Tuesday’s “06880” was devoted to gratitude from our readers. You gave thanks for family, friends, health, the beauty and community of Westport, and the opportunity to live in the United States of America.
Today it’s my turn.
I am truly grateful for each and every reader. You make our community — online and off — one of the liveliest, most robust, most fulfilling and fun on earth.
We may not always agree. We may have different views on everything from trees to Trump.
But whatever we talk about — the downtown of yesterday, the homes of today, the Saugatuck of tomorrow — we do so with the common bond of community.
Westport illustrator Stevan Dohanos’ “Saturday Evening Post” cover, Thanksgiving 1941 — 82 years ago.
We are all Westporters, of some type. Something brought us here: to this town, and this corner of cyberspace. Both are places that mean something to us. Something keeps us tied to this town, and this site.
As we look around the planet — the only one we’ve got — we realize we’ve got it pretty damn good.
Thank you for being part of “06880.” Enjoy the day, wherever in town or the world you happen to be.
Thank YOU, Dan Woog for being the magnet that pulls us all together. And for providing this playground which is as informational and as interesting as anything out there on the World Wide Web.
Happy Thanksgiving Dan, appreciate you very much!
And thank you for 06880 and all the work you put into it.
Here in Vermont, Dan keeps me up-to-date on all things Westport. I am grateful for that and for my 30 years there. For Thanksgiving we are in Providence, Dan’s old stomping grounds with Jordan and her family and Michael.
Happy Thanksgiving,Dan. I thank you and your team for being such a wonderful source of news for our town of Westport.
Happy Thanksgiving to you Dan and to my Westport neighbors near and far. I am grateful that I settled in Westport after attending college in this great state. Without Westport I would not have met my wonderfully kind husband Pietro and then have our two great kids Tomaso and Lucia. This town has given us so much and means so much to all of us. We plan to be here forever. Blessings and Peace to all!
Happiest of Thanksgiving to you Dan and everyone in our #06880 community 💫🍁💫🍁
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. (I’ll be having a “fowl” Thanksgiving with family.)
You all are awesome. Thanks for your thanks – it means more than you’ll ever know. Here’s to a great, and grateful, day!
Thank you Dan for keeping us together! Happy Holidays my friend.
Gratitude for all you do … 🧡
As ever Dan, you 🪨 rock! Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving amd thank you for keeping me connected to my hometown even though I’m far away
Thank you for all you do to keep us Westporters from away still tied to our home town. Also, it was the nicest thing ever when you gave the class of ’67 a tour of the “new” Staples when we were in town for our 50th anniversary. Thank you for that.
Happy Thanksgiving Dan! and thank YOU!!!
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I will never get tired of seeing the Stevan Dohanos Saturday Evening Post cover for Thanksgiving. It’s hard to believe it is from 82 years ago. Thank you, Dan. And I hope everyone enjoyed a very nice Thanksgiving.
AND A BIG THANK YOU! (shouting)
Dan Woog, Westport is so lucky to have you!!
Thank you for all you do!
Judy Reid
I’m thankful for my SHS 71′ classmate, >Danny Woog-bone”
Friends for 60 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!