Spooky & Adorable Creatures & Characters Swarm Main St. In Search Of Treats At Westport's Annual Halloween Parade
There was every imaginable character and creature, from Lions & Tigers & Bears (Oh, My!) to the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and Dorothy, to vampires and Cookie Monster and even a 4 month old Oscar the Grouch in a garbage can carried by Dad. There were princesses of every kind, firemen and cops, dinosaurs and witches., There was a giant spider and a Rockford Peach (League oOf Their Own). Their were Minnions and even a giant inflatable bear handing out candy as they all went from store to store to be given their treats.
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Veteran's Green Welcomed Them All For A Dance Party and Candy Give-Away
The annual DJ led dance party had both young and all finding their groove and showing off their best moves, truly a great time for all.
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Morning Weather Report
Today
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 68. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Light and variable wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the evening.
Tomorrow
Sunny, with a high near 66. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 42. North wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Gang of Turkeys off Wilton Road
A gang of wild turkeys looked for some midday grub within a cemetery along Wilton Road. Photo by Brad Berman for WestportLocal.com
Emerging From The Pandemic, Critical Education Issues Discussed At Westport Library Forum
On Saturday a panel of education experts address issues of concern to parents, educators and students at a forum held at the Library and organized by Toni Boucher, candidate for state senate. Boucher, who is in a race with Democrat Ceci Maher to fill the vacancy in the 26th district which includes Westport created by Westport's Will Haskell who is retiring to attend law school at NYU. Ms. Boucher was the former co-Chairman of the CT State House and Senate Education, Higher Education and Children committees among others.
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A distinguished panel of experts in the field of education discussed what we have learned from the pandemic about teaching, learning, child development and mental health and how that knowledge may help moving forward in education. The panel included Joshua Aronson (Panel Facilitator), PhD, Associate Professor of Applied Psycology, Directs Mindful Education Lab, New York University; Morgaen Donaldson, PhD, Phillip E. Austin Endowed Professor of Education Policy and Leadership and Associate Dean for Research at the Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut; Peter Valentin, PhD, Senior Lecturer and Chairman of the Forensics Department, University of New Haven; Andrea Leonardi, Assistant Superintendent and Head of Special Services, Wilton Public Schools; Bianka Kortlan-Cox, VP-Legislation and Public Policy, Connecticut Association for the Gifted and Jesse Balis-Harris, Achievement First, Interim K-8 Chief of Schools.
The panel discussed issues and took questions from the audience of more than two dozen area parents and several ugh school students for nearly two hours.
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