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Roundup: Garden Sale Is On; Job Market Is Tough; Audra McDonald Is Here …

Posted on May 9, 2026 | Leave a comment

Plants need rain to thrive.

So it’s appropriate that — despite the weather — today’s (Saturday) Westport Garden Club Plant Sale is still on.

From 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Jesup Green, the sale features over 1,000 homegrown perennials, Connecticut native plants, herbs, tomatoes and Mother’s Day gifts, along with a “fancy bakeshop.” Proceeds support local civic beautification and environmental projects.

Garden Club members will advice on plant selection — and each plant is tagged with care information.

Plus: Sustainable Westport has a booth, Earthplace sponsors a children’s table with nature-inspired activities, and Book Sale Ventures offers garden-related books for sale.

The Westport Garden Club plant sale is on — rain or shine!

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Meanwhile, the Westport Parks & Recreation Tennis Festival scheduled for today has been postponed to June 6.

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The marketplace is tough for young professionals.

A networking mixer can  help.

The event (May 28, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Christ & Holy Trinity Church Branson Hall) can help post-high school, and current or graduated college students, build networking skills and learn job search strategies.

It’s hosted by Lisa Cukier and Katie Gervasio, co-founders of the Westport Professionals Network.

For more information and to register, email WPNMixer@gmail.com.

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Dozens of Little League players enjoyed Colony pizza — and a great game — at yesterday’s special Staples baseball days.

Down by 3 runs, the Wreckers scored 5 in the bottom half of the final inning — keyed by a Connor Brill’s 2-run homer — to down Fairfield Ludlowe, 11-9.

The young players chased foul balls — and autographs from their new heroes, after the game.

Little Leaguers line up at Staples. (Hat tip and photo/Beth Cody)

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Among the many great programs at the Westport Weston Family YMCA, the “Knock Parkinson’s Out” program stands near the top. Twice a week, 35 boxers work with 4 trainers and 7 volunteers, to gain strength, balance and confidence, and enjoy connection.

Bob Levy is a stalwart volunteer. Recently, he gave t-shirts to everyone. The Y made a great poster out of the photo. It was unveiled this week, and now hangs on the wall outside the boxing class.

Class members, trainers and volunteers — some wearing the blue t-shirts — pose by the photo outside the boxing room.

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Emmy, Grammy and 6-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald returns to the Westport Country Playhouse May 19, for an encore evening of music

The singer/actor — a National Medal of Arts recipient, and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People — last appeared here in February of 2024.

Click here for tickets, and more information.

Audra McDonald

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State legislature primaries are August 11.

Only voters registered in the Democratic or Republican parties can vote then. The deadline for changing party affiliation is this Monday (May 11). To switch parties, click here, then follow the instructions.

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Every month during the school year, longtime Westporter/Shakespeare scholar/former town poet laureate Diane Lowman visits Chris Cormier’s 3rd grade class at the Edison School in Bridgeport.

She teaches them a Shakespeare play. They love learning about the Bard.

But his plays were written to be seen, not read. So Diane and Chris discused how the students could see them performed.

Last year, Staples Players directors David Roth and Kerry Long, and members of the award-winning high school drama ensemble made it happen, performing scenes from “Macbeth.”

The tradition continued this week. Roth’s acting class presented scenes from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

An added bonus: Max Samuels joined them. Earlier this year, the 2011 Players alum visited Edison. This time, he invited the 3rd graders to stand on stage to try their voices at some of the most famous lines from the play (“What fools these mortals be!”).

Afterward, the high schools and youngsters ate pizza and hung out together.

With generous contributions from Westporters, the program will continue for years to come.

Staples and Edison students. Drama teacher David Roth is in the top row, far left. Diane Lowman is in the middle row, far right. (Photo/Kerry Long)

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There’s always something going on at VFW Post 399.

Next Wednesday (May 13, 7 p.m.; doors open at 6), JB’s Deli & Pizza offers a full Italian men’s dinner. The menu includes antipasto, salad, sausage and peppers, penne vodka, chicken Francese, eggplant parm, traditional desserts and wine.

