Thieves slammed a car into Westport Cigar & Vape early yesterday morning. They grabbed the cash register and some e-cigarette items, then fled.
Westport Police officers arriving at the shop between Fortuna’s and Greens Farms Spirits shortly after the alarm was activated at 4:50 a.m. found the front door smashed in.
Surveillance video showed 3 teenagers, wearing dark clothing, hoodies and gloves.
The incident is under investigation. Police are unsure if it is related to a similar incident — also yesterday morning — in Shelton.
Westport Cigar & Vape, before the break-in.
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An informational meeting to discuss flood mitigation measures and bridge replacements planned along Muddy Brook, from Hillandale Road to Greens Farms Road, is set for March 7 (7 p.m., Town Hall auditorium).
Department of Public Works engineers, and the bridge project’s design engineer, will present the latest plans and findings. They’ll also answer questions from the public.
Questions? Contact town engineer Keith Wilberg: kwilerg@westportct.gov; 203-341-1128.
The Greens Farms Road bridge, at Muddy Brook. (Photo/Wendy Crowther)
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The Board of Finance will hold an informal budget workshop next Tuesday (February 27, 6 p.m., Westport Library).
They’ll discuss the 1st Selectwoman’s preliminary budget requests for the Department of Human Services, the Parks & Recreation Department/Wakeman Town Farm, and the Department of Public Works/Sewer Fund.
Wakeman Town Farm funding is on the Board of Finance workshop agenda. (Photo/Amy Schneider)
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For kids at Wakeman Town Farm, spring* means spending time with baby animals, planting, and fun projects.
Click here for information on WTF’s youth program. Registration — via the Parks & Recreation Department website — begins at 9 a.m. on March 14. Click here to access that site.
*Here in less than a month — it arrives March 19.
How you gonna keep ’em down on the Farm?
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Choral Chameleon is well named.
The New York ensemble works in a dynamic blend of genres and art forms — whatever type of choral music is called for, whenever they’re called to perform.
This Saturday (February 24, 7:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport), they’ll perform a world premiere a cappella concert. Their theme this year is “Changing,” and the show includes a wide variety of musical genres.
There’s a light reception afterward, with group members.
The suggested ticket price is $25. Click here to order. For more information, click here.
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Warrior posed near the Compo Beach war memorial — the cannons honoring our battle against the British in 1777 — for today’s “Westport … Naturally” photo.
(Photo/Cohl Katz)
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And finally … Randy Sparks, a founder of the long-lived and influential New Christy Minstrels, died Sunday in San Diego. He was 90.
Click here for a full obituary.
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