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Eversource continues to restore power to the 1,450-plus customers who lost it in last night’s rain-and-wind storm.
The worst affected area was Hillspoint Road south of the I-95 bridge, down to Soundview Road. 550 customers were affected.
We’re lucky. Most trees still don’t have full leaves. If this happened a few weeks later, the damage could be much worse.
Downed tree, on Hillandale Road. (Photo/Bob
Weingarten)
We’re also lucky that this is spring break for public schools. Easton Road is closed west of North Avenue, with a number of trees down. That would have played havoc with this morning’s bus rides to our 4 North Avenue schools.
Easton Road scene. (Photo/Jeff Mitchell)
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It’s not quite the “Teardown of the Day.”
But work has begun to replace a 1,114-square foot Coleytown Elementary School portable classroom with a more modern, efficient and bigger (2,713 square feet) one.
The classroom — used most recently at Fairfield’s Holland Hill Elementary School — will solve a space crunch, due to increasing enrollment at CES.
Preparing for a new portable classroom at Coleytown Elementary School. (Photo/Jeff Mitchell)
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Matt Murray jut got his Optimum bill. Tucked inside were new “Terms of Service & Information.”
They seemed long. Really long.
Matt spread them out in his kitchen. Then he took out a tape measure.
He was right. Unfolded, they’re 35 inches long.
That’s twice the length of a newborn baby.
Optimum’s “Terms of Service & Information.” (Photo/Matt Murray)
But don’t try to read them all. They’re in a type size Matt estimates at “less than 5-point.”
On the upside, there’s a Spanish-language version on back.
“I get the feeling Optimum really cares about its customers,” Matt says, tongue firmly planted in cheeck. “I can’t figure out why people say such bad things about our cable service provider.”
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The past 2 years have turned the world upside down.
Now Beechwood Arts — the intimate, immersive arts-and-more salon — is back. They’re celebrating the resilience of the human spirt — especially the artistic innovation and reinvention that’s occurred during these upside-down times.
Beechwood’s spring season is called “Upside Down.” Both are hosted by the Westport Library, produced by their superb Verso Studios staff.
On Friday, May 6 (7 p.m.): Dan Tepfer’s #BachUpside Down. He’s performed this innovative project worldwide. He’ll then join internationally famed pianist — and Beechwood co-founder — Frederic Chiu onstage, for a lively conversation.
The following Friday (May 13, 7 p.m.), “GatherRound UpsideDown Art & Story Share” brings the community together. Art will be projected o the Library’s large screen, as artists tell their stories. The first “GatherRound” drew over 200 people.
Click here to register for Dan Tepfer’s #BachUpsideDown. Click here to register for “Gather Round Upside Down Art & Story Share.” For more information, click here.
Note about the logo below: In some Yogic traditions the Tree of Life is turned upside down. The tree exposes its essence — that which grounds it and gives it life. That reflects how this period has caused many artists to tap into their essence, discovering what truly grounds them.
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Jillian Elder — of “Finding Westport” fame — has rolled out new designs.
She’s got new tank tops, t-shirts, hoodies and mugs, all saying “203 Westport.” Click here to see, and order.
She’s also got a rainbow-colored Pride line, with more to come soon. Click here to see, and order.
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Jeff Bullwinkel grew up in Westport. He and his wife spend most of their time in Amsterdam. But they were back this weekend — just in time to enjoy the magnificent cherry trees on their South Compo Road property.
Jeff shares their beauty, as today’s “Westport … Naturally” feature.
(Photo/Jeff Bullwinkel)
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Every 33 years, 3 of the world’s most popular religions celebrate very important holidays at the same time.
This is one of those rare years. The Christian celebration of Holy Week, Jewish observation of Passover, and Muslim month of Ramadan all coincided this past weekend.
Happy Easter! Chag Sameach! Ramadan Mubarak!
Welcome back Jeff!
I wonder what’s lengthier- a CVS receipt or Optimum’s Terms of Service?
Cablevision/Altice/Optimum wins because the ToS is three times as wide as the CVS scrolls. Or an old (and sexist) joke: “Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end, you have to ignore everything, and click ‘I agree.'”
CVS is ridiculous. But you can request that they email your receipt (which comes with only a few “suggested deals,” though — as usual — mostly for things you just purchased.
Emailing receipts instead of handling thermal paper receipts is excellent advice. You will avoid the toxic effects of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol S in the ink.
As consumers who have become dependent upon good internet service we need Optimum to have serious competition!!
Kudos to Eversource for being much more on top of power outages. I was able to get regular updates on the outage and power was restored two hours earlier than the estimated time of restoration. I think Eversource is finally getting the message.