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http://www.westportartgroup.com
Read Jul/Aug 2010 Newsletter – BrushStrokes.
Jul 23rd thru Aug 1st
Westport Art Group presents 54rd Annual Summer Show
& Sale
1740 Main Road,
Westport Point.
 Open Monday –
Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and weekends from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The eagerly
anticipated WAG Summer Show is FREE and open to the public. The Show
features artworks by WAG and other local artists, plus handcrafts by
local artisans. Crafts include hand-crafted jewelry, woodcrafts, pottery,
hand-blown glass jewelry and vases, crocheted items, scarves, art prints
and more! All arts and crafts are for sale.
Don’t miss our
famous “Raffle Wall” and your chance to win a piece by your favorite
artist! Ready-for-framing 5” x 7” artworks by WAG artists will be
raffled. Chances are one for $2.00, three for $5.00, and eight for
$10.00. The drawing will be held Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.
Click here to see photos of the 2009 53rd Annual Summer
Show and Sale.
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WAG presented pastel-proficient
Jean Hirons on Monday, June 7.
The Mattapoisett native, now residing in Rockville,
Maryland, brought a buckboard full of tips and techniques June 7th to 50
Westport Art Group members who came to polish their skills and learn from
one of the best pastel artists in the business. Hirons is a signature member of the Pastel Society of
America, the Maryland Pastel Society, and the Pastel Painters’ Society of
Cape Cod. Click here to read more and view photos.
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The Westport Art Group is a non-profit
organization that supports education in the arts with classes, art
exhibits and scholarships to high school seniors. The mission of the
Westport Art Group is to stimulate and promote the appreciation and
encouragement of the arts and crafts. Call (508) 636-2114 or visit www.westportartgroup.com for more information.
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Mystery Photo Solved!
07/14/2010 - A First! New mystery photo solved by both Gerry Santos and Steve
Medeiros, independently, who both correctly guessed on 07/14/10
at about 09:38 “Twin Willow Farm on Sodom Road.”
Gerry and Steve both win a $25 gift certificate to Partners Village Store and Kitchen,
the area’s one-stop shopping for all your distinctive gift and reading
needs. Consider your selections over coffee and a sandwich.
Congratulations gentlemen!
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Our last mystery photo was correctly
identified by Betty Slade of Westport Point. Betty correctly identified “the memorial for George Leach, former
Westport Selectman with a distinguished military career, which is located
across from the Harbormaster’s office at the town docks.”
John Coury, a longtime friend of George's, said he
spearheaded the effort to place a memorial down at the docks after
George died. John was in E. Africa on safari when George passed away.
When he returned he appeared before the Board of Selectmen to seek
approval for placement of a memorial to George where it stands today. The
Board approved the request.
John, working with Bob Haines and a few others,
collected money and had Albanese produce the stone, with a third party
donating the bronze plaque.
Betty won a $25 gift certificate to the Back Eddy
Restaurant, Westport’s favorite harborside restaurant! Congratulation Betty!
You
can’t win if you don’t guess!
Email your guess now!
*Starting 02/11/2010 we will be limiting immediate families to one
gift certificate won per month. EverythingWestport will be increasing the
number of mystery photos this year and we would like everybody to have a
chance at participating. Also, you may take as many guesses as you want
for a mystery photo, but please only one guess at a time.
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White's of Westport
66 State Road, Westport. For more information, call (508) 675-7185 or
visit www.lafrancehospitality.com.
Upcoming Dinner Shows and
special events:
The Scott Record Show
Friday, August 6
$35.95 per
person
Singing Comedy Impressionist - Scott Record has a career
and background as versatile as his talents. As a child growing up in
New England, Scott's early interests and training were in the fields of
music, tap dancing, magic, acting, and sports. Scott is one of
the most requested headlines on several of the world's most elite
cruise lines. "The must see show of the summer." - The
Miami Herald.
