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Sunday, October 18, 2026

Westport Library Book Sale Opens

The Westport Library Labor Day Book Sale opened to ticketed customers today. The sale will continue until 5 p.m. today, Saturday, Sept. 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are not required after today. Masks are required and social distancing is requested when possible. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Saturday, April 25th, 2020

Levitt Rainbow

A rainbow over the Levitt Pavilion late today.CLICK TO ENLARGE) Suzanne Krauss for WestportNow.com

Friday, January 10th, 2020

Lamont, Legislators Talk Transportation at BMS Sunday

Transportation infrastructure needs over the next decade will be the thrust of a Town Hall with Gov. Ned Lamont and state legislators set Sunday from 4 to 5 p.m. at Westport’s Bedford Middle School (BMS), it was announced.

Lamont will be joined by Sen. Will Haskell and state Rep. Jonathon Steinberg to discuss CT 2030 and other forms of transportation infrastructure investment, the announcement said.

The announcement added that the public is encouraged to attend.

Calling All ‘Makers’

Maker Faire Connecticut is seeking creators of all stripes to take part in the eighth annual event scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, at Westport’s Staples High School, it was announced yesterday.

“Our makers are the reason why people attend our event,” said Mark Mathias, founder and president of Remarkable STEAM, Inc. and producer of Maker Faire Connecticut. “People come to see and interact with makers from all disciplines.”

Mathias said he expects attendances at the expanded, weekend Staples venue to reach between 15,000 and 20,000.

“This year more than ever, we are adding creative, innovative businesses in our roster of makers to augment our traditional history of creative makers,” Mathias said. “This broadens the opportunity for attendees to find more value—and fun—by attending,” he added.

Friday, November 10th, 2017

Senate Tax Bill Would Have Big Impact on CT Homeowners, Small Businesses

By Ana Radelat

www.ctmirror.org

Washington – The Senate decided to go its own way in overhauling the nation’s tax code, and its plan would have a different impact on Connecticut taxpayers than a similar House bill.

The Senate bill would push back for a year President Donald Trump’s top priority of cutting the corporate tax rate from a maximum of 35 percent to 20 percent.

Holding off implementation of the new rate would lower the cost of the bill by $100 billion, but it also would delay the GOP’s plans to entice businesses to move offshore operations back to the United States.

The biggest changes affecting individuals in Connecticut is the bill’s elimination of the deductibility of property taxes. The House plan would allow deducting these taxes up to $10,000.

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Wednesday, May 24th, 2017

Tribes Win Casino Fight in Senate, Face Battle in House

By Mark Pazniokas

www.ctmirror.org

The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes early today won the first half of their home-court fight with MGM Resorts International over the rights to gaming expansion in Connecticut as the Senate voted 24-12 for a bill authorizing the tribes to jointly develop the state’s first casino off tribal lands.

The bill that now goes to an uncertain fate in the House of Representatives would allow the tribes to build a casino off I-91 in East Windsor in an effort to blunt the loss of gambling dollars to Massachusetts once MGM opens a gambling resort under construction in Springfield.

“We did what we had to do. We stood up for Connecticut workers,” Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, said shortly before the final vote at 12:35 a.m.

The Senate unexpectedly took up the bill shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, a day when MGM intensified its opposition, buying $400,000 in television time to air a commercial saying the state would be forgoing millions of dollars in license fees and other revenue if it cut a no-bid deal with the owners of the tribal casinos.

Friday, October 21st, 2016

Group Think

There was a strategy session Wednesday at the Westport-Weston Family YMCA involving the Y, Westport Library, Westport schools, and Westport Parks and Recreation Department. The informal conversation was about leveraging existing resources to better serve Westport and enhance opportunities for learning together, a library announcement said. Pictured (l-r) are YMCA CEO Pat Riemersma, Westport Library Executive Director Bill Harmer, Westport Parks and Recreation Director Jen Fava, and Westport Public Schools Superintendent Colleen Palmer. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo