The final Club203 event of 2025 will be a festive one.
Westport’s social group for adults with disabilities celebrates the holidays at the Westport Woman’s Club (December 17, 6:30 p.m.).
Members — and parents and caregivers too — are invited. The night of giving, gratitude and great fun includes cookie decorating with MoCA\CT, and photos by the WWC Christmas tree. Click here to register.
For almost 50 years, Freda Welsh has been the executive director of the Levitt Pavilion concerts.
In 2011 she was joined by her daughter Carleigh Welsh, who produces the shows (and opens them, thanking the audience and sponsors).
On December 4 (2:45 p.m., Westport Senior Center) Rozanne Gates will speak with both.
The event — part of the Legacy Project USA’s “This is Your Life” series — will explore how the mother and daughter teamed up to bring world-class musicians to Westport every summer, for 50 free concerts and start-studded special events.
Registration is required. Call 203-341-5099.
Carleigh and Freda Welsh
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There are many spots to enjoy a fiery sunrise.
Today, “Westport … Naturally” features this view. Carl McNair captured it over the Staples High athletic fields, from Bedford Middle School.
And finally … on this date in 1777, San Jose, California was founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It was the first civilian settlement (pueblo) in Alta California.
Westport was just a few voters shy of 50% turnout, in this year’s local election.
49.8% of eligible voters went to the polls, or returned absentee ballots. That’s higher than both the 36% average for the state, and the 43% of Westporters who voted in the last selectperson election, in 2021.
In this “blue wave” election, Westport was one of 29 Connecticut municipalities whose Town or City Hall flipped from Republican to Democratic control.
Turnout was lowest in the 2 biggest cities: less than 7% in Hartford, and less than 5% in Bridgeport. Neither had a major race on the ballot.
Turnout was steady on Tuesday in Westport. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Speaking of the election: Westport 10 — the networking and social club for Black men — has grown to many more members from its founders.
Yesterday’s monthly “First Friday” lunch at Sushi Jin was extra special.
Nearly 3 dozen Westport 10 members celebrated with Kevin Christie and Addison Moore.
Christie is the newly elected 1st selectman, and was an original member. Moore — the youngest person ever elected to Westport’s Representative Town Meeting – is the son of another Westport 10 member, Adam Moore.
Westport 10 members (from left): Frank Wood, Craig Melvin, Alexander Mejia, Kevin Christie, Anil Nair (kneeling), Jay Norris, Rob Simmelkjaer, Harold Bailey Jr.
Westport 10 at Sushi Jin. In the center of the front row (arms crossed, tan pants) is Addison Moore. On the right next to him is his father, Adam Moore.
Speaking still of the election: When a local one is determined by less than 0.5% — or 20 votes or less — state statutes allow for a recount (officially, a “recanvass”).
The Board of Education candidate declined the offer. But losing candidates in 3 Representative Town Meeting districts — 1, 2 and 9 — accepted it.
The recanvass takes place Monday (November 10, 1 p.m., Town Hall Room 201).
All ballots will be rerun through the town’s new “mega-tabulator.” On Election Day, the new machine counted all 3,000-plus early votes in 1 hour.
RTM District 9 candidates on Tuesday, outside the Westport Library polling place. That district is one of 3 whose votes will be “recanvassed” on Monday.
Less than a year ago, it looked like the Cribari Bridge lights — a beloved tradition for 25 years — would be dark that holiday season.
But thanks to the Westport PAL, and a group of determined residents, businesses and organizations, new lights were bought and strung.
And then, in a joyful ceremony, they were lit.
They’ll be back again this year. Provided, that is, that PAL covers the cost of a substantial number of replacement lights.
The organization is seeking donations to defray the costs of lighting the bridge, and to continue funding scholarships for deserving students.
Businesses and family names will be featured on a large sign near the span. To help, call PAL trustee Emma Rojas at 203-571-7505, or email emmacrojas83@gmail.com.
