04/08/11 Westport Topix News Message Board: Drunk Driving Death Brings Westport Man 30-Month Prison Sentence

Westport - News April 8, 2011 See Westport Weather 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 (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. Please send your comments, news tips and press releases to WestportRoundup@gmail.com 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 (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 (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. More Westport News Reports ..... More Westport News... 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. Read Westport Local Sports... 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 . Read Westport Local Business...

Copyright (C) 2011 Westport Roundup All rights reserved.