Westport and Weston seem to have weathered the Blizzard of 2026 well.
At least, judging from the low number of power outages.
As of 6 a.m., Eversource reported only 17 Westport customers without electricity. That’s 0.13% of the town. They all appeared to be in the Center Street area of Greens Farms.
Weston had 85 outages (2.17%).
Statewide, 8,104 residents had lost power (0.61.%).
Snow and wind is expected to continue through noon. Another 2 to 4 inches of snow are possible, with winds continuing at 25 to 35 miles an hour.
Stay warm and safe! If you need anything, please email 06880blog@gmail.com. We’ll do our best to help!
The view outside “06880” headquarters. (Photo/Dan Woog)
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An incorrect date was listed yesterday, in the story on The Thing’s VersoFest show this week.
The band appears this Friday (February 27, 8 p.m.), at the Westport Library. Click here for tickets and more information. Click here for yesterday’s piece on the group.
The Thing
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It may not seem like it now.
But summer begins in 121 days. And the Westport Youth Commission’s Student Job Bank has employers looking to hire teenagers.
The platform helps local businesses and organizations offer part-time, seasonal and intern positions to high school students. Jobs include retail work, business support, non-profit assistance, lifeguarding, camp counseling and more. The Job Bank can be found here.
The Student Job Bank is free to businesses and students.
Businesses that have summer jobs need to fill out this form.
Students are encouraged to sign up for job alerts with their personal email so they will know when jobs are first posted.
Questions? Email kgodburn@westportct.gov.
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Speaking of high school students: Congratulations to Staples wrestlers Gavin Donaldson (120 pounds), Seamus Brannigan (126) and Julian Rousseau (215) — all first-place winners at Saturday’s state “LL” (extra large schools) tournament.
Congrats too to silver medalist Damian Rousseau.
Those 4 — plus Kai Schwartz (132) and Jessiah Jones (190) — move on to the state open meet this coming weekend.
Staples head coach Jordan Marion (far left), and Staples wrestlers at the LL tournament. First-place winners holding their bout sheets are (from left in the middle) Julian Rousseau, Gavin Donaldson and Seamus Brannigan.
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The landscape is very white today.
But yesterday morning, Laurie Sorensen’s yard was green and red.
She snapped this photo of a colorful cardinal, for today’s “Westport … Naturally” feature.
(Photo/Laurie Sorensen)
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So thankful we haven’t lost power (hopefully) ! Stay home and stay safe everyone.