08/02/09 The New Canaan Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for New Canaan, CT.

• Swan dive is a big one for Ring
  posted on August 02, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... void, though, because she's been training fulltime over the last four years with the Whirlwind Diving team in New Canaan, Conn. 'I'm not sure yet what I'll do instead,' Ring said. 'I guess I'll have to find an alternative exercise or fill my time ...
• Swan dive is a big one for Ring
  posted on August 02, 2009 04:36:38 pm
  ... void, though, because she's been training fulltime over the last four years with the Whirlwind Diving team in New Canaan, Conn. "I'm not sure yet what I'll do instead," Ring said. "I guess I'll have to find an alternative exercise or fill my time ...
• Conn. turns beetles loose on loosetrife
  posted on August 02, 2009 05:25:20 am
  ... It's a noxious weed, a European import with no American opponent to hold it in check. So in Westmoor, and in New Canaan, South Windsor and dozens of other spots in Connecticut, colonies of Galerucella have been released to eat loosestrife. The ...
• Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network
  posted on August 01, 2009 08:59:24 pm
  ... in years, or maybe you are an experienced artist seeking new creative challenges, the Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan has a course for you. A great opportunity to meet faculty members, see demonstrations and check out the more than 100 ...
• News in a nutshell
  posted on August 01, 2009 06:21:53 pm
  ... two temporary holes will be supplemented with six more for the tournament. DTC supports health care reform The New Canaan Democratic Town Committee, at its July 7 meeting, passed a resolution urging the Connecticut Congressional delegation to fight ...
• Richard Chapman Acker, 86, formerly of Ogdensburg
  posted on July 31, 2009 11:31:45 pm
  Richard Chapman Acker, 86, formerly of Ogdensburg. Richard Chapman Acker, formerly of Ogdensburg, NY and New Canaan, CT passed away on Friday, July 24, 2009 after a brief illness.
• Victim testifies at dangerous dog hearing
  posted on July 31, 2009 08:19:46 pm
  ... aggressive behavior while I've been at their home." She testified that she had taken Adelaide to a dog park in New Canaan with no problems at all, and that the dog behaved well around strangers. She performed a temperament test in 2002 in order to ...
• Rail track expansion meeting Thursday
  posted on July 31, 2009 09:00:31 am
  The Connecticut Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting for a state project concerning the New Canaan Station "Bulk Track Improvements" at 7 p.m. tonight, July 30, in the Town Hall Board Room.
• Oil rebounds on economic confidence
  posted on July 31, 2009 04:56:01 am
  ... on supply and demand,'' said Peter Beutel, president of Cameron Hanover Inc., an energy consulting company in New Canaan, Connecticut. ``It looks like we are back to trading on extraneous external factors like the equity market and dollar instead of ...
• Property transactions
  posted on July 31, 2009 12:37:26 am
  ... Gil N. and Debbie Schwartzberg sold to Roy Ellis and Nora Ochoa Deellis, property at N/A for $4,725,000. NEW CANAAN (Transactions recorded through June 26.) Ian M. Hobbs and Diane R. Doherty sold to Damon M. and Miranda M. Hussar, property at 140 ...
• Jul. 30 2009, 9:00am-10:00am
  posted on July 31, 2009 12:05:20 am
  ... Fairfield police are permanently assignment. Both trailers portion of your news -- budget by summer's bitter have New Canaan musical Camelot. -- tickets and info go to SE EO and C. Dot -- Coming up live team coverage of weather and traffic in Clark ...
• CT-04: McKinney Won't Run
  posted on July 30, 2009 08:43:40 pm
  ... potential run was supported by Chris Shays. The bench for the GOP in CT-04 now looks like it includes names like New Canaan resident Will Gregory (who mentions his Eagle Scout award in his website bio ), conservative State Sen. Dan Debicella from ...
• Beetles Feast On Invading Loosestrife
  posted on July 30, 2009 06:25:04 pm
  ... It's a noxious weed, a European import with no American opponent to hold it in check. So in Westmoor, and in New Canaan , South Windsor and dozens of other spots in Connecticut, colonies of Galerucella have been released to eat loosestrife. The ...
• Sea images inspire designs of New Canaan resident
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:47:08 pm
  If there were two words to describe New Canaan resident Debbie Seaman and her devotion to her new business, they would be persistence and perseverance.
• Some New Canaan grads bucking unemployment trend
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:46:54 pm
  ... up one after another and seemingly destroyed what little opportunity the recession left unscathed. But some New Canaan graduates or those near graduation are finding other ways to secure a job or embracing their "plan B." Other students remain ...
• Resident claims town has regressive real estate tax
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:46:49 pm
  A New Canaan real estate broker is claiming that because of an unfair appraisal process, the larger a home is, the less it pays in real estate taxes.
• Options can prevent foreclosures
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:46:43 pm
  ... put Fairfield County in the "high" category for the number of homes in pre-foreclosure. Fifty-five properties in New Canaan were listed as "pre-foreclosure," ranging in price from $200,000 to almost $4 million. However, only three homes were ...
• DOT seeks input at hearing tonight on New Canaan track expansion
  posted on July 30, 2009 03:46:39 pm
  Wesson Anderson, a Wilton resident who commutes from New Canaan, says the promise of more frequent rush-hour trains bound for New York from New Canaan would make it easier to deal with a loss of parking next fall during a project to extend a rail track into the facility.
• The Good Old Days in Darien / Ed Chrostowski
  posted on July 30, 2009 02:25:59 pm
  ... he was a Democrat. Finally, in 1961, when his admirer at the old Darien Review moved on to edit the newspaper in New Canaan, the time was ripe and Cooke decided to go for it. Safely out of town by then and no longer vulnerable to accusations of ...
• Trash talk: Recycling comes to life at Garbage Museum
  posted on July 30, 2009 05:07:37 am
  ... art and exhibits made from recycled materials, and interactive demonstrations. Several area towns, including New Canaan, deliver recyclables to the project. Some deliver trash as well. Before July 1, according to the CRRA,the museum collected ...