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Swing Set Rules Stay in Place
Wall Street Journal
AP WESTPORT, Conn.—The children of Westport can keep swinging but only as long as their play sets aren't too close to their neighbors' property. The town's zoning board has rejected a proposal to ease rules that require swing sets to sit at least 50 ...
Westport Swing Set Appeal Doesn't Fly
NBC Connecticut
By LeAnne Gendreau Nothing will change. Children in the wealthy town can keep swinging on the swing sets only as long as the sets is not too close to the neighbors' property. The case gained national attention after Cary Moskowitz was ordered to remove ...
Westport native John Darnton pieces together his father's past in new memoir
Ct Post
Westport native John Darnton, a longtime editor and foreign correspondent for the New York Times, has released his memoir, "Almost a Family." He will speak on the book at the Westport Library on Sunday, April 10 at 2 pm Photo: Contributed Photo ...
Westport Woman's Club Fashion Show Welcomes Spring
The Daily Stamford
by Meaghan MorelliToday Wendy McKeon and her son, Drew, walk the runway for the Westport Woman's Club wearing styles by Brooks Brothers. Sunny skies have finally found us, and the Westport Woman's Club has just the event to help you spruce up your ...

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Endorsement for Westport Board of Health candidate
South Coast Today
Citizens of Westport, please consider voting for Donna Lambert for a Westport Board of Health member. Donna has served the town as a Board of Health member for some 10 years. Donna knows the state and federal mandates with regard to enforcing our ...
'My Way' loses its way at Westport's MTC
Ct Post
"My Way" is decidedly not my way. The title refers to the current show at the Music Theatre of Connecticut. Though billed as "a musical tribute to Frank Sinatra," there is little about it to recapture Sinatra's world and his music. ...
Westport weather: A chancy outlook, except for Saturday
Westport-News
There's a "chance" that any outdoor plans today -- and for most of the next few days -- might not work out. That's because, with the exception of tomorrow, the National Weather Service predicts there is a chance of rain at least part of every day ...
Things to do in Westport this weekend
Westport-News
Photo: Contributed Photo / Westport News Before you go fly a kite, you have to make one and you can do that Saturday at Kite-Making Day hosted by Earthplace, 10 Woodside Lane, from 2:30 to 3:30 pm Participants can make a simple and apparently ...
Drunk Driving Death Brings Westport Man 30-Month Prison Sentence
Patch.com
By Harold F. Cobin | Email the author | 5:20am US Marine Charles M. Rochlin was 24 when he died in a Westport car crash in December 2009. US Marine Corps NORWALK – A Westport man who admitted he was intoxicated in December 2009 when he crashed the SUV ...
Westport town election will be mostly uncontested
Fall River Herald News
Westport's Town Hall looks right at home in a coastal New England town; the weathervane is a likeness of a schooner. photo by jack foley By Marc Munroe Dion A judge restored incumbent Selectman Brian Valcourt's to the ballot but 12 of the town's 18 ...
Pickup slams in Westport office building
Ct Post
WESTPORT -- A pickup truck slammed into an office building at 489 Post Road East Thursday afternoon, gouging a large hole in the corner of the structure. Firefighters at headquarters a block away heard the collision about 4:33 pm and traveled to the ...
Helping trees, shrubs spring back from wicked winter
Westport-News
Eric B. Rogers, co-owner of Westport-based Coastal Tree Experts, performs some "crown reduction" on a plum tree at the rear of a Morningside Drive property Wednesday afternoon. This past winter, with all of its snowfall, did more damage to trees and ...
Frugal Family: Five Great Deals in Westport This Week
Patch.com
Viva Zapata, serving authentic Mexican food and outrageous frozen drinks at the same location in Westport since 1969. 203-227-8226 530 Riverside Avenue www.vivazapata.com 5. Bottles Fine Wine & Spirits Save 10 percent on your purchase and every Friday ...
Westport Arts Center's VIVA! celebrates arts visionaries
Norwalk Plus Magazine
By Westport Arts Center Westport Arts Center supporters and arts lovers joined together on April 2 to celebrate the organization's mission, its connection to the community through the arts, and to honor long-time community arts supporters, ...
Esther Kramer
Westport-News
