The Paul Newman story continues.
In the aftermath of a 6-part television series on the legendary actor/race car driver/philanthropist, attention is now focused on a posthumous memoir.
“The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man” — set for official publication tomorrow — has an extraordinary back story. Melissa Newman — one of his and Joanne Woodward’s daughters — spoke about it, in a long story in yesterday’s New York Times.
His long life in Westport is mentioned, of course — and there’s a photo from inside his North Avenue home.
Click here for the full, fascinating story. (Hat tip: Fred Cantor)
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A recent “06880” Roundup story on free money — well, money that’s yours, but is being held unbeknownst to you by the Connecticut state treasurer — intrigued Ken Stamm. (Click here and stop reading immediately, to go to the website.)
In August, he had already gone hunting for hidden treasure. When he returned to the site following the “06880 notice, he found good news: Notarization is no longer required.
The bad news: Despite the website’s promise that you will be “reunited with your money as quickly as possible,” Ken says “it appears nobody’s home.”
Despite duly filing a valid claim with all evidence online (and keepin records of everything), he has yet to receive a response.
“Apparently,” Ken says, “this issue is enough of a problem to rise to one of the top 6 on which one of the state treasurer candidates is running.”
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COVID is still with us.
Curbside pick-up — not so much.
Except at Brooks Corner.
In the small shopping plaza on Main and Elm Streets, the first three parking spots are reserved for store employees to scurry out and — with the windows down or trunks popped — deliver goods to well-protected customers/drivers.
But not all retailers.
You can’t drive up and pick up your Brooks Brothers suit (or even a tie). Before New England Hemp Shop Farm opened, you had to park and walk inside for your CBD oil, topicals and edibles.
Nope. The 3 spots are for Lux, Bond & Green only.
I’m not sure how that little perk came about — or why it continues. But it sure seems like those are 3 parking spots everyone in Brooks Corner would like back.
Including — probably — Lux Bond & Green.
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Yesterday — for the 12th year in a row — the Westport Woman’s Club team took part in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at Sherwood Island State Park. Team members posed below:
From left: Vivien Rosenberg, Audrey Rabinowitz, Barbara Raffel, Arlene Johnson, Kate Weber, Toni Donahue, Leah Scherzer.
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Also yesterday: a Westport Library’s free concert.
Andrew Wilk produced the event, featuring American String Quartet violinist Peter Winograd and famed pianist Rohan De Silva. They met at Juilliard.
Peter Winograd and Rohan De Silva. (Photo and hat tip/Dave Matlow)
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“Busy as a bee” is not hyperbole.
Werner Liepolt captured a swarm recently. They gathered pollen from English ivy and delivered it to their hive. It’s one more piece — though often unseen — of “Westport … Naturally.”
(Photo/Werner Liepolt)
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And finally … Jeanne-Paule Marie “Jeannine” Deckers — aka The Singing Nun– was born today in 1933, in Brussels. The singer-songwriter/guitarist (and nun) reached the top of the charts with her upbeat tune “Dominique” in late 1963. A few weeks later the Beatles arrived in the US, and changed the music industry forever.
She and her close friend Annie Pécher died by suicide in 1985. They took overdoses of barbiturates and alcohol. In a note, they wrote that they wished to be buried together with the funeral rite of the Catholic Church.
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Dan
Newman lived on Coleytown road. Picked up Howard Jones and I hitchhiking, drove us to our home, and told us we needed to get behind Joe McCarthy who was the only thing between us and Vietnam!
I think you meant Eugene McCarthy.
Close, Craig. The address was North Avenue, just off the intersection with Coleytown. And it was Gene McCarthy — a far cry from Joe.
Dan. You are thinking of the other part of his property. He originally was in the front house on Coleytown Rd. I used to deliver wine/booze/beer there to him 1972ish….
Parking spots on private property? I would think the renters should read their leases?
Reserved or restricted tenant parking on lots? Unenforceable except by threat of towing, which can get complicated. The only enforceable restricted parking spaces are appropriately marked handicap spaces. If necessary, I will park in so-called tenant spaces (Stop & Shop, for example.) .