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A True Pro Leaves Longshore
It was a tiny moment. But it changed John Cooper’s life. When he was 11 years old, dragged to a tag sale, he spotted some golf clubs, and a pot of used balls. He bought them. But he had no idea how to...
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Longshore Ice Rink: The Coolest Place In Town
Whether the weather outside is frightful — or a winter wonderland — Longshore’s PAL Ice Rink is open. It was even open this weekend, despite frighteningly tropical temperatures. For 19 years, the...
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Compo Beach Plan Gets Rocky Reception
A member of the Compo Beach Master Plan Committee called last April’s public meeting — where opposition to new proposals, particularly perimeter parking, surfaced strongly — a “flash mob.” Last night’s...
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About That Winslow Park Painting…
On many weekends over the past few years — probably while stuck at the Post Road/Compo Road traffic light — drivers have noticed a man and an easel in Winslow Park. He’s set up on the grass. Facing...
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Compo Beach Improvement Chair: “We Hear You Loud And Clear”
Town Hall’s Room 201 was jammed like the fireworks today, as the Compo Beach Site Improvement Committee met for the 1st time since Mike Calise’s public letter lamenting the proposed elimination of...
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Fore!
When the Longshore golf course closed for the winter, it was not in good shape. The next few months were not exactly kind. But as spring takes its first, tentative — and very late — steps, an air of...
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Marpe Requests Longshore Tree Removal Delay
Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe issued the following statement today: I have asked for a temporary delay in the removal of 15 trees along the entrance to Longshore Club Park. Since this is a new...
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It Doesn’t Just Clean Itself
Last night, Compo Beach was jam-packed. Over 10,000 people crammed every available picnic table, wall and grain of sand to watch the fireworks. They spent plenty of time eating, drinking and playing...
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Compo’s Last Century — And Next
Compo Beach may soon look different. But this time changes will come from us – not nature. Within the next few weeks Parks & Rec will issue a Request for Proposals. Engineering and design firms...
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Town May Outsource Longshore Golf Course Maintenance
The town’s Request for Proposal (RFP) to redevelop the Gunn House — the 1885 Queen Anne house at 35 Church Lane, soon to give way to the new Bedford Square development — has gotten plenty of publicity....
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Drips And Drops From Irene
With power back on here at “06880″ headquarters — my house — we’re ready to report stories, observations, thoughts and photos from the long-anticipated, the-jury’s-still-out-on-its-hype Hurricane...
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Stuart McCarthy’s Summer
For many Westporters, the end of Labor Day weekend is bittersweet. Summer is “officially” over. Stuart McCarthy calls it — only partly in jest — the best day of the year. At 6 p.m. the lifeguards...
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Shovel Brigade
Parks and Rec and Public Works’ heavy equipment can move much of the debris that now covers all the wrong areas of Compo Beach. But big machines can’t get into the pavilion or showers, where Saturday’s...
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