functioned well for 26 years.
The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday endorsed the proposal from the Utilities Commission. Approvals are needed from P&Z as well as the Town Council.
First Selectman Rob Mallozzi said the town now is looking at deed covenants and lease information for a "gate station" that must be installed to bring gas lines to town.
The library would be alone among town-supported agencies if the Town Council upholds the finance board's decision.
New Canaan Patch will host a real-time chat in this article (sign up below) during tonight’s widely anticipated public hearing on the budget. We’ll have dispatches, photos, color and conversation from the 7:30 p.m. meeting. Watch at home, talk here.
McKinney will talk 'fiscal responsibility' in eight towns across the state as the vote on Gov. Dannel Malloy's proposed Fiscal Year 2014-15 budget approaches.
Patch Back's Lisa Bigelow congratulates her town's school administrators on walking a tough road while wondering why elected officials won't do the same.
Malloy stopped by Stamford's Half Full Brewery Monday to check in on one of the city's growing small businesses.
New Canaan's first selectman says the taxpayer burden in town would increase if a proposed change to how motor vehicles are taxed on a local level changes.
It's official— chair of the national Democratic Party names U.S. Rep. Jim Himes as national finance chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Rep. Ernest Hewett, a Democrat from New London, apologies for remark he made during a public hearing to a 17-year-old girl who was testifying.
"I am still strongly opposed to the outsourcing of these positions," New Canaan Town Council member Steven Karl said. "However I will not stand in the way of providing security to our schools."
The change is one of many outlined by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Typically, the town uses $2.25 million in bonding funds annually for road repair. Officials say that New Canaan's roads are in such good condition that the money can be used to address capital needs without hitting taxpayers.
New Canaan's highest elected official blasts federal lawmakers for what he called a lack of courage in making difficult decisions, as the nation faces the possibility of $85 billion in forced cuts later this week.
The New Canaan Planning & Zoning Commission wants to hear from you to get ideas on what the town should try to protect and what it should change in making land use decisions under its next, multi-year Plan of Conservation and Development.
The state's commissioned gun violence group made its recommendations earlier this week.
The governor wants to ban large capacity magazines for guns, implement universal and comprehensive background checks for gun purchases and strengthen the assault weapons ban.
In an impassioned speech at a Connecticut university on Thursday, Feb. 21 2013 Vice President Joe Biden discussed steps the federal government can take to reduce gun violence.
It is the areas where there is common ground that they will seek to take immediate action, according to all six legislators.
Are legislators moving too fast? Too slow? Proposals going too far, or not far enough? A Newtown Action Alliance meeting provides an opportunity for the exchange of ideas and concerns.
The bill would apply when children 6-years-old and younger are in the car.
A West Haven lawmaker has introduced a bill to make public the names of some 170,000 gun owners in Connecticut.
Members of the state Congressional Delegation took to the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday to lament the lack of action on the bill that would have sent aid to the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Longevity bonuses and hospital reimbursements are set to be cut, the Hartford Courant reports.
The sales and use tax exemption for prescription medicine will not apply, according to the state Department of Revenue Services.