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108 Cross Highway: NOT A Teardown! | 06880
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Where Westport meets the world. By (and Buy) Dan Woog. Send Me Private Comments, Tips & Photos! Fairfield Museum Unites Leonard Bernstein And Keith Richards. Marpe Makes It Official: Longshore Trees Must Go →. 108 Cross Highway: NOT A Teardown! January 15, 2014. In June 2011, 108 Cross Highway came on the market. From all indications, it would be the next Westport teardown. That assertion was later challenged. The “Henry Munroe House” may, in fact, have been built by an Indian. They fell in love. 8220;It...
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Al Hofacker’s Letters Home | 06880
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Where Westport meets the world. By (and Buy) Dan Woog. Send Me Private Comments, Tips & Photos! Cobb’s Mill, Part 2: The Bridge. Memorial Day To-Do List →. Al Hofacker’s Letters Home. May 26, 2012. Thursday’s post on Lance Corporal Tim Barmmer. 8212; the Staples grad killed in Vietnam — brought an email from Mary Gai. Al Hofacker, in the 1969 Staples yearbook. She remembers Al Hofacker. A member of Staples’ Class of 1969, he too served in Vietnam. Al was more fortunate than Tim. He made it home. A photo ...
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Andy, Come Home! | 06880
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Where Westport meets the world. By (and Buy) Dan Woog. Send Me Private Comments, Tips & Photos! Grand Reopening Of Art’s: This Monday →. Andy, Come Home! January 7, 2012. 8220;06880” is not in the habit of posting “lost dog” stories. (Main reason: Not enough dogs read this blog.). However, Andy’s tale rises above the usual ho-hum threshold. It is, as we in the news biz say, a “dog bites man” story. 8212; which drew the attention of News 12 Connecticut. In addition, people who “personally know Andy&...
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Giorgio: The Sequel | 06880
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Where Westport meets the world. By (and Buy) Dan Woog. Send Me Private Comments, Tips & Photos! Sunday Diners With Alex. As Westporters Have Said For Many Years… →. April 13, 2012. Earlier this month, I wrote about the day in 1977 when Giorgio Chinaglia. And the New York Cosmos played an exhibition soccer match at Green’s Farms Academy. Carlos Almeida posted a comment, noting that the Cosmos played on Beachside Avenue not once, but twice. The Cosmos (blue) pose for a photo with the University of Connecti...
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Farewell To Great Travel Experiences | 06880
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Where Westport meets the world. By (and Buy) Dan Woog. Send Me Private Comments, Tips & Photos! Sally’s Door Still Open. Under The Gunn →. Farewell To Great Travel Experiences. September 30, 2013. Once upon a time, Westport was an artists’ colony. Then we were “the marketing capital of the world.”. Was headquartered in town. In 1958, international explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad set up shop here. Lindblad Travel offered trips to then-exotic locales like the Galapagos Islands, Africa and Antarctica. Though Su...
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If You Know TED… | 06880
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Where Westport meets the world. By (and Buy) Dan Woog. Send Me Private Comments, Tips & Photos! Libya Ordeal: A Frightening First-Hand Account. Lynsey And Tyler’s Incredible Tale →. If You Know TED…. March 22, 2011. 8230; you’re probably addicted. Of course, stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It’s a conference where amazingly intelligent and creative thinkers deliver spectacularly entertaining and insightful lectures, which are then available on the incredibly phenomenal TED website . Also, no...
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