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http://www.westportartgroup.com
Read Mar/Apr 2010 Newsletter – BrushStrokes.
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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The Westport Art Group proudly
presents: Children’s Winter Art Workshop taught by
Jennifer Gelinas
 Looking
for a fun and creative outlet during the cold winter month of March for
your young artists? Sign them up for an opportunity to draw, paint,
collage and exercise those creative minds and hands!
Classes will be held on Saturday mornings March 6, 13, 20 & 27
from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the WAG building, 1740 Main Road in
Westport.
The cost is $80.00 per child and all materials for the workshop
will be provided. The workshop is open to children ages 10–13, with space
available for 10 students. Please register by February 15 to ensure a
space.
Local artist, designer and teacher, Jennifer Gelinas will provide
an opportunity for participants to have a chance to work on their drawing
and painting skills while creating winter themed fine art projects.
Students will learn to apply their observations of nature in winter,
while sketching and working on different drawing techniques. They will
also be taught to consider composition and color theory as the focus
shifts to a variety of watercolor and acrylic painting techniques.
Finally, students will have a chance to learn from each other and build
their art vocabulary as they share ideas and participate in group
critiques to encourage an appreciation for each other’s unique and
special talents.
To register: visit www.westportartgroup.com/classes.html and download the pdf of
the registration form and mail it to WAG, PO Box 157, Westport Point, MA
02791 with a check. You can also email: info@westportartgroup.com for more information.
www.westportartgroup.com.
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Mystery Photo solved!
Our latest
mystery photo was solved
by Jan Pelletier on Valentine’s Day, 02/14/10 11:12:45 a.m., with her correct guess: “Cemetery on Sanford Road where Benoit Street
meets it.”
Congratulations Jan! She wins a $25 gift certificate to Sticks, Stones and Stars, the Artisan’s Gallery of Westport Village.
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Fire Chief Brian Legendre guessed our last mystery photo with: “Dam at forge pond across from Hoyt.” Brian’s correct guess of the mystery photo’s location won him a $25
gift certificate to White’s of
Westport or Bittersweet Farm
in Westport.
You could be
next!
You
can’t win if you don’t guess!
Get ready to email
your next guess!
*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:
Friday, March 12, Chuckles Stand Up Comedy Series
Live
bands in the Galley Grille every Friday and Saturday night:
Friday, March 12, Bill Santos
Saturday, March
13,
Paul & Michelle
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, March 12, Nightlife
Saturday
March 13, Gary
Farias
Friday, March 19, Hot Mess
Saturday, March
20,
Brian Scott Band
Every Thursday enjoy acoustic
guitar with Kenny Richards.
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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Tiverton 5 at the Tiverton Town Hall.
Please join the Tiverton Arts Council
on Sunday March 7 from 4 to 6 p.m. for an opening of the new exhibit at Tiverton Town Hall, 343 Highland Road,
Tiverton RI.
The
exhibit features the art of the 5 TAC members: Lois Marshall, Susan Mocarski,
Richard Sardinha, Mary Sexton, and Brenda Wrigley-Scott.
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The
reception is free and open to all. The exhibit is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4 pm. The artists
look forwards to seeing you on Sunday!
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Russell Gallery features
Westport artist Julie Curtis.
The Russell Gallery is featuring contemporary artist Julie Curtis from
now until March 31. Julie Curtis is exhibiting a solo collection of work
drawn from Westport landscapes. Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery, 417
Hixbridge Road, Westport.
www.westportrivers.com
 Julie Curtis received the Richard
and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award for drawing and painting from the
American Academy and National Institutes of Arts & Letters, and
awards for graphic design from Graphis International; Yale University;
American Institute of Graphic Arts; Society of Typographic Arts; NY Type
Directors Club; Texas Assoc. of Museums; Art Directors Club of Boston.
She has an undergraduate degree from Skidmore College and an MFA from
Yale, and received the Josef Albers Scholarship to study at Skowhegan.
She worked and/or studied with Josef Albers, Walker Evans, Armin Hoffman,
Norman Ives, Herbert Matter, Inge Druckrey, and Paul Rand. She has taught
at Yale, Rhode Island School of Design, and Boston University. As an
associate professor in the Department of Art + Design at Northeastern
University, Boston, she teaches drawing and graphic design.
