Sunset colors provided different backgrounds tonight for photo buffs in Westport’s center. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Jo Shields for WestportNow.com

Gov. Ned Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz tonight place flowers on Connecticut’s 9/11 memorial at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport. They led fellow elected officials and members of the public in tribute to the 161 victims with ties to Connecticut who died in the 2001 attacks. Connecticut holds its ceremony early so family members can attend the annual service in New York City on Sept. 11. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

There was a groundbreaking ceremony today for an expansion of the Westport Weston Family Y. A $40 million gift from the late Ruth Bedford, who died in 2014, helped make the expansion possible. According to Steve Halstead, a member of the construction committee, the expansion includes the addition of a 22,000-square foot building adjacent to the main facility and a Camp Mahackeno makeover. Various officials and Y-connected luminaries took turns posing with the ceremonial shovels. Pictured here (l-r) state Sen. Will Haskell, Rosemary Halstead, president of the board of directors, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, and Patricia Riemersma, Westport Weston Family YMCA CEO. The original 54,000-square-foot, $38.5 million complex at its Mahackeno summer camp property along the Saugatuck River opened in 2014 after a move from its longtime downtown home. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

UPDATE There was concern today after a horse went down during a polo match at Westport’s Fairfield County Hunt Club. After a few minutes, the horse regained its strength and rose but was removed from the field. After a rest, the horse reentered the match and, according to the trainer, no one including the rider or horse, was injured. The match was the 10th annual Gold’s Dragoons Polo Cup Day that saw Squadron A (in yellow) prevail 7-4 over longtime rival Gold’s Dragoons (in red.)  Wynatte Chu, riding activities chairman at the Hunt Club, said later the incident was “unfortunate and shocking” and she hoped the horse involved will make a full recovery. She said the Gold’s Dragoons rent the facility from the Hunt Club and their horses are not under the care or management of the club. (See comment from Gold’s Dragoons official below.) (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

In their two-year relationship, the first date John Patterson and Daiane Dasilva had was in Westport. So that’s where, on a footpath overlooking the Saugatuck in Westport’s center, Patterson, 27, of Bridgeport decided to ask Dasilva, 26, of Redding to marry him. She said yes. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com

New Westport probationary firefighter Chelsea Curreri gets her badge pinned on today by mom,  Barbara Curreri of Glastonbury. Fellow recruit Tim Izzo (l) watches. Curreri becomes the second female firefighter currently on the roster. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com