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Updated
Friday, July 10, 2009
Beach Avenue to close again! This may be the end. Read more.
Westport Grange Farmers
Market opens
this Saturday, July 11. Read more.
Gooseberry Island scene of July 1 early-morning violent armed robbery. Read more.
Westport Senior Center releases July/August schedule of events. Get it now.
New mystery photo has a three-peat winner! Click
here to see who!
Goodfellows not set in stone yet says Sean Lafrance. Read more about the
future of this restaurant.
Selectmen and School Board appoint Jim
Bernard school committee member. Read more.
Westport police
to buckle down on those who don’t
buckle up. Do you know the law? Read more.
Mosquito control to begin in Westport. Click here to read
more.
Westport Point
United Methodist Church hosts Saturday night dances. Read this and other church news.
Stimulus funds to pay for State Road resufacing. Find out when and how.
Census Bureau to canvas Westport. U.S. Census going door to door. Ask for ID! Read more.
Yorick's Marionettes production of "Sleeping Beauty" Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. This adaptation of Charles
Perrault’s fairy tale is beautifully presented with hand carved wooden
marionettes. At The Meeting House, 3850 Main Road, Tiverton. Free and open to
the public.
See more art and theater events now!
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out about all upcoming events. Click here for our
event calendar!
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“A
perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the
birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” James
Dent
16 tips you need to defend yourself against deer ticks and Lyme
Disease. Do you know how
to make or purchase 'tick tubes', a highly effective method to cut
tick populations in your yard? Find out how and learn more tips. Click here to get them now!
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www.mydevin.org
Upcoming:
September 20, 2009: 40K/100K Bike Ride
Refreshments, raffle items, hopefully a massage therapist. (We are looking
at the idea of doing a 2-4 day bike ride, for serious riders; please let us
know if you have any interest in this.)
Honoring all
children with cancer, especially Devin Laubi 8-23-1996 to 4/24/2003
Click
here to read their 2008 summary newsletter now!
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Westport
Rivers Sunset Music Series.
“Not to be missed!”
Fridays in July & August 6-8 p.m.
Click here to read
article and view photos from last year.
Click on flyer for all the
details.
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2009 Westport
Fair July 15th to 19th!
      
Westport Fair dates
announced. The fair will run from July 15 to July 19, 2009. Schedule
information now on www.westportfair.com Click here to view EverythingWestport.com photos from 2008
fair. Click here to view their program schedule.
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Fire station
gets on an even footing.
Crews work the “the stick”
to pour the footings and foundations before the heavy rains set in. Real
progress is being made says site super Gary Bessett and Chief Legendre. Read more . .
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Brilliant 4th!
 Like the mythical Phoenix,
July 4th sprang from the rubble of a dim June to explode in a shower of sparks
and sunshine, restoring our faith that, yes, summer has actually arrived. Left:
Westport
July 4th parade’s first-ever honor guard marches past Old Glory at the
Central Village fire station, perhaps for the last time as the 81 year-old
fire house is slated for closure next year. Right: parade cameos.
Click here for more parade
images. Who are the float winners? Click here!
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Westport Town Farm garden project!
On-going blog – updated
weekly.
Click here to see what’s up at the farm.
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5th annual Glass on the Grass
 WindBlown
Glass Studio
on 1021 Main Road in Westport held their annual sale through Monday, June 6
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All of the odd, imperfect and otherwise unusual
blown glass made throughout the year was piled in the grass at 20 - 90% off
gallery prices. Partial proceeds benefited the Westport River Watershed
Alliance. Click here for more photos.
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Village Ice Cream has gone bananas! They’re
giving away free waffle dish ice cream sundaes. Click here to get
yours!
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Civil War Day at the Town Landing.
 On July 4th the Country Store at the Head of Westport Landing presented A Civil War Day featuring “Flapjack” LaFleur under the big
tent!
A
civil war re-enactor, Mr. LaFleur displayed military field campaign wood
products that include “slapback” chairs, collapsible tables and field
cases. “An army on the move couldn’t
take time to assembly their camp. The quartermaster had no tools.
Everything was made collapsible to fit in the wagons,” LaFleur said. He
also displayed civil war memorabilia such as swords and travel bags.
Click here to get all the details.
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Behind the
Shingles” – An exhibition on reading the secrets of old houses through the clues
that they leave.
The Westport
Historical Society is opening their summer exhibit on July 11,
Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Bell School, 25
Drift Road, Westport.
 Organized and curated by Pete
Baker, the Westport Historical Society, and Westport
Historical Commission. 17th and 18th century houses of Southern
Massachusetts.
Learn what Pete knows!
Click here for details.
Above: The Waite-Potter House, Westport’s
oldest know home site.
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 Lebelle kicked off his 3000 mile
coast-to-coast marathon on June 20.
Team Lebelle
finished 5th! Congratulations! Tuesday, June 27, 2009
3021 miles in
7 days, 8 hours and 42 minutes!
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Oil and water mix at the Head!
The
Head of Westport was not only flooded with new moon waters Thursday but also
an abundance of creativity as the Westport Art Group held its final summer
Thursday painting session there with an instructional “paint and critique”
led by local artist David Seibert. More.
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Stayin’ Alive
at 65!
John Travolta
has nothing on this lively bunch of octogenarians as they celebrated their
65th Westport High School reunion.
The class of
1944 remembers the war, Lincoln Park, the ways things were before the
Hurricane of ’38, grange dances, and a simpler way of life.
Read more and view photos.
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Cohousing Guru John Abrams
Discusses a New Approach to Community Creation.
 Thursday July 23rd at 7:00 p.m., cohousing guru John
Abrams will discuss the philosophy behind the growing Cohousing movement,
and other ideas on how to build inspired thinking into communities at every
level. His talk is entitled “Thinking Like Cathedral Builders: Affordable
Housing, Community Preservation and Business for People and Place.”
Click here to read more.
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“A Taste of Westport”
The Food &
Wine Festival draws hundreds Saturday afternoon as the weather breaks
and provides some much needed sunshine. Wine and cheese and Bud Smith’s
bluegrass. “Bon Appétit” a hit. Click here to read more and view photos.
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 The Head Town
Landing Country Store leads Head of Westport renaissance. Once a
lonely stop on the long journey from New Bedford to Newport, the County
Store’s location has been a home to a general store of sorts for as long as
anyone can remember.
“Shorrocks,
Correira’s, R&S Variety, and now the Country Store. I’ve seen them
all,” said Dorothy Hopkinson, area resident. Click
here to read more about the Head’s amazing revival.
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Westport River Gardeners hold their 7th annual Garden
Fair.
“We had a wonderful
turnout,” said out-going WRG president Pat Bennett. Sunshine was in
abundance as were area residents in one of the WRG’s better turnouts yet. Read more now, only on EverythingWestport.com.
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