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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Seniors at Westport’s Staples High School posed for the traditional prom picture before heading off to the senior prom tonight in Greenwich.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Jeffrey Kaplan for WestportNow.com

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The National Weather Service in Upton N.Y. has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Fairfield County until 7 p.m.

In addition to large hail and damaging winds, continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm, an advisory said.

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The Staples High School boys rugby team finished in third place today in the first annual Connecticut State Rugby Championship held at Staples.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Allen Bomes for WestportNow.com

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Rescue Dachshunds for adoption, some as young as two months, were among those taking part in today’s 10th annual Daschund Reunion on Westport’s Jesup Green. For information call Sheila Weiss at (203)227-2786. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

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More than 100 Dachshunds--old ones, young ones, short-haired, long-haired, wire-haired ones--gathered on Westport’s Jesup Green today to celebrate the 10th annual Dachshund Reunion. There were games and events and treats for the dogs, a rescue parade, and a silent auction with the proceeds going to Dachshund Rescue, which houses the dogs and tries to find proper homes for them. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

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The Pirates celebrate after winning the Westport Little League World Series today in the majors division. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

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Westporter and children’s artist and author Leonard Everett Fisher today signed posters he designed using illustrations from his book titled, “The Olympians” in the Joel Smilow Family Children’s Library of the Westport Public Library to kick off the library’s “Summer Reading Program.” On the table in front of him and on the shelves are some of the 90 children’s books Fisher, 84, wrote and illustrated. In addition, he has illustrated more than 200 children’s books. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

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Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period May 26 - 30, 2008:

Richard E. and Ann M. Fudge to Michael Weiner and Michelle Lim, 4 Lowlyn Road, $1,035,000

Kurt and Elizabeth Lynn Rosenfeld to Mattera Construction 15 Manitou, 15 Manitou Road, $1,250,000

Peter Mercier Carp to Kurt and Elizabeth Lynn Rosenfeld, 118 Harvest Commons, $875,000

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At the end of a picture perfect beach day Friday, the cannons at Westport’s Compo Beach attracted many youngsters. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

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10:30 a.m. - noon - Westport Public Library - Leonard Everett Fisher artist poster signing
Noon - 11 p.m. - Westport Woman’s Club, 44 Imperial Ave. - Yankee Doodle Fair
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. - Westport Town Hall - Westport Community Theatre: “A Few Good Men”
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Westport Public Library - Mythical Beasts of the Night Sky (grades K+)
7 p.m. - Toquet Hall Teen Center - Battle of the Bands
8 p.m. - Westport Country Playhouse - “Hot ‘n Cole:  A Cole Porter Celebration!” opening night

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Friday, June 13, 2008

The Rip Cord had many Yankee Doodle Fair visitors in the air tonight. The fair continues noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

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The ferris wheel was a star attraction tonight at the 101st edition of the Yankee Doodle Fair at the Westport Woman’s Club. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

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Having fun on the Scrambler at the Yankee Doodle Fair at the Westport Woman’s Club tonight were (l-r) Brianne Birch, Julia Holewinski and Haley Parker who just finished eighth grade at Coleytown Middle School. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

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The 101st edition of the Yankee Doodle Fair at the Westport Woman’s Club did a brisk business tonight. The carnival continues Saturday noon to 11 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

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The bumper cars were a popular draw tonight at the Yankee Doodle Fair at the Westport Woman’s Club. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

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All the picnic tables and grills at Westport’s Compo Beach South were filled late today as visitors enjoyed perfect picnic weather with the temperature in the 70s. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

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By Dave Matlow

Westporter Lawrence K. Grossman who, as president of NBC News in 1984 hired Tim Russert for the network, said today he was shocked and saddened by the newsman’s sudden death at the age of 58.
Lawrence K. Grossman, who hired Tim Russert at NBC News, is pictured at his Brookside Drive home today in between fielding telephone calls about the newsman’s sudden death. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

“I can’t believe it,” said Grossman, 76, who added that he had just e-mailed Russert Thursday night. He said he last talked to him about two weeks ago when Russert was in New York.

