Town officials last week approved a $125,000 contract with a Bridgeport-based company to install a new generator at Lapham Community Center. The Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting Jan. 3 voted 3-0 on the contract with Northeast Generator. The existing generator at the Waveny building, which houses New Canaan’s community center for adults, went […]
Citing legal advice from the town attorney’s firm, town officials this week withheld their support for a request for American Rescue Plan Act funds for a local church’s proposed new preschool program. Pending further information, the Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting declined to move Saint Aloysius School’s request for $150,000 to New Canaan’s […]
Saying the town should seek as much public input as possible in any proposed changes to New Canaan’s major governing document, Selectman Kathleen Corbet on Tuesday recommended undergoing review of the Town Charter in 2024. New Canaan typically forms its Charter Revision Commission every 10 years, Corbet noted during a regular Board of Selectmen meeting. […]
During a tense and highly unusual meeting Tuesday, New Canaan’s highest elected official was outvoted 2-1 by fellow members of the Board of Selectmen, who reappointed a long-serving volunteer on a prominent municipal body. First Selectman Kevin Moynihan said he’d spoken two weeks ago with Police Commission Chair Paul Foley, whose most recent term on […]
The Board of Selectmen is poised Tuesday to discuss if not resolve a matter of division among the elected body’s members regarding part-time employees of the town. While Selectmen Kathleen Corbet and Nick Williams have said the full Board should be approving all town hires, including part-timers, as it has in the past, First Selectman […]