To clarify yesterday’s Roundup story on absentee ballots:
The registrars of voters have not “counted” ballots yet. They cannot do that until tomorrow. What they did on Saturday was open the ballots, to find any without signatures.
Five of those — out of approximately 8,000 returned — were discovered. Those voters will be contacted today, and are allowed to vote in person tomorrow.
As Thanksgiving nears, Wakeman Town Farm is collecting nutritious, non-perishable food, for delivery to 2 local pantries. Among the items most in
demand:
- Pasta
- Rice and quinoa
- Oatmeal
- Cereal
- Mac and cheese
- Canned fruits
- Applesauce
- Dried fruits (raisins, prunes, apricots, etc.)
- Canned vegetables
- Soups (canned or boxed)
- Stews and chili (canned or boxed)
- Peanut butter and jelly
- Dried beans and ;entils
- Canned tuna, salmon, chicken in water or broth
- Jell-O
- Protein and granola bars, unsalted nuts and seeds, whole grain crackers
- Coffee and tea.
Items can be dropped off at the “Food Donation” bins at the gates to Wakeman Town Farm on Cross Highway, and at Franny’s Farmacy and Savannah Bee.
As COVID cases rise, what will local retailers do on Black Friday?
Jillian Elder wants to know. The founder of the Finding Westport platform — your go-to site for all local retailers, restaurants and services — is surveying businesses, and will post that information soon. It will go on Finding Fairfield County and Finding Connecticut too.
If you’re a retailer or restaurant owner, tell Jillian your hours, limitations on customers, etc. Email submissions@findingwestport.com.
Westport writer Ruth Shalit Barrett’s long article about crazy, college-focused Fairfield County niche youth sports — fencing, crew, squash, lacrosse — created quite a buzz when The Atlantic published it last month.
It’s creating more buzz now. First, the magazine appended an extraordinary 800-word correction.
Last night, the Atlantic retracted the entire piece. Click here to read why.
The Atlantic illustrated Ruth Shalit Barrett’s story with this time-lapse photo by Pelle Cass.
Every day, the Y’s Men walk. Yesterday was typical: a group gathered at the train station, then headed out for 4 1/2 miles. Molly Alger joined them, as “the token woman.”
All walks are socially distanced — except for their brief gathering for this photo, part way through.
And finally … today is of course the Day of the Dead.
