I have never read such selfish fiction as I found on a website devoted to defending the capitalist notion that we should sacrifice our public parkland for a New Canaan-based Continuing Care Retirement Community. The website ccrcfornc.org states: Q: Was this the type of Waveny land usage envisioned by Mrs. Ruth Lapham Lloyd? A: Most [...]
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Posted in administration on May 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Scheduled revamping of the Waveny.net image gallery software took place over the Memorial Day weekend. Visitors may not have been able to view images attached to posts during this maintenance. Thanks for your patience with the state of affairs. Have a peaceful Memorial Day.
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Is this a $250,000 joke? A band of aging volunteers intends to lift tons of concrete and asphalt debris and sort through thousands of yards of dredged mud, weeds and rubbish? The truth won’t come from the glamorous journalism of the New Canaan Advertiser, nor from the politicians who approved the immolation of the cornfield [...]
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As administrator of Waveny.net I receive comments and questions via the contact form. Recently, I’ve been ‘talking’ with a few other New Canaan resident about the Town of New Canaan’s eagerness to sell off Waveny land for a cheap buck. In addition, their excitement at the idea of turning public land into pay-per-admission land. The [...]
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Posted in administration on Mar 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Once a public park now a millionaire’s club, Someone’s testing the shameless waters of profiteering. Meanwhile Spencer’s Run is…
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Spencer’s Run dog park news: Look out Rowayton! With news that Spencer’s Run in Waveny Park would be closing until Spring, visitors to New Canaan’s dog park were asking directions to nearby runs that don’t have the pathetic requirements New Canaan’s ‘public’ dog park faces. Rowayton’s bland run seems to be popular with Cranbury Park’s [...]
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Another glorious Saturday in Waveny Park, here in New Canaan, Connecticut. Nothing better than ending our walk with a visit to Spencer’s Run dog park.
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The afternoon sun hangs low on the horizon casting long shadows across Spencer’s Run.
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Posted in administration on Jan 14th, 2009 2 Comments »
When it’s open, Spencer’s Run in Waveny Park is excellent fun! The cold doesn’t stop the devoted dog owner from enjoying an hour in the park. What a great place to have. Please keep it open. Put the inner fence back up if you must, but please stop shutting us out!
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This past weekend presented idyllic weather for a stroll in Waveny Park. Temperatures were in the 40′s with sunshine and a calm breeze but if you brought ‘man’s best friend’, you found our dog park still locked down! Spencersrun.org posted an excuse why the Waveny Park dog run has predominately been locked since September. Alas [...]
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