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Pic Of The Day #1431

Posted on March 18, 2021 | 1 comment

Soundview Drive (Photo/Patricia McMahon)

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Roundup: Mahackeno, Teardowns, Flowers …

Posted on March 12, 2021 | 3 comments

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The Westport Weston Family YMCA’s Mahackeno Outdoor Center opens for members this weekend. Activities include 2 playgrounds, a large sports field, basketball court, dodgeball pit, walking trails, pavilions and (from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday), giant slides.

Coming soon: sports programs (registration begins April 3), canoeing, archery, pool and splash pad (after May 1), bouldering wall, fishing, outdoor group fitness classes and more.

Click here for more information.

Two Mahackeno slides are a huge hit.

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A great local non-profit needs someone to finish a WordPress website redesign and upgrade.

The person in charge has had to stop for personal reasons, but can explain intent, purpose and what needs to be done. The project is 90% complete, and pays “a bit.”

Interested? Email encliff@gmail.com.

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Circolo Italiano — Staples’ Italian Club — has a unique way to raise funds for Centro La Tenda, a community center in Napoli that helps at-risk youth.

This is no pizza sale. Next Wednesday (March 17, 1 p.m.), they host an interactive, virtual (and worldwide — play from anywhere) trivia competition.

The cost is $3 per player, with up to 5 players per team. Venmo @StellaCorenthal, with the name of your team and all members. There are prizes for winners.  A Zoom link will be sent.

Questions? Email bg1002540@students.westportps.org.

BONUS TRIVIA FACT: The word “trivia: comes from the Latin “trivialis,” meaning “found everywhere, commonplace.”

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19 Soundview Drive is one of the oldest original — aka “un-renovated” — homes on the beach exit road. A “Demolition” sign hangs prominently by the front porch.

But right next to the sign, a workman was busy yesterday painting the brown shingles white.

Gotta look good for that wrecking ball, right?

(Photo/Karen Como)

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Meanwhile, teardown season is in full “swing.” This was the scene around the corner yesterday, at 320 Compo Road South, just east of Bradley Street:

(Photo/Matt Murray)

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Also in season: Spring!

Here’s Whitney Street yesterday:

(Photo/Molly Alger)

Don’t forget: Turn your clocks ahead Saturday night. Losing an hour of sleep for more of these scenes will be worth it!

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And finally … Happy 75th birthday, Liza Minelli!

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Roundup: Timari Rivera, Polo Ponies, Free Range Children, More

Posted on January 11, 2021 | 1 comment

It was a gorgeous sunrise on Soundview Drive this morning.

Let’s hope it foretells a better week ahead than the last one. (As for that “red sky in morning” stuff … there’s no rain or snow in the forecast.)

(Photo/Susan Ford)

The family of Timari Rivera — the Staples High School senior who died last week — has released his obituary:

Timari Raquan Rivera, 17, was greeted in heaven on Monday, January 4, 2021 from his earthly home.

He was born August 5, 2003 to Timothy Rivera and Anglie Edmounds in Bridgeport. He attended local schools and began his love of the game at age 6, when his pediatrician suggested that if his mom didn’t put a basketball into Timari’s hands, he would.

His passion for basketball grew from PAL league, leading him to play in several leagues – including Weston Wilton Travel Team, NE Playaz, and CT Elite AAU, but his varsity position with the Staples High School Wreckers remained his primary focus.

Timari was a math whiz, fluent in basketball statistics, and loved pottery. He enjoyed spending time with family, friends, playing 2K, and every teen’s passion, eating. He was set to graduate from Staples this year.

In addition to his parents, left to cherish the memory of this “gentle giant,” are stepfather Devin Robinson, big little brothers Taurean and Tyron Rivera, 9 additional siblings, nephews Amir and Tristian Rivera, bonus niece Marlo Perkins, and a host of family and friends.

A private Service of Celebration will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 12, at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, 729 Union Avenue, Bridgeport. Friends may greet the family from 9 to 10 a.m. at the church. The family will proceed to a private interment immediately following service.

The family wishes to thank those who have expressed their love and condolence in various ways. It is truly appreciated. To plant memorial trees in memory, click here.

Timari Rivera

Seen yesterday at Sherwood Island:

(Photo/Mary Sikorski)

Photographer Mary Sikorski reports that the riders’ jackets said “Yale Polo.”

So that’s why they look like 3 Wise Men.

Those kids playing on Saugatuck Shores are so adorable, you could just eat them!

(Photo/Les Dinkin)

And finally … on this day in 1972, East Pakistan officially renamed itself Bangladesh.

 

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Roundup: Turkey, More

Posted on November 27, 2020 | 2 comments

 

Spotted on Soundview Drive:

(Photo/Mary Sikorski)

And finally … Ian Finkel, “the world’s greatest xylophonist,” has died at 72. Who even knew there was such a thing?

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Pic Of The Day #1247

Posted on September 15, 2020 | 4 comments

Compo crosswalk (Photo/Patricia McMahon)

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Pic Of The Day #1228

Posted on August 27, 2020 | 3 comments

Moon over Soundview (Photo/Andrew Colabella)

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Pics Of The Day #1135

Posted on May 26, 2020 | 1 comment

Interesting scenes at Compo Beach:

Photographer Brendan Byrne captured this scene, just offshore. He writes: “Said they were waiting to pick someone up – one way to avoid the airport ;-)”

Another view, with Compo Beach in the background (Photos/Brendan Byrne)

Soundview Drive, Memorial Day weekend (Photo/Patricia McMahon)

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Compo Beach Parking Lots Are Closed. So Westporters Parked On Soundview.

Posted on March 15, 2020 | 36 comments

Around noon …

… and a couple of hours later.

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Pics Of The Day #939

Posted on November 12, 2019 | 2 comments

Tonight’s spectacular sunset: Soundview Drive … (Photo/Betsy P. Kahn)

… and South Beach (Photo/Isabelle Taglia, Bedford Middle School 6th grader)

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Photo Challenge #243

Posted on August 25, 2019 | 11 comments

Readers often stump me with Photo Challenge submissions. They send images of places I can’t quite recognize, have not noticed before, or never seen.

But I never thought I’d be stumped by a picture of  Compo Beach.

Until I saw Matt Murray’s shot. His Photo Challenge last week showed an old-fashioned bottle opener — with a box underneath, presumably for the tops — mounted on what looked like wood. (Click here for the photo.)

Matt said it was on a utility pole at Compo Beach, on the Soundview exit road at Fairfield Avenue. I took his word for it.

I’m not the only one who noticed it — though not many have. Kathe Damman, Dan Aron (who lives on Soundview, and walks by it every day) and Michele Whybrow quickly checked in with the right answer.

So now, readers — including myself — want to know:

  • Who put this bottle opener at Compo?
  • Why? Was it a joke, a luxury — or a necessity?
  • And when? Glass bottles have long been banned from that part of the beach.

If you can shed any light on this Great Bottle Opener Mystery, click “Comments” below. And do the same if you know where in Westport you’d find this week’s Photo Challenge:

(Photo/Bill Dedman)

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