Click
here
to view Julie’s flyer
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Tadpole Tales continue this
winter.
There
are still spots left at the Westport River Watershed Alliance’s Tadpole Tales
program for parents and children. Each week will have a different nature
focus with new and exciting activities. The program includes
stories, games and a craft as well as an outdoor walk on a nature
trail. The next session is Winter Mysteries where
we will become nature detectives and learn what happens to animals in the
winter. This program meets every Thursday at 10 am starting January
7th. The cost for each 4 week session is $24.00 for
members and $32.00 for nonmembers. An adult to accompany the child is
included in the program fee. To register please contact the
Westport River Watershed Alliance at (508) 636-3016.
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. For further information on
WRWA, please contact the office staff at (508) 636-3016 or visit www.westportwatershed.org.
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Mar 10th
Wednesday
The
Paskamansett
Bird Club's monthly meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the community
hall of Friends Meeting, 739 Horseneck Rd., S.
Dartmouth. Refreshments will be served. (For further information
about the Paskamansett Bird Club, go to http://massbird.org/pbc.) The speaker
will be Peter Alden, discussing birding opportunities in Western Mexico.
Birders
regularly visit the Rio Grande in Texas and the hummingbird feeders and
canyons of southeastern Arizona. Fewer venture south of the border where
all those target border birds are much commoner and blend with a rich
variety of Mexican endemics, gorgeous geotropical birds, and Pacific coast
seabirds. Peter Alden led the first birding tours to western Mexico in the
1960s while a student at the University of Arizona, Tucson, where he also
served as vice-president of the Tucson Audubon Society. In 1969 he
published Finding Birds in Western Mexico, with paintings by John
O'Neill. He has led trips to this area for Mass Audubon and as a small ship
cruise lecturer.
Peter
will share anecdotes from the early years, discuss current realities of
travel, and offer a vision of ecotourism and conservation realities in
Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima. Come see
great pictures of many birds restricted to West Mexico such as the Tufted
Jay of the Sierra Madre Occidental pine forests, Thick-billed Parrots and
colorful Military Macaws. West Mexico is the winter home of millions of
water and land birds funneling down from all over Canada and Alaska. There
are fine places to stay and a number of new reserves.
Peter
Alden is the author of 15 books with sales totaling over two million
copies. He has led bird and nature trips to 100 countries, is a past
president of both the Brookline and Nuttall Bird Clubs, and initiated the
world's first biodiversity days/bioblitzes with Dr. E. O. Wilson. A
selection of his books will be available at the talk. See peteraldenwildlife.com.
Mar 10th
Wednesday
 Four
Corners Arts Center is pleased to present as part of their Winter/Spring
Film Series: FOOD, Inc.
Wednesday
March 10th 2010 7:00 p.m. at The Meeting House, 3850 Main Road,
Tiverton Four Corners. FREE and OPEN to the public!
Filmmaker Robert Kenner documents the
practices of our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized
systems that have been hidden from the American consumer with the consent
of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
Mar 11th
Thursday
Westport
ROMEOs will host best-selling, local author Beatrice Gormley at their luncheon this Thursday.
The
ROMEOs, Retired Older Men Eating Out, has been an active social group
sharing lunch and every Thursday for the last 19 years at various local
restaurants, Whites of Westport being the latest.
Beatrice
Gormley (Romeo Bob Gormley’s wife) is the author of several books such
as: Back to Paul Revere, Barach
Obama, Malcomb X, Marie Currie, and many more. She will tell us of the
trials and tribulations of being a published writer, marketing these books,
and perhaps a tidbit of what they contain!
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
Mar 12th
Friday
It's
Tea Time at Partners Village Store and Kitchen.
Friday
Afternoon Teas from January 22nd-March 26th. (Just in time to warm up
winter!) Back by popular demand! Enjoy a spot of traditional English Tea
with delicious sweets & savories as Partners Village Store hosts its
annual Tea Times on Fridays beginning January 22nd from 3:00 - 4:00 pm.
