Candidates for State Senate and House seats squared off yesterday, at the Westport Library. The debate was sponsored by the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce. Chamber director Matthew Mandell moderated.
Among the main topics: reproductive rights and affordable housing.
Candidates at yesterday’s Westport Library event. (Photo/Dave Matlow)
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Bob Weingarten reports on the latest tree-cutting: He estimates more than a dozen have been felled at 31 Turkey Hill Road South, “and more” to come.
(Photo/Bob Weingarten)
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Fall is in full force. But the Westport Farmers’ Market plows on in its summer location — the Imperial Avenue parking lot — every Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
They’ll be there another month, through November 10.
In addition to vendors with seasonal vegetables and fruits, meat, milk, cheese, seafood, baked goods, prepared foods (plus knife, scissors and tool sharpening), the Farmers’ Market hosts different musicians each week.
Tomorrow (October 20), hear Picnic on the 4th of July. Guitars, banjo, harmonica, washboard and vocals offer “new grass” music – songs with a bluegrass twist. The band includes Westporters Louis Fuertes and Pat Blaufuss.
Picnic on the 4th of July band members (from left): Martin Daniels, Jeff Carroll, Pat Blaufuss, Louis Fuertes. (Photo /Lynda Carroll)
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Westport Country Playhouse has added a 5th play — the comedy of manners “The Cocktail Hour” by A. R. (Pete) Gurney, to its 2023 seaso
“Pete Gurney has been a Playhouse audience favorite for many decades,” says WCP artistic director Mark Lamos, who will direct the show.
“My long association and friendship with him, both at the Playhouse and Off-Broadway, makes me happy to be reunited with his work.”
For more information on the 2023 season, including tickets, click here.
Westport Country Playhouse (Photo/Lynn U. Miller)
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Several dozen Westporters received flu shots yesterday, at the Senior Center.
The event was sponsored by the Aspetuck Health District. The Fire Department’s Rescue 3 unit was on hand to help.
Getting ready for flu season. (Photo/Molly Alger)
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Sherwood Mill Pond presents ever-changing scenes — perfect for “Westport … Naturally.”
This morning, Matt Murray spotted egrets in the fog:
(Photo/Matt Murray)
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And finally … Peter Tosh was born today in 1944. From 1963 to 1976 he, Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer were the heart of the reggae band the Wailers. He then became a successful solo artist. He was killed in 1987 during a home invasion, at age 42.
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