ғControversy seems to love the town of Westport, perhaps because its residents are so famously contentious. Martha Stewart comes to mind. Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen’s reputation was one of peacemaker, and yet controversy found her too.
The editorial recounted the late WestporterԒs achievements and the effort by Westport state Rep. G. Kenneth Bernhard to name the bridge after her.
But to Bernhard’s surprise—and ours—there was objection to this idea. Westporters who didn’t like the United Nations. People who thought veterans should be honored instead. Ruth would have been the first to say, if you’re going to fight over this, never mind,Ԕ the editorial said.
Fortunately, ԑnever mind never happened. The bill was approved, and the bridge—the Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen Memorial Bridge—will now stand as a testament to her bedrock belief—practiced rather than preached—that peace initiatives should begin at home.”
06/25/03 04:22 PM
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The Mystery of the Westport-Based Merritt Parkway Conservancy Today’s press coverage of a Merritt Parkway Conservancy event Tuesday in New Canaan announcing new preservation initiatives includes a mention in The Advocate of Stamford identifying the organization as the Westport-based group.
But its connection to Westport is less than it appears.
Indeed the Web site of the Conservancy, a nonprofit organization established in 1999 and dedicated to preserving and celebrating the 65-year-old highway, lists its home as Westport—actually a Westport post office box.
But the telephone contact number listed on the site connects not to Westport but to the Hamden, Conn.-based Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation .
John M. Lupton, executive director of the Westport Historical Society, told WestportNow he had no idea the group was based in Westport and has had no contact with its officers.
Ann E. Sheffer, a Westporter active in community affairs and who was listed on the organization’s press release for Tuesday’s event as a member of the Conservancy’s advisory board of directors, said she did not realize she was on the board until she received the press release.
Sheffer said she met with Conservancy board member Deanne H. Winokur, a Greenwich resident, about a year ago but declined an invitation to join the board of directors because of commitments elsewhere and has no contact since then.
Westport’s First Selectwoman, Diane Goss Farrell, who attended Tuesday’s press conference in New Canaan, said she did not know the organization was Westport-based until she saw it on the Conservancy’s press release.
So what exactly is the Conservancy’s Westport connection?
According to Peter Szabo, the Conservancy’s part-time executive director who lives in New York, the only Westport link is the post office box and a bank account. The same word came from Helen Higgins, executive director of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Trust had aided in establishing the Conservancy as an independent, nonprofit organization.
Szabo and Higgins told WestportNow the post office box is checked periodically by Emil Frankel, a Weston resident, who is now assistant secretary for transportation policy for the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.
President Bush named Frankel to the post in March 2002. He is a former commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Transportation where Szabo once served as a deputy commissioner. Frankel is also a former chair of the Conservancy.
Frankel confirmed to WestportNow that he indeed does empty the Westport post office box but said that is his only connection now to the group.
“As a convenience (to the group), I literally check the box on Saturdays and forward anything there,” he said.
Additionally, Frankel expressed concern that publicly identifying him as keeper of the group’s Westport mailbox could somehow land him in hot water in Washington where he said everything has got to be “squeaky clean.”
Szabo, Higgins and Frankel all said they hoped the Conservancy would gain a higher profile in Westport and get more Westporters involved in its work.
Westporter Paul Newman is among its benefactors and is listed as a member of its “honorary board of directors.”
Classic Car Parade to Mark Classic Car Parade to Mark Merritt Parkway Anniversary
The classic car parade, involving about 30 cars, will help mark Sundays 65th anniversary of construction of the parkway.
They will head to WestportҒs exit 41 from New Haven and Greenwich beginning about 11 a.m., ending up at a luncheon at Westports Three Bears Restaurant.
The parade is being organized by the Merritt Parkway Conservancy , which held its first public event at the New Canaan Historical Society Tuesday to outline its goals and initiatives.
Peter Szabo, the conservancyҒs part-time executive director, said this weeks press conference and parade are intended to raise the visibility of the organization which was established in 1999 to ғrevitalize and celebrate the Merritt Parkway.
Gov. John G. Rowland has proclaimed Sunday as Merritt Parkway Day and Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell was on hand at the New Canaan event Tuesday to help celebrate.
Westporter Bill Scheffler hopes to be among those participating in the classic car parade—weather and readiness of his classic car willing.
