Friday, March 19, 2010
The play was postponed last weekend due to the storm.
Four years ago, Staples High School student Jahari Dodd left his home in Los Angeles to attend school in Westport as a scholar of the local program A Better Chance. It seems fitting that, in his senior year, he is now directing the latest Staples Players studio production of "Telemachus Clay" — a tale of a young man's journey to find his purpose in life. Due to Saturday's severe storm, the play was postponed last weekend. It is back on stage at 6 p.m. today at Toquet Hall. The 1964 play tells the story of Telemachus who leaves his East Coast home to try and make it big in Hollywood. During his travels, he meets new people, and leaves old acquaintances behind. The show reflects love, loss, regret and hope with a universal message that as …
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Nearly all customers have power restored.
At 7 a.m. Friday, 25 Westport customers remain without power. That's about .2 percent of the local customer base and a major improvement from Thursday's outages. About 1,000 Westporters had no power as of Thursday morning, as a result of Saturday's storm that left nearly 7,000 customers in the dark. Connecticut Light & Power Co. officials said Thursday that the utility projects a full restoration by Friday. Many residents and officials have been frustrated with the restoration progress. Today, Governor M. Jodi Rell called top managers of CL&P to express her continued frustration with the pace of the recovery from Saturday's severe storm, which caused nearly 100,000 customers to lose power across the state, 7,000 of whom were Westporters. …
Patch photographer Carles Reedy captured the Day 5 restoration by utility and phone service crews.
At the start of day Thursday, about 1,000 Westporters were still waiting for the lights to turn on, after five days without power. By 11 p.m., that number had dwindled to 47 customers after Connecticut Light & Power, AT&T, Northeast Utilities and other crews worked to restore power. By 7 a.m. Friday, only 25 residents were without power. As more residents saw their homes illuminate, the town began to return to business as usual. Children were back in school, after a three-day break that resulted because of dangerous roads and no power in the school buildings. Parents returned to work and left the hotels they stayed in temporarily for a good night's sleep at home. Even golfers were seen at Longshore Club Park as weather reached near 70 …
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Westport Fire Department
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
He urges public hearings on the response effort to be held in all affected towns.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has formally called for the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to investigate whether utility companies adequately responded to the massive storm-related power and phone outages that affected nearly 7,000 Westporters since Saturday. Blumenthal has also requested information from Connecticut Light & Power, United Illuminating and AT&T about their efforts to restore power and phone service. As of 4 p.m. Thursday, 550 CL&P Westport customers were without power. The largest outage, affecting 120 people was on Morningside Drive. Other outages are scattered throughout town. The utility projects 100 to 200 people will still be without power tonight and expects full restoration by Friday. In a formal …
Third Selectman Gavin Anderson says there is a need to track the history of the storm's events and subsequent response.
Third Selectman Gavin Anderson has sent a letter to First Selectman Gordon Joseloff requesting a public inquiry on the town, utility and emergency response efforts to Saturday's severe storm. Joseloff said he hasn't responded to Anderson's letter yet but said he would confer with Representative Town Meeting moderator Hadley Rose about the RTM Public Protection Committee evaluating the response. He said that committee is charged with the oversight of public safety. The text of Anderson's letter is published below. Dear Gordon: Now that the rain, wind and perhaps the urgency, but apparently not the power outages, have settled from last weekend's windstorm, I am formally recommending and requesting a full public inquiry be undertaken by The …
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Versatile artist will showcase her works in New York, March 18-21.
Westport artist Elise Black is showing her work at the ninth annual Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York City today through Sunday. For the multimedia artist, the show marks an occasion to bring her creations to a new audience. "There is a natural progression in applying creativity to an industry," she said. "I feel like there is tremendous opportunity in working with designers. The art is like the icing on the cake. Designers are in the process of creating rooms and those who work with designers are in the process of acquiring art." Black's artwork will be on view in the "MADE" section of the show, which takes place at Pier 94, at 12th Avenue and West 55th Street. The section will feature original, limited-edition and one-…
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12th Ave & W 55th St, New York, NY
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
As utility workers disturb his home, the mammal runs for safety.
It was a feat that might have only been dared by Evel Knievel. A raccoon hiding in a rotted part of a tree that had toppled onto the Mill building on Richmondville Avenue in Westport jumped for his life when a chain saw chopped his home in half, leaving him on a ledge. Utility crews from Connecticut Light & Power, Northeast Utilities and Tennett Tree Services of Windham were working to remove a large pine tree that fell on top of the building after Saturday's storm that resulted in many downed trees and wires and thousands without power. To remove the tree, workers had cut the tree in half leaving the trunk hanging in the air by a crane and the tree's top lying on the building's roof. As a crewman was chopping off branches to make the …
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100 Westporters might still be without power Thursday evening.
As the cleanup effort continues, nearly all town roads are passable and 57 utility crews are working to restore power as downed trees and wires are cleared from area roadways. The power was expected to return to all schools by Wednesday evening, according to CL&P officials. Bedford Middle School and Staples High School were still powerless at 4 p.m. Wednesday but that was expected to change soon after. Superintendent of Westport Public Schools Dr. Elliott Landon announced schools would reopen Thursday. "All buses will be running on or close to normal schedules," Landon said in a recorded message on the school's snow line (203-341-1766). He urged parents to use caution when bringing children to the bus stop as some areas might still be "…
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120 Members of the Center For Senior Activities enjoyed lunch and musical entertainment for St. Patrick's Day.
The Westport Center for Senior Activities provided a special luncheon for 120 of its members today serving a traditional Irish feast of corned beef, boiled potatoes and cabbage. Entertainment was provided by the Y's Men's Hoot Owls. The Y's Men is a men's social club for retirees from Westport and Weston. More than 400 members participate in a wide variety of activities and clubs including golf, bowling, camera club, tennis, skiing, bridge, chess, singing, investments, sailing, hiking, and table tennis. The Hoot Owls, a choir, has about 40 members. Directed by Chris Coogan (also the pianist), the Hoot Owls perform more than 25 concerts a year from September through June at retirement homes, senior centers, and rehab facilities …
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Westport Center for Senior Activities
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Call 800-203-3447 with questions about claims.
Governor M. Jodi Rell is reminding Westport residents impacted by this weekend's rain and wind storm that they can call the state Insurance Department's toll-free hotline at 800-203-3447 with questions about claims. "The destruction that Fairfield County experienced from this storm was like nothing I have ever seen," Rell said. "Thousands of towering trees were blown over while countless houses and vehicles were damaged by debris. It is only natural to wonder whether your insurance policy is going to pay to fix the damage. We want residents in Fairfield County and across Connecticut to know that by calling this hotline, they can get questions answered about homeowners policies, flood insurance and catastrophe claims." Residents can also …
I don't think that you will find too many people feeling very partisan after these first months of the new administration. Where was the emergency shelter before Tuesday night? I happened to have been in my cold house to receive a call on my land line which said that I could go to a church in a neighboring town! Barbara Butler said that residents could stay warm at the Senior Center until 8pm and… more ›