Month: December 2017

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Gallery: First Night Westport Weston

Scenes from tonight’s First Night Westport Weston in bitter cold that reduced attendance and forced cancellation of the fireworks. Dave Matlow and J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com and WestportNow.com photos

Warming by the Bonfire

Westport Fire Lt. Joe Arnson stokes the bonfire on Jesup Green tonight as a much reduced crowd of Westport Weston First Night revelers tried to stay warm. With cancellation of the fireworks and the temperature around 8F, many decided to skip the event. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Rockin’ at Toquet Hall

The Fairfield School of Rock House Band played tonight at Toquet Hall to a small but enthusiatic audience as part of the First Night festivities. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Playing the Blues

Westporter Mark Naftalin, a 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, was back at the Westport Historical Society tonight as part of the First Night Westport Weston festivities. The crowd was small due to the cold, but very appreciative. The blues keyboardist, recording artist, composer, and record producer, was inducted into the Hall after appearing on the historic first four albums by Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the mid 1960s as a band member. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Making a Portrait

Liev Katz, 6, of Westport, a kindergarten student at Kings Highway Elementary School, today sits for caricaturist Bill Hernandez as part of the First Night Westport Weston festivities. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Ready to Ring in the New Year

Graham Simmons, 4, and his sister Whitney, 2-1/2 today get ready to ring in the New Year at First Night Westport Weston festivities. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Listen to the Principal

Al DeCant, a former school principal, entertains in the cafeteria of the Saugatuck Elementary School today as part of the children’s events of First Night Westport Weston. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Trainman Learns His Craft

Dennis the Train Man lets Leo Rubin, 3, work the train controls at the Westport Center for Senior Activities today as First Night Westport Weston got underway. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

First Night Kicks Off in Bitter Cold

First Night Westport Weston kicked off today with carriage rides in Westport’s center, courtesy of Allegra Farm in East Haddam. Temperatures hovered around the 12-degree mark as the sun set. Ice in the Saugatuck River forced cancellartion of the planned fireworks. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Barbara Innamorati for WestportNow.com

Car Into Utility Pole on Meeker Road

A driver smashed his car into a utility pole today on Westport’s Meeker Road, sending the pole and wires to the ground and knocking out power in the area. Eversource said more than 100 customers were affected. The driver did not appear to have suffered life-threatening injuries. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Adam Goldberg for WestportNow.com