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Chairman’s View: Expect a high-density development on Pine Street JULY 12, 2018 BY JOHN ENGEL By John Engel Town Council Chairman The Beval Saddlery building at 50 Pine Street and two adjacent brick buildings may have been sold to a developer. My purpose is not to report on a rumor. But, if it has not sold then it will […]
Chairman’s View: Seeking more transparency from school leaders JUNE 6, 2018 BY BY JOHN ENGEL, TOWN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, AND CRISTINA A. ROSS, TOWN COUNCIL When the Town Council met earlier this year to review the upcoming Board of Education budget for 2018-19, we paid great respect to the challenge they face in providing excellence within 2% guidance […]
Chairman’s View: Urging school board to resolve security camera issue MAY 24, 2018 BY NEW CANAAN TOWN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN JOHN ENGEL I wrote this column in February and pulled it before publication, because I thought we were making progress. Instead I wrote to the superintendent of schools on Feb. 27. I received no reply. For the last […]
Chairman’s View: Support a ban on house ‘for sale’ signs MAY 8, 2018 BY NEW CANAAN ADVERTISER The overwhelming majority of New Canaan citizens want to eliminate real estate signs. In a recent poll at the Advertiser Coffee 95% support a ban. They are a blight on our town. The signs would be gone except for the […]
Chairman’s View: Yes to GreenLink; no to ‘sharp elbows’New APRIL 26, 2018 BY NEW CANAAN ADVERTISER “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” –John Muir (1912) Fifty New Canaan residents gathered yesterday (Sunday) to open a GreenLink trail more […]
Town Council faces buildings, Board of Education MARCH 21, 2018 BY JOHN ENGEL, CHAIRMAN, NEW CANAAN TOWN COUNCIL The Town Council choked over a $1 million “placeholder” in the budget to build a “bird-cage” elevator and improve bathrooms at Waveny House. Why was this request shut down so quickly when $500,000 for the Police Department has met […]
Moynihan, Engel pen letter to avoid 1802 Cobbler’s house’s demolition APRIL 13, 2018 BY GRACE DUFFIELD First Selectman Kevin Moynihan and Town Council Chairman John Engel signed a letter to the First District Water Department formally expressing interest in the cobbler’s house at 1124 Valley Road. The letter states its goal to encourage the owners, First District […]
Letter: Calling for buildings sensitive to downtown district JULY 24, 2018 BY MIMI FINDLAY Editor, Advertiser: In response to John Engel’s recent opinion piece (‘Expect a high density development on Pine Street,’ July 12, p. 5A): I love to drive down Pine Street — the little brick buildings on the left, one with lovely grass and […]
The number of sales is down 23.8% this year in New Canaan, 96 versus 126 last year. If we go back 3 years we see sales of 100 and 119. In that context 96 is not nearly so alarming. Zillow calls it a “buyer’s market” saying home values have declined 1.3% in the last year. […]
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