Roundup: Sundance, Merritt, Mussels …

Westport’s Sundance store will close soon.

A representative of the Main Street outlet inferred to “06880” that the entire chain is in liquidation. She passed our contact info on to the national office, which never called back.

(Photo/Sal Liccione)

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Lisa Seidenberg read yesterday’s Roundup item about renumbering the Merritt Parkway exits with interest. She writes: “This is historic for those of us who are Merritt fans.

“In 2008 I made a documentary, ‘The Road Taken …The Merritt Parkway.’ So now that film truly becomes a time capsule.

“Actually it already was, as many of those I interviewed in the film are no longer with us. The list includes Henry ‘Buzz’ Merritt (a grand-nephew of Schuyler Merritt, the Stamford congressman the parkway is named after), and humorist Alan Abel, a longtime Westport resident.”

Interested? Click here or below, to watch this 33-minute fascinating video.

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Alert — and environmentally conscious — “06880” reader Rick Benson writes: “Someone is dumping mussel and oyster shells, with lemons and forks, into Sherwood Mill Pond by the kayak launch, and at Old Mill Beach by the boat ramp.”

(Photo/Rick Benson)

Definitely not cool.

Rick suggests “neighbors should report suspicious activity to the police.”

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VFW Post 399 reaches out to veterans in many ways.

Next up: a Veterans Benefits Luncheon on July 17 (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.).

It’s free, and open to all veterans as part of an ongoing effort to check in on all veterans’ welfare, and connect them with the benefits and support they earned.

Representatives will answer questions, and provide information on services and assistance available to veterans.

RSVPs are encouraged (but not required). Email vfw399ct@gmail.com, and include the number of attendees, or call (203) 227-6796.

PS: If you’re not a veteran, but know one: Please pass the word!

All veterans are invited to the VFW’s free June 12 luncheon.

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The Levitt Pavilion drew another large crowd last night, for Umphrey’s McGee.

(Photo/Copyright DinkinESH Fotografix)

Tonight’s free show features Indie folk-rocker Sway Wild (Satruday, 7:30 p.m.),

Michael Franti & Spearhead, with Cimafunk take the open-air stage tomorrow(Sunday, 5 p.m.), for a paid-ticket concert.

Click here to purchase tickets, and for more information.

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Meanwhile, both Jimmy Izzo and Jamie Walsh spotted this new way of ensuring your mailbox does not get knocked over, on Gorham Avenue:

(Photo/Jimmy Izzo)

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Here’s a first for our “Westport … Naturally” feature: a wasp nest.

(Photo/Johanna Keyser Rossi)

Johanna Keyser Rossi spotted it at the Senior Center.

For a cool look at what can be done — artistically — with these amazing works of nature (once the creators move on), click here.

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And finally … Dave “Baby” Cortez — whose 1959 song “The Happy Organ” was the first instrumental song to top the Billboard Hot 100 — died 3 years ago.

But his death — and his burial in a Bronx potter’s field — only recently came to light, thanks to the work of a 15-year-old doo wop fan in Australia. Click here to read the full story, and obituary.

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