06/25/03 12:38 PM
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Tuesday, June 24, 2003
NY Times: Former Westporter Seppy NY Times: Former Westporter Seppy Basili Comments on Affirmative Action Ruling New York Times devotes multiple stories to the Supreme Court ruling preserving affirmative action in university admissions and among those quoted reacting is former Westporter Seppy Basili.
Basili, a lawyer for Kaplan Inc., a test preparation company, said: “You’re going to see a big increase in the number of readers at state universities” (referring to closer scrutiny those big schools will have to give to individual applications).
Basili grew up in Westport and is the son of well-known Westport real estate maven Marj Basili.
06/24/03 10:58 AM
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Monday, June 23, 2003
Author Stephen Kings New Yorker Author Stephen Kings New Yorker Short Story Set in Westport
HarveyӒs Dream is about a conversation between a middle-aged couple in their Westport kitchen on a Saturday morning.
Known as the “Master of Horror,” King’s books have been translated into 33 different languages with 300 million copies of his novels in publication. He lives in Bangor, Maine with his wife.
06/23/03 08:37 PM
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Westport Public Library DistressedӔ Over Westport Public Library DistressedӔ Over Supreme Court Internet Decision
George Wagner, the libraryҒs assistant director, commenting in the absence of Maxine Bleiweiss, the librarys director who was unavailable, told WestportNow:
ғI think I can safely say that Maxine would be distressed by the Supreme Court decision today.
From what IӒve read so far, it didnt make a distinction between the types of sites that filters attempt to block and valid informational sites that may be useful to adults as well as students doing research on topics.Ҕ
In its 6-3 decision, the court rejected arguments from civil libertarians who said that allowing Internet controls infringes on free speech.
The court said the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), passed by Congress in 2000, did not violate the First Amendment guaranteeing free speech because libraries will have the capability to disable the filters for any adult patron who may ask.
The law, which did not take effect pending the legal challenge by public libraries and civil liberties groups, required libraries to equip their computers with filters as a condition for receiving federal funds.
The ruling was a defeat for a coalition of libraries, library patrons and Web site operators, led by the American Library Association and the American Civil Liberties Union, which challenged the law as unconstitutional censorship.
We do not use filters at the Westport Library,Ӕ said Wagner. We believe that parents are responsible for guiding their childrenӒs Internet use, and we provide guidance to parents in doing so through literature and workshops.
We also believe that users of the library, both adults and children, have the right to find information uncensored by any commercial provider of filtering software.Ӕ
Wagner said the library does not receive federal funds under the Universal Service Fund or under any other program.
We may be pursuing grants from the National Science Foundation for a demonstration project on the public library in the Internet age, and if the CIPA requirements are part of the application, Maxine and the Board will likely uphold the freedom to read,Ӕ he said.
The New York Times, in reporting on today’s decision, noted that libraries receive $200 million a year under two federal programs, one that provides Internet access at a discount and the other that gives grants for setting up and linking to electronic networks.
It added: “Although libraries are free to reject the money and ignore the Children’s Internet Protection Act, budgetary constraints make that quite unlikely. ”
06/23/03 05:53 PM
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Its Beginning to Look a Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Summer҅Finally!
JoeyҒs by the Shore did brisk business in ice cream and sodas at Compo Beach as the beachgoers came out with the sun. Lifeguards at Compo measured the water temperature at 60, but that did not deter swimmers young and old from taking the plunge.
Bedford Middle Schools weather station, in the north part of town, registered a high of 90 in mid-afternoon.
Weather forecasts for the first time this year mentioned the ғthree HsҔ hot, hazy and humid with a high Tuesday expected to be 92 inland and even hotter, possibly approaching 100, later in the week.
An accident along I-95 in Fairfield stopped and then slowed northbound traffic along the thruway in late afternoon, causing many cars to spill over to local Westport roads to try to avoid the backup.
06/23/03 05:17 PM
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State Developing Evacuation Plan, I-95 State Developing Evacuation Plan, I-95 May Become One-Way Northbound
The AP, in a Stamford-datelined dispatch , quoted Vincent J. DeRosa, Connecticut homeland security director, as saying the planning is based on another major terrorist attack or natural disaster in New York City.
The AP did not say where or when DeRosa made the remarks.
Westport First Selectman Diane Goss Farrell has met recently with other municipal elected officials as well as state officials urging them to prepare such evacuation plans.