Let there be lights. And there were! (Photo/Andrea Moore)
As “Love+War” — the new documentary about Lynsey Addario’s career and life — streams on Hulu, The Guardian has just posted an in-depth, interactive and photo-filled interview with the Pulitzer Prize- and MacArthur “genius grant”-winning (and 1991 Staples High School graduate).
Ukrainian soldiers trying to save the father of a family of 4 — the only one at that moment who still had a pulse — moments after being hit by a mortar while trying to flee Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo/Lynsey Addario for the New York Times)
Longtime Westport resident Stefanina Carusone died peacefully on Tuesday, surrounded by her family. She was 78.
Born in Formicola, Italy, and a seamstress by trade, Stefana worked at Pepperidge Farm for 20 years. She was known for her home-cooked meals, and her crocheted blankets, hats and scarves.
She and her husband Fausto raised 3 sons: Salvatore, Fausto Jr. and Steven. She had 3 daughters-in-law — Sarah, Rachel and Athena, and 5 grandchildren: Madeline, Eugenio (Gino), Lia, Isa and Christian, who she enjoyed spoiling.
A funeral is set for November 12 (10 a.m., Assumption Church). Entombment will follow in Willowbrook Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Harding Funeral Home on November 11 (5 to 8 p.m.).
And finally … on this date in 1889, Montana was admitted as the 41st state.
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For years, residents visiting the Emerald Isle have taken a side trip to our namesake.
They quickly discover its beauty, charm and exceptionally friendly people.
Westport, Ireland
Recently, Suzanne Sheridan and Rozanne Gates found all of that — and more.
The longtime Westporters traveled to Ireland, on an ancestral and musical journey. (Suzanne, a noted photographer, is alsoo a singer/songwriter. Rozanne runs the Legacy Project family history service, and co-wrote the country classic “90 Pound Suburban Housewife Driving in Her SUV.”
When they learned of a town called Westport on the country’s western coast, they did some research.
They found that their friend Wendy Newton — who grew up in Westport, is the sister of their musician friend Jon Gailmor, and formerly owned the American- Irish label Green Linnet Records — could introduce them to her Irish musician friend, David Dee Moore.
David regularly plays at Matt Molloy’s Pub in Westport, Ireland. His weekly podcast “Folk Friday” airs every Friday at 6:30 p.m. Irish time, and on overthewestonline.com (that name is a coincidence too).
Molloy’s name may be familiar. He is the flutist for The Chieftains.
Rozanne and Suzanne contacted David. He greeted them with quintessential Irish hospitality.
On their first day, he gave them a tour of what the couple calls “the incredibly beautiful Westport, Ireland.”
Westport, Ireland’s town square. (Photos/Suzanne Sheridan)
Highlights included the historical Westport House and a hike down to the Westport Quay.
“You can look out over the Atlantic Ocean to almost see Westport, Connecticut,” Suzanne and Rozanne say (with a wee bit of exaggeration).
The evening was spent with David, as he masterfully entertained a large crowd at Matt Molloy’s Pub.
The next morning, they met David at the Westport Town Hall Theatre. (“Sound familiar” the women ask).
He led a group of students in a ukulele class. “Listening to ten ukes playing traditional Irish folk music is a great way to start a Saturday,” Rozanne and Suzanne say.
Then came the prize moment: David invited Suzanne to play at Matt Molloy’s Pub.
That’s no small honor. Bonnie Raitt has been asked to play there too.
Suzanne and David sang together for over an hour. “People in Westport, Ireland came to know what Connecticut’s Westporters already know: Suzanne Sheridan is a treasure,” Rozanne says proudly.
Rozanne turned on her audio recorder, so the Irish crowd could greet their American counterparts. Click below to listen:
Sure, and it was quite a visit.
Suzanne Rozanne say: “If you are planning a trip to Ireland, as a Westporter you owe it to yourself to visit Westport, Ireland. You will be glad you did!”
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It took over 6 hours of talk. But early this morning, the Planning & Zoning Commission voted 4-3 in favor of plans to renovate Parker Harding Plaza, and add the spots lost there to Jesup Green.
Those parking spots would be at the top of the green.
