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Roundup: Heating Help, Subway History, More
Need assistance with home heating costs this winter? Connecticut’s federally funded Energy Assistance Program — administered through Westport’s Department of Human Services — offers help to low-income...
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Roundup: Sophie’s Rock, Kids’ Masks, Slow Down!, More
Sophia Grace was loving, sweet, courageous and radiant. She was born with Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare and debilitating genetic disorder. She died just after her 1st birthday. In her memory, Sophia’s...
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Roundup: Food Drive, All-American, More
Two important organizations (Homes with Hope and the Norwalk NAACP) will benefit from a drive sponsored by 2 important department (Westport Police and Human Services), and an important business...
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Roundup: Income Tax Help, Teachers Return, More
================================================== Need help with taxes? (Besides having more money, that is.) Westport’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program — free state and federal preparation —...
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors: What We All Can Do
Earlier this month, several Westporters grew worried about a neighbor. In his 90s, he lived alone. Several people would cook, and leave bags of food at his door. Two bags had not been retrieved; his...
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Marpe: Westport Plans For Spring And Summer — But Stay Safe!
1st Selectman Jim Marpe issued another COVID update today. It includes information about vaccines — and word that the town is planning for a Memorial Day parade, and a Levitt Pavilion season. He says:...
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Mental Health Awareness Month: You Are Not Alone
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. For centuries, “mental illness” was a taboo subject — ignored, covered up or lied about. Only recently has it come out of the shadows. We now talk about “mental...
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Positive Parenting Postcards
Parenting is hard. Everyone knows that. It’s like saying “I-95 sucks.” But every Westport parent has gotten that reminder 3 times in the past 3 weeks. Colorful postcards arrived in local mailboxes....
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Teen Survey: Drugs Of Choice, Coping With Stress, And More
About 60% of Staples High School seniors drink regularly. A quarter use marijuana. The same number vape — mostly THC. Those are some of the headline-grabbing statistics announced this week by the...
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McAlinden: Housing Rally A Good Start; More Needed
Helen McAlinden is excited about yesterday’s housing rally on Jesup Green. The event — co-sponsored by Homes with Hope, the Westport Housing Authority and Westport Department of Human Services — drew...
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CMS Giving Assembly: Important Tradition Continues
If it’s November, it must be time for the Giving Assembly. For several decades, Coleytown Middle School celebrated Thanksgiving with a month-long, school-wide project. Each grade selected one or two...
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Roundup: More Mitzvahs, Heating Help, Gaby Gonzalez …
======================================================= Yesterday’s “06880” lead story yesterday celebrated the works of members of 4 Westport synagogues. They’ll be honored December 12 by the...
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Roundup: Back-To-School Help, Online Returns, Hate Incidents …
If it’s August, it must be back-to-school time. Which means, it’s time to help local youngsters whose parents can’t afford all the bells and whistles — or perhaps even notebooks and pencils — that...
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Roundup: Election Day, Thanksgiving, Kristallnacht …
Pigs can’t vote. But people can. And everyone should. It’s the central tenet of democracy. Millions of people have marched, sacrificed, even given their lives for this country to ensure that right....
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Roundup: Hamlet, Holiday Giving, Casa Me, Middle School Art …
The Planning & Zoning Commission held its final public hearing last night on the proposed text and map amendment change for The Hamlet at Saugatuck. Scaled-down versions of the original plan show...
View Article“Westport … What’s Happening”: Jen Tooker On Traffic, Downtown Plan And Human...
1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker returns, for another Y’s Men of Westport and Weston podcast. This week she answers questions sent in by residents about traffic impacting the downtown plan, and whether it...
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Senior Center Names New Director
There will never be another Sue Pfister. But now there’s a Wendy Petty. The Fairfield resident — and, for the past 11 years, Weston Senior Activities Center director — was announced today as the new...
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School Mentors Get High Marks
Back in the (pre-pandemic) day, 26 mentors met weekly with Westport public school student mentees. They shared lunch, played games, developed friendships, and impacted each other’s lives. But 2 years...
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Roundup: Staples Hoops, Leaf Blowers, PJ Romano Field …
Today is the big day. Staples High School’s boys basketball team plays in its first state tournament final in — are you sitting down? — 86 years. Tipoff is 6:15 p.m. (Sunday), at the Mohegan Sun arena....
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“Spring Into Employment”— For Everyone
The Porch at Christie’s does it. So does the Westport Book Shop. And MoCA, The Residence, Lululemon, Nômade, Le Rouge Chocolates, Fleet Feet, the Senior Center and Michaels. Now — with Westport’s...
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Remembering Patty Haberstroh
Patty Haberstroh — a longtime beloved Westporter, who in decades of service touched the lives of countless residents, and whose courageous 6-year battle against ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) inspired many...
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Roundup: White Oak, Wakeman Town Farm, Justin Paul …
Our final photo of the Appletree Trail saga shows a large stump, where until yesterday a magnificent white oak stood: Its place will be taken soon by a new home, and swimming pool. Here is the “before”...
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Roundup: RTM Meeting, Domestic Violence Cell Phones, CLASP Bash …
By a 29-6 margin Tuesday night — and following 2 hours of debate — the Representative Town Meeting turned down a petition by resident John McCarthy. If passed, the measure would have compelled the RTM...
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Roundup: Blue Ribbons, Kids’ Gifts, New Stop Sign …
Jennifer Wolff writes: “On Tuesday, in an effort sponsored by Temple Israel and the Jewish Federation, a few of us, including my friend Deborah Slade, met to tie blue ribbons around light poles and...
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Roundup: Cigar & Vape Break-In, Muddy Brook Meeting, Finance Workshop …
Thieves slammed a car into Westport Cigar & Vape early yesterday morning. They grabbed the cash register and some e-cigarette items, then fled. Westport Police officers arriving at the shop between...
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