Served elegantly in Partners "Tea Room" café. Invite a friend,
parent, child or grandchild and share hot tea, special tea sandwiches,
mini desserts, and great conversation. There will be a special table for singles.
The cost is $9.95 per person.
 Space is limited; please call for
reservations and payment.
For
more information call (508) 636-2572 or visit www.partnersvillagestore.com
A
complete list of future dates follows:
· March 12
· March 19 - special St. Patrick's Day Tea!
· March 26
"When we
sip tea we are on our way to serenity." –
Alexandra Stoddard
Mar 12th
Friday
 Join Partners Village Store in
welcoming Howard
Frank Mosher to discuss his new novel, Walking to Gatlinburg. Mr. Mosher is the author of eleven books:
ten fiction and one nonfiction. He
is a recipient of the Literature Award by the American Academy of Arts and
Letters. His novel, A Stranger in
the Kingdom, won the New England Book Award for Fiction and was later made
into a movie, as were his novels Disappearances and Where the Rivers Flow
North. 7:00 p.m.
Walking
to Gatlinburg can be described as a Civil War thriller - a surprising and
mythic story of survival, wilderness adventure, and love in the time of
war. In 1864 in a small town in
northern Vermont, 17 year old Morgan Kinneson and his family are part of
the Underground Railroad shuttling slaves to freedom in Canada. While doing so one day, Morgan is lured
away by the prospect of shooting a moose for meat, and returns to find the
escaped slave in his care has been murdered. Too ashamed to return to his parents,
Morgan decides to travel south from Vermont through war-torn America to the
Great Smokey Mountains in search of his older brother who is missing from
the Union Army. He quickly learns
that the escaping slave’s killers are on his tail, and that he unknowingly
has something of value that they want – a map of the Underground Railroad
itself. Mosher suspends disbelief
with the constant danger young Morgan finds himself in as he is pursued by
a gang of psychopathic terrorists whom he has to eliminate one by one as he
continues his journey.
 Mr. Mosher calls
the presentation he will give “Transforming History into Fiction: The Story
of a Born Liar.” He says “It’s
funny, but should also appeal to Civil War discussion groups, history and
women’s book groups, aspiring writers, and to anyone interested in
old-fashioned storytelling.”
Cost
$5.00. Coffee, tea and dessert will be available. 7 p.m. Call or email to
reserve a seat: Partners Village
Store, 865 Main Rd. Westport, MA (508) 636-2572; info@partnersvillagestore.com
Partners
Village Store & Kitchen, 865 Main Road, Westport, MA 02790 www.partnersvillagestore.com
Mar 12th
Friday
The
annual WHS
Athletic Boosters Alumni Basketball Game Night will feature
alumni against this year’s Lady Cats and Wildcat league champions at 6:30
p.m. in the Cariglia Gym. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
To
participate in the game, contact Dave Farias at davidf13@localnet.com or Gail Silva,
Athletic Director, at WHS at (508) 636-1052 no later than Wednesday, March
10. All proceeds will benefit Westport High School athletics via the
Boosters Club.
Mar 12th
Friday
Singlezzone celebrates St. Paddy’s Day
with a “Lucky Shamrock” singles dance at 8 p.m. at the Fall River Country Club,
North Main Street, Fall River.
Enjoy
music by DJ Martin Costas, free appetizers, door prizes, “relations
stations” (mini-session with massage therapist, astrologer, etc.), cash bar
and “lock and key” icebreaker game.
Free Swing Dance Lesson at 8:00 p.m.
Admission
is $10. Over 100 singles attend. A pre-dance corned beef and cabbage buffet
is available for an extra $10. For more information or directions visit www.singlezzone.com or call (508) 965-4775.
Mar 13th
Saturday
Winter Bird Walks with Paul Champlin on Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. on 3/13
and 3/27. Winter birding at Allens Pond promises some of the best
opportunities to see bay and sea ducks in their dapper alternative
plumages, loons, overwintering passerines, and winter hawks on the
Southcoast. Join guest ornithologist Paul Champlin as they bundle up
against the elements to prowl the thickets and shoreline of the sanctuary.
