Storm Update
Webinar on heat pumps offered by Sustainable Westport
Free online event scheduled March 5.
Watching with Susan Granger February 13
Westporter Susan Granger reviews two wildly divergent rom-coms– Oscar-frontrunner “Anora” and studio dud “You’re Cordially Invited.”
Obituary: Daniel Purcell III
He had owned the Sportsman’s Bar in Westport and co-owned Purcell Moving; enjoyed travel, playing softball, boating and tinkering with cars and trucks, and is remembered as “a great man and a special friend.”
Plan to replace Old Mill cottage with tall house falls short again
Revised plan for Hillspoint plot, criticized by neighbors as too big and too high, fails to clear ZBA hurdle for second time in a month.
S’nowhere for hate: Snowmen send a warm message of love
Snowman-build at Saugatuck Congregational Church was a peaceful rebuke to antisemitic symbol found in Newman-Poses Preserve.
Letter: Board leaders express ‘disgust’ over antisemitic snowman
Officers of four major boards write that snowman built to resemble Adolf Hitler “has no place in Westport and is a despicable act. It is shameful that anyone would harbor such hate, and we hope it will never occur again in the town we love.”
Glen Hale named CEO of Westport Weston Family YMCA
He has been the Y’s chief financial officer and also its interim CEO since last August.
‘Coalition for Westport’ seeks allies for consequential year
Civic group monitoring range of major issues in local election year.
DHS jobs program matches older adults, students
Westport seniors get help, students get paid and work experience through intergenerational town program.
Athletic field lighting proposal gets shade from neighbors
P&Z modifications to proposed text amendment that would allow lights to be installed at more town fields generate more opposition.
Westport schools open with 2-hour delay Wednesday
Because of overnight snow, town’s public schools and bus routes will operate on schedule two hours later than usual.
Staples girls ‘steal’ 56-44 basketball victory
Danbury falls to Wreckers, who pulled off 24 steals in a Monday home win.
Police: ‘Hitler snowman’ found, antisemitic symbols gone
Investigators said hiker who photographed the snow sculpture in Newman-Poses Preserve later removed swastika and other antisemitic symbols before reporting it to a local rabbi.
Rebound: Staples boys basketball back in win column
Wreckers defeat Danbury, 42-34, Monday without top scorer Sam Clachko.
Girls hockey team puts the ‘co-op’ in cooperation
Staples players, part of Stamford-based Black Knights team, show that, “Towns don’t define us and friendships know no boundaries.”
Letter: Leaders need to speak out against hate, in any form
Writer says “Hitler snowman” incident illustrates that, “Leaders who know that the way communities come together, understand and appreciate our differences and build empathy is by calling out hate and having difficult conversations.”
Westport’s ‘heart’ celebrated at rededication of Homes with Hope shelters
Governor joins local officials lauding the agency’s renovation of Gillespie Center and Susie’s House, expanding services for people in need.
Questions arise as P&Z reviews Baron’s South housing initiative
Open space, costs emerge as issues during review of plan that could permit renovation of existing structures into “affordable” units.
Update: Others join ADL condemnation of ‘Hitler’ snowman in Westport
“The Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it,” the group said in a statement about swastika-wearing snowman found in Newman-Poses Preserve.
‘Identity’ theme of this year’s Teen Diversity Essay Contest
Co-sponsored by TEAM Westport and the Westport Library, contest asks high school students to explore topic in personal, community and acceptance terms.
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