For reservations, call 203-984-9144

Dinner time!

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Westporters who donated to the care of Onyx, the retired Westport Police K-9 dog — and everyone else — will be glad to hear that the operation on her eye was successful.

And her tumor was not cancerous.

We wish Onyx a speedy recovery, and a frisky retirement. (Hat tip: Kevin Smith)

Onyx

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Josh Koskoff was the keynote speaker, at Connecticut Against Gun Violence‘s annual spring gala Wednesday.

The 1984 Staples High School graduate — an attorney who earned national attention by winning lawsuits for Sandy Hook families against Remington Arms  — explained the groundbreaking case that bankrupted the gun manufacture.

Senator Richard Blumenthal also spoke, praising CAGV for its grassroots, low-key but very effective advocacy work.

Josh Koskoff

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Candida Massimino Innaco — a Westport native and gifted musician who returned to her home town, and spent her professional life as a music teacher in the school district — died April 28 in Bridgeport. She was 65.

After Hillspoint Elementary, Long Lots Junior High and Staples High School, the Class of 1978 graduate earned a bachelor of arts in music education from the University of Dayton, and a master of music in saxophone performance from Kansas State University.

She played in bands outside of the university too, including Dixieland and the Fred Robinson Big Band.

Candi dedicated over 35 years to music education in the Westport Public Schools, retiring in 2021. She taught concert band at Bedford Middle School, served as assistant band director at Staples, and band director at Saugatuck Elementary School.

She also directed chamber music and provided private instruction at the high school in support of the concert band, jazz ensemble, and chamber groups. Additionally, she pioneered and coordinated the Westport Youth Arts Collaborative.

Teaching in her hometown was especially meaningful to Candi. She believed“You can’t teach the child until you reach the child,” a principle that shaped her approach to music and mentorship.

Outside of her career, Candida was active in fitness and wellness. She participated in Thrive, a nonprofit that provides supportive care to those facing cancer like herself.

She shared resources with others through her initiative, “Candi’s Corner.” She enjoyed cooking, gardening, publishing music, maintaining an active lifestyle, and caring for animals, especially cats.

Candi is survived by her husband, Curtis, and children Christopher, Olivia and Serena.

Friends are invited to a visitation on Tuesday (May 12, 5 to 8 p.m., Spadaccino & Leo P. Gallagher Funeral Home, 315 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe_). A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, May 13 (10 a.m., St. Lawrence Parish,505 Shelton Ave, Shelton).

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Oncology Fund at Smilow Cancer Center.

Candida Innaco

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Most of our “Westport … Naturally” egret photos show them standing around on spindly legs, looking handsome but stationary. Occasionally they might wade.

But Gabriela Hayes spotted this egret in flight, making the most of a Compo Beach low tide.

The bird’s reflection makes this image twice as cool.

(Photo/Gabriela Hayes)

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And finally … yes, as we noted earlier, today’s Westport Garden Club plant sale is on — rain or shine. So …

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Josh Koskoff: State Fight Against Gun Violence Has National Impact

Posted on April 27, 2026 | 8 comments

Josh Koskoff did not plan to be a gun rights advocate.

He certainly did not set out to achieve a $73 million settlement for 9 Sandy Hook families — the only such victory against a gun manufacturer for a mass shooting in US history.

But social justice law is in his DNA. Koskoff — a 1984 Staples High School graduate — is the third generation at the Bridgeport firm of Koskoff Koskoff &  Bieder.

Like his father and grandfather, he believes strongly that a lawyer’s role is to improve his clients’ lives through the legal system.

On May 6 (6:30 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company), Koskoff will tell that story — and others, like his role in a nearly $1.5 billion victory over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was staged, and the families were actors.

Josh Koskoff

In the decade since he got involved with Sandy Hook cases, Koskoff has become one of the strongest voices in America against the carnage that guns — specifically, assault weapons — wreak.

Koskoff has particular respect for Connecticut Against Gun Violence. The non-profit advocacy and education organization is, he says, “leaner, meaner and more effective than any anti-gun violence group, of any size. They punch way above their weight.”