Call (508) 636-2437 for more information or to register. $4 for members, $6
for nonmembers. Email: allenspond@massaudubon.org
www.massaudubon.org/allenspond
“Signs of Spring” Walk to Zylfee
Brook* March 13th:
1pm-3pm. We will investigate flowering trees and shrubs along a 1.5 mile hike
to Zylfee Brook (3 miles roundtrip). With any luck, we will hear Wood
frogs and Spring peepers having recently emerged from their winter
slumbers.
*All walks meet
at the Sanctuary Field Station, 1280 Horseneck Rd., Westport, MA unless
otherwise noted. Members $4, nonmembers $6. Please pre-register by calling
(508) 636-2437.
Mar 13th
Saturday
 Allens Pond Sanctuary encourages you
to attend the “Shrink Your Footprint” sustainability
fair coming up on Saturday, March 13, from 1-5 p.m. at the Greater New
Bedford Voc Tech High School, 1121 Ashley Blvd., New Bedford,
MA.
This
FREE event for adults, families and teens offers 9 workshops (3 concurrently)
on a variety of topics, including: gardening and native landscaping, how to
reduce your energy use, green parenting, worm composting and using media
effectively to get your message out. There will be vendors and exhibitors
distributing educational material and with goods and services for sale. You
can find more information on the SEEAL webpage http://www.seeal.org/actnow.html .
They’ve
put a lot of effort into the event and they would love to see widespread
participation from families and adults, including lots of new faces who may
never have attended an event like this before. And they need your help
spreading the word.
If
you have any questions about specific workshop topics and times, feel free
to email me or give Becky Cushing a call at the Sanctuary at (508)
636-2437, or email her at: bcushing@massaudubon.org. Click
here
to view their poster.
Mar 13th
Saturday
Corned
Beef Dinner at American Legion Hall, 489 Sanford Road, Westport. 4:00 to
7:00 p.m.
Tickets
are priced at $12 for adults, $6 for children.
Mar 13th
Saturday
 The Friendly
Sons of Saint Patrick of New Bedford cordially invite you to the
69th Annual
Celebration and Memorial Mass on Saturday, March 13.
Memorial
Mass is at 9:00 a.m. at St. Julie Billiart, 494 Slocum Road, North
Dartmouth. Featuring Dan Clark and Mary Colarusso at 8:30 a.m. Refreshments
served after Mass.
Dinner
Dance
at White’s
of Westport. Cocktail hour 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dinner: Irish fare
at 6:30 p.m. sharp.
Mar 13th and 14th Saturday and
Sunday
Fishermen’s
Flea Market. V.F. W. Post 8502, Route 6, Westport.
Saturday,
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Admission $1.
Refreshments and raffles.
Fishing
Tackle – rods, reels, lines, lures, etc.
Marine
Equipment – cleats, radios, pumps, etc.
Sponsored
by the Fall River Bowling Green Fishing Club. For more information, call:
(774) 644-9512.
Spring forward on
Sunday for Daylight Savings Time!
 Daylight Savings Time begins this
weekend at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 14. So, before heading to bed on
Saturday night (Sunday morning for you night owls) don’t forget to tuen ALL
those clocks forward one hour.
Mar 14th
Sunday
Westport
Point United Methodist Church is holding a special brunch on Sunday
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Howland Hall, 1912 Main Road. The brunch
hosted, made, baked, flipped, tossed and served by the youngsters of the
church. Proceeds will benefit the development of the new Youth Center in
the church for youth of the community.
Tickets
are $10 for adults and $5 for children. For reservations, call the church
office at (508) 636-2036.
Mar 14th
Sunday
Living
an Abundant, Joy-filled Life: No Matter the Circumstances! Fully Human
and Fully Divine. A
six-week series of experiential workshops tapping into and connecting with
joy, creativity and abundance from the inside out! Westport Point United Methodist Church,
Main Road, Westport, MA.
Sunday
Afternoons from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the Westport Point United Methodist
Church, Main Road, Westport, MA. Dates: 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, and
3/28
This
week - The Sustenance of Song with Rhonda Matson-Plourde. Join Rhonda for
an afternoon of music making and discussion about the sustaining power of
song.
Through
an experiential process - shower singers, hummers, performers and even
those shy about sharing their voice - will tap a most abundant resource:
the aptitude for musical expression each of us carries every day.
