Town of Westport Property Transfers: October 24th - 28th; Highest Sale at $2,787,500 on Maple Ave North
Westport Town Clerk’s Office:
Total Conveyance Tax: $33,912.94
Total Sales: $15,080,175.00
Highest Transfer Price: 26 Maple Avenue North: $2,787,500
Lowest Transfer Price: 17 Vineyard Lane: $775,000
Transfers:
26 Maple Avenue North: $2,787,500
2 Old Mill Road: $2,450,000
9 McMahan Lane: $2,290,000
7 Roshab Lane: $1,666,875
39 Sherwood Drive: $1,515,000
10 Dorchester Drive: $705,400 (40%)
10 Dorchester Drive: $705,400 (40%)
8 Mansfield Place: $1,225,000
146 North Avenue: $960,000
17 Vineyard Lane: $775,000
Morning Weather Report
Today
Rain and thunderstorms before 10am, then a slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Temperature rising to near 71 by noon, then falling to around 63 during the remainder of the day. South wind 8 to 11 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Tomorrow
A 30 percent chance of showers before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Community Conversation with the Board of Education Tuesday at Westport Library
The Westport Board of Education encourages community members to join them on Tuesday November 15 from 12:00PM-1:30PM at Brooks Place in the Westport Library for a community conversation on any topics related to our schools. Esteemed former RTM moderator, Velma Heller, will facilitate the conversation. Community members are encouraged to attend and to raise topics of importance to them as the Board of Education returns to their practices prior to the pandemic of actively seeking feedback from community members in an open public forum.
Phyllis Silverberg, 87, Died; “She loved Westport and all she found there.”
Phyllis Silverberg loved living in Westport. When her husband Mort left Xerox to start a new job at Pitney Bowes in 1985, they relocated from Rochester, New York and have been continually delighted by the area ever since. They rapidly built a large circle of new friends. Phyllis loved living close to her sister Arlene Suchotliff and her family. She swapped her career as an elementary school teacher for a one as a corporate research librarian at Gartner group. She was an intelligent woman with technical skills far ahead of her time, and ability to search online databases long before Google was legendary. Her calendar was always filled: talks at Westport Public Library, theater performances to attend from NYC to New Haven, bridge and mah-jongg games, dinner dates with friends. They went to the beach and traveled the world. She was brilliant and independent. She loved Westport and all she found there.
Phyllis died on November 10 at age 87 from complications of pneumonia. She leaves behind her husband of 69 years, Mort Silverberg; her two daughters Lynn McDonald and Judy Ross; and three grandchildren, Ben Ross, Tyler Ross and Amy McDonald. Services were held privately. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Westport Public Library.
Mimi Dimeling Girard, 84, Died; Former Westport Teacher
Madeline (Mimi) Dimeling Girard, age 84, recently of Long Island, NY, passed away on 9/13/2022.
Mimi was born on 6/21/1938, a day she insisted meant that summer could start. This is probably how her fervent interest in plants started.
Mimi met Lucien Girard III at Penn State University where they both earned Master's degrees. They were married on September 1st, 1962 in Westport, CT where Mimi was employed as a teacher. They then started a world tour, with destinations including Morocco, Ghana, and quite a few states in the US, with longer stints in Evergreen, CO and Royal Oak, MD.
Hugs and Kisses was the first, a small puppy that Mimi tried to keep quiet while grocery shopping. There are many other tales of dog exploits including one slapstick encounter Bradshaw had with a trailing dishwasher rack hooked in his dog collar.
The chapter on Ghana, has far too many excellent stories to tell, and includes her teaching, supporting local organizations and families, designing functional kitchens that were adopted in future builds, and pushing the local wicker man with her latest grand designs.
In Royal Oak, Mimi and Lu settled down to a different type of travel - Galapagos, cross Atlantic sailing, along with the occasional kayak during the DFR with the hoards that invaded. Mimi continued to be a terror on the tennis court along with organizing the Christmas parade in St. Michaels.
Throughout these stories weaves a tangle of different plants including an oleander the dog ate (both survived), working with botanists in Ghana to find the latest catch of a rare bloom, and helping revive wayward orchids in MD.
Mimi is survived by her brother George, her two sisters Dee and Carol; two sons, Peter and his wife, Michele, of CO, and Matthew and his wife, Andrea, of NY; and five wonderful grandchildren.
Services will be held at Crown Crest Cemetery in Clearfield, PA on November 19th at 10am. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Easton Garden club or to your local Red Cross.
“I am humbled by your support” says Judge Lisa Wexler
Letter to the Editor:
Dear Westport and Weston Voters,
Thank you for your resounding vote of confidence in me during this election. I am humbled by your support, and very happy to be re-elected as your Probate Judge for the next four years.
As you may know, the position places me in the most intimate of family situations, when people are often at their most vulnerable. I do my best to remember that each and every day.
