These youngsters were among hundreds who made their way through Westport’s Compo Beach area tonight as they sought Halloween goodies. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

These youngsters were among the early trick or treaters tonight along Westport’s Sandhopper Trail just after sunset. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

It was Halloween fun and games tonight for these Westport youngsters at Partick Road and Crawford Road. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer for WestportNow.com

These Westport youngsters gathered tonight at Patrick Road and Crawford Road for cider, pizza, candy and other goodies. Known as “trunk-or-treating” or Halloween tailgating, the community event substitutes a family outing for the riskier practice of going door-to-door on narrow, poorly lit streets. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer for WestportNow.com

Westport Town Clerk Patricia Strauss announced today that her office will be open on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon to accommodate voters applying for an absentee ballot to vote in the Nov. 7 election. 

Absentee ballots are available at the Town Clerk’s office daily, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. They will be available through Monday, Nov. 6 until 4:30 p.m. 

The Town Clerk’s office is located in the Town Hall at 110 Myrtle Ave., Room 105. 

Applications for absentee ballots and other important Election Day information can be downloaded from the Town of Westport Web site under News & Happenings located on the front page at www.westportct.gov .

8 p.m. – Westport Country Playhouse – “Old Wicked Songs”