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Morning Weather Report

Today

Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light after midnight.

Tomorrow

A 20 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.

Tomorrow Night

Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 39. Light west wind.

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New Neighbors: Skin Laundry California brings Laser Facials to Main Street

Skin Laundry California has announced its next clinic location will be at 135 Main Street, in the former location of Marine Layer. The company offers laser facials in their locations in Colorado, California, New York, Arizona, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the Middle East, and northern Africa. Their arrival is slated for this Spring. WestportLocal.com photo

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Morning Weather Report

Today

Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. North wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Wind chill values between 15 and 20. North wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Tomorrow

Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tomorrow Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light after midnight.

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Joanne Hupp Umphrey, 92, Died; Mother to Six Staples Graduates, Unitarian Church Member

Joanne Hupp Umphrey, 92, passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in Bloomfield, MI, surrounded by her family. The beloved wife, grandmother and great grandmother will be greatly missed by her second husband Jim Umphrey, her six children, 24 grandchildren, and 38 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband of 52 years, Arthur Hupp.



Joanne and Arthur moved to Westport in 1963. Joanne loved the culture, entertainment and excitement of NYC, and the opportunity for international travel that Art's job presented. In Westport, she raised her six children, all of whom graduated from Staples 1969-1977. She also indulged her love of gardening, and discovered her spiritual home in the Unitarian church. The medical emergencies of child rearing eventually led her to pursue a nursing degree through Norwalk hospital. In 1977 Art's job took them back to Michigan and then on to Arkansas for retirement. Joanne remarried in 2005 to her high school sweetheart. They returned to Michigan to be closer to family in 2013.



Joanne loved to dance, to write (presenting her family with her memoir at age 86), to garden, to golf, to play games with grands and great grands, to read, and to listen to music. All of her family will carry with them her humor, her smile, her joy in living life and her tradition of helping others as they remember her and the lessons she taught them.

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