Month: November 2018 - Page 8

Saturday, December 02, 2023

Serving Up Turkey and All the Fixings

Volunteers today serve up meals at Westport’s Thanksgiving Community Feast at Branson Hall, Christ & Holy Trinity Church. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Welcome to Our Feast

The Rev. Alison Patton, pastor of Saugatuck Congregational Church, today welcomes guests to Westport’s annual Community Thanksgiving Feast at Christ & Holy Trinity’s Branson Hall. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Staples Footballers Fall to Greenwich 29-0

Greenwich shut out Staples 29-0 today at Greenwich in the traditional Thanksgiving Day game.

With the win Greenwich also clinched its second-straight FCIAC championship.

The Cardinals now have beaten the Wreckers on Thanksgiving three straight seasons.

Staples Grad Wins Pequot Turkey Trot

For the second consecutive year, Henry Wynne, 23, a 2013 Staples High School graduate, today won the 5-mile, 41st annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race organized by the Pequot Running Club of Southport. His time was 25:03. Wynne was a legend at Staples, winning 22 state championships, including individual and relay events. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Mike Joseloff for WestportNow.com

Chilly Turkey Trot

Despite temperatures in the low 20s, thousands took part today in the 41st annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race organized by the Pequot Running Club of Southport. The five-mile race began in Southport, continued through portions of Westport’s Greens Farms section, and ended in Southport. Runners are pictured on Greens Farms Road just about to turn on to New Creek Road. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Water Stop at the Station

Volunteers provided water at the Greens Farm’s station today for runners in the 41st annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race organized by the Pequot Running Club of Southport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Thursday, November 22, 2018 – Thanksgiving Day

Westport Town Hall, Library, and Schools are closed.
8:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Various Greens Farms streets – 41st annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Christ & Holy Trinity Church – Community Thanksgiving Day Feast

See more events: Celebrate Westport Calendar

Wednesday, November 21st, 2018

Greetings for Community Thanksgiving Feast Guests

Last minute preparations were under way today for the annual Westport Community Thanksgiving Feast, to be held this year 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Branson Hall, Christ & Holy Trinity Church, 75 Church Lane. Each table will have special greetings from students and staff at Coleytown Elementary School and Stepping Stones Preschool. More than 300 cards were delivered to the church today. Event partners include Main Street Resources, Christ & Holy Trinity Church, Saugatuck Congregational Church, The Unitarian Church in Westport, and Temple Israel. Contributed photo

A New Art Gallery Space Debuts at Playhouse

Works by renowned Westport artists Miggs Burroughs and Ann Chernow are on display at the new Gallery at the Westport Country Playhouse. Their exhibit, “Amazing Grace,” opens Saturday in the Sheffer Rehearsal space thanks to Ann Sheffer, art patron, philanthropist, and Playhouse honorary trustee. The reception is from 5 to 8 p.m. and is open to the public. The exhibit focuses on real and invented people from life’s shadows. This is the inaugural exhibit made possible from a partnership the Playhouse has formed with the Westport Permanent Art Collection and the Artists Collective of Westport. Now equipped with wall treatments, track lighting and a modern hanging system, this promises to be one of the outstanding gallery spaces in the area. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Busy, Busy at Compo Farm Florist

Westport’s Compo Farm Florist, 392 Post Road East, had customers lining up today to get flowers for the Thanksgiving holiday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com