Tonight (Tuesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall auditorium; click here for the livestream), the Representative Town Meeting votes on a request to spend $630,000 from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for the design and redevelopment of both Jesup Green and the Imperial Avenue parking lot.
(Click here for a full report, from the Westport Journal.)
And the grand marshal of the 2024 Memorial Day parade is …
… Charles Lamb. He is a Korean War veteran, and a longtime civic volunteer.
The 95-year-old native of Springfield, Illinois joined the Navy in 1946, at 17. He was part of the Naval Aviation College Program.
In 1948 he was sent to Pensacola Naval Air Station. where he became a midshipman and started ground school. In 1950, age 21, he was designated a naval viator.
He amassed over 2,000 hours of flight time and earned 2 medals, each representing 20 aerial combat missions during the Korean War. He rose to the rank of lieutenant.
In 2022, the State of Connecticut recognized him for his patriotic service.
Lamb moved to Westport with his family in 1971, and still lives in the house they bought on Saugatuck Shores.
He served on the Representative Town Meeting (District 1) and the Zoning Board of Appeals.
This year’s Memorial Parade — the first in 54 years not overseen by Bill Vornkahl, who died in January — will be held on Monday, May 27, at 9 a.m. A ceremony follows the completion of the parade, on Veterans Green.
Charles Lamb will be grand marshal for the 2024 Memorial Day parade. After his remarks, a bugler will play “Taps.”
Westport’s Traffic & Pedestrian Safety Task Force has been listening, and acting.
On April 25 (7 p.m., Town Hall auditorium), they’ll provide an update on their progress.
Residents will also be able to offer comments, and air concerns.
The event — coordinated by 1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker, and the Public Works, Planning & Zoning, and Public Safety Departments — will include town employees experienced in traffic management, and well versed in roadway conditions, engineering, and speed calming solutions, as well as the regulations and oversight authority of the town.
Also in attendance: the consultants responsible for preparing Westport’s Safety Action Plan, funded by a federal grant.
Meanwhile, the town’s interactive, online survey is open for residents’ input. Click here for access.
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Plenty of Westporters thrilled to the University of Connecticut’s romp to its second straight NCAA men’s basketball title last night.
A few were in Glendale, Arizona. Many were at home. Some were in Gampel Pavilion, the Huskies’ court, where UConn hosted a viewing party.
Tomaso and Lucia Scotti — siblings, Staples graduates, and fellow students — found each other in the large crowd.
Tomaso graduates this spring with a fine arts degree. focusing on graphic design. He gives tours from his job at the rec center, where he is a fitness instructor.
Lucia has a leadership positions in the visitors center. She is a sophomore majoring in civil engineering, and will study in Italy next year.
Besides UConn’s rousing victory yesterday, the other big news was the solar eclipse.
Dozens of Westporters sent photos to “06880.” Franco Fellah added a video.
He writes: “Too bad the conditions were pretty horrible and cloudy. Here is a time lapse of the entire eclipse, as seen from my front yard on Elmwood Road. It is composed of 160 images taken with a robotic telescope.”
Here it is: a much quicker look than you got yesterday.
Also yesterday: The Westport Country Playhouse was buzzing, for the world premiere of 3 films. All were Triple Threat Academy productions, made by aspiring actors, singers and dancers under the guidance of professionals.
Two were largely student-produced: “Oceans Fourteen” and “Family Recipe.”
“Family Recipe” actors post, at the Westport Country Playhouse.
The feature was “Presumed Incompetent,” directed by Triple Threat founder (and former “Fame” star, and 1981 Staples High graduate) Cynthia Gibb, and written by Jill Johnson Mann.
Jill Johnson Mann and Cynthia Gibb, at the Playhouse.
“Presumed Incompetent” is based on the true story of Wynston Browne, the Staples High School junior with non-speaking autism and apraxia. He’s also the star of the film, which shows how a simple spelling device unlocks his very sharp brain. It’s life-changing — for him, his family, and all those around him who for too long presumed him to be incompetent.
“Presumed Incompetent” — which includes many local youngsters (and Gibb’s mother Linde) — is poignant, uplifting and inspiring. It heads next to festivals around the country.
