Morning Weather Report

Today

Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

Tomorrow

A slight chance of snow before 10am, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 10am and 1pm, then rain likely after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. East wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tomorrow Night

Rain and snow before 1am, then a chance of snow. Low around 30. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Westport Property Transfers: Highest Sale at $3.4 Million on Bayberry Lane

Westport Town Clerk’s Office:

Total Conveyance Tax: $27,618.75

Total Sales: $11,047,500.00

Highest Transfer Price: 205 Bayberry Lane: $3,420,000

Lowest Transfer Price: 6 Park Lane: $622,500

Transfers:

205 Bayberry Lane: $3,420,000

27 Maple Avenue North: $2,710,000

36 Bonnie Brook Road: $2,700,000

35 High Point Road: $1,595,000

6 Park Lane: $622,500

Morning Weather Report

Today

Sunny, with a high near 45. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. North wind around 8 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with a low around 27. North wind around 7 mph.

Tomorrow

Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Wind chill values between 20 and 30. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Tomorrow Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

Youth Poetry Contest by the Westport Garden Club, Arts Advisory Committee, Town Poet Laureate

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The Westport Garden Club is partnering with the Westport Arts Advisory Committee / Town Poet Laureate Jessica Noyes McEntee and The Westport Library to sponsor a Youth Poetry Contest for students.

 
The contest is affiliated with the National Garden Club’s Youth Poetry Contest and is open to students in kindergarten through ninth grade including public and private schools, home-schooled students, Special Education, English as a Second Language, and General Education students.

This competition enables youth to embrace their creativity through the art of writing.   

The theme for the 2023 competition is:
“Seeds, Trees, and Bees…Oh My – Celebrating the Diversity of Nature” 
 
Guidelines for Entries are available here: https://westportlibrary.org/event/youth-poetry-contest/2023-01-01/

All entries must be typed and titled
Include the participant's name, address, age, grade, and school on the back of the entry and the preferred email address for correspondence
All entries become the property of National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Poems do not have to rhyme.
Poems may be traditional verse, acrostics, blank verse, cinquains, diamond poems, limericks, or Haiku.
The theme should not be used as the title of any poetry. (When judging, the title is worth 10 points.)
Poems should be submitted by email to: westportctgardenclub@gmail.com by JANUARY 6, 2023

Scale of Points
Title: 10%
Content: 40%
Creativity: 30%
Style: 20%
Total: 100%
 

Entries are due by January 6.  The poems selected by a jury committee will then be submitted to the regional organization, New England Garden Clubs for another round of judging.  The region's final selections will then be submitted for National Garden Club Awards where winning entries will be compiled into a booklet and made available to the winners.  Locally- poets will be invited to read from their work at a library event, open to the public to celebrate poetry in April, 2023.

To view the 2022 winning entries, please visit: https://www.gardenclub.org/poetry-contest

 
Affiliated with the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc., and National Garden Clubs, Inc., The Westport Garden Club of Westport, CT was founded in 1924 and consists of members who are united by an interest in gardening, a desire to further their gardening knowledge, participate in civic beautification and to promote conservation and environmental education.

For more information, visit: https://westportgardenclub.org  and follow the Westport Garden Club on Facebook: Westport Garden Club and Instagram: westportctgardenclub.