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Sunday, October 18, 2026

Westport Kiwanis Minuteman Triathalon

Almost 200 persons participated in today’s Westport Kiwanis Minuteman Triathalon at Compo Beach. Entrants did a half-mile swim, a 5.5 mile bike ride, and a 2.3 mile run. Here bikers ride along Soundview Drive. Many others came to cheer on participants. Triathalon results can be found here. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

Staples Footballers Get Warmed Up

Members of the Staples football squad were out doing some warm up exercises today as freshman reported to the school. The Wreckers open the season Sept. 16 at Danbury. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Kerry Long for WestportNow.com

Monday, September 5th, 2005

Brisk Westport Sailing

The Atlantics, racing Sunday out of Westport’s Cedar Point Yacht Club, raised their spinnakers—a tricky maneuver in the day’s brisk wind—for the downwind leg of their race. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Emily Laux for WestportNow.com

Saturday, September 3rd, 2005

Westport Road Runners Summer Series Ends

The Westport Road Runners Summer Series ended with a 10-mile race today, which was won in a tie finish between Anatolie Vartosu of Stamford and Pete Brady from New York City with a time of 59 minutes and 54 seconds. Paul Greenberg (c) was the first Westport finisher, placing 10th overall with a time of 1 hour, 5 minutes and 24 seconds. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Julia Mally for WestportNow.com

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Running Into the Fall

There were 102 runners participating in today’s second to last Westport Road Runners race of the summer. The 9.3 mile race started at Compo Beach and took a long loop around the Compo area. Anatolie Vartosu, 37, of Stamford won the race in 55:55 while the first woman to finish was Heather Crosby, 31, of Danbury. The first Westporter to finish was Paul Greenberg, 44, who was the fourth overall finisher. The tenth and final race of the summer will take place next Saturday at 8 a.m. It will be a 10-mile race, starting at Staples High School. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Jonathan Thrope for WestportNow.com

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

Today

Today’s WestportNow teardown is 6 Pumpkin HIll off North Avenue. The house sold this month for $1,073,000. A demolition application is pending. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Today’s WestportNow Teardown: 6 Pumpkin Hill

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

Beautiful Sailing Weather

The recent good weather made for ideal sailing on Long Island Sound off Westport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Emily Laux for WestportNow.

ESPN Airs Documentary on Westporter Frank Deford

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Frank Deford: life on TV. File photoESPN tonight aired a 90-minute documentary on Westporter Frank Deford, the legendary Sports Illustrated journalist.

The documentary, “You Write Better Than You Play: The Frank Deford Story.” will be rebroadcast Monday on ESPN2 at 10 p.m.

The title comes from Deford’s sophomore year at Princeton. While serving both for the Daily Princetonian and a deep bench reserve on the basketball practice squad, Deford was pulled aside by Tigers coach Franklin (Cappy) Cappon. “Frank,” the coach said, “you write basketball better than you play it.”

The film by Neil Leifer, a former Sports Illustrated photographer, looks with fondness at the life and times of the 66-year-old writer and NPR commentator.

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Welcoming Harmony Run Participants

First Selectwoman Diane G. Farrell today greeted participants in the 70-nation World Harmony Run as they passed through Westport. Shown with Farrell as she read a proclamation on the Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge are (l-r) Torch Carrier Wendy Metzler of San Diego, Ca., Anja Kanther of Halld, Germany, and Maria Latinova of Sofia, Bulgaria. Runners are carrying a flaming torch through more than 1,000 cities and towns this summer to symbolize their goal of harmony through sports. The 2005 World Harmony Run USA concludes Aug. 20 in New York. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer for WestportNow.com