Wynston Browne, at the “Presumed Incompetent” premiere. (All photos/Dan Woog)
At 10 a.m. yesterday, a tree toppled. It took down power and cable to 160 homes — and started a brush fire.
The Westport Fire Department extinguished the blaze, but Wilton Road was closed to traffic.
Eversource restored power by 12:30 p.m., and the road was reopened.
(Photo/Steve Stein)
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Marriage equality for LGBTQ people was not always the law of the land. And the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport was not always a “welcoming congregation.”
The history of the local UU road’s to equality is the subject of a documentary film, “Welcome,” by longtime Westporter Rozanne Gates.
It’s being shown at (of course) the Westport church this Saturday (April 13, 7 p.m.). A discussion (and refreshments) will follow.
The showing is free, and the public is welcome.
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport.
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The Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for president campaign will be at Sherwood Island State Park this Saturday (April 13), from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
They’ll be collecting signatures, to get him on the Connecticut ballot in November. 12,000 are needed.
This week’s Jazz at the Post features saxophonists Dayna Stephens and Greg “The Jazz Rabbi,” in a tribute to the “two tenor sax front line” legacy.
Accompanying them are guitarist Kenny Wessel, bassist Steve LaSpina and drummer Tim Horner.
There are 2 shows this Thursday, at VFW Joseph J. Clinton Post 399: 7:30 and 8:45 p.m. Dinner service begins at 7. The music cover is $20 ($15 for veterans and students). Reservations are highly recommended: JazzatthePost@gmail.com.
Longtime Westport resident George Erickson died peacefully at home on April 3. He was 86.
The Pelham, New York native earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Colgate University, where he was a proud member of the Sigma Nu fraternity.
After graduation he was an officer in the US Marine Corps, rising to captain.
George married Susan Ostrom in 1960. They moved to Quantico, Virginia, and later Westport.
George discovered a passion for restoring old houses, seeing potential that no one else would tackle. Beginning with a 1789 Federal home in Greens Farms, he then worked on homes in Southport, a summer home in Branford, and finally a Victorian on Mill Hill.
He often volunteered to drive vans for soccer tournaments, Scout camping trips and rides to college. He was almost always on the sidelines of games, concerts and graduation ceremonies, for children and grandchildren.
His career started as a Fuller Brush salesman in Westchester, then led to a marketing position at Glendinning, and ultimately his own direct mail business, Curriculum Resources. Owning his company allowed him the freedom he craved.
In Westport George enjoyed a friendship with Jon Fox (who he met in 7th grade). He and Susan traveled often. And ever the volunteer and proud Marine, George enjoyed building Memorial Day floats with the Y’s Men of Westport and Weston.
George is survived by his wife Susan, children Martha and Jonathan, and his grandchildren Guthrie, Aria, Riley, Nell, Mullein, Romy and Faye. He was predeceased by his daughter Kristin.
Donations in his name may be made to Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Fairfield County.
George Erickson
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Golf is not really part of our natural world.
But dogs sure are. Which is why this shot fits the bill for our daily “Westport … Naturally” feature.
And finally … on this day in 1682, Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River. He claimed it for France, and named it Louisiana.
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Tickets are going fast for Saturday’s Westoberfest. We’ll drink to that!
The event (2 to 5 p.m., off Elm Street includes beer tasting from dozens of craft breweries; live music; food by Walrus Alley, Kneads Bakery, Lobstercraft and Little Pub; a children’s area run by the Artists’ Collective of Westport and MoCA; a street magician, bubbles and face painting; pumpkin and apple giveaways; food trucks, and vendors like Savvy + Grace.
Take-home tasting glasses with koozies are courtesy of Lux Bond & Green.
It’s all sponsored by the Westport Downtown Association. Click here for tickets, and more information.
Speaking of downtown: The Downtown Plan Implementation Committee holds a public meeting tomorrow (Thursday, October 12, 8:30 a.m., Town Hall Room 201).
Remote and in-person comments from the public will be received as time is available, or via email: DPIC-comments@westportct.gov.
