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Sunday, October 18, 2026

Brother-Sister Entrepreneurs

Among sidewalk sale vendors in Westport’s downtown area today were brother-sister entrepreneurs Roscoe and Tory Brown. Roscoe, entering his junior year at Syracuse where he majors in communications, is a 2014 Staples High School graduate while Tory is class of 2009. Their entrepreneurial business, The Two Oh Three, is described by its co-founders as Connecticut’s local lifestyle brand. They chat with Fairfield University senior Julia Vitte of Orange, who purchased a 203 cap. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Teen Attraction

LF Stores, 26 Main St., was a popular attraction for female teens today as the Westport Downtown Merchants Association annual summer sidewalk sale was in full swing. It continues through Sunday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Looking for a Bargain

A woman peruses sidewalk sale offerings today at the Loft, 17 Main St. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Bargain Hunting

Shoppers go through on sale merchandise today at Vineyard Vines, 90 Main St., as the annual Westport Downtown Merchants Association sidewalk sale got underway. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

Saying Nothing Has Changed, P&Z is Quick to Deny Saugatuck Developer

By James Lomuscio

The attorney for a local developer barely got a few lines out tonight before Westport’s Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) denied a proposed 1,500-foot sewer line extension.

Carolanne Curry, who led opposition to the plan, at the P&Z meeting tonight before the vote. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The sewer line was developer Felix Charney’s needed first step to construct 155 rental housing units on Hiawatha Lane Extension in the Saugatuck section of town.

The reason for the denial by a vote of 5 to 0: nothing had changed since the last denial 18 months ago. The town’s infrastructure is simply unable to handle the additional flow at present, commissioners agreed.

At issue is the failing sewage pipe that runs from Pump No. 2 near the Black Duck restaurant to the town’s sewage treatment plant.

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Westport Firm at British Air Show

A Westport company is among 11 firms that will exhibiting in the Connecticut pavilion of the biennial Farnborough (England) International Airshow July 11-17.

First Aviation Services, with corporate headquarters at 15 Riverside Ave., is part of the pavilion sponsored by the state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, an announcement said.

First Aviation, headed by Aaron P. Hollander of Weston, chairman and CEO, is an international leader in logistics, engineering services, and distribution serving the aerospace industry.

The exhibit helps the Connecticut companies “get face-to-face access to customers and potential customers they might not be able to afford on their own,” said a DECD spokesman.

Tuesday, July 5th, 2016

Old Saugatuck’s Last Neighborhood Fights for Future

By James Lomuscio

What’s at stake, to hear Carolanne Curry tell it, is the future of the last surviving neighborhood of old Saugatuck, the one not lost to 1-95 cutting a swath through this section of Westport in the 1950s.

A developer hopes to built a 155-unit housing complex on Saugatuck’s Hiawatha Lane Extension. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) File photo/Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

She describes the neighborhood of Hiawatha Lane Extension, where she lives, and the seven tucked away roads as “the most closely knit neighborhood in the Town of Westport.” They include Ferry Lane West, Indian Hill Road, Davenport Avenue, West End Avenue, Hiawatha Lane and Gillette Circle Drive.

“Everyone knows everyone like they have here for generations,” she says of the single-family home community once considered Westport’s unofficial Italian neighborhood. “We have picnics together. We look out for each other.”

And Thursday night, about two dozen members of Save Our Saugatuck (SOS), a neighborhood group, are expected look out for each other in force at a Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) meeting.

Sunday, July 3rd, 2016

Comings & Goings: New York Sports Clubs Closing

New York Sports Clubs, 427 Post Road East in the Compo Shopping Center, will close July 31 after 14 years at the location, according to employee Michael Pettway. He said all members are being offered a refund or a transfer of membership to another New York Sports Club with the nearest in Stamford and Greenwich. Pettway, who said the decision to close was a corporate one, has been employed by the club for about one year and was offered a position at the Stamford location. He said there are about 10-11 employees in Westport, which opened in January 2002. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Saturday, July 2nd, 2016

Comings & Goings: West Comes East

West, a fashion retailer founded this year by Westporter Laura Maged, opens next month at 117 Post Road East, occupied until June by Alex and Ani jewelry store. According to the store’s website, the concept “has been brewing for decades.” It describes the business as “a styled, edited + curated selection of the very best fashion, lifestyle, jewelry, accessories + art that la, the West Coast and (the even further west) Australia, have to offer. Mixing a vibe that is hip + cool and real + easy expect fashion you will love, art gallery openings, special trunk shows, cappuccini, specialty cocktails + occasionally, a dj.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Some ‘Bright Spots’ Seen in CT Economy

By Keith M.Phaneuf

www.ctmirror.org

While confirming that state government’s finances have slipped yet again, Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo also said today that a few “bright spots” show Connecticut’s economy might not be done growing.

And while the state entered a new fiscal year today, Lembo certified a $315.8 million deficit in the the outgoing budget — a shortfall that worsened largely because of further slippage in state income and sales tax receipts.

The deficit for the 2015-16 fiscal year, which is $56.7 million worse than projected one month ago, potentially could leave Connecticut with only about $90 million in its emergency reserve – a level equal to about one-half of 1 percent of annual operating costs.

Lembo, who recommends a reserve of 15 percent, will not formally close the books on 2015-16 until the end of September.

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