Or, at least one of them does.
Jennifer Sabella is a 1982 Staples graduate. She lives in Litchfield now. For years she’s passed by a junkyard near the Route 8 Colonial Avenue exit in Waterbury.
Deep in the woods — almost hidden by brush — she spotted an old Westport Minnybus.
Jennifer DeJesus Sabella’s 1975 and ’76 Minnybus passes.
Back in the day, they were Westport’s cutting-edge (yet diesel-belching) transportation technology. Driving fixed routes, they ferried people — mostly kids — around town. At least one parent was known to park kids on a Minnybus for a round-trip or two, using it as a vehicular babysitter.
At least 10,000 youngsters used it as a place to escape home, smoke cigarettes, make out.
Jennifer always wanted to take a photo. But that stretch of highway is busy. The junkyard entrance is hard to find. And there’s (of course) a barking dog.
The other day though, there was very little traffic. She pulled over.
And she recorded this little bit of Westport history, now rusting quietly away in the Valley.