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Live
bands in the Galley Grille every Friday and Saturday night:
Friday, July 30 - Chris Farias
Saturday, July 31 - Tony Rocha
Friday, August 6- Kenny Richards
Friday, August 13 - Tony & Steph
Friday, August 20 - Bill Santos
Friday, August 27 - Gary Farias
Every Wednesday, Michael Dutra
is Strictly Sinatra - $10 per
person; 7 – 10 p.m. Michael Dutra is a man living a very large dream.
After just four short years as a professional in the entertainment
industry, he takes to the stage more than 300 nights per year, stunning
audiences along the East Coast with his dead-on renditions of Frank
Sinatra classics. Dutra's songbook offers infinite variety. "Sinatra
sang more than 2,400 songs," Dutra marvels, "and my repertoire
features at least 500 of those." He finds that My Way and
Summer Wind are runaway favorites with audiences everywhere!
Every Saturday Paul Nogueira on piano playing Country, Blues and
other favorites
Bittersweet Farm Restaurant & Tavern
438
Main Road, Westport. For more information, call (508) 636-0085 or
visit www.lafrancehospitality.com.
Tavern hosts live
bands Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Friday, July 30– Nightlife
Saturday, July 31– TBA
Friday, August 6– Hot Mess
Saturday, August 7– Farias Brothers
Friday, August 13– MRL Trio
Saturday, August 14– Neal & Kenny
Friday, August 20– Shuttlecock
Saturday, August 21– Wood & Wire
Friday, August 27– Midnight Kitchen
Saturday, August 28– S.C.A.T.
Every Thursday enjoy acoustic
guitar with Kenny Richards
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Call (508)
675-7185 or check out their website for information:
www.LafranceHospitality.com
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The
week ahead on EverythingWestport.com
Click here for
all local Theater, Music and Arts events this week!
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"Liberty Street Printmakers" at the Tiverton Town Hall.
 The
Tiverton Arts Council is pleased to present the "Liberty Street
Printmakers", a group of nine printmakers from the Newport Art
Museum's Coleman Center for Creative Studies. The exhibition will
run from July 7 to August 31, 2010 at Tiverton Town Hall, 343 Highland
Road. The Tiverton Town Hall is open Monday through Friday, 8:30
a.m. - 4:00 p.m. An opening reception was held on Sunday, July 11th from
4:00 - 6:00p.m. The public is invited.
The show offers a glimpse into the
creative and varied world of printmaking. Works range in techniques
from painterly monotypes to monoprints created by solar plates to collage
works combining woodcuts, fiber and other found objects. Artists
shown are Kelly Albert, Roberta Erlich, Mary Evans, Debbie Talbot, Ginger
Lacy, Brian Pitts, Margot Rubin, Robin Vallese and Marion Wilner.
Click here to read more and tale a virtual tour.
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Jul 26th
Monday thru Aug 1st Sunday
Westport
Art Group presents 54rd Annual Summer Show & Sale at 1740 Main
Road, Westport Point.
 Open Monday – Friday from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m., and weekends from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The
eagerly anticipated WAG Summer Show is FREE and open to the public. The
Show features artworks by 52 WAG and other local artists, plus handcrafts
by eight local artisans. Crafts include hand-crafted jewelry, woodcrafts, pottery,
hand-blown glass jewelry and vases, crocheted items, scarves, art prints
and more! All arts and crafts are for sale.
Don’t
miss their famous “Raffle Wall” and your chance to win a piece by your
favorite artist! Ready-for-framing 5” x 7” artworks by WAG artists will be
raffled. Chances are one for $2.00, three for $5.00, and eight for $10.00.
The drawing will be held Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.
Click
here
to see photos
of the 2009 53rd Annual Summer Show and Sale.
The Westport Art
Group
The
Westport Art Group is a non-profit organization that supports education in
the arts with classes, art exhibits and scholarships to high school
seniors. The mission of the Westport Art Group is to stimulate and promote
the appreciation and encouragement of the arts and crafts. Call (508)
636-2114 or visit www.westportartgroup.com for more information.
