Yesterday — after years of fundraising and preparation — VFW Joseph J. Clinton Post 399 began dredging its 50-year-old marina.
The Saugatuck River project will restore the 34-slip marina, a task required every 20 years to maintain its functionality and safety.
The initial phase began with Post members dismantling the existing marina, in preparation for the digging to start next week.
“We’re very excited and relieved that we are finally moving forward,” says Post 399 quartermaster Phil Delgado.
“With growing local membership and more visiting veterans taking advantage of our offerings, we realized this project was essential to ensuring our financial future.
“We will create a space where veterans, their friends and the community can enjoy the fantastic views of the Saugatuck River.”
Dock work on the Saugatuck.
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Restaurant Week begins today.
The Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce’s annual event runs through Sunday, October 13. Yes, that’s 2 weeks. I guess “Restaurant Fortnight” sounds too confusing, in this video game age.
One of the 20 restaurants — Rizzuto’s — has added something special to its prix fixe menu.
Owner Bill Rizzuto has planned a “throwback menu” to the days the Riverside Avenue spot was Manero’s. (It was later several other restaurants, including John Harvard’s and Conte’s.)
It features a buttery garlic bread basket, prime rib, and (of course) Manero’s beloved gorgonzola salad with each main course dish.
They’ll also serve “dividend martinis and Manhattans.”
For a full list of all participating restaurants, with links to their menus, click here.
PS: This week marks Rizzuto’s 15th anniversary here. Congrats!
Rizzuto’s
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There’s a special guest at this Friday’s Sunrise Rotary Club meeting.
1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker will share her administration’s priorities, and offer updates.
The event, at Green’s Farms Church, starts at 7 a.m., with coffee, bagels and muffins. The meeting begins at 7:30, with Tooker starting around 8.
At its regular meeting on Friday, October 4, 2024, the Westport Sunrise Rotary Club will have as its speaker Westport First Selectwoman Jen Tooker. She will share her administration’s priorities and provide an update on all the great things that are happening in Westport. There will be time for Q&A.
The public is invited,witht RSVPs requested: info@WestportSunriseRotary.org.
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Many Staples High School sports teams run car wash fundraisers.
All are high-energy. They almost always attract a few interesting vehicles.
Yesterday’s boys soccer squad car wash, at Christ & Holy Trinity Church, drew a very interesting one.
(Photo/Dan Woog)
The Westport Fire Department stopped by, after answering a call for a possible gas leak at nearby Church Lane.
No, the boys did not wash the truck. Firefighters take care of that on their own.
They are very smart men and women.
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Thomas Jendrock spotted this sign, at Sherwood Island State Park:
He calls it ambiguous.
Agreed.
“The red slash is through the person and the dog,” Thomas notes.
“Does that mean people are banned (doggie’s pets), or doggies are banned (people’s pets)?” Or both?
But the red slash does not look official. Maybe someone is trying to suggest that the sign itself should be banned?
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And so it begins.
One of the first trees to turn this fall — and the subject of today’s “Westport … Naturally” feature — is this one on Peaceful Lane, off Whitney Street:
(Photo/Molly Alger)
There are thousands more to come.
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And finally … today is Broadway Musicals Day.
There are so many to choose from. But let’s go with one song, from one musical, with a Westport connection: 2003 Staples High School graduate Justin Paul’s “Dear Evan Hansen”):
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