The local officials in Fairfield County have expressed concern about emergency evacuation plans also in connection with the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County.
The AP quoted DeRosa as saying one option would be to close all ramps on a major highway, such as Interstate 95, and make traffic one-way headed north. Another highway, such as the Merritt Parkway, could be used for southbound traffic and emergency vehicles heading into New York, he said.
The report also quoted Donald Petri, a program manager with the state Division of Homeland Security who is working on the initiative, as saying he hopes to have a conceptual plan ready for review by September.
06/23/03 01:20 AM
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Sunday, June 22, 2003
NY Post: Marthas Life Never NY Post: Marthas Life Never Been Busier New York Post.
It chronicled a number of her activities over the past couple of weeks aside from the twice-weekly taping of her show in her Westport studio. They included a Kmart photo shoot, dining out in Manhattan, and a Yankees game with owner George Steinbrenner.
While keeping busy and still making the occasional visit to her home in East Hampton, the newspaper said Stewart is not venturing out as much as she used to.
ғInstead, Stewart has been spending more time at her home in Westport, where she took a stroll on the beach one recent Sunday afternoon with her housekeeper and her two Chow Chow dogs, Paw Paw and Tutu.
Bonnie Adler, who chronicled the outing for the Westport Minuteman, remarked that Stewart ӑlooked as if she had put on some weight.Ҕ
The Post quote from The Minuteman erred slightly. Adlers story said it was an early morning stroll, not afternoon.
06/22/03 07:21 AM
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NY Times: Jack Mitchells New NY Times: Jack Mitchells New Book ғa Surprising Little Gem review today of a new book by Jack Mitchell, chief executive officer of WestportԒs family-owned Mitchells clothing store.
Written with Sonny Klein, it is titled, “Hug Your Customers: The Proven Way to Personalize Sales and Achieve Astounding Results” (Hyperion, $19.95).
Mitchells, which also owns the equally well-known Richards clothing store in Greenwich, does a $65 million a year business selling to ordinary folks as well chief corporate executives among its 115,000 customers.
Excerpt: At a time when so many companies seem to have strayed from the core mission of serving their customers, and when others are seeking fancy customer-relationship management software to avoid eye-to-eye contact, ӑHug Your Customers is indeed refreshing.
ғMr. Mitchell describes how his company, founded by his parents in 1958, remains relationship driven,ђ rather than simply interested in selling another Armani necktie. Huggingђ may sometimes involve a bearhug, but more generally it means going the extra mile to satisfy, amuse or delight a customer.
The Times business section review wonders whether the company would be as successful if it were much larger. ԓBut all doubts aside, ” it said, “this book is a surprising little gem. The reader will almost certainly feel hugged.ђ
Mitchell, who has established his own Web site to promote the book, hugyourcustomers.com, will be at Westport’s Barnes and Noble for a book signing June 26 from 7:30 pm. to 8:30 p.m.
He and his wife, Linda, who is “women’s merchant” for Mitchells/Richards, live in Wilton.
06/22/03 06:59 AM
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Saturday, June 21, 2003
Sunday NY Times: StudentsӒ Sleep Sunday NY Times: StudentsӒ Sleep is a Westport Issue
The letters, under the headline ғStudents Sleep is a Westport Issue,Ҕ were a follow-up to a Connecticut section story last week about Wiltons decision to delay the start time of its schools to allow students to get more sleep.
The Westporters are protesting the boardҒs decision to start Coleytown Middle School classes at 7:30 a.m. in the fall, a half hour earlier than now, in order to save $158,000 on transportation costs.
The start time of the towns other middle school, Bedford, remains 8 a.m.
06/21/03 08:58 AM
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Westport Senior Center Construction Underway Westport Senior Center Construction Underway
The $4 million project, six years in the making, is expected to be completed in about a year.
The center sits at the southern end of the 22-acre town-owned property known as BaronҒs South.
The senior center currently is located at Staples High School but must move due to the expanding student population.
Construction was delayed about a year by a lawsuit filed by a neighboring property owner.
06/21/03 06:27 AM
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Friday, June 20, 2003
Old-Fashioned Newspaper Circulation War on Old-Fashioned Newspaper Circulation War on Westports Doorstep
The latest salvo was fired today by the editor of The Advocate, based in Stamford. In an editorial page column , Joseph F. Pisani called last week’s letter to readers by Chet Valiante, publisher of The Hour, based in Norwalk, “a sad display of whining and demagoguery.”
