Winners of Tuesday’s election — newcomers and incumbents — will be sworn in on Monday, November 20 (7:30 p.m., Town Hall auditorium).
The public is invited to attend.
Dozens of town officials — including board and commission members, and those on the Representative Town Meeting — will take oaths of office November 20. This is a file photo from 2021. (Photo/Andrew Colabella)
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Loyal customers love Peggy’s Cottage — the great everything-Irish (and English, Scottish and Welsh) Post Road store, opposite Stop & Shop.
It’s a little bit of home — warm, comfortable, welcoming.
But there’s always something new there, too.
For example:
- Irish Word Bangle Bracelets
- 100% Irish Wool Socks.
- Mittens
- Irish knitwear for babies.
- Celtic design pashmina wool and silk scarves, inspired by Irish islands with the story of each isle on the hangtag.
- Ireland t-shirts
- Books, from a Celtic wholesale company.
Click here for more very cool (and often green) merchandise.
New arrivals at Peggy’s Cottage.
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Speaking of holiday shopping:
The Westport Library Gift Store is now open, and filled with gifts. It’s located in the writing center adjacent to the Hub on the main floor, alongside the Library Store and Patron Services desk.
There are gifts for readers, writers, and anyone else special: handmade scarves, hats and gloves; puzzles and games; decorative items like unique snow globes; notebooks and journals; toys, art supplies, novelty items for kids, and more.
An added gift: Purchases are tax free. All proceeds support Library services and programs.
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High school students were not around in the 1960s. Most of their parents were not, either.
But MoCA Westport is reaching back to that famous decade, while seeking submissions for their 2024 High School Student Art Exhibition.
The theme of the open call is “Through the Lens of Icons: Revisiting the 1960s.” The idea is to “reimagine the ’60s through your creative lens.” Individuals, moments or symbols that hold cultural, political or personal significance are welcome.
Categories include photography, painting, drawing, sculpture and video. Students may submit only one work each.
The deadline is December 1. For more details, including submission guidelines, click here.
President Kennedy, his wife Jackie and Texas Governor John Connolly, moments before the assassination that changed the world.
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The “bridge slide” portion of the I-95 project is over.
But construction delays remain.
Long ones.
Last night, Jo Shields Sherman reports, 3 state highway trucks were traveling south, “as fast as 5 miles an hour.” Police vehicles kept pace, preventing any vehicles from passing.
One view of I-95, from the Hillspoint Road bridge …
The view from the other side of the bridge seemed eerie, she says, with not a single vehicle in sight. Here’s what it looked like:
(Photos/Jo Shields Sherman)
By 8:30, traffic was moving well again.
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After a 3-year hiatus, Stephanie Bass returns to the stage.
Westport’s favorite 70something comedian offers her always-hilarious take on life — including getting older, and raising a kid from 5 to adulthood in this wonderful, odd, often (unintentionally) humorous town.
The free show (including both stand-up and storytelling) on November 17 (7 p.m., Westport Library) is presented by students of Verso University’s Stand-Up comedy series. The host is comedian (and course instructor) Mina Hartong.
Click here for more information.
Stephanie Bass, at the Gotham Comedy Club.
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Staples High School’s November Students of the Month are seniors Dylan Fiore and Dylan Walsh, juniors Will Boberski and Kate Weitz, sophomores Tyler Smalls and Mia Zibly, and freshmen Ishan Pasham and Eliza Wadley.
Students of the Month “help make Staples a welcoming place for their peers and teachers alike. They are the ‘glue’ of the Staples community: the type of kind, cheerful, hard-working, trustworthy students that keep the high school together, making it the special place that it is.”
November Students of the Month (from left): Dylan Walsh, William Boberski, Mia Zibly, Kate Weitz, Eliza Wadley. Not pictured: Dylan Fiore, Ishan Pasham, Tyler Smalls.
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The Westport Library’s Big Fall Book Sale is set for 3 weeks before winter: December 1-4.
On sale: thousands of gently used books for children and adults in more than 50 categories, antiquarian books, vinyl records, music CDs, movie and TV DVDs, plus a limited selection of ephemera and artwork, and the “Fiction for $1” room.
Hours are Friday, December 1 (noon to 6 p.m.), Saturday, December 2 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Sunday, December 3 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m., nearly everything half price), and Monday, December 4 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; fill logo bags for $8 or $10).
On December 1 (8:55 a.m. to noon), the book sale is open via an Early Access ticket (click here to buy). For more information, click here.
To volunteer at the sale, email volunteers@westportbooksales.org.
Can’t make the sale? Visit the nonprofit Westport Book Shop across Jesup Green from the Library, or shop any time on the Book Sale’s Online Store, or eBay.
Westport Library Book Sale.
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It’s been a few days since Tracy Porosoff sent in this “Westport … Naturally” photo.
Hopefully, these flowers are still hanging on, in her backyard garden.
(Flowers/Tracy Porosoff)
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And finally … if high school students need a prompt to create art for MoCA Westport’s “1960s” exhibition (story above), there are tens of thousands of songs to choose from.
Here are 3:
(“06880” looks back often — and looks to the present and future always. Please help us continue our work. Click here to make a tax-deductible contribution. Thank you!)
I’m a huge fan of this “Cottage”. Please let your reader’s know that Peggy’s Cottage will be open Sundays(starting this) from 10am-4pm through the holiday season.
Peggy’s cottage is a gem. Delicious Irish fresh and frozen meats and bread.
The lady who runs it( as was meg RIP) are just wonderful.
The depth and breath of Irish products and delicious food at Peggy’s Cottage is a truly terrific gem that brings the best of Killarney here to Westport.
Marah and Michael enthusiastically bring a bit of Irish craic (and products) to town. As a landmark, they proudly fly both Old Glory and the Irish tricolor across from Stop & Shop.
We stop into Peggy’s Cottage several times a month to stock up on Irish food and Irish sausages (3 choices!), brown bread, Barry’s tea, etc. And irresistible Irish sweets. Plus wonderful additions to the house, as well as really nice Irish clothing.
When asked by my family “what would you like for Christmas?” happily my answers are conveniently found at Peggy’s Cottage!
I love Peggy’s Cottage too. I just phone in my order, and friend picks up my items … love my Barry’s Tea with Kerry Gold buttered toast and Irish marmalade. Excellent customer service!
I miss going there in person. I’m glad I live close to a steady supply of Barry’s Tea, founded by my grandfather in 1901 in Cork City, my home town. Mary Condon, Southport
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