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A long-vacant New Canaan home cited for blight three summers ago finally has been sold. The town earlier this year prepared to notify a lien-holder for the Colonial at 4 Woodridge Circle and assess fines. The 3,608-square-foot home sits on 2.05 acres. It sold for $1.4 million, according to a property transfer recorded Tuesday in the Town Clerk’s office. ***
Congratulations to grandma Stacy Miltenberg, superintendent of the New Canaan Parking Bureau.
The new Post Office this week opened for regular “window operation” in its new home, a Federal-style building opposite Joe’s Pizza, at 18 Locust Ave. Though the U.S. Postal Service will not hold an official grand opening until Jan. 17, according to spokesperson Christine Dugas, the new building welcomed New Canaanites seeking to mail out letters and packages throughout Friday. Customers said they were impressed with the cozy new building—decked in Christmas wreaths made by the New Canaan Beautification League and New Canaan Garden Club—ample parking around back and side exit for those returning to the lot. Notices posted in the temporary Post Office space at 90 Main St.
Following a meeting last week with town leaders and U.S. Rep Jim Himes (D-4), New Canaan’s highest elected official said Monday that he’s “very confident” that the U.S. Postal Service will find an appropriate, long-term location here. Given collaboration between the postal service and developers, areas outside of the very center of town—on Cross, Vitti and Pine Streets, say—are among those on the table as possible locations, First Selectman Rob Mallozzi said. “We went through the whole myriad of specs, we explained the parking in town” including what ratios the Zoning Regulations require, and explained “what areas of town were more conducive than the dead center of town,” Mallozzi said during a press briefing in his office. A meeting held Thursday at Mallozzi’s office was attended by the first selectman, New Canaan Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tucker Murphy, Himes, Eryn Bingle, special counsel for economic development and special projects for Himes, and from the USPS, Tatiana Roy from marketing, David LeTourneau from New England Facilities Customer Relations, District Manager David Mastroianni, Jr. and Christine Dugas from corporate communications. Crediting Himes for helping bring the town and postal service together as well as the congressman’s strong support, and calling our local postal workers—Michael, Veronica, Steve and Nancy— “second to none” and part of the “fabric of our town,” Mallozzi said the postal service officials were “very competent” and said they’re making a “50- to 100-year decision.”
The question most New Canaanites are asking themselves now is: Where will the Post Office end up?
New Canaan sisters Lauren (NCHS ’06) and Megan (NCHS ’09) Palladino opened The Candy Scoop down “the alley” at the top of Elm Street in November, just before Thanksgiving. The pair long had discussed the prospect of launching a business, and settled on candy, Megan said, “because there are so many things you can do with it.”
“There’s really no ceiling on the opportunities. We have the retail store, and we provide so many services. Candy buffets, dessert stations. We have the cotton candy machine that we rent out.