10/15/09 The Westport Briefing

• Theater Review (Westport, CT): The Breath of Life
  posted on October 16, 2009 03:10:29 am
  Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing give stellar performances in David Hare's play at the Westport Country Playhouse.
• All Gone: 6 Country Road
  posted on October 16, 2009 02:16:24 am
  The house at 6 Country Road, off Westport's Compo Road North has been demolished.
• Former Environmental Lawyer Reads a Book a Day and Posts Her Reviews
  posted on October 16, 2009 01:21:47 am
  ... "For someone sitting around reading books, it's been a really lively year." The Times says Sankovitch, who lives in Westport, Conn., has "piercing blue eyes" and wears a locket with an image of a man on a toilet reading a book. Her blog is called ...
• Theater Review (Westport, CT): The Breath of Life
  posted on October 16, 2009 03:10:29 am
  Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing give stellar performances in David Hare's play at the Westport Country Playhouse.
• Reading A Book Every Day Can Be Fun
  posted on October 16, 2009 12:15:16 am
  Like many Americans, we were inspired by the tale of Westport, Connecticut retiree Nina Sankovitch, whose quest to read a book every single day for a whole year is rapidly drawing to a successful conclusion.
• Bruce Wasserstein's Westport Connection
  posted on October 15, 2009 09:07:52 pm
  ... at the age of 61, Bruce Wasserstein was best known for being the legendary Wall Street dealmaker. But according to Westport First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff, his secret passion was journalism. Bruce Wasserstein (l) and Gordon F. Joseloff : high ...
• A game to see how they stack up
  posted on October 15, 2009 04:48:00 pm
  ... former coach Jim Buonocore, who took Ledyard to the finals last year, darn near pulled a huge upset at Staples of Westport. "We tell them that when you play against good teams, some good things happen, some bad things happen and that they need to ...
• League of Women Voters Hosts Board of Finance Candidates
  posted on October 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Candidates for Westport's Board of Finance faced off tonight at Westport Town Hall in a debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Westport.
• Board of Education Candidates Debate
  posted on October 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  The League of Women Voters of Westport held its second in a series of debates among town-wide candidates at Westport Town Hall tonight.
• Terex Construction Names George Ellis President
  posted on October 10, 2009 05:32:00 am
  Westport, Conn.-based Terex Corp. last week named George Ellis president, Terex Construction, effective immediately.
• WestportNow Teardown of the Day: 22 Burnham Hill
  posted on October 15, 2009 11:25:08 am
  An application for a permit is in process to demolish the house at 22 Burnham Hill, off Hillspoint Road in Westport's Compo Mill Cove area.
• Comings and Goings: Room Latest Sconset Square Addition
  posted on October 15, 2009 11:25:00 am
  Room, a custom furniture and design store, has opened at 10 Sconset Square, off Westport's Myrtle Avenue.
• Coastal Flood Watch Issued
  posted on October 15, 2009 11:24:00 am
  The National Weather Service in Upton, N.Y. has issued a coastal Flood Watch for Westport and area which is in effect from late Thursday night through Friday morning.
• Food Workers Union Welcomes Fresh Market to Westport
  posted on October 15, 2009 08:57:00 am
  Not everyone was pleased to see the arrival of The Fresh Market in Westport. Members of Westport-based Local 371 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union greeted today's opening with picketers and a giant rat.
• Big Cheese
  posted on October 15, 2009 08:25:00 am
  Instead of a ribbon-cutting, The Fresh Market had a "Cracking of the Parmesan" at the opening today of its new Westport store on Post Road East.
• "Off the Wall" Storytelling Debuts in Fairfield
  posted on October 14, 2009 05:43:00 pm
  ... for WestportNow, and Fairfield resident Simon Billig. With Chadwick are Michael Ross, managing director of the Westport Country Playhouse, who helped introduce the idea to Chadwick and Billig, and in the background, former Westporter, now Fairfield ...
• Rams boys soccer stumbles at Staples
  posted on October 15, 2009 04:51:29 am
  ... loss. This was the unenviable undertaking that the New Canaan High boys soccer team had Monday when it traveled to Westport to face Staples High at Loeffler Field, which is tantamount to playing the Florida Gators football team in The Swamp. ...
• Chiefs not happy about court cases going elsewhere
  posted on October 15, 2009 02:52:50 am
  ... Superior Court to Stamford will harm police departments in the towns surrounding Norwalk. Police chiefs from Westport, Weston and Wilton said the plan to shift the caseload currently handled by Norwalk Superior Court to Stamford is a logistical ...
• Fresh Market Opens in Former Shaw's Supermarket Space
  posted on October 15, 2009 01:52:38 am
  ... Market at 605 Post Road East. The specialty grocer is in the space formerly occupied by Shaw's Supermarket. The Westport store is the first in the Northeast for the Greensboro, N.C- based company. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com ...
• Buddy, can you spare a job? Metlife Mature Market Institute study...
  posted on October 14, 2009 11:38:26 pm
  Westport, CT . - A new study from the MetLife Mature Market Institute reports that many Americans over the age of 55 plan to work at least until age 69, but that most who look for a job face challenges in finding one.