Jul 26th
Monday
 A friend of the Westport-based Devin Laubi Foundation
has set up a golf tournament, details below, to benefit the Devin
Laubi Foundation. This friend lost both her sister and brother to
brain tumors. She would like to celebrate their lives and make an
impact to honor her family; she chose us. So if you are free and
enjoy golfing, please attend or pass this info to another golfer.
Flyer attached.
Easton
Country Club,
265 Purchase Street, South Easton, MA. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m.
Tee-off time (scramble format) is at 8:30 a.m. Cost per player is $125.
Cost includes unlimited range balls during registration, continental
breakfast, 18-holes of golf (with a cart), unlimited soft drinks and bottled
water, and lunch. Bring extra money for contests and raffles.
Come
out for golf and lunch or just come for lunch to help us celebrate the
lives of Dan DiPierro and Deb Reardon, both of whom lost their struggles
with glioblastomas, the most aggressive form of brain cancer, in July,
2008.
Lunch
is a sit down buffet consisting of an individual garden salad, dinner
rolls, top sirloin with mushroom gravy, chicken picatta, seafood Newburg,
oven roasted red potatoes, snap peas with rainbow peppers, assorted pastries,
and fresh brewed coffee. Suggested donation for lunch (without golf)
is $45-$60 per person. Please arrive for lunch by noon.
To
confirm your spot please mail your check by July 1, 2010 made payable to:
Amy Doherty, 53 Westview Terrace, Westwood, MA 02090. If you have any
questions, please contact Amy at amyrdoherty@verizon.net. They look
forward to seeing you on the 26th!
All
proceeds will benefit The Devin Laubi Foundation, a non-profit organization
that provides financial assistance to families of children with cancer in
Southeastern Massachusetts, New England and across the United States.
For
more information about The Devin Laubi Foundation, please visit http://mydevin.org.
Jul 26th Monday through July
30th Friday
WRWA
to sponsor Watershed Explorers exploration of Westport River.
Children
ages 12-15 have the opportunity to explore sections of the Westport River,
from the Head of Westport to its mouth at Westport Harbor in an exciting
outdoor adventure with the Westport River Watershed Alliance this summer.
The
week-long summer program, Watershed Explorers, includes three days of
kayaking on the river with Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, and two days of
exploring the coastal habitats at Westport's Town Beach. Along the way,
participants will discover and learn about the creatures of the forest,
wetland, freshwater, estuary and marine habitats found in this region.
The
program is being offered this summer during the week of July 26-30, Monday
through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday). Cost is
$360 for the week for WRWA members (non-members, $390) and includes three
days of kayak rentals.
Space
is limited, so please call Shelli Costa, Education Director, at (508)
636-3016, or visit www.westportwatershed.org , for more information on
registration.
WRWA's
mission is to restore, protect, celebrate, and sustain the natural
resources of the Westport River and its watershed which encompasses six
towns: Dartmouth, Fall River, Freetown, and Westport in Massachusetts, and
Little Compton and Tiverton in Rhode Island. WRWA accomplishes its goal of
protecting the watershed through education, advocacy, and community
outreach.
Jul 29th Thursday
Westport
ROMEOs to host David Proulx at White's of Westport.
There will be a luncheon this Thursday, July 29th at White’s of Westport in
the Pricilla Dining Room. The Westport social group will be hosting David
Proulx, a republican sticker/write-in candidate for State Representative in
the 8th Bristol District being vacated by Mike Rodrigues, who is running
for State Senator. The retired Correctional Officer of 20 years currently
teaches at an educational collaborative on Cape Cod.
 Proulx
feels that constituent services are the cornerstone of good representation.
He also believes that economic growth, jobs and prosperity come from a
vibrant private sector, and a smaller less intrusive government. He will
address the thorny issues of our area's high unemployment, backyard casino,
and the Southeast Rail corridor's impact on Westport. He lives in Fall
River with his wife and two sons.
The ROMEOs, Retired Older Men Eating Out,
has been an active social group sharing lunch and every Thursday for the
last 20 years at various local restaurants, Whites of Westport being the
latest. All are welcome. You pay for your own lunch, but you have the
pleasure of the best company our area offers. There are no age limits. Come
and experience what the ROMEOs are all about.
