Beloved Westport artist/Staples High School graduate/”06880″ board member Miggs Burroughs sends along this holiday greeting.
And right back at ya, Miggs!
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Josh Koskoff has earned tons of national attention. As lead attorney representing the Sandy Hook families, he won a momentous decision in a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
On Tuesday, the Staples High School graduate, longtime Westport resident and senior partner at Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder of Bridgeport was on a different stage: the Westport Rotary Club’s lunch meeting.
He noted that 20 years ago, mass shootings were not a major problem. He cited some factors that explain our gun violence epidemic, including laxer gun laws, excessive greed on the part of gun manufacturers, internet-enabled direct marketing of assault weapons to young people, and a “crisis of unhappiness” that makes them susceptible to angry, toxic and violent messaging.
Koskoff ended on a positive note. He believes that gun control forces are growing, becoming moreorganized and financed, and now stand a better chance of passing necessary legislation.
Josh Koskoff with an AR-15 assault rifle, at Tuesday’s Westport Rotary Club meeting. (Photo/Dave Matlow)
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The Bedford Acting Group invites everyone to “Be Our Guest, Be Our Guest, Be Our Guest” at their production of “Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical!”
With strong vocal and dance talents, an inventive set and fine costumes, the well-known tale about a spirited, book-loving French village girl, the hideous beast who imprisons her, and the quirky, hilarious characters in the famous classic come to life.
For younger fans, BAG offers a special opportunity to participate in a “Be Our Guest Experience.” It includes a meet-and-greet with Belle and other characters from the show, plus “Beauty and the Beast”-themed crafts and games. The event will take place Saturday, December 2 at 1:30 p.m., before the matinee (separate tickets are required).
Performances are Friday, December 1 (7 p.m.).; Saturday, December 2 (3 and 7 p.m.), and Sunday, December 3 (3 p.m.). Borh matinees are already sold out. Click here for tickets to the evening shows.
The cast and crew of Bedford Acting Group’s “Beauty and the Beast.”
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Jolantha — Weston’s favorite pig — is glad that today’s holiday is all about turkeys.
But just wait till Christmas dinner …
(Photo/Hans Wilhelm)
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As if shopping for Thanksgiving isn’t stressful enough, one Whole Foods customer returned to the parking lot to find their car ablaze.
The Westport Fire Department came quickly, and extinguished it. No one was hurt.
That will be quite a tale to tell around today’s table.
(Photo/Bob Weingarten)
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It could not be more natural: Every day, the sun rises in the east.
But some days, it could not be more beautiful.
Which is why this photo is today’s “Westport … Naturally” image.
Enjoy blessings like this one. And don’t forget to be thankful for it.
Today. And every day.
(Photo/Patricia McMahon)
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And finally … if you’re of a certain age, you know why this is the traditional Thanksgiving song.
If you’re not, and you don’t know — well, just listen.
Trust me: The 18 1/2 minutes are well worth it.
Haven’t heard Arlo’s complete lyrical anti Viernam war missive in some years, and never with these clever illustrations. It never gets old.
Thanks Dan
Happy Thanksgiving
Fabulous Turkey Miggs
In the film, the New Haven RRs GCT-Pittsfield train made a cameo. It was a beautiful, bucolic route and when I took it in 1968, the New Haven’s senior conductor was on it. By that time it was down to 2 round trips a week and the Penn Central killed it off by substituting a Budd RDC car, making passengers change trains to get to New York.
At one time, the train had an extra purpose–on the back it carried rolls of the special paper our currency is made from. This car would be dropped off at Stamford where it would then be carried to Washington on the Colonial, the morning train to Washington.
Can Josh Koskoff explain how more and more laws on gun abiding citizens takes guns that are used by criminals out of the criminals hands? Criminals, even prohibited persons (existing felons), are probably committing way more gun crimes total than mass shootings. Its easy to make laws on law abiding citizens but its really hard to actually fight crime and go after the criminals. Politicians put on a show for the most part and take away freedoms instead of doing the really hard work, rolling up their sleeves, and actually solving the true issue(s), and keeping existing criminals from getting their hands on guns.