Remarkable!
The Remarkable Bookcycle — Westport’s free and mobile library, started by Jane Green (yes, the Jane Green) and now kept rolling by others — is back where it belongs.
In front of the old Remarkable Book Shop.
The 3-wheeled library pays homage — in color, logo and spirit — to the remarkable (upper and lowercase) store that sat, for 3 decades, happily on the corner of Main Street and Parker Harding Plaza.
Folks of all ages came from all over the area to sit in comfy chairs, read, and — yes — shop locally.
The Remarkable Book Shop then spent a few unhappy years as a Talbots. Now it’s back as a local shop — called, of course, Local to Market.
The Remarkable Bookcycle, outside Local to Market. (Photo/Chris Marcocci)
Westport’s little free library has left Compo Beach — where it summered — and Bedford Square, where it most recently resided. It’s now parked perfectly on the patio outside Local to Market.
Chris Marcocci, the owner of the food/coffee/gift/gift basket/and more shop — who gives a portion of sales to (of course) local charities == has agreed to keep the bookcycle fully stocked.
So drop on by. Pick up a book. Drop one off.
Then shop locally. Just as so many Westporters did at that same spot, for years.
How do we get a small, independent book shop back in town?!
We have one. The Westport Book Shop on Jesup Green, across from the library.