Roundup: Board Of Ed, Motorcycle Rally, Ben Casparius …

The Westport Board of Education meets this Thursday (September 5, 7 p.m., Staples High School cafeteria). Their full agenda includes:

• Redistricting
• Student enrollment report
• Staffing Report
• “No Place for Hate”
• Code of Conduct
• Second reading of student discipline policy.

The Long Lots School Building Committee also meets on Thursday (September 5, 6 p.m., Town Hall Room 201). An agenda is not yet available.

Westport’s current elementary and middle school map. Possible minor redistricting may be discussed this year.

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Connecticut’s largest annual 9/11 tribute — the CT United motorcycle ride — roars to life this Sunday (September 8, Sherwood Island State Park).

The event honors victims of the terrorist attack, first responders, and also state first responders who lost their lives on the job this year.

The 60-mile motorcycle ride is nonstop. Riders — escorted by police — proceed through intersections and stop lights without stopping, so drivers can expect significant delays.

From Sherwood Island, riders take I-95 to Exit 17. They head up Route 33 (Saugatuck and Riverside Avenues, and Wilton Road), through Wilton, Redding, Bethel, Newtown, Monroe and Trumbull, before ending at Bridgeport’s Seaside Park.

Proceeds from the fundraiser go to the Connecticut Professional Fire Fighters Emergency Relief Fund, and the Hundred Club of Connecticut, for loved ones of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.

Motorcycles mass before the start of the 2021 CT Ride United, at Sherwood Island State Park. (Photo/Penny Pearlman)

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Two follow-ups to yesterday’s “06880” Roundup item about Ben Casparius, the 2017 Staples High School graduate who earned his first Major League Baseball win with a 1-2-3 inning in relief Saturday night, for the Dodgers in Phoenix:

Before he was a state champion player for the Wreckers — and Connecticut’s Gatorade Player of the Year –a dominating Casparius won a Little League town title in 3rd grade. Even then, teammates, opponents, coaches and fans knew he was special.

Casparius’ girlfriend has some serious athletic chops herself.

Erin Matson is one of the most famous field hockey players ever. She led the University of North Carolina to 4 NCAA championships. Just a month after graduating, she was named head coach of the Tar Heels. (Hat tip: Jeff Mitchell)

Ben Casparius

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Kevin Gasvoda has not lived in Westport long.

But he’s quickly appreciated the wildlife near his Lees Pond home.

Here’s his “Westport … Naturally” contribution a bald eagle, soaring majestically overhead.

(Photo/Kevin Gasvoda)

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And finally … Happy Labor Day!

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