As the first snowstorm in a couple of years headed to Westport yesterday, residents took to the grocery stores as if preparing for the Blizzard of ’88, Hurricane Katrina and The End of the World As We Know It, simultaneously.
This was the scene at Trader Joe’s:
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Speaking of snow: Jerry Kuyper calls this “the joy of the first 90 seconds of shoveling”:
(Photo/Jerry Kuyper)
And this was the scene on the Sherwood Island Connector, before plowing:
(Photo/Tracy Porosoff)
Here’s Cross Highway:
(Photo/Claudia Sherwood Servidio)
Snow showers and flurries are predicted through 1 p.m. today.
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In the wake of yesterday’s story about unleased dogs at Winslow Park, an alert “06880” reader writes about another favorite spot:
“On a walk through Longshore this morning, I encountered no less than half a dozen cases of dog owners leaving their pet’s droppings in little plastic bags, some prominently decorating the posts supporting the wooden roadside guard-rails. Quite pleasant.
After viewing 4 or 5 such transgressions, I came across this egregious scene. One or more selfish and inconsiderate dog owners designated this intersection as their official dog-doo drop off place.
In addition the half dozen doo bags I witnessed, I saw 3 or 4 unbagged transgressions along the way.
Winslow Park has long since gone to the dogs, and Compo Beach is a doggie domain for most of the spring, fall and winter.
We know that dogs are forbidden from the Longshore golf course at all times, so why not make Longshore a dog-free zone entirely?
The dog-culture aesthetic pictured above represents a strong argument for reserving Longshore as strictly human-friendly haven.
We should also consider the possibility of carving out a portion of Winslow Park as a “human only,” zone because is not a very welcome place for us non-dog-owning taxpayers!
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A couple of days before Snowmageddon, Les Dinkin captured this Compo Beach view, for our “Westport … Naturally” feature:
(Photo/Dinkin Fotografix)
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And finally … in 1955, Marian Anderson becomes the first Black artist to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.”
A decade and a half earlier, the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let her sing to an integrated audience in Constitution Hall. Thanks to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Anderson performed on Easter Sunday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, before an integrated crowd of more than 75,000. Millions more listened by radio.
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