The black bear spotted in the area of 176 Weed St. a week ago Thursday hasn’t been seen in New Canaan since.
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Word is that a local driving school “changed course” after residents on Scofield Lane complained about instructors taking students there to practice parallel parking.
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One emerging method that municipalities in some states are taking to control their deer population is contraception. The birth control method sees darts shot into the animals that prompt the deer’s own immune systems to prevent them from fertilizing offspring.
A discussion of the method came up at last week’s New Canaan Deer Committee meeting. The committee puts in a lot of volunteer hours to plan and oversee deer management in town, and like many of the boards and commissions that give of their time for civic work, lighter notes sometimes are injected into the meetings. At last week’s meeting, during a discussion of deer contraception—an approach that most members dismissed—one member relayed a joke where a farm on Montana had a problem with coyotes killing sheep. Responding to a suggestion that contraception be used on the coyotes to mitigate the problem, a rancher said, “Ma’am, you’ve got to understand: The coyotes aren’t making love to our sheep, they’re eating them.”
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One of the great cold-weather sights of New Canaan, a true harbinger that the holiday season is upon us, is when the white lights go into the trees downtown.
Girls with the National Charity League volunteered to check the lightbulbs that will go into trees downtown for the holiday season. Contributed photo
Thanks to some girls who gave of their time on a recent afternoon during a volunteer session at the New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corps, the Chamber and town are ramping up toward an installation date. Here’s a “Thank You” to girls from both local chapters of the National Charity League—New Canaan and Canaan Parish—for testing the lights.
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The cyclist who collided with a motor vehicle on Smith Ridge Road near the New Canaan Field Club appears to be OK.
Motorists stop on Route 123 near the New Canaan Field Club where it appears that a cyclist went down on Sunday, Oct. 5. Contributed photo
The 61-year-old from Redding was riding south at about 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 when a 51-year-old New Canaan motorist that had been driving northbound turned left across that lane and the collision occurred. The cyclist was wearing a helmet and the word is that he had a very good bike.
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A garbage container along the Post Road in Darien. Word is that New Canaan may get a similar model soon to replace its current models, generously donated many years ago by the Rotary Club of New Canaan. Credit: Michael Dinan
Town officials are in the process of acquiring new, more attractive trash receptacles for the downtown, and the approximately $15,000 earmarked for purposes of marketing the business district won’t get all the receptacles desired.
Interested in learning how you can support that project? Email Tom Stadler at tom.stadler@newcanaanct.gov.
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The outdoor cat put down by a local veterinarian after it bit a technician at the vet office was tested for rabies and the results came back negative.
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More info here on the Hawthorne Road Wheaten Terrier that twice has been able to get off property and, each time, was found along South Avenue by a resident who promptly brought her in to the New Canaan Police Department.
Here’s the Houdini-like Wheaten terrier from Hawthorne Road, Maggie, who twice within a few weeks has wandered off-property near busy South Avenue. Credit: Michael Dinan
It seems that after getting out most recently, the Wheaten attacked another dog—she appears to be somewhat territorial, based on some history—and the wounds were serious enough to warrant stitching in the other dog. The terrier’s owner paid that vet bill and has been cited for both nuisance dog and allowing a dog to roam. Police were notified of the attack around 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 1.
Finally, here are two photos of a very bad parking job on Elm Street just down from Chef Luis:
Poor parking on Elm Street. Credit: Michael Dinan
