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NORTH CANAAN — After public comments at a budget hearing hearing on Wednesday, May 11, the Board of Finance unanimously agreed to move the proposed 2022-23 town and school budgets to a vote at a town meeting.
The Board of Selectmen will set the date for the town meeting.
Travis Barber, age 12, was a winner with this 17-inch largemouth bass caught at the Northwest Rod and Gun Club’s annual Junior Fishing Derby on Sunday, May 15, in North Canaan. Photo by Steve Barber
NORTH CANAAN — The Northwest Connecticut Rod and Gun Club drew 52 young anglers to its annual Junior Fishing Derby on Sunday, May 15, at the club’s pond.
The water’s edge was lined with patient young trophy seekers hoping to win a new bicycle or other prizes for the biggest fish caught in three age groups.
NORTH CANAAN —Transfer station fee increases will go into effect July 1, it was reported at the regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen on Monday, May 2.
NORTH CANAAN —The proposed town budget for 2022-23 drew considerable public comment during a special meeting of the Board of Finance on Wednesday, April 27, when discussion focused on recent cuts that reduced wage increases for town employees.
Photo by John Coston
Fifth grader Katelyn Holst-Grubbe read her poem, “Hello, Tree!” at the 32nd annual Arbor Day celebration at North Canaan Elementary School on Friday, April 29.
NORTH CANAAN —By unanimous vote at their meeting on Wednesday, April 13, the Board of Finance withheld approval of the 2022-23 budget proposed by the Board of Selectmen, instead returning it for spending reduction.
NORTH CANAAN —The Board of Selectman agreed at its Monday, April 4, meeting to schedule a public information forum in May on the growing potential interest in growing and selling cannabis.
NORTH CANAAN — The Board of Finance focused on proposed spending increases in town and school budgets at a budget workshop on Wednesday, March 30.
The Board of Education’s proposed budget totals $4,451,634, an increase over the current year of $39,458 (.89%).
Demolition work will begin soon at the site of a $5.4 million health center in North Canaan. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
NORTH CANAAN — The state has awarded $3 million in funding toward the construction of a new $5.4 million health center in North Canaan that would provide Northwest Corner residents with increased access to primary and behavioral health-care services regardless of their ability to pay.
A guide took a client fly-fishing on the Housatonic River last year. PCB pollution remains a major problem on the river. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
NORTH CANAAN — Lynn Fowler does not mince words when it comes to describing the decades-long efforts to reclaim the Housatonic River system from years of neglect and PCB contamination originating from the General Electric Company (GE) facility in Pittsfield, Mass.
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