“Chet Valiante tried to rally popular support by portraying us as interlopers and himself and his cronies as the hometown boys,” Pisani said. “The simple truth, however, is that The Advocate has been in Norwalk much longer than he and his editor.”
In his letter, Valiante said The Advocate’s push into Norwalk had the “sole objective of enriching the corporate coffers.” He said The Hour had deep roots in Norwalk, adding: “Only The Hour is this community’s voice. Don’t be fooled.”
For media buffs, the battle between The Hour, which had its start in Westport in 1871, and The Advocate, founded in 1829, is especially fascinating because it pits a little guy against a big guy.
Owned by a local charitable trust, The Hour is one of seven independent daily newspapers in Connecticut and the only one in Fairfield County. (The other 10 state dailies, including The Advocate, are group-owned.) It has no other holdings aside from the Wilton Villager, a weekly, and The Stamford Times, also a weekly.
(For circulation purposes, The Hour counts The Stamford Times as part of its Sunday edition. It reports it that way to the all-important Audit Bureau of Circulations —much to the dismay of The Advocate, which has complained to the circulation-auditing organization.)
The Advocate is owned by Chicago-based Tribune Company, whose newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Newsday, and the Hartford Courant. It also owns two television stations in the state—WTIC-TV in Hartford and WTXX-TV in Waterbury.
The Advocate, which also publishes Greenwich Time, makes no mention of Stamford on the front page of its Norwalk edition and instead has Norwalk emblazoned in large type beneath its logo.
In addition to noting its Web address as www.norwalkadvocate.com (from which visitors are redirected to www.stamfordadvocate.com), the front-page logo includes the tagline in Norwalk, Westport, Wilton and Weston.
In its bid to increase Norwalk readership, The Advocate has opened an editorial office in Norwalk and staffed it with at least four former Hour journalists.
While The Advocate mentions Westport on its front page, its coverage of the town is sporadic. But when its reporters do cover town issues, town officials say their coverage is usually comprehensive and accurate.
First Selectman Diane Goss Farrell said she has been particularly impressed with The Advocate coverage of her efforts to deal with the areas transportation woes.
The Hour has one reporter assigned to Westport who also gets high marks from town officials for being thorough and accurate. But these same officials say they are concerned that as The Hour devotes more resources to its battle with The Advocate, coverage of Westport could suffer.
It’s unclear whether The Advocate is ready to increase its coverage of Westport. Nevertheless, Westporters are included in the same bargain home delivery subscription offer the newspaper is making to new readers of its Norwalk edition—99 cents a week for daily and Sunday editions.
With the Connecticut Post having abandoned daily coverage of Westport, there is plenty of room for competition here as well.
Update : Asked whether The Advocate had any plans to expand Westport coverage, Durham Monsma, publisher of the newspaper, told WestportNow via e-mail: “For now we are concentrating on Norwalk.
06/20/03 04:56 PM
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Rowland Signs Bill Naming Post Rowland Signs Bill Naming Post Road Bridge for Ruth Steinkraus Cohen
The measure was contained in an overall transportation bill (HB-6404) signed Wednesday by the governor, according to the states Web site. It was one of 15 bills signed that day by Rowland, who had not signed any state legislation since June 3.
The bill passed the House on May 15 and the Senate on May 22—the latter passage came despite an effort by Westport’s Sen. Judith G. Freedman to block the legislation.
She said the bill had not had a fair hearing in Westport and that people were not aware that a naming process was underway. The legislator said there were other names that could have been considered
The bill was introduced by fellow Westport Republican Rep. G. Kenneth Bernhard and gained endorsement from the Westport Board of Selectmen by a 2-1 vote and the Representative Town Meeting by a 26-5 vote on April 1.
The act states: “(Effective from passage) The bridge over the Saugatuck River in Westport shall be designated as the ‘Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Memorial Bridge.’”
Streinkraus Cohen, an avid supporter of the United Nations and the arts, died May 26, 2002, after a long battle with cancer. She had been a Westport resident for more than 45 years.