No reservations necessary. For more
information, please call Joe Crowley at (508) 636-6442, or email him at pennyman68@charter.net
July 29th
Thursday
 Vic Solo at the Westport
Senior Center.
A Unique Entertainer will be coming to the Westport COA at 12:00 p.m. Vic
is an Elvis Presley impersonator, who has performed at many COA’s – Come
and join in on the fun!! Please call to make reservations at (508)
636-1026. 75 Reed Road, Westport
Jul 29th
Thursday
Summer
Music Series at Sakonnet Vineyards, 162 West Main Road, Little Compton,
RI. Thursdays in July and August. 6 – 8 p.m. $10 per car. Performance by
Jack Jennings of Blues Train fame. The gift shop and Coop Café will be
open. For more information call or click (800) 998-8486; http://sakonnetwine.com/
Jul 29th
Thursday
Partners
Village Store
will host a “Poetry
Night” featuring Geraldine Zetzel and Joanie Mackowski. Zetzel, a longtime summer resident of
Westport, and Mackowski, who is staying in town this summer, will both be
reading from their new work. All are welcome to meet the authors, and light
refreshments will be available. Starts at 5:30 p.m.
  Zetzel, a Buddhist and teacher at the
Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, has been published in many
journals and anthologies. Her new collection, Mapping the Sands, has been
noted for its “music and the sensuous pleasures of language” and “precise
images with startling metaphors”.
Mackowski
teaches at the University of Cincinnati and has been published in the Best
American Poetry in both 2007 and 2009 as well as the Yale Review and the
Kenyon Review. Her latest work is View from a Temporary Window which has
been called “haunted by a sense of the body’s strangeness”. “Like origami
unfolded upon your table, these poems reveal the blueprints of the
universe.”
This is a free
gathering! Partners Village Store & Kitchen, 865 Main Road in Westport,
MA. For more information please call (508) 636-2572.
Jul 30th
Friday
 Westport
Fire Department announces Station No. 1 Grand Opening and Dedication Friday, July 30 at 11:00 a.m.
Sandwiches and Fire House Chili! Come on over to 54 Hixbridge Road and get
a tour. Click on invitation for all the details.
Jul 30th
Friday
 Sunset Music Series returns to Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery. 6 – 8 p.m. Friday Night Lights, Whites and Westport Brut at the
Vineyard. If
award-winning wines, gourmet apps, stunning sunsets and the music of Gary
Duquette are your idea of an idyllic TGIF night out, than hustle on down to the
Vineyard.
Gary
Duquette, One Bad Ant is back! Truly a one-man band, Gary’s style
leaves everyone asking for more. Locally grown guitarist Gary Duquette
continues to be one of our most versatile and best all around performers
here at the vineyard.
 The tradition continues as the tremendously popular
Sunset Music Series returns to Westport’s cultural hot spot under the
setting sun. Come early to get a spot. Get this
year’s schedule now. Read
more with photos
from last year.
This is a family friendly event. Admission just
$5 per carload. Visitors are always encouraged to bring blankets, beach
chairs, sun block, and bug spray. Please no brought in alcohol.
Please no climbing on our old stone walls. (They don’t want your
kid getting crushed.)
Westport Rivers wine and Just Beer brews will be
available for purchase. Please feel free to bring your own potluck picnics
or take advantage of the occasional vendors who sometimes offer fun food
items during select shows.
www.westportrivers.com
Jul 30th Friday
 Bluesy-folk guitarist Jen Clapp will show case music from her latest CD at a concert at the Westport
Grange on Friday, July 30 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are
available at the Westport Farmers Market on Saturdays, or at the door for
$10.00. Proceeds will benefit the Westport Grange scholarship
fund. The Grange Cafe will have a variety of beverages and home
baked goodies available. Copies of Jen’s CD will also be
available for purchase. For previews and reviews visit her web
site. www.jenclapp.com. For further information
call Beth Easterly at (508) 636-4427.
