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5 Things All About Westport: May 9

Electric cars, school budgets and other happenings in town.

  • The viability of electric cars remain unproven due to a weak infrastructure of charking station, but Northeast Utilities, parent company of Connecticut Light and Power,. Westport is among several muncipalities that plan to install electric charging stations.
  • The budget for the Westport has , but part of it remains undetermined. The schools still need to find $250,000 in cuts. What those cuts entail will be announced at tonight's meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Staples High School.
  • Today should be partly sunny with a high near 65 degrees. At night, clouds will form and there will be a low of 49 degrees.
  • A belated happy mother's day to all the moms out there. One article published yesterday highlighted around the world, while another talks about the. 
  • On this day in 1965, the Astrodome opened in Houston, Texas. What makes this significant is that it was the first baseball game ever played indoors.


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