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 Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2009 No Comments »
New Canaan’s Town Park formerly known as Waveny Park will, soon enough, cease to exist as ideas for new construction continue despite the inescapable signs of overdevelopment and pollution. Four Bells!!! The alarms have been sounding for years; The woodlands are dwindling. Animals are absent. With increased traffic to new facilities and deficient parking, “progress” [...]
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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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Posted in Fields on Dec 4th, 2008 No Comments »
The Summer Theater of New Canaan has withdrawn it’s proposal to develop the cornfields of Waveny. They propose another portion of the original Lapham Estate which is “a viable alternative.” A New Canaan News~Review article describes the site as a “gulch” area with “sloping” grade that will make a suitable location without the need for [...]
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Posted in construction, Paths on Sep 30th, 2008 No Comments »
What is going on in Waveny? Are they planning a huge construction project in the middle of the woods? In a recent post we saw a dump truck driving down the jogging path. Today I came upon a new demolition project; a 20′ wide swath cut into the forest. I missed the news that they [...]
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