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New Canaan Police Chief: Beware of Phony Solicitations for Veterans as Memorial Day Approaches

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On May 30, Memorial Day, we honor those veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives for our great country. Memorial Day honors their service and sacrifice. Nearly 850 Veterans are buried in Lakeview Cemetery. As Memorial Day approaches, it’s a good time to remind the good and patriotic citizens of New Canaan to be aware of phony organizations who “solicit” on behalf of Veterans. Recently, Peter Langenus, the Commander of New Canaan’s Veterans of Foreign War Post 653 received a telephone call from a shopper who had been approached for a money donation in front of the Food Emporium.

Animal 411

Fox Disrupts New Canaan Woman’s Burial Site for Roadkill

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Coming home from church on a Sunday morning three weeks ago, Eloise Killefer spotted a fox outside the gate of her house. “It was the most beautiful fox I had ever seen, and the only fox I had ever seen,” Killeffer said. The sighting didn’t register beyond that—not at first. A self-described animal lover, Killeffer has taken it upon herself to give roadkill a proper burial in the backyard of her house on the corner of Main and Oak Streets. “I have this thing about giving a proper burial to all of God’s little critters, I just think it is the right thing to do,” Killeffer said.

Around Town

After 34 Years, Bo Hickey To Retire As Lakeview Cemetery Superintendent

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Bo Hickey has connected with generations of locals through the different hats he’s worn in New Canaan, perhaps most visibly as a coach in the high school football program and of the varsity hockey team—seeing many of the town’s best athletes achieve excellence in some of their most memorable, dramatic moments. Yet for many local families, Hickey may have played his most important role during their most difficult times, in his work since August of 1981 as superintendent of the pond-dotted, green and rolling Lakeview Cemetery. “My job is to make sure, first of all, that the grounds are in decent order, selling property, interring people, and just the upkeep of the cemetery itself,” Hickey said Monday afternoon from the small office at 352 Main St., just over the wooden bridge that spans the Fivemile River inside the cemetery’s gates. “There is 40 acres here. So it’s a large piece of property.”

And a large responsibility.

Animal 411

Dog Waste Problem Emerges by Lakeview Cemetery [VIDEO]

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All dogs may go to heaven eventually, but their ousting from Lakeview Cemetery has been hell for some pedestrians in New Canaan. After dog waste was found on gravestones and other places inside the cemetery, a private property, its owners on Jan. 10 told New Canaan police that they’d consider it trespassing if even leashed dogs entered the area. What’s happened since then is this, as Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt says in the video above: Irresponsible dog owners are walking their pals on the sidewalk on the north side of Lakeview Avenue, but not picking up after them. Hear what Kleinschmitt says about how a complainant photographing an offender and bringing that pic to police can lead to the assessment of a $92 fine.