Morning Weather Report
Today
Sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 26. North wind 3 to 5 mph.
Tomorrow
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a high near 47. Light and variable wind becoming northeast around 5 mph.
Tomorrow Night
Rain, mainly after 7pm. Low around 36. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Staples Wreckers Hold On to Defeat Ridgefield 14-11
Staples High School pulled out a close win last night against Ridgefield High School 14-11. The game was a defensive struggle against high powered offenses. Ridgefield held the Wreckers scoreless until the very end of the first half when Staples QB Caleb Smith rushed for 2 touchdowns providing the margin of difference for the Wreckers providing the margin of difference for the Wreckers. Photos By J.C. Martin For WestportLocalPress.com Click on an image to enlarge and open gallery.
The Staples defense was stalwart. A goal line stand on the opening drive holding Ridgefield to a field goal was provided an indication of how the game was going to be played from the outset. Ridgefield proved nearly as stingy. The game was played on Saturday as the scheduled game on Friday night was rained out. Fortunately the rain held off with only a brief drizzle which had no effect on game play.
Ridgefield scored first with a field goal and, despite falling behind when Staples’ Caleb Smith scored a second touchdown, they refused to give up and ran a conversion after scoring a touchdown - bringing in an attempt to enable a tie scenario with a score of 14-11. Staples intercepted in the fourth and Ridgefield answered with an interception of their own but the Staples defense held.
Penalties proved to be a problem for both schools as well. Staples also overcame an uncharacteristic 135 yards in penalties.
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“Subject Matter” Attracts Crowds, And Celebrities, at Metro Art Studios
Among the Art Trail visitors yesterday were Westport residents Craig Melvin, host of the Today Show and Dateline, along with his wife Lindsay Czarniak, Fox Sports anchor on the left, and exhibiting artist Erica Katz, center.
As part of Bridgeport’s Art Trail held this weekend, Miggs Burroughs was asked to curate an exhibit at the Metro Art Studios at 345 Railroad Avenue. Titled “Subject Matter”, the show is comprised of pieces in a variety of media by artists including Erica Katz, Sue Benton, Jay Petrow and Miggs Burroughs, all from Westport, and Vincent Calenzo from Norwalk. The opening reception on Saturday drew a large crowd who also had the opportunity to visit other artists’ studios in the building as part of the art walk, which continues Sunday from 10 to 5. For more info visit metroartstudios.com
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St. Lukes Church Holds Annual Harverst Fair
Over the past 30 years, Saint Luke Roman Catholic Church has raised funds for local charities and the Church’s Matthew 25 Fund to assist others who are in need. Our fundraising activities include our Harvest Fair with its many vendors; Shabby Chic Boutique; annual Lyman Orchard pie sale; religious gift shoppe and the Cookie Shoppe. We appreciate the support of our parishioners together with the local community in our effort to help others that are less fortunate.
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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