She is survived by her husband, Sidney Kramer of Westport; a son, Mark Kramer of Boston; a daughter, Wendy Posner of Chicago, and four grandchildren. A program commemorating Kramer will be held at 2 pm Saturday, May 7, in the Westport Public Library, ...
Westport's Jennifer Foster Stars in 'Die Fledermaus'
Westport Now
Jennifer Foster of Westport will sing the lead soprano role of Rosalinda this weekend when Troupers Light Opera performs Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" at the Westport Country Playhouse. Jennifer Foster: In opera company's Playhouse debut. ...
Government Shutdown Battle: 'Compromise is Not a Dirty Word'
Patch.com
Clients of the Westport Center for Senior Activities say a government shutdown would be "ridiculous" and "dreadful." Elsewhere, concern grows. Charlie, 87, and Winifred Martinek, 84, are not worried yet but say it would be "a dreadful thing" if Social ...
Fairfield University responds to anti-bullying video from Westport
The Hour
Students from Fairfield University have responded — like tens of thousands of people around the world — to a plea from Westport teenager Alye Pollack to stop bullying. Recognizing the issue associated with peer bullying, students from Fairfield ...
Westport Police Seek Missing 17-Year-Old Girl
Patch.com
By Anthony Karge | Email the author | 10:15pm The Westport Police Department is looking for a 17-year-old girl last seen on foot in the area of Greens Farms Road and Medwell Lane. Police say the girl is 5 feet tall with long brown hair. ...
Blotter: Suspected Shoplifter Passes Out Drunk
Patch.com
By Anthony Karge | Email the author | 12:00pm The following arrest information was provided by the Westport Police Department. It does not indicate convictions. If you're going to shoplift, make sure you don't pass out drunk in your car with the stolen ...
Max Wilk Memorial Service Set for Saturday
Westport Now
A memorial service will be held in Southport Saturday for Westport author, playwright and film and TV writer Max Wilk who died Feb. 19 at the age of 90. (See WestportNow Feb. 21, 2011) Max Wilk addresses a Westport Public Library audience in 2008. ...
Two injured as truck strikes Westport office building
Minuteman News Center
At 2:33 pm Thursday, firefighters at Fire Headquarters in Westport at 515 Post Road East heard a loud crash outside their building. A pickup truck heading westbound on the Post Road had slammed into the corner of the building located at 489 Post Road ...
Pleasantville Man Allegedly Shoplifted, Drove Intoxicated
Patch.com
By Anthony Karge Westport, CT, police arrested Matthew Hudson, 40, of Pleasantville on April 4 after he was found asleep in his vehicle. Police report responding to the area of Wilton Road and the Merritt Parkway after being ...
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AmeriCares Head: Haiti Will Lag in Earthquake Recovery
Westport Now
Curt Welling, president and CEO of Stamford-based AmeriCares, told a Westport Arts Center audience Thursday night that relief efforts from the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti will lag those from last month's quake in Japan. The charity is involved in ...
Some Enchanted End to Play With Your Food Season
Westport Now
The ninth season of the lunchtime Play With Your Food play reading series came to an end today at Westport's Toquet Hall with performances of two one-act plays and excerpts from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific," including "Some Enchanted ...
Farewell to the Festival
Patch.com
Although it isn'ta local event, I was deeply saddened to read in the newspaper this morning that the Festival Italiano, which had been an annual summer event in Westport for nearly 30 years, has come to an end. We Fairfield County Italians looked ...
Nurturing the reading habit in elementary school
Wilton Bulletin
However, according to George Beck of the Westport Huntington Learning Center, there are a number of things parents can do to help their children incorporate reading into their lives outside of school. "It's difficult to convince a child that reading is ...
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There was plenty to love about last weekend's Westport Arts Center gala. A full house at the Westport Country Playhouse honored Joyce Thompson, and Cindy and John Vaccaro, for their many contributions to cultural life. ...
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Drunk Driving Death Brings Westport Man 30-Month Prison Sentence (Patch)
A Westport man who admitted he was intoxicated in December 2009 when he crashedA the SUV he was driving into a tree on Greens Farms Road --A killing his lifelong friend --A was sentenced Thursday to being incarcerated forA 2 1/2 yearsA of a ten year prison sentence.