The agenda includes a review of the parking lots design master plan, pedestrian access, sustainability and maintenance.
If you wonder why the state Department of Transportation is temporarily closing I-95 Exit 17, during the bridge rehabilitation project, check out yesterday’s scene:
(Photo/Jared McGill)
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This Sunday (October 15, 9 a.m.), the Board of Finance and the Long Lots School Building Committee will make a site visit to the elementary school.
BOF chair Lee Caney told “06880” that the tour will give members of his committee “the opportunity to review the Long Lots property, so we will have a better understanding of the terrain when we begin to discuss the funding of the project.”
No funding request has yet been made. But the BOF is one of the bodies that will be involved during the approval process for the $100 million project.
The finance board makes regular site tours before voting on appropriations, Caney added.
Miggs Burroughs and Mark Yurkiw have finished installing their “Signs of Compassion” exhibit at the United Nations.
The work depicts Burroughs’ “Signs of Compassion” — 30 lenticular photos, showing local residents using sign language to recite Emily Dickinson’s poem of the same name — and Yurkiw’s accompanying Braille “prayer wheel” mantra, based on those he saw in Bhutan (including a wheelchair-accessible element).
It takes up the entire 100-foot wall in the UN lobby.
Ever since the United Nations moved into its Manhattan headquarters in 1951, the lobby’s rotating art exhibit has been sponsored by member nations. For what is believed to be the first time, the featured works are offered by individual artists.
This is also the first time that Connecticut artists are featured at the UN.
“Signs of Compassion” is open to the public now through November 20, weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Miggs Burroughs’ “Signs of Compassion,” in the UN lobby. Mark Yurkiw’s “prayer wheel” mantra is also displayed nearby.
Students of the Month “help make Staples 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.”
Congratulations to Joshua, and fellow senior Juan Nieves; juniors Mia Ferrigno and Evan Wallitt; sophomores Adam Turner and Addison Welling, and freshmen Autumn Kaye and Jaxsyn Liebert.
Staples’ October Students of the Month (from left): Joshua Jordan, Juan Nieves, Mia Ferrigno, Addison Welling, Adam Turner, Evan Wallitt, Autumn Kaye. Missing: Jaxsyn Liebert.
Seniors may request the “We Do Walkway” list through the same phone and email above.
Kids! Help seniors with shoveling (and raking). It’s fun (and profitable).
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Speaking of teenagers: Tomorrow, the Teen Awareness Group welcomes the International Save A Life Tour to Staples High.
The safe-driving program includes driving simulators. Students “get behind the wheel” to see the effects of impaired and distracted driving.
Sounds like a program that would benefit some adult drivers, too.
Distracted driving simulator.
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Longtime Westporters Suzanne Sheridan and Rozanne Gates will be (very deservedly) celebrated by the Triangle Community Center.
Fairfield County’s LGBTQ organization has named the music/photography/ activist couple its “Community” honorees. The award will be presented at TCC’s Visionary Gala October 21 (6:30 p.m., The Water’s Edge at Giovanni’s, Darien).
The event includes a DJ, food and cocktails, and silent and live auctions. Click here for tickets and more information.
Suzanne and Rozanne were instrumental in creating Fairfield County’s first Pride Festival in 2002, and urging the General Assembly to pass civil union legislation in 2005. As soon as the law was passed, they became the first Westport couple to be civilly united. They married legally in 2010.
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For the third year, Rach’s Hope Family Fun Walk will raise funds for food, transportation and lodging for people with loved ones in intensive care units.
Recent recipients include a Massachusetts family with a youngster suffering from a traumatic brain injury, a family whose child was critically injured at the Michigan State shooting, and a Fairfield County family with a child in critical care.
The event is October 22 (3 p.m., Compo Beach Ned Dimes Marina).
Rach’s Hope honors the 2015 Staples High School graduate who died from a rare illness at 21 years old, while at Cornell University.
The “Family Fun Walk” for everyone includes Rachel’s family. Her grandfather Michael Isenberg pledged to walk 1,000 miles yearly for Rach’s Hope. Participants will join him in walking the last mile, to fulfill his pledge.
