Month: June 2008

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Just a Drill

Lifeguards at Westport’s Compo Beach engaged in a practice drill today involving rescuing a drowning swimmer. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

WestportNow Teardown of the Day: 3 Great Marsh Road

An application is in process to acquire a permit to demolish the house at 3 Great Marsh Road, off Duck Pond Road in Westport’s Saugatuck Shores area. Built in 1934, the 1 1/2-story conventional-style house is 1,701 square feet and is situated on a 1.11-acre property. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Beach Run

A pair of runners got in some exercise Sunday at Westport’s Compo Beach. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Monday, June 30, 2008

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Historical Society – “Westport Library Looks Back at 100 Years” exhibit
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Historical Society – “A Town’s Treasures” photo exhibit by Tom Krestch
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Arts Center – “Solos Show”
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Arts Center – “Cover Story”
10 a.m. – Town Hall Room 201 – Administrative Review Committee
1 p.m. – Town Hall Room 309 – Historic District Commission
7 p.m. – Town Hall Auditorium – Planning & Zoning Commission Work Session (live coverage cable channel 79 and westportct.gov)
7:30 p.m. – Westport Public Library – Community Conversations: Sonny Fox, “The Next Chapter—from the Golden Age of Television to His Golden Age”

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Tonight’s Levitt Pavilion Performance Moved Indoors

The threat of thunderstorms has forced the move of tonight’s performance at the Levitt Pavilion featuring the nuevo jazz sounds of the Los Angeles-based ensemble Incendio indoors to Saugatuck Elementary School, 170 Riverside Ave., the Pavilion announced.

The free admission performance will begin at 7 p.m.

Wading at Compo

Some visitors to Westport’s Compo Beach today find some relief from the heat by wading in the shallow waters. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Antique Cars on Display

A 1953 Morgan Plus Four Flat Road (foreground, l.) and a 1959 Morgan 4/4 Competition (r.) were star attractions among 18 antique cars at the Cedar Point Yacht Club antique auto show in Westport today. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Hazy Sunset

Saturday’s hazy sunset as seen in Westport waters off Compo Beach. The temperature reached an unofficial 85 in Westport. Similar temperatures are forecast for today with the chance of showers and thunderstorms. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dorrie Harris for WestportNow.com

Sunday, June 29, 2008

10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Imperial Avenue parking lot – Westport Farmers Market
Noon – 4 p.m. – Westport Arts Center – “Solos Show”
Noon – 4 p.m. – Westport Arts Center – “Cover Story”
7 p.m. – UPDATE – Levitt Pavilion – Incendio – moved indoors to Saugatuck Elementary School, 170 Riverside Ave.

Hydrogen-Powered Victory

Coach Phil Ross’s Westport Allstars drove to the second game of their double header today with Fairfield-American in a hydrogen-powered BMW 7 Series-Hydrogen, on loan to player Ryan Baer’s family from BMW of North America. The vehicle, a hybrid/flex-fuel/bi-fuel car that can run on both hydrogen and gasoline, is one several being used by BMW to raise national awareness of zero-emissons hydrogen-powered vehicles and of the company’s prowess in clean technology. The Allstars went on to win their game 11-2. Pictured (l-r) are: Julian Ross, Noah Yokoi, Ben Thaw, Spencer Gabor, Dylan Dreyfuss, Cameron Chottiner, Ryan Baer, Evan Gilland, Sam Ahlgrim, and Daniel Cozzi. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) David Dreyfuss for WestportNow.com