Bands Battle at Toquet Hall in Westport
Bands Battle at Toquet Hall in Westport (The Daily Westport)
Six Weston-based bands will take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday for the Battle of the Bands at Toquet Hall in Westport.

Westport Denies Change to Swing Set Rules (The Daily Westport)
If you've got a swing set or play set located within 50 feet of your property line, you better find another spot for it.

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Chef Pietro Scotti Cooks it in the Classroom (The Daily New Canaan)
Da Pietro's is a Westport institution, serving up authentic Italian cuisine for almost 20 years.

AmeriCares Head: Haiti Will Lag in Earthquake Recovery
AmeriCares Head: Haiti Will Lag in Earthquake Recovery (Westport Now)
Curt Welling, president and CEO of Stamford-based AmeriCares, told a Westport Arts Center audience Thursday night that relief efforts from the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti will lag those from last month's quake in Japan.

Surveying the Damage on Post Road East (Westport Now)
Westport firefighters survey the damage today after a pickup truck crashed into the corner of a medical office building at 489 Post Road East.

Westport Arts Center's VIVA! celebrates arts visionaries (StamfordPlus)
Westport Arts Center supporters and arts lovers joined together on April 2 to celebrate the organization's mission, its connection to the community through the arts, and to honor long-time community arts supporters, Joyce Thompson and Cindy & John Vaccaro.

Westport victim's family speaks at sentencing (Thehour)
WESTPORTBy STEVE KOBAKHour Staff Writer A former Westport man was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison Thursday at Norwalk Superior Court for a 2009 drunken driving accident that killed a U.S. Marine.Matthew Packer, 26, also received five years of probation for the drunken driving .

Patch Picks: Vintage Westport Businesses (Patch)
Patch Picks Opinion, Business These family-owned businesses have called Westport home for 50 years and counting.

Coleytown Middle's 'Fiddler' Opens Tonight
Coleytown Middle's 'Fiddler' Opens Tonight (Westport Now)
Westport's Coleytown Middle School tonight presents its Coleytown Company Production of "Fiddler on the Roof." The 7 p.m. performance will be followed with same time performances on Friday and Saturday at well as a 1 p.m. Saturday performance.

Italian Festival Canceled After 27 Years (Westport Now)
The director of Westport's Italian Festival said today the annual summer event has been canceled after 27 years because virtually all the income last year went to pay expenses.

Michael Wilson To Receive Community Salute In June (The Hartford Courant)
Cast of the Westport Country Playhouse production of Christopher Durang's "Beyond Therapy" Frank Rizzo TICKER April 7, 2011 hc-rizzo-ticker-0407-20110407 M ichael Wilson , who will step down as artistic director of Hartford Stage in June, will receive a community tribute at an event at the theater June 20.

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Westport Local Sports

Greenwich boys track building with youth (Fairfield Citizen-News)
Having a new coach and a team loaded with underclassmen, it would be easy for Greenwich boys track to write off this season as a rebuilding year and look toward the future.

Staples leads Ludlowe 3-2 in suspended girls tennis match (Fairfield Citizen-News)
Staples' Katie Reiner returns the ball to Fairfield Ludlowe's Alyssa McAndrews during their match Wednesday April 6, 2011 at Staples High School in Westport, Conn.

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Westport Local Business

Out-Of-Control Truck Plows Into Office Building (Patch)
The two occupant of the truck were hospitalized, but nobody in the fully occupied office next to Philips 66 was hurt.

Danny Meyer Documentary: The Restaurateur (KQED)
Danny Meyer and Roger Sherman You know it's going to be a good day when it starts with a Shack Stack .

Four Whole Foods Market stores to donate 5 percent of proceeds to Clean Air-Cool Planet (New Canaan News-Review)
In honor of Earth Month 2011, four Whole Foods Market stores in Connecticut announced today that they will donate five percent of net profits from sales on April 12 to the regional non-profit Clean Air-Cool Planet .

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