They’ll also receive Rach’s Hope swag, hear music from Fairfield-based Ellis Island Band, and enjoy gourmet pizza and drinks from Pizza Pie Wagon and Greens Farms Spirit Shop.
To purchase tickets, donate or learn more about Rach’s Hope, click here. You can follow them on Facebook and Instagram.
Republicans and Democrats can agree on one thing: If their kids are interested in cheer, they should to to the the Staples High School cheer team’s Election Day clinic (November 7, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The clinic — a fundraiser for the squad — sold out last year. The fee ($75 before November 1, $85 after) includes lunch and a t-shirt. Click here to register, and for more information.
The brainchild of longtime Westporters Suzanne Sheridan and Rozanne Gates, it’s a chance to do something we always talk about but seldom find time for: document our lives, for our families and all who will follow.
Thanks to his wife’s determination — and the talents of Suzanne and Rozanne — Ed told his life story. His children and grandchildren now have a fuller understanding of how he became the man he was.
Others can learn about him too. The book the Legacy Project USA created — “A Tale of Courage in Red, White, and Blue” — is now in the Weston Library.
Suzanne Sheridan and Rozanne Gates
For more than a decade, the Legacy Project has documented other local residents’ stories too, including Dick Pauker (businessman, sculptor and an original founder of the Westport Arts Center); Colleen Plantinga (mother of Prill Boyle, prominent member of the Westport Garden Club and Saugatuck Congregational Church), and Sally Sellars (whose husband Howard Lathrop designed the new Museum of Contemporary Art).
The Legacy Project offers many options. Life stories can be documented and preserved as audio or video recordings, photo albums or authored biographies.
As many people stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic now understand, many things we’ve always done in person can now be done by phone, or remotely. That’s true of Legacy Project USA interviews too.
In these self-isolating days, we’re finding time to go through those long-delayed projects. We’re also realizing that when life is precious, documenting our histories becomes more important than ever.
Suddenly, The Legacy Project is at the top of our to-do lists.
(For more information, click here or call 203-222-1441.)
The other day, a viewer asked Pat Robertson if it was okay to “like” Facebook photos of same-sex couples.
The “700 Club” host/failed presidential candidate/former Southern Baptist minister crawled out of his cave long enough to reply that Facebook needs a “vomit” button for such pictures.
“You’ve got a couple of same-sex guys kissing, do you like that?” he rumbled.
“Well, that makes me want to throw up. To me I would punch ‘vomit,’ not ‘like,’ but they don’t give you that option on Facebook.”
Then he chuckled, at the absurdity of this wacky 21st-century world. (Click here or below to see Rev. Robertson’s full answer.)
That did not sit well with another religious figure. Rev. Debra Haffner — co-founder and president of the Religious Institute, the Westport-based multifaith organization advocating for sexual health, education and justice in faith communities and society — set up a Tumblr page filled with love, not hate.
“Such comments make it sound as if Rev. Robertson has never seen the love and the joy on the faces of same-sex couples,” the page — called “Show Pat Love!” — says.
The Tumblr invites users to share same-sex couple photos — and promises to forward a link to all submissions to Rev. Robertson’s attention.
Dozens of photos have already been posted. There are male couples, and female couples; white, black, Hispanic, Asian and biracial couples; couples with kids, and couples with dogs; couples posing in churches and temples, atop mountains and on beaches.
In other words: same-sex couples doing just what opposite-sex couples do on their wedding days.
One of the 1st couples to be featured is Suzanne Sheridan and Rozanne Gates. The longtime Westporters posted a joyful shot from their wedding ceremony at the Unitarian Church.
The minister is Rev. Frank Hall. Also officiating: Rev. Barbara Fast, of the Danbury Unitarian Church.
Interestingly, Debra Haffner is associated with the Unitarians too. When she’s not running the Religious Institute, she serves as a community minister at the Westport church.
Where, clearly, there is plenty of love to go around.
And enough to spare, even for a grumpy old man living out a different century in a Virginia cave.
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