06/20/03 08:44 AM
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Thursday, June 19, 2003
Jan. 12 Set as Trial Jan. 12 Set as Trial Date for Martha Stewart
U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum also set a Nov. 18 date for lawyers to make oral arguments on their pretrial motions and asked them to submit written arguments before that.
Stewart appeared at the federal court house in Manhattan for the procedural action, which some media described as “court housekeeping.”
Unlike her appearance there two weeks ago, the media was kept behind barricades and Stewart was able to enter and leave the court house without incident.
06/19/03 11:45 AM
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Wednesday, June 18, 2003
The Westport Connection: Tracy Sugarman The Westport Connection: Tracy Sugarman and the Library of Congress
Sugarman donated the works to the librarys American Folklife Center Veterans History Project and its prints and photographs division.
The director of the project is former Westporter Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, a 1965 Staples grad, who was one year behind SugarmanҒs son, Dick, at Staples.
Another Westporter and Staples grad, Ann Sheffer, helped put Sugarman together with McCulloch-Lovell.
When Sheffer served on the Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities, McCulloch-Lovell was director of the committee. “It’s a perfect fit,” said Sheffer.
In announcing the gift to the library, Sugarman, 81, said, ғI give to you my youth.
Three years ago he published a memoir that included many of the letters and drawings, ԓMy War: A Love Story in Letters and Drawings.
06/18/03 04:46 PM
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NY Times: Westport AbuzzӔ Over NY Times: Westport AbuzzӔ Over Naming Bridge Issue New York Times finally gets around to WestportҒs controversy over naming the Post Road Bridge after Ruth Steinkraus Cohen.
In a front-page metro section story headlined Name Bridge for U.N. Backer? Town is Abuzz,Ӕ the Times reports:
Right up to her death last year at the age of 81, Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen went all out for her favorite causes. She was still publishing a yearly “Peace” calendar chock-full of tidbits on countries large and small.
ӓShe greeted hundreds of international visitors at the train station with their native flags and a smile. And she gave to nearly every artistic endeavor in town.
So you would think that when a local state representative proposed naming a town bridge after her, there would have been applause back home.
ӔInstead, in an unlikely marker of these contentious times, the proposal has set off a heated dispute because one of her pet causes was the United Nations, as the bill to name the bridge clearly notes.
06/18/03 07:00 AM
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Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Fire at Longshore Halfway House Fire at Longshore Halfway House Causes Extensive Damage
Police reported the town-owned structure on the ninth hole of the course was heavily involved in flames.
Responding firefighters quickly knocked it down, reporting the fire under control shortly before midnight.
The one-story facility, which serves drinks and refreshments to golfers, was damaged extensively.
Fie officials said the blaze appeared to have been intentionally set, but did not give details or say whether there wrere any suspects.
Several years ago, one of Longshore’s nearby cabins was destroyed by a fire which officials believed also was the result of arson. No arrests were made.
06/17/03 11:02 PM
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Syracuse Post-Standard: Preserving Tracy Sugarman’s Syracuse Post-Standard: Preserving Tracy Sugarman’s WW II Work Syracuse Post-Standard takes a look at Wednesday’s Library of Congress ceremony honoring Westporter Tracy Sugarman and the letters, drawings and watercolors he sent to his wife during World War II.
They sat preserved, but forgotten in the couple’s basement and on Wednesday become part of American history.
“You worry about your work when you’re about to leave,” Sugarman, 81, told the newspaper from his Westport home. “This way it’ll be part of the whole permanent archive. It’ll be there as long as the country is.”
Sugarman, who grew up in Syracuse and studied illustration at Syracuse University, donated some 400 letters to the Veterans History Project, part of the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress.
06/17/03 06:53 AM
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Westports Train Station ғBig Dig Westports Train Station ғBig Dig Underway
Giant diggers have begun scooping out earth near the west end of the stationҒs New Haven-bound platform for a new pedestrian tunnel.
The innovative tunnel jackingӔ technique being used, similar to that in Boston, is aimed at completing the work without disruption of traffic above.
The goal of the 18-month, $7.8 million project is to make the 160-year-old station more user-friendly and comply with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Because the station is eligible for listing as an historic structure on the state registry, all work must conform to specified procedures for such structures.
Construction includes an elevator to carry passengers between the platform, parking lot, and tunnel levels. The existing tunnel will also be renovated.
