Community Corner
5 Things All About Westport: June 16
Yankee Doodle coming to town (the fair, that is), farmer's market open, P&Z meeting tonight and more
- A great family event and Westport tradition, the Yankee Doodle Fair, opens at 5 p.m. today at the Westport Woman’s Club, 44 Imperial Avenue, Westport, and the adjacent parking lot. All proceeds from the annual fund-raiser go back to the community. It features carnival rides, games, face painting, sand art, a raffle and prize drawing, and the Curio Cottage Thrift Shop. It also has an international food court as well as a Sweets & Treats Marketplace in the clubhouse auditorium featuring fresh baked goods. In addition various craft vendors will be on hand Saturday and Sunday. The fair runs 5 to 10 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, 12 noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday, and 12 noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Bring the kids!
- The will be open today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Imperial Avenue Commuter Lot. More than dozen vendors will be offering everything from fresh produce to pizza to honey to yoga lessons. The market is open every Thursday until Nov. 3. This is in addition to Westport’s other farmer’s market, held at the Saugatuck Congregational Church on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- The Planning & Zoning Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall Auditorium. On the agenda are two pre-application reviews, one for the Inn at National Hall and the other for 561 Post Road East (the former Curran automotive site). It will also hold a public hearing starting at 7 p.m. (including two continuances of public hearings) for two residential projects at 90 Hillspoint Road and 11 Bayberry Ridge Road, and two amendments to the zoning regulations (#633 and #626). The public hearing segment will be followed by a work session.
- The film “Mao’s Last Dancer” will be shown at the Westport Public Library from 7 to 9 p.m. The film chronicles the true story of Li Cunxin and his extraordinary journey from a poor upbringing in rural China to international stardom as a world-class ballet dancer.
- The exhibit “Westport Farming: Then & Now” continues to be on display at the Westport Historical Society, open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. The exhibit, which opened in May and runs through September, is being presented as part of the Society’s “Back to Our Roots” festival. It features local farming artifacts, including a special section focused on Wakeman Town Farm, and chronicles “evolving local farming practices, from the Pre-Contact era/indigenous tribes, through the Colonial Puritans and Connecticut Yankees, to today’s return to local produce,” according to the Society.
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