WESTPORT — “The State of the Town” … 2022.

Looking back at Westport’s 2021, there should be plenty to talk about:

• New leadership for the Board of Selectwomen and the Board of Education. And a political season that brought an infusion of fresh blood for many town commissions and boards, nearly all of them now led by women, as well as a few notable retirements. 

• The continuing COVID-19 pandemic, with surges propelled by the Delta and Omicron variants. Pandemic-relief funding — $8.4 million from the American Rescue Plan Act — and how to spend it.

• Local businesses still grappling with pandemic-fueled challenges of supply-chain delays and staffing shortages.

• A reopened Coleytown Middle School, and big problems uncovered at Long Lots Elementary School.

• Angry debate over “Critical Race Theory” — what it is and whether it’s being taught in Westport schools.

And on and on … 

In a joint “State of the Town” program Sunday, Feb. 6, First Selectwoman Jennifer Tooker and Board of Education Chairwoman Lee Goldstein will take stock of Westport’s eventful past year and offer a look ahead for what may be in store this new year.

The event, co-sponsored by the Westport Sunrise Rotary and the Westport Rotary Club, is set for 2 p.m. at the Westport Library.

The free program will take place in the library’s Trefz Forum and also will be live-streamed online. 

To attend in person, register here. 

The program can be viewed live online via the town’s website, registering at the library’s Zoom webinar link, or on public access Channels 79 (Optimum) and 6020 (Frontier).

The program also will include a question-and-answer session with the two officials moderated by Representative Town Meeting Moderator Jeff Wieser.

Questions for Tooker and Goldstein may be emailed before and during the State of the Town program to WestportSOTT@gmail.com.