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One COVID-19 Case Added in Westport; No Deaths; State Positivity Rate 1.19%

The Westport-Weston Health District reports that Westport has added 1 positive or probable COVID-19 cases, and has added 0 deaths.

  • Westport total positive or probable cases: 1,792 cases.

  • Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 31 deaths.

  • State Daily Test Positivity: 1.19%

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EMS Members Celebrated with First Selectman’s Proclamation 

Pictured (L-R): Volunteer EMT Elyssa Grogan, Paramedic Eric Hebert, EMS Deputy Director Marc Hartog, Volunteer Crew Chief Larry Kleinman, Westport Police Chief Koskinas, Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe, Volunteer EMT Dan Guetta, Volunteer EMT/Staples High School Intern David Corro. Contributed photo.

 Westport First Selectman Marpe paid a visit to Westport Police/EMS headquarters today to issue an official proclamation recognizing May 16 - May 22, 2021, as EMS Week and honoring the service and dedication of Westport’s EMS providers.


The COVID-19 pandemic has tested EMS professionals like never before. The EMT’s and Paramedics of Westport EMS have risen to the challenge and have played a crucial role in responding to the public health crisis of our lifetime. EMS personnel have been on the frontlines, caring for the sickest patients, while also staffing testing and vaccination clinics, all the while knowing the risks that they, and by extension their families, faced in continuing to provide the best care possible to their patients.

Over the last year, the COVID pandemic has given people a small glimpse into the vital role of EMS professionals. The sacrifice and dedication of Westport’s EMT’s and Paramedics has earned them the admiration and gratitude of our community. Behind those face masks are people who, whether paid or volunteer, take on many crucial roles every day: healthcare professional; emergency manager; social worker; crisis counselor; consoler; caregiver.

EMS Week is a chance for to recognize the service and sacrifice exhibited by our EMS personnel over the past year, and to express our gratitude for all continue to do, every day, for our community. 

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Staples High School Announces May Students of the Month 

Press Release

Principal Thomas has announced Staples High School's recipient’s for May Student of the Month:

  •  Yersultan Zhakupov Gr. 12

  • Jasper Cahn- Gr. 11

  •  Wyatt Resnick- Gr. 12

  • Amelia Galin- Gr. 11

  • Spencer Yim – Gr. 10

  • William Fitch- Gr. 10

  

The Students of the Month award program recognizes students who help make Staples High School a welcoming place for their peers and teachers alike.  They are the “glue” of the Staples community: the type of kind, cheerful, hard-working, trustworthy students that keep the high school together, making it the special place that it is.

Students of the month are nominated by their teachers, who are asked to think of those students who come to school regularly, are friendly to the staff and to fellow students, and make positive contributions in class as well as the Staples community. In short, these students are all-around good citizens of our school.  Students of the Month are not necessarily star athletes, high honor students, or lead performers, and even if they are, this award recognizes the positive attitude they bring to school every day in making Staples High School a genial place in which to learn and teach.

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