CAGV is the sponsor of the May 6 event. They’ve had high profile speakers before — like Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland massacre.

But Koskoff will be special. His legal work has given him unique insights into gun manufacturers’ marketing methods — and their effects.

Plus, he’s a hometown boy.

Growing up, Koskoff says, “I always thought all lawyers stuck their necks out for the little guy,” like his father and grandfather’s firm did.

He later realized that was not the case. Still, in the months after Sandy Hook — though the proximity to that violence disturbed him — he was not a gun issue activist.

“I thought that battle had been fought, and lost,” Koskoff says.

A chance encounter with his driver on the way to the airport changed his professional life.

And American history.

The driver asked what Koskoff did for work. He said he was a lawyer (“I never know the reaction to that,” he notes wryly).

Josh Koskoff, in court.

The driver said he worked a second job with the father of Victoria Soto. The 1st grade teacher was one of 26 victims at Sandy Hook. The driver asked if he could give his colleague Koskoff’s name.

Of course, the attorney replied. He figured there were questions about probate, or the distribution of donated funds.

But as he learned more — and saw victims’ families speaking out for stricter laws in Hartford (with some success) and Washington (much less) — he realized there was much more to do.

“It was the privilege of being a lawyer,” Koskoff says.

The Remington Arms case — alleging that the manufacturer aggressively marketed the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used in the attack, targeting young, at-risk individuals, and violating Connecticut’s Unfair Trade Practices Act — took 7 years to work its way through courts.

Josh Koskoff, in his office. (Photo/Monica Jorge for the New York Times)

Along the way, Koskoff and his associates unearthed — and made public — thousands of internal documents, showing in raw detail Remington’s marketing strategy.

One of the keys through the long process, Koskoff says, was “staying optimistic in the face of daunting odds.” Rather than feeling constrained by legal precedents, the more information he amassed, the more he understood the importance of the case.

Not knowing much about gun laws was, he said, an opportunity rather than a hindrance. It allowed him to be open-minded and creative in his approach.

Josh Koskoff and Rachel Maddow discuss his legal approach.

When the state of Connecticut released crime scene photos — including those of 2 rounds of 30 rounds each, taped together to allow continuous shooting with virtually no down time — Koskoff had an “aha” moment.

He realized the image came directly from Call of Duty. Koskoff had played the shoot-’em-up video game series as a way to spend time with his sons.

The hair on his forearm literally stood up, as Koskoff recognized the direct through line from the media franchise to the assault rifle used by the Sandy Hook shooter.

“This was content and branding meant to reach kids,” the attorney says.

That was reinforced when documents showed that the private equity firm behind Remington boasted of the effect of marketing on young demographics — and the bright future ahead.

“Get me to a jury, and let me read this!” Koskoff thought. “Even I couldn’t lose that case.”

In 2023, Josh Koskoff showed the Bushmaster AR-15, at a talk to the Westport Rotary Club.

However, he needed a way to prove the relationship between marketing actions, and the actual outcome in the elementary school.

That came through contract documents indicating a quid pro quo between the owner of the manufacturer and Activision — the maker of Call of Duty — showing links between the video game and Bushmaster, the AR-15 rifle used in Newtown.

The $73 million settlement — paid for out of insurance — “shattered the myth that gun manufacturers are immune from lawsuits,” Koskoff says. “That was huge.”

Koskoff’s victory has not stopped mass shootings. Nor has his firm’s win in the Alex Jones case stopped conspiracy theorists.

But they’re enormous steps forward. They set precedents, and send warnings.

And — at a time when the legal system seems to be tottering — they show that lawyers can still stick their necks out for the little guy.

(For more information about the May 6 Connecticut Against Gun Violence spring benefit, click here.)

Josh Koskoff discussed the Alex Jones Infowars case, at the Westport Library. (Photo/Ted Horowitz)

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Roundup: Gun Act Signed, Sales Tax-Free Week Coming …

Posted on August 9, 2025 | 13 comments

On Thursday, Governor Lamont signed into law a firearm industry responsibility act.

