Westport COVID-19 Cases Up 14; State Positivity Rate, Hospitalizations Up
The State Department of Public Health reported 14 more cases in Westport over the past day. The State’s daily test positivity rate was up to 11.16% while hospitalizations were up 18 patients.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 5,072 cases.
Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 36 deaths
State Daily Test Positivity: 11.16% [up from 10.83%]
State Hospitalizations: 329 patients [+18]
Westport Property Transfers: May 16 - 20th; Seven Homes from $3.2 - $6.7 Million
This week’s highest transfer: 12 Manitou Road, $6.7 million. (Photo: Homes.com)Westport property transfers as reported by the Westport Town Clerk’s Office:
Total Conveyance Tax: $131,054.50
Total Sales: $52,421, 800
Highest Transfer Price: 12 Manitou Road: $6,700,000
Lowest Transfer Price: 36 Hale Street: $650,000
Transfers:
12 Manitou Road: $6,700,000
280 Compo Road South: $5,500,000
8 Green Acre Lane: $5,150,800
16 Salem Road: $4,200,000
31 Coleytown Road: $3,600,000
244 Hills Point Road: $3,313,000
177 Main Street: $3,250,000
27 Woody Lane: $2,950,000
2 Quintard Place: $2,879,000
12 Woodside Avenue: $2,525,000
26 Ellery Lane: $2,500,000
5 Mimi Lane: $2,210,000
129 Sturges Highway: $1,610,000
68 Long Lots Road: $1,400,000
11 Valley Road: $1,225,000
6 Lost Lodge Road: $1,200,000
4 Rockwell Place: $810,000
23 Hickory Drive: $749,000
36 Hale Street: $650,000
Haiku Moment with Westport’s Poet Laureate
From Diane Lowman, Westport Poet Laureate:
Flying high some days
Crashing and burning the next
These fickle currents
Staples Tuition Grants Continues to make College a Reality; $400K Awarded
Photo by Pamela Einarsen PhotographyStaples Tuition Grants handed out their annual grants this past Tuesday to a crop of current and former Staples students heading through the college journey. The local non-profit handed out over $400,000 to a 108 students this year - all of whom will represent 76 colleges and universities this upcoming Fall. To learn more about Staples Tuition Grants or to donate to their grants, please visit their website: staplestuitiongrants.com.