Month: July 2012 - Page 5 - Westportnow.com

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

8 a.m. – Fairfield County Hunt Club (174 Long Lots Road) – 8th Annual CT Challenge Bike Ride begins (registration begins 6 a.m.)
Noon – 4 p.m. – Westport Arts Center – “Landscape: Scene/Re-seen”
Noon – 4 p.m. – Westport Historical Society – “The Sound & the Saugatuck” & “Watershed Moments”
2 p.m. and 7 p.m. – Staples High School – Staples Players present “Willy Wonka”
2:30 p.m. – Earthplace – Nature Discoveries
7:30 p.m. – Town Hall – Westport Community Theatre: “Twelfth Night”
8 p.m. – Levitt Pavilion – Doug Wahlberg Band
8 p.m. – Westport Country Playhouse – Molière’s “Tartuffe”

See more events: Celebrate Westport Calendar

Carousel Trio at Levitt

The Carousel trio, who began producing and playing music together in Boston while attending Berklee College of Music, made their Westport debut tonight at the Levitt Pavilion. The musical group combined the drive of an electro sound with the melodies of indie pop. A smaller than usual crowd attended the Levitt Pavilion show due partially to the competing schedule of the widely viewed televising of the Olympics opening day ceremony. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Library Honors Longtime Donors

The Westport Public Library tonight held a reception in its Great Hall to honor longtime donors. Director Maxine Bleiweis welcomed guests. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Kenneth L. Robinson, 84

Kenneth L. Robinson, a former Westport resident, died July 25 in Hardwick, Vt. He was 84.

Kenneth Robinson: 1946 Staples grad. Contributed photo

He was born on May 15, 1928, in Norwalk, the son of Charles H. and Rose A. Robinson. He graduate from Staples High School in Westport in 1946.

Upon graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a military policeman in occupied Japan. He then went on to trade school to become a machinist.

He was later deployed to France during the Korean War. He married Jean E. Worthy on May 16, 1953. They made their home in Connecticut where all five of their children were born and then in May 1971, they moved to Hardwick, Vt.

Library Says Thanks

Scenes from tonight’s Westport Public Library reception honoring longtime donors. Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

Going Down: 108 Long Lots Road

The house at Westport’s 108 Long Lots Road was demolished today. Built in 1959, the one-story split had 1,555 square feet, was situated on a secluded 1.04-acre property and changed ownership last month for $720,000. It was the WestportNow Teardown of the Day on April 26, 2012. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Bob Eckman for WestportNow.com

New Haven Delays

UPDATE At 8:10 p.m., Metro-North said New Haven Line trains were operating on or close to schedule after earlier delays caused by a disabled train.

Riverside Avenue Reopened

Police reopened Westport’s Riverside Avenue at 8:05 p.m. today, more than 12 hours after it was closed by a glass delivery truck hitting a utility pole, bringing down wires and a transformer.

The crash led to 444 customers without power for most of the day with the last restored by 6 p.m.

Friday, July 27th, 2012

Donovan Race Now Rated More Competitive

By Ana Radelat and Mark Pazniokas

www.ctmirror.org

The congressional campaign of Connecticut House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan was hit today with a new attack ad and more bad news following the indictment of his former campaign manager. A prominent national political handicapper has reassessed the district race as more competitive for Republicans.

The Rothenberg Political Report dropped its rating for the 5th Congressional District race from “Leans Democrat” to “Toss-Up/Tilts Democrat,” meaning that Donovan’s troubles make the district more likely than before to be won by the Republican party.

Donovan, from Meriden, is currently the front-runner for the Democratic nomination.

The downgraded status of the Democrat’s campaign comes in the wake of additional arrests Thursday in the finance scandal that has rocked Donovan’s campaign. The arrest of seven more people, including Joshua Nassi, his former manager, was front-page news throughout the district.

But even before the new arrests, Donovan’s two rivals for the nomination, former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Dan Roberti, were working to publicize the scandal—Esty with a mailing that went out earlier this week, and Roberti with a just-completed attack ad.

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Moving Up the Ranks

Nine-year Westport Fire Department veteran Richard Calabria II addresses today’s swearing-in ceremony audience after he took the oath as lieutenant from First Selectman Gordon Joseloff (r). Looking on are Fire Chief Andy Kingsbury (l) and Deputy Chief Robert Kepchar. He fills a vacancy created by the retirement last month of Deputy Chief Jonathan Gottfried. Calabria, a licensed paramedic and instructor, became a volunteer in his native West Haven at age 18. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com