UPDATE The Westport Weston Family Y today announced the appointment of Robert D. (Rob) Reeves as its new chief executive officer.
Rob Reeves: takes over in January. Contributed photo

Reeves, 50, who has held a similar position at the Bangor, Maine YMCA for nine years, succeeds Helene Weir who announced in July that she was leaving after two years to take the top position at the Calgary Y in her native Canada. (See WestportNow July 7, 2008)

Reeves, who takes up his new position at the beginning of the New Year,  has worked at various YMCAs for almost 30 years, according to Troy Ellen Dixon, Y spokeswoman. He joined the Bangor Y from the Harrisburg, Pa., Area YMCA where he was senior vice president.

Reeves and and his wife Joanne have two daughters, Courtney who is a sophomore nursing student at Salem State College in Massachusetts, and Victoria, who will be a junior at Staples High School.

Workers erected holiday lights along Westport’s Post Road East on Monday night. Economists predicted the holiday buying season could be one of the bleakest in years because of the economy. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The Westport Young Woman’s League presents its 33rd annual Creative Arts Festival Saturday and Sunday at Staples High School.
Food goods were popular at an earlier Creative Arts Festival. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

More than 150 artisans from Maine to Maryland and beyond will offer something for everyone—whether you are an avid collector, shopping for a one-of-a-kind gift, or hunting for a bargain.

With a reputation as of one of the premier juried craft shows in the country, the festival will feature toys, novelties, decorative art, jewelry, clothing, ceramics, sculpture, home décor and many gourmet food products with something in every price range.

New and returning “green” artists will offer eco-friendly, but profoundly unique items including distinctive bags and home accessories made of Earth-friendly materials that use environmentally safe production processes.

The folks who brought you the Thursday Westport Farmers Market at the Westport Country Playhouse are taking up winter residence again with a market at the Fairfield Theatre Company in Fairfield.

The Fairfield Winter Farmers Market returns for a second year beginning Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 70 Sanford St., across from the Fairfield train station.

The market will feature locally grown organic greens and herbs, heritage breed eggs, pasture-raised meats, farmstead cheeses, and homegrown honey.

Sponsoring the market is the Wholesome Wave Foundation, managers of the popular Thursday summer market in Westport as well as one in Fairfield, the Fairfield Theatre Company, the Town of Fairfield and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture.

All Metro-North New York-bound trains on the New Haven Line were running up to 25 minutes late today because of wire damage near East Norwalk.

The railroad said in a statement that delays were 10 to 15 minutes, but messages from passengers waiting for trains said they were running up to 25 minutes late.