NBC announced this afternoon that Russert had died of an apparent attack while at work in its Washington news bureau.

Grossman, who served as NBC News president from 1984 to 1988, said he had just joined NBC when he had lunch one day with Russert, who had been working for then New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo.

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There was singing and dancing and talks--all with a definite Cuban beat Thursday night at the Westport Public Library as it honored Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos. The son of Cuban immigrants was the first Hispanic to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

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6 p.m. - 11 p.m. - Westport Woman’s Club, 44 Imperial Ave. - Yankee Doodle Fair
7 p.m. - Westport Public Library - Books Unbound Launch: Doug Beube talk, “The Alternative Library: The Book in the Environment”
7 p.m. - Toquet Hall Teen Center - Middle School Night w/ Ellen Kempner, Biohazard, Seeing Sounds, and Flaming Ice
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. - Earthplace - Friday Family Campfire: Sounds of Summer
8 p.m. - Westport Town Hall - Westport Community Theatre: “A Few Good Men”
8 p.m. - Westport Country Playhouse - “Hot ‘n Cole:  A Cole Porter Celebration!” preview

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

American novelist Oscar Hijuelos tonight received the Westport Public Library Award at the library’s 10th annual Booked for the Evening event. Born in New York to Cuban immigrant parents, Hijuelos won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990 for “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love” about two Cuban musicians in New York in the 1950s. It was adapted for the film “The Mambo Kings” in 1992 and as a Broadway musical in 2005. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

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Lucie Arnaz, daughter of the legendary television couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, listens intently as the Westport Public Library honored author Oscar Hijuelos (2nd r.) the son of Cuban immigrants tonight. In his remarks, Hijuelos mentioned how much he was influenced by Arnaz’s parents. Hijuelos was the 10th honoree at the library"s Booked for the Evening event. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

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A large crowd turned out tonight for the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce’s third annual wine tasting event at National Hall Plaza along the banks of the Saugatuck River. This year’s event raised money for Westport’s Green Energy Task Force in support of its goal to reduce Westport’s carbon foot print by 10 percent by 2010. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

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Tonight’s third annual wine tasting event by the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce under tents along the Saugatuck River raised money for Westport’s Green Energy Task Force. “We are taking a leadership role in green energy and conservation initiatives,” said Richard Gordon, chairman of the chamber’s Board of Directors. “In addition to financial support, our wine tasting event promotes awareness, which is a greater challenge right now.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

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Human Services Director Barbara Butler announced today that a new monthly support group for grandparents will begin on Thursday, June 19, at the Westport Center for Senior Activities.

Grandparents and their grandchildren are invited to dinner and to hear a guest speaker from Positive Directions, Susan Raphael. The public is invited to share with other grandparents caring for their grandchildren in the after school hours, weekends or full-time. There is no charge.

“We hope many grandparents will enjoy the dinner out and friendly atmosphere of sharing and networking with others,” said Butler. 

A pizza and salad dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. The Westport Weston Family Y will provide childcare at the Westport Center for Senior Activities, 21 Imperial Ave. To make a reservation, call the Westport Department of Human Services at 341-1050. 

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First Selectman Gordon Joseloff announced the appointment of Teresa Giegengack, assistant director of human services for the Town of Westport, as the town’s first Municipal Agent for People with Disabilities. 

Giegengack will be responsible for assessing the needs of people with disabilities and their families in the community, identifying programs to meet those needs, and assuring that Westporters know about and use the services available to them.

“This newly created position was one of the recommendations of the Community Inclusion Task Force in its final report issued in September 2007,” said Joseloff.  “The position is patterned after the existing position of Municipal Agent for the Elderly.”

Another key recommendation of the task force was the formation of an Advisory Council for People with Disabilities. This advisory body would be ongoing and its purpose would be to address disability related issues affecting residents of Westport and Weston. 

