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5 Things All About Westport: March 2
Insider trading and a pair of events for a good cause.
- Westport is used to being thrust into the national spotlight. On Tuesday, it happened once again. Rajat Gupta, who owns a mansion on Beachside Avenue, was . He served on the executive board of Proctor & Gamble, but resigned on Tuesday. These allegations had the financial world – and pundits from all over cable – weighing in on Gupta’s fate.
- In oither not so pleasant financial news, the owe $1.1 million dollars. The most back taxes owed is by the company that own the half-empty retail strip on the corner of Riverside Avenue and Post Road West.
- Tonight is the night. If you want to have a say about the possibility of higher taxes or spending cuts in the schools, go to the Board of Finance meeting on today at 8 p.m. During the meeting, which will be at the Town Hall auditorium, the separate budgets for the town and the schools will be presented. Later this month, the board will decide whether to keep the budgets as is or demand cuts. A was previously published on Patch.
- Tickets are still available for a . The Westport Country Playhouse event is on March 12 and benefits Neighborhood Studios, an art outreach program.
- Another great benefit is coming up. An will benefit the Westport Youth Film Festival on March 10 at the Bow Tie Royale 6 Theater in Norwalk. Director Cary Fukunaga will be involved be in attendance and answer questions after the film. Tickets are just $25. If you have streaming NetFlix, the director’s excellent Sin Nombre can be viewed.
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