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No Trespassing At Nyala!

Alert “06880” reader — and open space lover — Eric Bosch sent this photo of Nyala Farm — the well-hidden-from-view office complex between the Sherwood Island Connector and Greens Farms Road, off I-95 Exit 18:

Nyala Farm

He writes:

I thought you, like many of your readers, might question the need for these threatening signs (“No Trespassing/Violators Will Be Prosecuted”). Having lived here since 1963, I can’t ever remember  seeing anything but turkeys, deer, and an occasional hawk perched up on the roof.

Perhaps soon we might also see barbed-wire and a “huge great, great wall” also. A very sad loss indeed.

Nyala Farm is, of course, home to one of Bridgewater’s offices. I’m sure the world’s largest hedge fund has more security than this $1.99 sign.

Y’s Words

The Westport Y kicked off its fundraising campaign for the new Mahackeno building this afternoon, on the steps of the soon-to-be-former site.

Cherry blossoms framed the scene for speakers like Bill Mitchell, Robin Tauck and Sam Gault — whose families have been Y members since before “y” was a member of the alphabet — but the most interesting moment was a factoid casually tossed out :

The Y is Westport’s 4th largest private employer.

Who knew?

And who knew the 3 that are bigger?

(Bridgewater Associates, Terex and MetLife.)

One more intriguing factoid:

Construction of the new Y will create 175 jobs — for 2 years.

And renovation of the current Y into a retail/commercial/residential complex will create dozens more.

The Westport Y’s tagline is “We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities.”

They should add “strong economies, too.”