Category Archives: Weather

As pressure mounts on young athletes to be more competitive than ever, Sebastian Little says: Enough!

The leadership coach — who works with clients in MLB, the NBA and NHL, and is in his 3rd year as Yale University football’s performance coach — will speak on a Westport Public Schools and Westport Together panel called “For the Love of the Game: How Parents Can Promote Successful Athletes on and Off the Field.”

The session — for parents and coaches — will offer insights and strategies into “balancing competition with compassion and growth with enjoyment.”

The event is March 5 (7 p.m., Bedford Middle School auditorium). Click here to register.

Go team! (Photo/Leslie Flinn)

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2024 Levitt Pavilion memberships are on sale now.

Members enjoy pre-sales, discounts and more for specially ticketed events. Shows announced so far include

• May 25: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong | Andy Frasco & The UN | Dogs in a Pile
• June 1: Couch (free)
• June 8: Keb’ Mo’
• June 16: The Wood Brothers
• July 5: : moe. Best. Summer. Ever. With Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country and Neighbor
• August 17: Andrew Bird, with Amadou & Mariam.

Memberships help subsidize over 50 free shows, all season long. Click here for more information, and membership registration.

Levitt Pavilion (Photo/JC Martin)

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The Westport Library and Representative Town Meeting are looking for candidates to fill vacancies on the Library Board of Trustees.

Candidates must be Westport residents. Skills in management, planning, marketing, finance and law are valued. Candidates with a track record in fundraising and connections within the community are encouraged to apply. Knowledge of public funding, and service on other boards is advantageous.

Trustee appointments typically span 4 years, beginning July 1. Interested candidates should email a resume and letter of interest to  rpowell@westportlibrary.org by March 15. Click on the Library’s Strategic Plan  and also here for more information.

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Westport Police made 2 custodial arrests between February 7 and 14.

A man was arrested for larceny, after video surveillance showed him stealing $137.94 worth of laundry detergent from Stop & Shop.

A man was arrested for evading responsibility (hit and run) and failure to remove a vehicle from a highway, following investigation into a 1-car accident on Easton Road January 6. He hit a telephone pole during a snowstorm, then left while his car remained in the travel portion of the road.

Westport Police also issued these citations:

• Traveling unreasonably fast: 5 citations
• Operating a motor vehicle without a license: 3
• Failure to obey stop sign: 3
• Passing a standing school bus: 2
• Failure to obey traffic control signals: 2
• Evading responsbility: 1
• Speeding: 1
• Traveling at unreasonable speed: 1
• Traveling at unreasonable speed for conditions: 1
• Following too closely: 1
• Failure to grant right of way: 1
• Failure to remove ice/snow from roof: 1
• Illegal use of a handheld device: 1
• Operating a motor vehicle under suspension: 1
• Operating an unregistered motor vehicle: 1
• Operating a motor vehicle without minimum insurance: 1.

It’s the law: Connecticut residents must remove snow and ice from car roofs!

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Staples High School’s February Students of the Month are seniors Chelsey Oliva and Michael Belpedio, juniors Anna Berrod Cassimatis and Zachary Pardon, sophomores Landon Alswanger and Claire Harris, and freshmen Makayla Hein and Ari Sklar.

Students of the Month “help make Staples High School a welcoming place for their peers and teachers alike. They are the ‘glue’ of the Staples community — the type of kind, cheerful, hard-working, trustworthy students that keep the high school together, making it the special place that it is.”

“Students of the month are nominated by their teachers, who are asked to think of those students who come to school regularly, are friendly to the staff and to fellow students, and make positive contributions in class as well as the Staples community. In short, these students are all-around good citizens of our school.”

February Students of the Month (from left): Anna Berrod Cassimatis, Claire Harris, Chelsey Oliva, Michael Belpedio, Landon Alswanger, Ari Sklar,  Zachary Pardon. Missing: Makayla Hein. 

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Before rising temperatures take their toll, here’s a snowman shot from Cross Highway. near Main Street.

“You’re never too old for joy!” says photographer Claudia Sherwood Servidio.

(Photo/Claudia Sherwood Servidio)

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As the snow fell on Tuesday, this red-shouldered hawk found a way to escape the flakes — and at the same time, pose for our “Westport … Naturally” feature.

(Photo/Melissa Chang)

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And finally … on this date in 1965,a  new red-and-white maple leaf design was adopted as the flag of Canada. It replaced the red ensign banner.

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