Connecticut Against Gun Violence board chair Melissa Kane — a former Westport 3rd selectwoman — worked hard, for a year and a half, to get it passed.

Another key advocate was Josh Koskoff, the Staples High School graduate and partner at the law firm Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder.

The act requires gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers to implement safeguards to prevent firearms from being sold to prohibited purchasers, traffickers or individuals at risk of harm.

“This holds them responsible,” Kane says.

“We need more of this. We need to stop gun violence. And we will all keep working until we do.” (Hat tip: CAGV board member Lisa Newman)

Melissa Kane watches proudly, as Governor Lamont signs gun legislation on Thursday.

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Speaking of poltiics: Yesterday’s New York Times included an essay by Cameron Stracher — a writer and lawyer specializing in media and entertainment law — about his role in helping the National Enquirer kill 2 stories during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Stracher — who at the time lived in Westport, and was general counsel for the Enquirer’s owner — describes the what-ifs regarding his decision to write 2 contracts to pay informants to not run articles that might have hurt Donald Trump’s campaign.

He concludes with a different decision 2 years later. This time he refused to write a contract, and was forced out of his job.

Click here to read the full Times op-ed piece. (Hat tip: Tommy Greenwald)

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Dave Briggs and I spent a gorgeous, relaxing Thursday evening at Don Memo.

We had our Instagram Live camera set up, for a chat with owner Massimo Tullio.

He gave Dave and me all the info about what’s ahead for the popular Post Road restaurant, in Westport’s handsome original Town Hall.

Dan Woog, Massimo Tullio and Dave Briggs, enjoying one of the final days at Don Memo.

The last Mexican meal is August 16. On September 6, it reopens as Massi Co.

Massimo described the Neopolitan pizzas — different than any others in this area — and the rest of the Italian-American menu.

He talked too about Westport’s culinary scene in general. It was a quick, but informative chat — one you can see by clicking here or below.

Then Dave, Massimo and I went back to our drinks.

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State Senator Ceci Maher reminds residents: Connecticut’s sales tax-free week begins Sunday, August 17, and runs through Saturday, August 23.

Timed with back-to-school and return-to-office late-summer sales, most clothing and footwear valued under $100 sold in the state will be tax-free. That also applies to purchases made from online retailers.

Exceptins include specialized boots, globes and shoes for athletic and professional purposes, handbags, jewelry, wallets and other accessories, and sports helmets and uniforms. Click here for a full list of non-taxed items, and those that will still be taxed. Click here for an FAQ about the tax-free week.

For some reason, this item is not part of Connecticut’s sales tax-free week.

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When Westport’s Kiwanis Club chapter folded last year, the fate of the Westport Triathlon — its signature event — was uncertain.

But myTeam Triumph — the non-profit that helps people with disabilities compete in races, by pairing them with able-bodied volunteers — stepped up, to continue the 20-year tradition.

This year’s Westport Triathlon is Sunday, September 7, at Compo Beach.

It’s a super sprint distance (1/2-mile swim, 5 1/2-mile bike, 2.2-mile run), making it very beginner-friendly — great for families and “tri-curious” first-timers.

Participants can register as an individual, or with a team (click here). They can also sign up with myTeam Triumph (click here), as a captain (with a disability) or angel (a swim, bike or run volunteer).

MyTeam Triumph provides all the adaptive equipment: inflatable rafts for the swim (pulled by Angel swimmers), and wheelchairs that convert to bike trailers for the ride, then convert back for the run. Angels can support any or all of the legs.

Full event details are available here.

MyTeam Triumph captain and angels, in the run portion of the Westport Triathlon.

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Alert — and none-too-happy — “06880” reader Ben Meyer knows that “06880” posted recently about the new and not-improved Post Road East/Bulkley Avenue intersection.

But he’s adding his own thoughts too. Describing the state Department of Transportation, Ben writes:

“They had plenty of room at this intersection to make 2 lanes: a left turn lane, and a straight/right turn lane.

“Instead, they simply built1 lane, as it was before the construction.

One lane on Bulkley Avenue North, at Post Road East. (Photo/Ben Meyer)

“As a result, there are often several-minute backups down Bulkley Avenue North in the morning or evening.

