Finally! A candidate we can all agree on. (Photo/Luke Garvey)
Posted in Local politics, Longshore, Pic of the Day
Tagged political signs, South Compo Road
It’s one of the most visible properties in town.
The new Compo Road South house — finished this spring — sits just east of the Minute Man monument. It’s right next to Minute Man Hill.
But joggers, bikers and anyone driving by can’t really see it. It’s hidden by a high stone wall, topped by an equally high fence.
(Photo/Matt Murray)
Thanks to a drone and the Higgins Group website though, we get a peek at the 6-bedroom, 9-bath, 8,950-square foot home, 1-acre property. FYI, it’s “New England rustic traditional (that) interweaves with West Coast modern sensational.”
The view looking west, toward Gray’s Creek, Owenoke and Long Island Sound. The Minute Man is barely visible, near the center of the photo.
It’s quite a place. And — in an intriguing twist — the swimming pool is in front of, rather than behind, the house.
(Drone and house photos courtesy of The Higgins Group)
The asking price: $4.9 million.
But you’re too late. It’s already sold.
Posted in Beach, Real estate
Tagged Minute Man monument, South Compo Road, the Higgins Group
At first glance, it looks like just another nice New England scene: a tree, next to a decorative metal fence.
Then you look closely and go, Whoa!
The tree has actually grown around the fence, and the concrete steps nearby. It’s pretty cool, actually — proof that we really can’t control Mother Nature.
That image was last week’s Photo Challenge (click here to see).
But although it’s in a well-trafficked spot — South Compo Road, near the side entrance to Compo Acres Shopping Center, diagonally opposite the “Raid on Danbury” historical sign — not many readers knew where it was.
Phil Bancroft was first, followed by Michael Calise, Jo Shields and Morley Boyd.
Next time you’re stuck at that light — coming from the beach or the train station — put down your phone and take a look. You’ll have plenty of time, that’s for sure.
You can also spend time figuring out this week’s Photo Challenge. If you know where in Westport you’d see this, click “Comments” below.
(Photo/Molly Alger)
Posted in Environment, Pic of the Day
Nearly every day, alert “06880” reader Morgan Mermagen runs by Longshore.
For a month she’s seen wires hanging so low, she can actually touch them.
It’s the same on Hales Road:
(Photos/Morgan Mermagen)
They’re strung through loops, and are not affixed at each pole. The slack allows them to hang low in one place, high in another.
At first Morgan thought the wires were part of a storm clean-up, and on someone’s to-do list. Now she wonders what’s going on, and why no one has done anything.
She does not know who they belong to: Eversource? Optimum? Someone else?
She hopes someone will pay attention.
Hopefully now, someone will.
Posted in Environment, Longshore
Tagged Hales Road, Longshore, South Compo Road, utility wires
South Compo scene (Photo/Jay Dirnberger)
One of Westport’s most beautiful — and beloved trees: On South Compo Road, in front of former 1st selectman Jacqueline Heneage’s former home. (Photo/Seth Goltzer)
And another, closer to Compo Beach. (Photo/Andrew Colabella)
The bridge from Compo Cove, earlier today … (Photo/John Videler for Videler Photography)
… and South Compo Road. (Photo/Patricia McMahon)
This one occurred on Compo Road South, near Kaiser Road. An SUV rear-ended this car. The guy who got hit went to the hospital.
Be careful out there.
The recent grade-crossing train wreck in Westchester, plus heroic actions by a police officer preventing a similar accident in Norwalk a few days later, jogged what alert “06880” reader/1970 Staples graduate Scott Brodie calls “a dim memory.”
Long ago, he thinks, he heard that Westport was spared the same hazard by “thoughtful negotiators who represented the town” when the New Haven Railroad was first built, in the 19th century.
“They granted permission for the right-of-way through Westport, on the condition that there be no grade crossings,” Scott says — er, thinks.
True? A (sub)urban myth?
I’d never heard the story. But this is a great question for our “06880” readers. If you know about this — or anything else regarding the early days of Westport’s railroads — click “Comments” below.
South Compo Road crosses under the railroad. It floods often, and trucks regularly get stuck — but those are subjects for other posts. (Photo/Google Maps)
Posted in Looking back, Transportation
Tagged grade crossing, Scott Brodie, South Compo Road, Westport railroads
… but even better: John Videler.
The talented photographer snapped this shot on South Compo Road:
A few minutes earlier, a jogger ran by.
It’s a good thing John missed her.
This photo is timeless.
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