Metro North Service Restored after an Hour of Delay
Update: MTA Police Department confirm that one person was confirmed deceased after they left a moving train car, providing this statement.
Metro North service was restored this afternoon after an unknown issue caused the trains to stop running between East Norwalk, Westport, and Greens Farms Stations, according to the MTA. The service was paused in the area around noon, with stopped trains visible from the West End Avenue neighborhoods.
MTA announced that the railway traffic would resume to East Norwalk, Westport, and Greens Farms stations “beginning with the 1:18 PM train departing New Haven and the 1:03 PM train departing Grand Central Terminal.” Westport Police and MTA Police departments were on scene.
No cause for the delay has been made available.
Bestselling Author Lauren Weisberger Returns to Library to Discuss her Newest Novel
Press ReleaseLauren Weisberger, bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada, will return to the Westport Library to discuss her newest novel, Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty with Westport’s Jennifer Blankfein of Book Nation by Jen.
Their virtual conversation will take place on Monday, May 17th at 7:00 pm. To register go to https://westportlibrary.org/event/where-the-grass-is-green-and-the-girls-are-pretty/
Lauren Weisberger is the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada, which was published in forty languages and made into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Currently, producer Kevin McCollum and musician Elton John are adapting The Devil Wears Prada for the stage. Weisberger’s six other novels were all bestsellers, and her books have sold more than thirteen million copies worldwide. A graduate of Cornell University, she lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.
Jennifer Blankfein, a Weston resident, is a marketing consultant and the creator and writer of Book Nation by Jen, a blog of book reviews and recommendations.
Morning Weather Report [05/06/21] Drying Out
Today
Sunny, with a high near 65. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Tomorrow
Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. East wind 3 to 7 mph.