The architects’ original specifications for the popular community pool in Waveny Park were for a certified Olympic competition pool that could play host to official state, regional and national swim meets, according to Steve Karl. Citing an anecdote from Assistant Recreation Director Bill Kapp, Karl told more than 200 people gathered poolside Saturday morning that […]
New Canaan Police late Wednesday arrested a 45-year-old Webb City, Mo. man after finding that he had an extraditable arrest warrant out of Lee County in North Carolina. At about 11 p.m. on May 25, an officer stopped a vehicle that was towing a trailer without a license plate. During the stop, the officer found […]
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Stephen Edward Benko Jr., 71, of New Canaan, died Feb. 12 at Stamford Hospital after a brief battle with cancer. He was 71. Born Dec. 28, 1950 to Madeleine Murphy Benko and Stephen Edward Benko Sr., Steve grew up in an Orchard Drive house that his father built with wood salvaged from an old barn […]