Police Department Holiday Toy Drive Closed Today, will Collect Toys Sunday.
According to a late Friday night press release, the Westport Police Department Holiday Toy Drive collection site at the Athletic Shoe Factory will be closed today due to inclement weather, but will be open tomorrow as planned from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
“Please be advised that due to the inclement weather currently in the forecast for Saturday December 5, 2020, the in-person collection site that was to be in operation at ASF Sports & Outdoors, 1560 Post Road East, for the Westport Police Department Holiday Toy Drive has been cancelled.
At this time, the site is scheduled to be open to receive donations on Sunday December 6, 2020 from 9:00am to 5:00pm as previously announced.”
“Collection boxes will be set up from the present date until December 14, 2020, at the following Westport stores:
Age of Reason, 9 Post Road West, (203) 557-3772
ASF Sports & Outdoors, 1560 Post Road East, www.shopASF.com, or (203) 255-4460
Awesome Toys and Gifts, 429 Post Road East, www.awesometoys.com, or (424) 293-7663
The Toy Post, 180 Post Road East, www.thetoypostct.com, or (203) 557-8888”
(Westport Police Department)
Town Tree Lighting Celebrated (virtually) Tuesday Night
Through a Facebook Live Video Feed, the Town’s tree was lit by the Board of Selectmen on the steps of Town Hall Tuesday night. First Selectman Jim Marpe addressed the online crowd: “It’s disappointing that we don’t have hot chocolate with a lot of kids, and the [Staples High School] Orphenians are not here with us to celebrate - but nevertheless, despite COVID, and all the challenges that we had this year, we still want to continue on with a thing that gives us some happiness and some joy in the holiday season.”
Pizza Night in Westport
Outpost Pizza, 333 Main Street, was busy tonight as owner Joe Dedovic (center) helped manage the flurry of take-out orders. In between deliveries and orders, Dedovic said “all I had to do was turn the key, the community did the rest” when he opened the shop in November. Hours for the father-son-owned pizzeria are Monday-Saturday, 11:00 AM until 10:00 PM.
Another Take: Saugatuck Sunset Spectacular
“Taken in honor of Gordon Joseloff, who used to like to post a sunset as the closing image of the day.” Photo by Lynn Untermeyer Miller for The Westport Local Press