Comings and Goings: Brandman’s Paint Closes

After a 50-year presence in Westport, Brandman’s Paints and Decorating Center, 413 Post Road East in the Compo Shopping Center, has closed, according to owner Larry Curry. However, its decorator services will remain but under the ownership of Bridgeport-based Painter’s Supply which will open in the same location “in a few weeks,” according to a store manager, Matt Auchy. Curry said the Westport store was first at Sconset Square (then known as Sherwood Square) as The Paint Bucket starting in the 1960s and then relocated to the Compo Shopping Center in the 1990s. He said its Norwalk, New Canaan and Stamford stores will remain open. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com