Part of my mission is to educate the public about the law. If you would like to subscribe to my Probate Court newsletter, please let me know at lwexler@ctprobate.gov. The newsletter contains a calendar of my local speaking engagements as well.
Please feel free to reach out to me anytime.
Judge Lisa Wexler
Staples Girls Soccer Romps Over Greenwich In State Tournament Opener, 5-0.
Wreckers girls celebrate big win in CIAC tournament over Greenwich.
After receiving a bye for the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference state tournament opening round, the Wreckers girls faced off against the Cardinals of Greenwich yesterday at home. Said Coach Barry Beattie "Great performance for Staples against a tough Greenwich team"
The first half saw possessions go back and forth continuously with neither team being able to set up for a score. The second half was quite a different story. Said Beattie "They played a good first half but neither team created a whole lot of chances. Early in the second half we saw the best of Natalie Chudowsky. She linked up with her sister Evelyn to cut in and score a top class goal. Once the first went in the flood gates opened."
In fact, it took twelve minutes into the second half for the Wreckers to get a goal and another thirteen minutes for the second with Reilly McGeehan scoring a great volley. After that, the next three scores came in quick succession with the Cardinals being unable to stop the wave of scoring by Staples. Coco Crombie scored the 4th and Annabel Edwards scored the 5th to put the game to bed.
Photos By J.C. Martin For WestportLocalPress.com Click on an image to enlarge and open gallery.
Morning Weather Report: Hurricane Remnants Head to Westport
Today
Showers, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 7am. High near 68. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Low around 65. South wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tomorrow
Showers, mainly before 9am. High near 72. South wind 10 to 17 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tomorrow Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. West wind around 6 mph.
Westport Firefighters “Share the Warmth” with Winter Coat Drive
Fire Chief Michael Kronick and Westport firefighters partner with Bridgeport Rescue Mission for the “Share the Warmth” coat drive.
Fire Chief Kronick said, “Join us and help keep our neighbors in need warm this winter. This drive touches the lives of hundreds of men, women, and children from the area’s most distressed, local neighborhoods. While the temperatures fall, there are many families who will struggle to keep their families warm.”
Public donations of new or gently used winter coats will be accepted in the receptacles at Fire Headquarters (515 Post Road East) and Town Hall (11 Myrtle Avenue) through December 9th.
Westport firefighters will be sorting and transporting the items to the Bridgeport Rescue Mission. We ask for your support and generosity to help make this coat drive a success.
Rob Lenois, Westport firefighter and President of Westport Uniformed Firefighters Charitable Foundation, “This gives us the opportunity to give back and lessen the burden that families are carrying. Together we can make a difference, help change lives and share hope.”
Anna Rycenga, Westport resident and volunteer, "Please join the WFD and me this winter season as we have an essential need for winter coats for many local families in need. Unfortunately, many go without a warm coat and together we can make an impact and share the warmth one coat at a time."
Bridgeport Rescue Mission provides food, safe housing & addiction recovery services in Coastal Connecticut. They offer services and programs such as safe housing, where men and women are provided clothing and hot meals. Programs and services provided by Bridgeport Rescue Mission are free of charge; granting our neighbors in need an opportunity for hope and a pathway to change.BridgeportRescueMission.org
County, Red and White Charity Balls Return after Pandemic Hiatus
Press ReleaseThe County Assemblies, Inc., the non-profit organization that sponsors both the County Assembly Charity Ball for high school juniors and the Red & White Charity Ball for high school seniors announces the return of our Charity Balls in 2023 after a two-year pandemic pause. We shall be celebrating our 85th Anniversary during our events in 2023, and for the first time, we have cordially invited all students from the Class of 2024 to the County Assembly Charity Ball and all students from the Class of 2023 to the Red & White Charity Ball. Students that attend Staples High School and those from the Class of 2024 and 2023 that reside in Westport, yet attend another high school are invited to attend our events. The price is $185 per couple as each student attends the Charity Balls with a guest/escort.
The dates for the 2023 Charity Balls for Westport residents are set for: County Assembly Charity Ball for high school juniors is set for Saturday, January 28, 2023 and Red & White Charity Ball for high school seniors is set for Friday, February 3, 2023. Each event will be held at The Stamford Marriott Hotel, 243 Tresser Boulevard, in Stamford, CT.
For almost 85 years, our organization has sponsored the Charity Balls and all net proceeds from our events are donated to charities in Fairfield County that serve children and teens. Some of the charities that have benefited in the past from the events were Homes with Hope, the Family & Children’s Agency, Norwalk Youth Symphony, Rach’s Hope and many more.
Registration is online at: www.thecountyassemblies.org and closes on Sunday, November 20, 2022. Space is limited for both events as they are close to selling out! Please see the website for all event information, and do not hesitate to contact The County Assemblies via email at: info@thecountyassemblies.org to learn more.