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🌱 Patch AM: New Canaan Police Release Statement On Back-to-School Traffic Safety, E-Bike Awareness

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In today's newsletter:

  • Police step up school-zone and e-bike safety as classes resume
  • What a new two-lot plan could mean for 235 Canoe Hill Road.
  • How a 14-unit Parade Hill proposal landed New Canaan in court.

Also on today's calendar: 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 80, low: 71.
  • Friday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Canaan Police Release Statement On Back-to-School Traffic Safety, E-Bike Awareness (patch.com) — New Canaan police are stepping up traffic enforcement around schools as the 2026–27 year begins, urging drivers, cyclists and e-bike riders to slow down, avoid distractions and obey school zone rules. The department also highlights helmet requirements, proper e-bike operation, and pedestrian safety, asking parents to review safe routes and equipment with their children before classes start.
   

• Canoe Hill Road Homeowner Proposes Two-Lot Subdivision (newcanaanite.com) — A homeowner at 235 Canoe Hill Road in New Canaan is seeking approval to split a 4.74-acre parcel into two lots while keeping the 1909 home on one. Town Planner Sarah Carey has flagged questions about access rights involving a neighboring parcel, and the Planning & Zoning Commission is set to take up the application at its Tuesday evening meeting. The owner is represented by New Canaan-based firm Lampert, Toohey & Rucci.
   

• CT's second-wealthiest town targeted in court. It's over planned affordable housing. (courant.com) — New Canaan is being sued under Connecticut's 8-30g law after its Planning and Zoning Commission rejected a 14-unit affordable housing proposal on Parade Hill Road aimed largely at homeless families. The case challenges the town's claimed moratorium and highlights that less than 4% of local housing qualifies as affordable. Residents have raised concerns about traffic, infrastructure, and building design as the court prepares to review the dispute.
   

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