Roundup: Savvy Smoker, SoHo Pizza …

There’s one less place to get vapes and other paraphernalia — plus, according to police reports. joints, canisters of THC flower, cannabis resin and edibles — in town today.

The Savvy Smoker — a scourge of neighbors, and an unwelcome neighbor of fashion designer Christian Soriano, who opened a store in the same Post Road East mini-plaza, back when Subway occupied the space — has closed.

All signage has been removed. (Hat tip: Christian Hunter)

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The smoke shop may be closed, but across town another pizza place is coming.

Or “comming,” as their sign promises.

(Photo/Ken Warren)

Let’s hope that the New York-based restaurant — which already rubbed a few residents the wrong way, when they painted over the decades-long iconic King’s Texaco sign — bakes better than they spell.

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Scores of Westporters took advantage of nice weather — and a special invitation — to tour Prospect Gardens yesterday.

The magnificent  9-acre arboretum-style Greens Farms space is open to the public only twice a year.

Main garden designers Cindy Shumate and Judy Gardner were there all day, telling stories and answering questions.

Greens Farms Garden Club members explained how they plant, tend and harvest the 3-tiered vegetable garden. Last season, their harvest of over 1000 pounds was donated to local organizations that feed families in need.

The next public event is set for September.

One view of Prospect Gardens … 

… and another. (Photos/Candice Cardenas)

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We’ve got a new header photo for “06880.” William Weiss took this great image of Ned Dimes Marina:

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Kerri Kenney-Silver is an actress, comedian, writer, singer, and musician. As Trudy on “Reno 911!” she was nominated for 4 Emmys. She was the only female cast member on MTV’s “The  State,” she’s been on “Superstore,” “2 Broke Girls,” “Love” and “The Ellen Show,” and she fronted the all-female rock band Cake Like.

Kerri is also a 1988 Staples High School graduate.

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal profiled her. She notes the first time she felt noticed — in 4th grade, when she teased a substitute teacher — as well as feeling “miserable and inadequate” in middle school.

Staples was different. She discovered Players — the theater company. “I knew immediately I fit in,” she says.

Click here for the full story. (Hat tip: Maria Freeman)

Kerri Kenney-Silver (Photo/Ari Michelson for Wall Street Journal)

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Looking both ways — and keeping their young ones together — these Canada geese parents look just like Westport moms and dads, out with their kids at Compo Beach.

Well, not “just like.” Those outfits are sadly lacking in aura.

(Photo/Mary Sikorski)

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And finally … following up on the news about Savvy Smoker (story above):

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