Selectman Williams Calls for Closer Look at Certain ‘Special Projects Funds’
By Michael Dinan
Selectman Nick Williams last week called for the town to pay closer attention to privately donated money that’s earmarked for specific local projects and causes and is controlled by municipal department heads and the volunteer bodies that oversee them. The money in various “Special Projects Funds” is “floating around” and the town “ought to get […]
If current real estate trends hold, the property tax rate in New Canaan is set to grow by at least 10% in the next real estate revaluation. Think of real estate values and property tax rates as being two ends of a see-saw. If the real estate values that make up New Canaan’s Grand List […]
Joseph Tracey Mackle of New Canaan, Connecticut died peacefully in his sleep on January 26, 2020. Tracey was born and raised in Philadelphia, the son of Joseph Aloysius and Isabelle Tracey Mackle. He received his undergraduate degree from St. Joseph’s University and his master’s from Boston University, after which he taught mathematics and science at […]
A Forest Street cafe offering quick-service, health-oriented cuisine has closed at least temporarily, according to a sign that appeared Monday in its window. Embody Gourmet Fitness closed “due to an electrical failure in kitchen,” the sign said. “We will reopen as soon as possible,” it said. It isn’t clear what caused the failure or how extensive […]
Selectman Nick Williams last week called for the town to pay closer attention to privately donated money that’s earmarked for specific local projects and causes and is controlled by municipal department heads and the volunteer bodies that oversee them. The money in various “Special Projects Funds” is “floating around” and the town “ought to get […]
If current real estate trends hold, the property tax rate in New Canaan is set to grow by at least 10% in the next real estate revaluation. Think of real estate values and property tax rates as being two ends of a see-saw. If the real estate values that make up New Canaan’s Grand List […]
Joseph Tracey Mackle of New Canaan, Connecticut died peacefully in his sleep on January 26, 2020. Tracey was born and raised in Philadelphia, the son of Joseph Aloysius and Isabelle Tracey Mackle. He received his undergraduate degree from St. Joseph’s University and his master’s from Boston University, after which he taught mathematics and science at […]
A Forest Street cafe offering quick-service, health-oriented cuisine has closed at least temporarily, according to a sign that appeared Monday in its window. Embody Gourmet Fitness closed “due to an electrical failure in kitchen,” the sign said. “We will reopen as soon as possible,” it said. It isn’t clear what caused the failure or how extensive […]