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Author Max Wilk, a Westport treasure, told stories, sang bits from various musicals and generally had his audience laughing, smiling and just enjoying themselves Wednesday as he spoke at the Westport Public Library about his updated book, “They’re Playing Our Song: Conversations With America’s Classic Songwriters.” Fellow Westporter Susan Terry (l) belted out some show tunes with the accompaniment of talented pianist Mark Cherry (r). (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

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10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Westport Country Playhouse - Westport Farmers Market
6 p.m. - 11 p.m. - Westport Woman’s Club, 44 Imperial Ave. - Yankee Doodle Fair
7 p.m. – Westport Fire Headquarters – Public Site & Building Commission
7 p.m. – Westport Police/EMS Building – EMS Task Force
7:30 p.m. - Westport Public Library - Booked for the Evening 2008: Library Award presented to Oscar Hijuelos
8 p.m. - Westport Town Hall - Westport Community Theatre: “A Few Good Men”
8 p.m. - Westport Country Playhouse - “Hot ‘n Cole:  A Cole Porter Celebration!” preview

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

A black cherry tree downed in Tuesday night’s storm on Westport’s Nutmeg Lane totaled two family cars. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Luisa Francoeur for WestportNow.com

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Westport First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff tonight asked the Board of Finance to reconsider its decision to increase taxes by 7 percent and the board agreed to meet on the issue again on Monday.

The board had voted May 21 for the larger-than-anticipated increase in the town’s mill rate because of an accounting standards change that calls for disclosure of escalating future costs of retiree health care benefits. (See WestportNow May 21, 2008)

Joseloff, who said he had worked hard to keep the municipal budget increase under 4 percent, noted that specific information about the town’s financial obligation to meet the standards change came only two days before the board’s vote.

“You set the mill rate with very little information,” he said.  “I would respectfully ask you to readdress this. I think it is unfortunate. I am disappointed. It impacts so many residents of our community.”

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Utility crews worked throughout the day today at Kings Highway South to restore damages caused by the violent storm that swept through Westport on Tuesday night. Connecticut Light and Power Company said 86 customers were still without power 24 hours after the storm. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

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By Dave Matlow

Staples pony prank teen Sarah Friedson pleaded no contest in a Norwalk juvenile court today to a reduced charge of creating a disturbance, her father said.
The Friedsons and pony Cocoa outside Staples on Friday in a picture made available today.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

The 17-year-old, who with her father, Ronald, 50, had been issued a misdemeanor summons for disturbing the peace for taking her pony Cocoa to the Westport school on Friday, paid a $90 fine and $46 in court costs for the infraction, he said.

Friedson, who has a court date of June 16 on his arrest, said Judge Burton A. Kaplan told Sarah during the three-minute hearing that “he liked her spirit.”

Meanwhile, the Friedsons said they received formal notification of Sarah’s 10-day suspension from school for “insubordination, truancy, and creating an unsafe educational environment by attempting to incite students for a possible riot.”

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Today’s Westport Town Hall brown bag lunch with representatives of Connecticut Light and Power Company had been scheduled weeks ago. But it was a good time for First Selectman Gordon Joseloff (l) and guests to get an update on Tuesday’s storm damage from Chris Swan, municipal relations director for the utility. He said about 1,200 customers were without power at the height of the brief storm and its aftermath and said everyone should have power restored by midnight tonight. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

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Town of Westport employees work today on Over Rock Lane cleaning up after Tuesday night’s storm. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Andy Weir for WestportNow.com

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Busy Compo Road South remained shut down at Post Road East until shortly before 2 p.m. today because of trees leaning on power lines, the result of Tuesday night’s storm. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Chip Stephens for WestportNow.com

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Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period May 19 - 28, 2008:

Christopher Cocco to Andrew Harrison, 8 Oak Ridge Park,$1,845,000

Marlene LeLievre Tr. to Yevgeny and Nataliya Yakushev, 2 Janson Drive, $920,000

Albert and Antonia Angotti to Benjamin J. and Joanne Procter, 20 Stoneboat Road, $1,050,000

Christine Georgopulo Tr. to Phoenix Land Management, Inc., 68 Kings Highway South, $650,000

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