Additional work includes installation of textured warning strips, similar to those in Grand Central Terminal, at the edge of the platform, increased site lighting, and general improvements to the parking lots, platform ramps, stairs, and landscaping.
Within the Railroad Place station house itself, an ADA-compatible ticket window will be installed and the restrooms, heating, and lighting will all be renovated.
06/17/03 06:17 AM
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Monday, June 16, 2003
Picture of the Day: MetLife Picture of the Day: MetLife Blimp Pays Visit to Compo Beach
The few beachgoers who were there paid little attention to the 130-foot long, 45-foot high blimp.
According to MetLifes Web site , the company operates two blimps, ғSnoopy One and ԓSnoopy Two.
ԓSnoopy One visited the Westport area shortly before 4 p.m., spending about 15 minutes making its way from Saugatuck Shores, to Compo, then Old Mill-Sherwood Island, and on up the coast.
It was launched in Tampa, Fla. in February 1994 and concentrates on providing aerial television coverage of East Coast sporting and special events.
Snoopy adorns both sides of the lightship. The corporate tagline “have you met life today?” is displayed on one side with “MetLife” on the other.
06/16/03 04:45 PM
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Sunday, June 15, 2003
Former Norwalk Mayor: Bridgeport Summit Former Norwalk Mayor: Bridgeport Summit Didnt Discuss Poverty
Excerpt: The Democratic First Selectman of Westport, having recently savaged BridgeportӒs proposal for an Indian casino, decided shed better try to paper over the breech. Thus she organized a ґsummit in that troubled city to show that she really cares after all.
ғSelf-righteousness gushed from every mouth. Park City leaders were assured that everything would be all right if they just rooted out corruption and put more cops on the street. Bridgeports new mayor also did his best to make a silk purse out of a sowҒs ear, dutifully ticking off the citys modest assets.
ғSomehow, the issue of poverty never came up. All those solicitous suburbanites managed to avoid mentioning it, largely because it is their own zoning policies that squeeze most of the regions poor into Bridgeport. This phenomenon makes the city unappealing to developers and forces it to deal with the bulk of the areaҒs social problems.
Footnote: The above excerpt from Collins’ column came from what appeared in today’s The Advocate of Stamford (but not available online). However the version printed in the NewtownBee is slightly different, beginning:
“The Democratic mayors of Westport and Stamford, having recently savaged Bridgeport’s proposal for an Indian casino, decided they’d better try to paper over the breech. Thus they organized a ‘summit’ in that troubled city, to show that they really care after all.”
No word on why the versions differ, but Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy was not an organizer of the Bridgeport summit. He did attend, however, and caused a few waves with his criticism of Bridgeport’s crime statistics.
Update (6/16/03): Stamford led the nation with a 22 percent decrease in crime last year, making it one of the country’s safest cities, according to preliminary FBI crime reports released Monday. Crime rose by about 5 percent in Bridgeport.
06/15/03 10:02 AM
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Fairfield County Business Journal: Judy Fairfield County Business Journal: Judy Rovins Connects as Event Organizer
Excerpt: ғAs a 25-year veteran of the education field, former Westport schools superintendent Judy Rovins understood the value of an organized presentation.
Today, sheӒs taken that understanding into her Westport business, The Motivators JK Rovins Associates LLC., a large event-planning business whose clients include NASA, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Association Port of New York and New Jersey.֔
06/15/03 09:04 AM
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Saturday, June 14, 2003
NYTimes: Oops, Martha Began Catering NYTimes: Oops, Martha Began Catering in Westport Not Greenwich correction about Westport and Martha Stewart.
Last week, the Times carried a business section article about Stewart following her insider-trading-related indictment and noted she began her catering business in Greenwich, Conn.
TodayҒs correction sets the record straight as it seems most everyone else knows ֖ it was Westport not Greenwich.
06/14/03 10:43 AM
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Christian Science Monitor: “Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” Revisited Westport has had many fictional residents over the years, but perhaps none more famous than Betsy and Tom Rath.
The Raths are the main characters in Sloan Wilson’s 1955 novel “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.”
The novel has received renewed attention with Wilson’s death last month at the age of 83 and that of actor Gregory Peck, who played Rath in the 1956 film version, who died this week at age 87.
Scenes from the film were shot in Westport (See WestportNow May 26, 2003 ).
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Note: WestportNow Publisher Gordon F. Joseloff is also First Selectman of Westport
