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New Parking Payment Machines Coming to Talmadge Hill Train Station

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New Canaan town officials on Tuesday voted in favor of spending $50,000 on two contracts with a Moorestown, N.J.-based company for new parking payment machines. ____________

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The Parkeon machines—two for the Talmadge Hill Train Station lot ($19,790 total) and three for the Elm Street lot downtown ($29,440)—collect money that then goes into standalone parking funds. Specifically, Parking Superintendent Stacy Miltenberg told members of the Board of Selectmen at their regular meeting, funds collected at Elm Street go into a state “Railroad Fund” that’s used maintain the 2.7-acre state-owned property around the tracks. Talmadge Hill is owned by the town, and revenues collected there go into a town parking fund, she said in response to a question posed by Selectman Kit Devereaux.

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New Canaan to Seek Funds for Sidewalk at Talmadge Hill RR Station

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Commuters who walk on the south side of Talmadge Hill Railroad Station should get a new, longer sidewalk, say New Canaan officials, who are applying for state funds to replace the current one.  

The project, estimated to cost $350,000, would see a new, five-foot-wide concrete sidewalk and granite curb run along the northern edge of Talmadge Hill Road from Route 106 up to and past the highest parking tier above the heavily used railroad station, according to New Canaan Public Works Director Tiger Man. Talmadge Hill Road runs along the New Canaan-Darien border east of the station but turns north a bit and is entirely within New Canaan just south of the station. Some Darien residents commute from there and walk back and forth from the station. Some Darien residents have asked Darien town government to install sidewalks along Hoyt Street (Route 106) approaching the station, but the town hasn’t installed them.

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Man Appears to Have Shot Himself in Talmadge Hill RR Station Parking Lot: New Canaan Police

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A 56-year-old New Canaan man appears to have shot himself at the Talmadge Hill Railroad Station on Wednesday, said New Canaan police, who are still investigating the death. According to the police announcement:

Police were dispatched to an upper parking lot at the station at 5:54 p.m., Wednesday “on a report of a male who might be in distress.”

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Officers found the man, who appeared already to have shot himself, outside his own motor vehicle, according to the announcement. The investigation into the man’s untimely death is active and police did not expect to release any further information immediately. “It should be noted that this is an isolated incident and no danger exists to any other members of the public,” the announcement said.

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Security Improvements Considered for Talmadge Hill Station Parking Lot

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Video surveillance cameras that might discourage vandalism and vehicle break-ins, and better lighting with LED bulbs are some of the things the New Canaan Parking Commission is looking into for the Talmadge Hill Railroad Station parking lot. Parking officials at a recent meeting received updates on those possibilities at the parking lot as well as continued efforts to contact town commuters about their placement on permit waiting lists for the Lumberyard, Richmond Hill and Talmadge Hill municipal lots. Parking Bureau Superintendent Stacy Miltenberg told members of the Parking Commission at their May 11 meeting that the agency started making calls to commuters at the end of January to confirm whether they still wanted to purchase a permit and she reported the following results:

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Lumberyard: Out of 70 commuters contacted, 28 purchased permits, 17 declined, and 25 did not respond
Richmond Hill: Out of 29 commuters contacted, 8 purchased permits, 11 declined, and 10 did not respond
Talmadge Hill: Out of 94 commuters contacted, 34 purchased permits, 26 declined, and 34 did not respond

Miltenberg said that the bureau has stopped making calls to commuters on the waiting lists because they’re now in the process of sending out renewals to current permit holders, scheduled to be mailed out this month. “We can’t give current permits out while we start doing renewals because I have to change the whole computer system over [from one task to the next],” she said. The bureau expects that it will pick up the waiting list call process again at the end of August once the renewal process has ended.

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Three Adult Teens Ticketed for Pot Possession, Drug Paraphernalia at Talmadge Hill Station

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Police on Monday night cited three Darien teens for minor drug violations after finding them smoking pot at Talmadge Hill Railroad Station. At about 7:50 p.m. on Jan. 2, an officer on patrol there spotted the trio standing outside a vehicle parked at the station’s lot, according to a police report. ____________

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Approaching them, the office smelled the odor of marijuana coming from inside the car, the report said.