“Alas, this intersection is but one example of road intersections that are inadequate for the traffic volume.

“If the state is going to the expense and trouble of redoing intersections, why are they not opening up the lanes approaching these intersections wider where possible/needed?

“Traffic delays at many Westport intersections are due to poor design. They waste our precious time and gas! Is the town aware of serious cross-town traffic delays? And if so, what are they doing to address it?”

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Of all the full moons, the sturgeon — the  August one, named for its occurrence with a fish run in the Great Lakes — is one of the most spectacular.

Jim Hood captured its rise — spectacularly — over Compo Beach last night.

(Photo/Jim Hood)

And this was the scene a biti later:

(Photo/Toni Simonetti)

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Also last night: Lulada Club, at the Levitt Pavilion.

The all-female salsa orchestra from Brooklyn had the crowd on its feet, right from the start.

And the audience knew what they were doing: For a half hour before the show, the group offered a dance lesson.

(Photo copyright DinkinESH Fotografix)

Tonight (Saturday), Grammy Award-winning Adrian Quesada – co-founder of Black Pumas — brings his solo project full band show Boleros Psicodélios, for a free 7:30 p.m. show. They head to Washington soon, for an NPR Tiny Desk session.

Tomorrow (Sunday), it’s the Wood Brothers, with Mason Via (ticket purchase; 6 p.m.).

Click here for more information, and tickets. 

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The Westport Fire Department, with help from Fairfield, spent nearly 3 hours fighting a brush fire yesterday on I-95 southbound, between exits 19 and 18.

Two lanes of traffic were closed, as were 2 local roads.

Fighting the brush fire on I-95. (Photo courtesy of Westport Fire Department)

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Speaking of the Department: 4 Westport firefighters will be promoted to lieutenant on August 26: deputy fire marshal Robert Lenois, and firefighters Michael Peck, Ronald Burgess and Todd Hall.

The public is invited to the 3 p.m. ceremony, at Fire Department headquarters.

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Seen on social media, with no other context:

“Is anybody on Kings Highway North missing a white domestic bunny?”

Inquiring minds would love to know the answer.

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Butterflies are back!

And Jamie Walsh captured — on camera, the best way — this glorious swallowtail, for our daily “Westport … Naturally” feature.

(Photo/Jamie Walsh)

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And finally … as Don Memo gets ready to say “adios”:

(The weekend is here. We hope you’re doing something fun, relaxing and/or interesting. Whatever it is, “06880,” will continue to serve you, 24/7/365. Please click here to support our hard work. Thanks!) 

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“06880” Podcast: Melissa Kane

Posted on February 10, 2025 | 1 comment

Melissa Kane is board chair of Connecticut Against Gun Violence.

It’s an important job — but typical of her long public service.

She’s co-chaired the Downtown Plan Implementation Committe. Beford that, she was a Representative Town Meeting member, and Westport’s 3rd selectwoman.

The other day, we chatted at the Westport Library for an “06880” podcast. Click below to hear more about Melissa’s work with CAGV, and her other efforts in Westport.

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Roundup: Gun Violence Luncheon, Ice Cream Hut Opens, Oddz Closes …

Posted on May 22, 2024 | 22 comments

The topic was deadly serious.

Literally.

But the energy was sky high yesterday, at Connecticut Against Gun Violence‘s “Be the Hope” luncheon at The Inn at Longshore.

The non-profit — which has helped make Connecticut #3 of all 50 states in the Giffords Law Center safety index, and #45 nationally in gun deaths per capita — has a strong Westport connection.

Melissa Kane is board chair, and interim director. Lisa Newman serves as treasurer; Jennifer Epstein is secretary. Kane and Epstein both spoke movingly of the importance of CAGV’s work.

Other speakers included Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz and state Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani.

The keynote was delivered by Fred Guttenberg. His daughter Jaime — a talented dancer and vivacious 14-year-old — was killed in the Margery Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day, 2018.

Guttenberg recalled his last words as she left for school that morning — “Hurry up, you’ll be late” — and stunned the large audience into silence as he recreated the sudden sound of a gun.