Jen
Clapp has been touring the northeast region of the United States in support
of her new CD. Copies will be available at the concert. Currently Jen lives
in New York’s Hudson Valley where she regularly performs in concert and at
Farmers Markets.
Songs
from the CD are receiving play on many radio stations as well as on
internet radio. Jen was a featured artist for a 2-part interview with Sara
LaDuke on Performance Place, WAMC - Northeast Public Radio. She was also
featured on Laney Goodman’s Women on Air program and an interview with Jen
appears in Indie Sounds NY issue 39. More information at jenclapp.com and
music available on iTunes.
While
living in New York city in the early 1990’s she was a founding member of
the alternative folk- soul band Native Tongue. The band was a fixture in the
downtown New York acoustic scene with a weekly gig at the Cafe Sin-e on St.
Marks Place. A highlight was singing with Sinead O’Connor.
Jul 31st Saturday
  
Westport Farmers’ Market & Artisans Fair continues its third year on Saturday, July 24 and will run every
Saturday through the end of September from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., RAIN or
SHINE. This event is sponsored by
the Westport Grange, and located at 931 Main Road (Central Village). For information on the market please call
(508) 636-6228.
Jul 31st
Saturday
Sakonnet
Growers Market
features Provencal Bakery, Old Stone Orchard, Seapowet Shellfish, Windy
Hill Nurseries, Mello’s Farm Stand, Crow’s Nest Farm and Cory’s Kitchen.
Pardon Gray Preserve on Route 77 at Lafayette Road, Tiverton, RI.
8
a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturdays through October 2.
Jul 31st Saturday
 The Westport Point United Methodist Church will hold its 29th
Annual Clam Bake on Saturday,
July 31st. The menu includes farm raised Narragansett Bay clams,
sausage, hot dog, potato, corn, sweet potato, stuffing, and brown bread.
The cost is $30 or $40 to add lobster. Chowder and drinks will
be served at noon and the bake begins at 1:00 p.m. Tickets can be
purchased at Partners Village Store or by leaving a message at the church
office at (508) 636-2036. The Clam Bake is held at the church, 1912
Main Road at Westport Point.
Click
here to read about last year’s clambake with
photos!
 
Jul 31st
Saturday
Partners
Village Store
will host a Vera
Bradley Celebration on Saturday, July 31st, from 10 a.m. – 2
p.m. Join them for rewards, door prizes, and food tastings!
 Vera Bradley, designers of stylish
quilted cotton luggage, handbags and accessories for over 20 years has had
a loyal following of customers who not only look forward to their lovely
new fabrics and styles that are introduced each season, but who also appreciate
the function and quality that is synonymous with the Vera Bradley name. The
Vera Bradley fall line will be featured and there will be a SNEAK PREVIEW
of the Holiday Collection. For summer and retired patterns and styles they
will offer a reward program of buy one get one 50% off.
Gallo’s
Family Food Products located in Assonet, MA will be sampling their
delicious line of Biscotti Cookies with flavors such as almond, cranberry
walnut, and chocolate chip. Spindrift Soda, also located in
Massachusetts, hopes to change how America experiences sodas and will be
sampling their blackberry, lemonade, grapefruit and mango orange soda. They
start with ultra clean sparkling water, fresh squeezed fruit or berries
(pulp and all!), and a dash of cane juice. The result is a light,
refreshing, delicious soda. Sidehill Farm, located in Brattleboro, VT,
takes pride in preserving foods the old-fashioned way. Their jams and
jellies are cooked in small batches and hand-stirred by a second generation
Vermont jam maker. No pectin or artificial ingredients are added, just the
finest ingredients are slow-cooked together to assure there is more fruit,
and more flavor, in every bite. Some flavors we will be sampling are
cinnamon pear, raspberry peach and blueberry.
They
will also be sampling mouth watering milk chocolate nonpareils. Partners
Village Store & Kitchen, 865 Main Road in Westport, MA. For more
information call or click: (508) 636-2572;
www.partnersvillagestore.com
Jul 31st Saturday
 Sixth Annual Barn Dance. Join the Westport Land Conservation Trust for its sixth
annual Barn Dance. Dinner, prepared by local businesses and volunteers.
