Morning Weather Report
Today
Partly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind 5 to 9 mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog between 11pm and 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind 3 to 5 mph.
Tomorrow
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Tomorrow Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Westport COVID-19 Cases Up 51 since Friday; State Hospitalizations Down, Positivity Rate Up
The State Department of Public Health reported 51 more cases in Westport since Friday. The State’s daily test positivity rate was up to 5.82% while hospitalizations were down 4 patients, with 113 patients currently hospitalized for COVID-19 throughout the State.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 4,204 cases.
Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 36 deaths
State Daily Test Positivity: 5.82% [up from 5.27%]
State Hospitalizations: 113 patients [-4]
Staples Boys Tennis Shuts Out Ridgefield 7-0
The championship Staples Wreckers boys tennis team, who have five state titles in the last five years to their name once again scored a lop sided win dominating in both singles and doubles on Monday at home. They dispatched Ridgefield in two sets, every match. With singles play Staples allowed only three games to the Ridgefield Tigers at most and for doubles, only one set was close, with a tiebreaker in the second set.
Singles Scoring: Tighe Brunetti (S) def. Trevor Girandola (R) 6-1, 6-0, Robbie Daus (S) def. Caleb Pajak (R) 6-3, 6-1, Noah Wolff (S) def. Jack McGuire (R) 6-0, 6-1, Matthew Chiang (S) def. Ryan Crawford (R) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles scoring: Luke Brodsky / Brett Lampert (S) def. Ignas Panavas (R) 6-0, 6-3, Hayden Frey / Alex Guadarrama (S) def. Carson Driscoll / Alex Prokopczyk (R) 6-4, 6-1, Jared Even / Clint Graham (S) def. Evan Bellusci / Ben Jolly (R) 6-3, 7-5.
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Caravan Of Thieves Dazzles A Full House At Voices Cafe
Caravan Of Thieves performing at the Unitarian Church Voices Cafe on SaturdayOn Saturday one of our area's fan favorites, the zany group that is Caravan of Thieves brought their magic to Voices Café, with mesmerizing vocal harmonies and dazzling performance. Fuzz and Carrie Sangiovanni, the musical team who front Caravan of Thieves say “We’re driven to consistently entertain our audience, which lends to building a community of listeners who can be involved in our show and our creative process in some way... This allows our band and our music to be alive, to have a soul.”
Fuzz and Carrie have found a comfortable stride, embracing their roles as show and album producers, songwriters and arrangers, released Mischief Night (2010), The Funhouse (2012) and Kiss Kiss (2015), and continued building on their concept with each subsequent tour. They’ve been welcomed by fans throughout the US and UK,
Voices Café is a great venue for live music and is located at The Unitarian Church in Westport, 10 Lyons Plains Road, Westport. They present great bands, both local and national once a month. Voices Café offers café-style (at tables) and individual seating, providing the audience the opportunity to bring snacks and beverages, and enjoy a warm, inviting atmosphere with friends and family. Groups of 4 or more can reserve table space. General admission is $25 per person, and Livestream tickets are also available.
Voices upcoming 2022 lineup includes the eclectic, indie folk rock music of South for Winter on May 7th and the powerful and poetic singer-songwriter Diana Jones on June 11th. For additional information please contact David Vita at 203.227.7205 x14 or david@uuwestport.org
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