Guttenberg was on a cellphone with his son, who was worried he could not find his sister, when both heard the shot that killed her.

“No matter what happens in life, what matters most is what you do next,” Guttenberg said.

That is why he dedicates every day to reducing gun violence.

And that is why over 200 people were at The Inn at Longshore: to help him, and each other, do exactly that.

Gun safety advocate Fred Guttenberg, at The Inn at Longshore.

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The Gillespie Center is closed for renovations.

But no one in Westport will go hungry.

Homes with Hope has relocated its food pantry to 1655 Post Road East, near Stop & Shop).

It’s in the Sasco Creek Community Room. It’s open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from 1 to 4 p.m.

The pantry has been expanded too. Offerings now include fresh items like milk, eggs, butter, fruits and vegetables.

Homes with Hope thanks Adrian Monpaldo and the team at Trader Joe’s, for their donations of perishables.

They also thank the many donors; 1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker; Carol Martin and her staff at the Westport Housing Authority, and local legislators.

Non-perishable food items and toiletries can be dropped off at the food pantry, during operating hours.

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Here’s a great scoop: The ice cream hut at The Porch @ Christie’s opens this weekend.

Serving starts at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sunday and Memorial Day.

Just one more sign that summer is (almost) here.

The Porch ice cream stand.

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One business opens, another closes:

Oddz is going out of business.

A sign on the Post Road East women’s clothing store across from Bank of America says: “Retirement blowout. 30% of entire store except jeans, all Levi stock, tube tops. 50% off solid brights.”

(Hat tip and photo/Sal Liccione)

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The brick pizza oven at Wakeman Town Farms — manned by Tony Napolitano every Tuesday — is a popular spot for families.

June 19 is special, though. That “Pizza on the Patio” event is adults-only.

Each order (for 2 guests) includes 2 personal pizzas, and 1 bottle of wine. A limited number of single tickets (and additional bottles of wine or pizzas) are also available.

There are 2 start times to reduce wait times for the hand-made pizzas: 6:30 and 7 p.m. Click here for tickets, and more information.

Tony Napolitano, at the Wakeman Town Farm pizza oven.

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Girls rock. And rise.

Next up at the Westport Country Playhouse: “Girl Rising.” It’s a celebration of the untapped potential of girls to address the world’s urgent challenges, like climate change

The May 29 (7 p.m.) event features screenings of portions of the documentary “Girl Rising,” which helped spark a global movement for girls’ education. Girl Rising’s co-founder and CEO Christina Lowery will be on hand with young advocates for girls’ rights, education equity, and climate justice, to tell powerful stories and engage in empowering conversation.

Emcee Erika K. Wesley the former Playhouse director equity, diversity and inclusion — is passionate about providing  opportunities for women and girls to participate in literary arts. 

Click here for tickets and more information).

“Girl Rising,” at the Westport Country Playhouse.

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For 20 years, Circle of Care has helped families of children with cancer. It provides financial assistance, peer counseling, care packages, dream room makeovers, and activities for adolescents and young adults.

On June 13 (The Loading Dock, Stamford) the non-profit will celebrate those 2 decades.

The event will also honor longtime Westporters April and Michael Book.

April has been an integral program volunteer since 2019, and serves on the board of directors.

Michael is managing partner at Lenox Advisors, a Circle of Care sponsor.

Both have been closely involved as supporters, donors and volunteers, ensuring that no family will face their child’s cancer diagnosis alone.

The gala includes a cocktail reception, dinner, auction, and entertainment. Click here for tickets, and more information.

April and Michael Book

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We’re not sure, but this may be only the second appearance of turtles in our “Westport … Naturally” feature.

We’re also not sure why there are 6 of them on one Saugatuck River rock, and only 1 on another.

(Photo/Jeff Neville)

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And finally … on this date in 1762, the Trevi Fountain was officially inaugurated in Rome.

(Speaking of coins … they’ll do a lot more good in the “06880” bank account than in an Italian fountain. I’m just sayin’. Please click here to toss them our way. Thank you!)

 

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