Dance to the music of Eight to the
Bar (pictured below, right).
Westport
Rivers Vineyard and Winery, 417
Hixbridge Road, Westport. From 6 to 10 p.m. $45 per person in advance; no tickets
at the door. For tickets or more information please call (508) 636-9228.
Tickets also available at Country Woolens, 842 Main Street, Westport.
Click on poster to enlarge.
Click here to view photos from last year.
 
Aug 1st
Sunday
The
Acoaxet
Free-Will Chapel Association will have a meeting in the
fellowship hall following the morning service on Sunday, Aug. 1. The
purpose of this meeting is to discuss the direction members want the
morning service to take. The Acoaxet Chapel is located at 36 Howland Road.
Aug 1st
Sunday
The fifth
Annual Juliet Lambert Raposa Memorial Bikers Run and Car/Truck Show
will be held Sunday, Aug. 1, rain or shine. Bike registration starts at
9:30 a.m. at BCC on Elsbree Street. Run starts at 11 a.m.
Car and truck registration will begin at 11 a.m. at the Holy
Ghost Grounds, Sodom Road, Westport.
There will be vendors, music, T-shirts, raffles, door prizes
and trophies. There is a $20 registration fee for every bike, car or truck;
$10 walk-in donation. Kids 10 and under are free. Price includes coffee and
doughnuts and lunch. Proceeds to benefit The We Love Children Organization.
For more information, contact Ed or Karen Raposa at
508-659-3446; Palmira Aguiar at (508) 824-2797 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
or (508) 672-0477.
Click here to view
upcoming events.
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Town Meetings This Week
As
of Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Call the Town Clerk at (508)
636-1000 during normal working hours to verify meeting schedule changes.
Click here to read about new state posting requirements
for town meetings effective as of July 1, 2010.
Wednesday, July 28th
·
Board of Appeals –
6:30 p.m., Town Hall
·
Fire Station Bldg
Comm. – 10 a.m., 54 Hixbridge Road
Thursday, July 29th
·
Housing Rehab
Advisory – 10 a.m., Town Hall
·
Beach Comm – 7 p.m.,
Town Hall Basement
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Central Village
Improvement – 9 a.m., Town Hall, second floor
·
Affordable Housing Trust
– 12 noon, Town Hall Annex
·
Housing Partnership –
12 noon, Town Hall Annex
Friday, July 30th
·
Fire Station Bldg
Comm. – 10 a.m., 54 Hixbridge Road
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Fire Station open
house – 11 a.m., 54 Hixbridge Road
Town Hall - 816 Main Road
Town Hall Annex - 856 Main
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Westport Town Announcements
Sunday,
July 25, 2010
First
quarter tax bills due August 2.
Westport real
estate and property tax bills for the first quarter of 2010 are due
August 2, and second quarter bills by November 1. Preliminary bills for
both time periods were mailed out July 1. Any payment made after the deadline is
subject to a 14 percent
interest. New homeowners who did not receive a bill may contact the tax
collector’s office at (508) 636-1010. Payments may be
made by mail, in person or online at www.westport-ma.com. Online orders include a fee of
35 cents per transaction. Office hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. On the first Monday of each month, the office is open
until 6 p.m.
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Library announces summer hours.
06-26-2010 - The Westport Library will be observing the
following hours Starting July 1 through September 4.
Monday:
12 to 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday:
12 - 8:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: Closed
The library will also be closed Monday, July 5
in observance of Independence Day.
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Westport residents need Yard Sale Permits.
06-22-2010 - Westport Residents who are planning
to hold a yard sale must obtain a Yard Sale Permit from the Building
Department, Town Hall Annex, 856 Main Road. Permits are $5.00 per day.
