Morning Weather Report
Today
Rain likely, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 53. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow
A 40 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Wind chill values between 20 and 30. North wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tomorrow Night
Rain, snow, and sleet, becoming all rain after 10pm. Low around 34. Windy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 21 to 26 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Westport Book Shop Welcomes Artist George Radwan for March
The Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome mixed media artist George Radwan as guest exhibitor for the month of March at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place.
George is exhibiting a group of birdhouses inspired by the shacks he saw years ago in the township of Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also showing a few small, mixed media pieces, constructed of found and repurposed materials.
George Radwan grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles with a BFA in Advertising Design. After graduation, he worked for more than a decade as an art director in various Madison Avenue advertising agencies in New York, including a two-year stint at agencies in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Hong Kong. Today he is a project manager at VCA Inc., a high-end custom architectural woodworking and furniture company.
George Radwan’s artwork will be on exhibit at the Book Shop through March 31, 2023. All artwork on display is available for purchase.
To see more of George’s work, visit his website: https://georgeradwan.com Westport Book Shop, a nonprofit used book store, is downtown Westport’s only source for gently used and antiquarian books, vintage vinyl records, CDs, DVDs and audio books. It is located at 23 Jesup Road, right across Jesup Green from the Westport Library. The Book Shop’s “Drew Friedman Art Place” is an area of the store dedicated to exhibiting the work of community artists year-round, on a rotating basis. Miggs Burroughs, a Trustee of the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center, and a founding member of The Artists Collective of Westport, is curating these exhibits, which change monthly. The art exhibit is open to the public during the Book Shop’s business hours: Sundays and Mondays from Noon to 5 p.m., and Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Westport Book Shop, and the Westport Library Book Sales, are operated by Westport Book Sale Ventures, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit enterprise with the dual social mission to provide meaningful employment for adults with disabilities, while raising support for The Westport Library, through used book sales. In addition to the nonprofit Westport Book Shop, gently used books are also offered for sale online on the company’s website www.westportbooksaleventures.org/shop and through our eBay store at www.ebay.com/str/ westportbooksalesct, as well as at periodic large book sale events (the next book sale event is scheduled for May 5 through 8, 2023, inside the Westport Library). For more information, or to make a charitable donation, please visit our website at www.westportbooksaleventures.org
Westport Book Sale Ventures welcomes volunteers for all aspects of our operations, from book donation receipt and sorting, to preparing for and working at book sale events, to work in our online sales operation, and at the Westport Book Shop. For more information, and to get involved, please visit www.westportbooksales.org or send an email to info@westportbooksales.org
Car Drives into Staples High School Culinary Classroom; No Injuries Reported
Photo by Holden Caney for WestportLocal.comWestport Fire Department: Just prior to 8am this morning the fire department responded to the report of a car into the building and an active gas leak at Staples High School. The building was immediately evacuated by school personnel. The driver of the vehicle, an adult woman, inadvertently drove into the building. The fire department arrived and found gas actively leaking from a classroom kitchen. The woman was not injured and was out of the vehicle when the fire department arrived. The gas was quickly shut off and multiple fans were used to ventilate the gas from the building. There were no injuries as a result of the accident or gas leak.
The fire department responded to the scene with 4 engines, 1 ladder truck, and the shift commander. The Westport Fire Marshal’s Office, Westport Building Department, Westport Police Department, and Southern CT Gas Company responded to the scene to provide assistance.
Morning Weather Report
Today
Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Wind chill values between 25 and 35. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Tomorrow
A 40 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Northeast wind 6 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Tomorrow Night
Increasing clouds, with a low around 30. North wind 7 to 13 mph.