Month: October 2008

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Halloween Politicians

Some fifth graders at Westport’s Coleytown Elementary School masqueraded as politicians at the school’s annual Halloween parade today. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Kerry Corrigan Foley for WestportNow.com

Ready for Halloween on Park Avenue

Westport neighborhoods were full of Halloween decorations today. This was the scene in front of one house on Park Avenue. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Westport Property Transfers Oct. 13 – 17, 2008

Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period Oct. 13 - 17, 2008:

15 Bonnie Brook Road LLC to Jonathan C. and Pamela F. Ross, 15 Bonnie Brook Road, $3,075,000 WN property.jpg

Jeffrey and Kane Peterson to Acorn Developers LLC, 1 Sturges Hollow, $1,150,000

Jerome H. and Beatriz Diamond to John and Elizabeth Hester, 30 High Point Road, $900,000

Atco Corporation to Albin Holdings LLC, 272 Post Road East, $4,250,000

Workers cleaned up the leaves on Westport’s Jesup Green today in a scene being repeated throughout town. The town’s curbside leaf pickup program begins Monday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Green Farms Parades for Halloween

Youngsters at Westport’s Greens Farms Elementary School held their annual Halloween parade today. Nicole Fieschel, dressed as an Olympic equestrian medalist, led her second grade class of characters in the parade. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Kurt Eichhorn for WestportNow.com

Halloween Parade at Coleytown Elementary

There were a variety of costumes in today’s Halloween parade at Westport’s Coleytown Elementary School. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Ariane Stiegler for WestportNow.com

Donald H. Saltus, 79

Donald H. Saltus, a former longtime Westport resident who lived on Compo Road South, died Oct. 28 in Georgetown, Texas after a short illness. He was 79.

He was born March 28, 1929 in Westfield, Mass. He was an army veteran who served in Japan during the military occupation following World War II.

He went on to obtain a degree in education from Fairfield University under the GI Bill.

He married Barbara Ann Henry, his wife of 52 years, on July 28, 1956.

Pumpkin Message

A message from PJ Syrrist, en eighth grader at Westport’s Bedford Middle School, graces his Halloween pumpkin. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Pumpkin Man

A cheerful pumpkin man sits on the front steps of a home on Westport’s Morningside Drive North, waiting to greet trick or treaters. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Lynn U. Miller for WestportNow.com

Friday, October 31, 2008

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Historical Society – “Unique Perspectives: Photography by Six Westport Artists”
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Historical Society – “WestportNow Photographers: The Best From the Best”
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Arts Center – “Not all Rubber Ducks Look Alike”
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Arts Center – “Optimism”
8 p.m. – Westport Country Playhouse – “Of Mice and Men”