Under the Town Bylaws and Regulations, a Yard Sale Permit may be issued
to any one person for only three days in any one month or four days in
any one year in conformity with the Zoning Regulations and for any one
premises zoned residential. The Police Department or Zoning Enforcement
Officer will be checking to see if a Yard Sale Permit is on premises and
the permit must be presented if requested. Any person who shall violate
any provision of the Bylaw shall be liable to a fine of $50.00 for each
violation. Each day shall constitute a separate offense.
For
further information, please contact the Building Department at
508-636-1035 or 508-636-1036.
Note: Posted Yard Sale Signs
Must Be Removed At The End Of The Sale.
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New stickers for the transfer
station are now available in the Board of Health office at the Town Hall
Annex.
05-19-2010 For the fiscal
year that begins July 1, stickers will now cost $30 a year. For seniors,
the stickers are $15. Unlike stickers sold in the past, they will expire
at the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 2011.
Residents
must present vehicle registration or a tax bill to prove property
ownership or residency.
The
Board of Health office is located in the Town Hall Annex at 856 Main
Road, and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stickers may also be
purchased, by check only, at the transfer station.
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Beach
passes and dog licenses for 2010 now available from Town Clerk’s office.
01-05-2010 Dog Licenses
are $10 for spayed and neutered dogs; all others are $15. A valid rabies
certificate is required and must be presented to obtain a license. A
license can be issued at the Town Clerk’s office during normal business
hours, or by mailing a self-addressed, stamped envelope with a check
payable to the "Town of Westport" accompanied by a valid rabies
certificate to: Town Clerk, 816 Main Road, Westport, MA 02790.
Other
dog licenses are as follows: $50.00 - 4 dog kennel; $75.00 - 10 dog
kennel; and $100.00 - more than 10 dog kennel.
Beach
Stickers are $30.00 per year, per vehicle, and are issued to residents
and non-resident property owners. Senior citizens aged 65 and older are
$15.00 each. Vehicle registrations must be shown for each sticker.
Non-Resident property owners must also show the most recent, paid
Westport Real Estate tax bill. NOTE TO NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNERS: The
vehicle registration and Westport tax bill must be in the same
name/names.
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New tax rate in effect.
01-01-2010 The 2010 property tax rate has risen by 73
cents to $6.27 per $1000 of assessed value. In effect now, this tax rate
will run through June 2010. A typical $350,000 property will see a $255
increase in taxes ($2,194 in annual taxes) under the new rate.
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Beach Avenue to close again!
07-10-2009 The
Board of Selectmen have decided to begin the legal process of closing
Beach Avenue to vehicles as residents in the surrounding area are
complaining again of cars getting stuck on the dirt road and of trash
being left behind by visitors. The Selectmen said they would look into
finding a new parking area so residents could walk down Beach Avenue to
the town landing and the beach.
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Westport Property and GIS Maps Now On-Line
Citizens, town employees and
other interested persons may now research properties on Westport by using
the on-line property viewer and the interactive mapping capability of the
town’s new geographic information system (GIS) website. The site allows
to search for and display the assessors’ map of a parcel of land and to
add additional information such as soil types, wetlands, zoning and
aerial photos to that map. Users may also view an interactive map of the
entire town, adding their desired information, then zooming to an area of
interest.
The site includes a wide
range of environmental and regulatory information. The information is not
to be used for legal determination or to settle property disputes. It
will be useful to anyone interested in their own property, to anyone
interested in developing a property, and to those interested in the
physical and cultural characteristics of Westport.
The site is accessed via
a link on the town’s website: www.westport-ma.gov, where a tip sheet is
also available. A video tutorial will be available in the near future via
the town website. The project, which will be improved an updated yearly,
is a joint effort of the Planning Board and the Board of Assessors, with
funding from the data processing department.
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Moratorium
lifted on cemetery plots.
7-16-2008 With
the cemetery department finishing the preparation of several new
sections, spaces are now available for 1200 new cemetery plots. Fees were
increased as of July 1. Plots now cost Westport residents $500 with
perpetual care; non-residents are $650. Selectmen have decided to let
people on the waiting list (about 80) have two plots at the old price as
long as they pay for them in 30 days.
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