There
is no charge for this series and Love Offerings are appreciated. All
proceeds go to the Westport Point Methodist Church.
If
you are able, please RSVP for each individual session by calling
(508)-636-7361, or email: girijasings@yahoo.com
How
do we live joy-fully in the midst of everyday life? How do we choose our
own way and stay connected with others and ourselves in the midst of Life,
especially when ‘Life Comes Knocking’ at our door? How do we access that
‘something more’ that carries us and lifts us during difficult times? How
do we build community that supports each of us in times of difficulty and
sorrow as well as times of joy and celebration?
These
are questions we will explore during this mini-series.
Join
Karen Moore Holliday, Pastor Katherine Mitchell and local practitioners
Tracy Hawes, Kerry Cudmore, Steve Martin, Kim Bella, Rhonda Matson-Plourde
& Sheryl Worthington Turgeon in exploring our relationship with the
experience of joy and abundance.
Karen
Moore Holliday is a local holistic practitioner, workshop leader and
teacher. For over thirty years Karen has supported others through
meditation, yoga, spiritual companionship, dream work and more in
connecting with that which has heart and meaning for them.
Katherine
Mitchell has been the pastor for the Westport Point United Methodist Church
for the past three years. Her interest and focus reside in building a
community of joy and justice.
For
more information or to RSVP call Karen Moore Holliday (508) 636-7361, or
email: girijasings@yahoo.com
www.sanctuarysadhana.com
Mar 14th
Sunday
 Westport
Historical Society
and Partners
Village Store present an author event. Maryalice Huggins discusses
her newly published book ‘Aesop’s Mirror, A Love Story’ at the Macomber
Community House, 930 Main Road, Westport. 4:00
p.m.
Aesop’s
Mirror is the story about an antique restorer’s obsession with a mirror she
bought at a country auction in Rhode Island in 1995. The rococo style of
the frame is based on a fable, The Fox and the Grapes. In a search to
discover the frame’s maker, and what period it was manufactured, the reader
is introduced to players in the high-end world of antiques and decorative
arts. In the process of seeking documentation, the narrator traces the
mirror back to the original owners, the Woods, a wealthy 19th century
family from Providence. There are elements of a love story, of mid-19th
century politics, of insider gossip about today’s restoration/antiques
business, of curatorial education, of a treasure hunt. The book addresses
the mystery of why we are attracted to rare and beautiful things.
Maryalice
Huggins is a restorer and gilder of antique mirrors. She has worked for
museums, interior decorators, and private collectors. For more information
please contact Westport Historical Society (508) 636 6011, or email: westporthistory@charterinternet.com.
Save the date: Thursday, April
15th WHS president Tony Connors will speak on Washingtonian Hall and the 19th
century Temperance movement in Westport.
Mar 15th Monday
 Greetings
Community Gardens Committee and volunteers!
Winter looks
like it is behind us now, so it is time to start thinking about the
Community Gardens at the Town Farm again. We are eager to get started
and would like to share some ideas and plans with you all.
We
would like to invite you to join us for a meeting on Monday, March 15 at 5:00
at The Trustees’ office at 1100 Main Road in Westport, to discuss the
upcoming season and to hear any thoughts you might have. Please
respond via email or phone if you are able to attend.
Thanks,
we look forward to another successful season at the Town Farm!
Stephen
Connors
steveconnors@charter.net
Jennifer
Holske (508) 636-7038
The
Trustees of Reservations
Westport
Field Office
Mar 16th
Tuesday
The
Singlez
Zone will sponsor a coffee house meet and mingle for single
adults 30 to 60 at the Moose Café, Stafford Road, from 7 to 9
p.m.. It is free. For more information, visit www.singlezzone.com
Mar 17th
Wednesday
The
Westport
Woman’s Club will hold its next meeting at the Macomber Community
House on Main Road, starting at 7:00 p.m.
Members
are asked to bring one to three items for the second-hand country auction.
Hostesses are Lois Spirlet, Susan Spirit Allison and Marge Sheahan. Members
may bring a guest.
Mar 17th
Wednesday
Lunch
and entertainment!
