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How’s Business?
Bill Brown and his cronies were trying to guess the oldest surviving business in town. Bill guessed Beacon Electronics — but then realized it closed last year after a 60-year run. Someone suggested...
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Arrow Points To An Amazing Reunion
Two years ago, someone started an “Arrow Restaurant” page on Facebook. It was a place for fans of the famed Saugatuck eatery to gather virtually, and share very real memories of the food and folks they...
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The Big Five-Oh
“06880” is fair game for just about every story — so long as there’s a Westport angle. I try to avoid missing-pet posts — though I did cover the expensive, long-running search for Andy, the lost corgi...
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Red Barn Is NOT Closing
The rumors have swirled for weeks: The Westport Family Y bought the Red Barn. It will be torn down, and used for parking. The Y is not talking. But the lights were off last night, the parking lot...
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From Brooklyn To Westport: Life In A Changing “Hometown”
Antonia Landgraf was born and raised in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. It was a tight-knit Italian neighborhood — like long-ago Saugatuck, perhaps — and she loved it. Her grandfather — born on the same...
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You Are A Westporter If…
The other day, a friend made a confession. “I’ve only been here 10 years,” she said. “I’m not really a Westporter, am I?” Bill Clinton once famously explained, “That depends on what the meaning of the...
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Red Barn Has Moved!
You, I and the rest of the world may think that the Red Barn — the iconic restaurant opened in 1933, and operated continuously through last year — is located on Wilton Road, nestled up against Merritt...
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Longshore Lighthouse: The Back Story
For decades, no one thought about the Longshore lighthouse. Yesterday, I published a photo of it as part of “06880’s” Friday Flashback series. I had no idea that Westporters Dick Stein and Tracy Hinson...
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