The Council
of Aging will serve Corned Beef & Cabbage at the Westport
Senior Center. Lunch will be served
at 11:30 a.m. with entertainment by guitarist/vocalist Susan Lainey at 12:00
noon for the first 60 guests who make reservations--all for the bargain
price of $3.00 per person. Advance
registration is required - please call (508) 636-1026.
Click here to view more upcoming events
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Town
Meetings This Week
As
of Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Call the Town Clerk at (508)
636-1000 during normal working hours to verify meeting schedule changes.
Tuesday, March 9th
·
Finance Comm – 6:00
p.m., WHS Library
·
Council on Aging – 8:00
a.m., Senior Center
·
WES Council – 3:30
p.m., WES
·
School Comm – 4
p.m., WHS
·
Town Building Comm –
1 p.m., Library
·
Selectmen – 6:30
p.m., Westport High School
SPECIAL
TOWN MEETING – 7 P.M., Westport High School
Wednesday, March 10th
·
Agricultural Comm –
7:30 p.m., Town Hall
·
Agricultural Open
Space Trust Fund – 6:30 p.m., Town Hall
·
Ad Hoc Comm – 6
p.m., Town Hall
Thursday, March 11th
·
Landing Comm – 4
p.m., Town Hall
·
Community
Preservation Comm – 7 p.m., Town Hall
·
Fire Station Bldg
Comm - 9 a.m., Hix Bridged Road
Monday, March 15th
·
Macomber School
Council – 3:30 p.m., Macomber School
·
Board of health – 7
p.m., Town Hall Annex
Tuesday, March 16th
·
Finance Comm – 6:30
p.m., Town Hall
·
Planning Board – 6
p.m., Town Hall Annex Mtg Room
Wednesday, March 17th
St.
Patrick’s Day!
Thursday, March 18th
·
WMS Imp Council –
2:15 p.m., WMS
Friday, March 19th
·
Comm on Disabilities
– 10 a.m., Town Hall 2nd Floor
Monday, March 22nd
·
Steering Comm – 3:30
p.m., WHS
·
Selectmen – 6 p.m.,
Town Hall
Tuesday, March 23rd
·
Finance Comm – 6:30
p.m., Town Hall
·
School Comm – 5
p.m., WHS
·
WHS Council – 3:30
p.m., WHS
·
Conservation Comm –
7 p.m., Town Hall Annex
Thursday, March 15th
·
Personnel Board – 7
p.m., Townn Hall
Monday, March 29th
·
Board of Health – 7
p.m., Town Hall Annex Mtg Room
Tuesday, March 30th
·
Planning Board – 6
p.m., Town Hall Annex
·
Finance Comm – 6:30
p.m., Town Hall
Town Hall - 816 Main Road
Town Hall Annex - 856 Main
Road
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Westport Town Announcements
Friday,
February 26, 2010
Transfer station auto stickers triple in price.
02-26-2010 Transfer station
stickers will rise to $30 from $10 beginning July 1 as part of a plan to
close a perennial operating deficit at the station. The Board of Health
recently approved the change after receiving wide-ranging recommendations
from the state Department of Environmental Protection. Sticker fees will
be charged on an annual basis beginning in fiscal 2011, but the health
office hasn’t yet worked out details such as how to treat residents who
recently bought a sticker. Punch cards, which cost $30 and allow for 10
bags, will not go up in price. Seniors will pay $15.
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Library announces winter schedule.
01-19-2010 The Westport Library is pleased to announce
its winter schedule for children’s story programs.
Children
aged two and a half and younger are invited to attend a Lap-Sit program.
An adult is asked to participate with his or her child during the Tuesday
morning g program, which will begin on January 19 at 10:30 a.m. Come and
enjoy simple stories, finger plays, songs and nursery rhymes.
Beginning
Wednesday, January 20, children aged three to five are invited to
Preschool Story Hour.
Stories,
songs, finger plays, poems and crafts on a different theme each week will
be shared from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. These programs at the library provide
a listening and sharing experience for preschool children during their
formative years.
The
shelves are full of stories waiting to be checked out. Register for
either session by calling (508) 636-1100 or visiting the library at 408
Old County Road.
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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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