The idea is simple: Clean out your closets select 10 or so items in perfect condition.ĭrop your items at the designated drop location. This Thursday, the Exchange Project’s “Sustainable Shopping Event” (March 21, 6 to 9 p.m., Nihcols MD, 1215 Post Road, Fairfield) is “a night of fabulous fashion and community focus.” It includes drinks, bites, skincare and (of course) sustainable shopping. The Exchange Project - founded by Westport mom Carly Ridloff - is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint. But when was the last time someone actually had jewelry delivered from the store to their car, 5 steps away? We can’t solve all of downtown’s parking issues at once.īut here’s a small first step: take away the 4 “Curbside Pickup” spaces in front of Lux Bond & Green. Railroad bridge over the Saugatuck River. Reference State Project #0301-0177 in the email or voicemail. Members of the public can submit comments and questions by April 30. This meeting will also be livestreamed on the CTDOT YouTube channel no registration is required.Ĭonstruction is expected to begin in the fall of 2025. To learn how to join the meeting, provide comments and ask questions, click here. A Q-and-A session follows the presentation, which will be recorded. On April 16 (7 p.m., Zoom), the state Department of Transportation hosts a virtual public information meeting concerning the mechanical and electrical rehabilitation of the Metro-North bridge over the Saugatuck River. Twelve Staples High School musicians have earned All-State recognition.Ĭongratulations to band members Deneil Betfarhad (trumpet), Ryder Levine (flute) and Zachary Newshel (timpani) orchestra members Isabel Jo (viola), Ludovit Pauliny (oboe) and Ayush Rudra (double bass), and choir singers Demi Betfarhad (bass), Josie Caricato (alto), Sofia Donroe (alto), Alex Esser (tenor), Alyssa Lee (alto and Andrew Maskoff (tenor).Įvery Westporter has an opinion on the future of the Cribari Bridge.īut what about the railroad bridge nearby? Click here for tickets, and more information.įrom left: Alison Gregory, Marissa Fayer, Tracy Cho, Kathryn Winokur and moderator Galia Gichon, at last night’s StartUp Westport panel. ESPN CEO Jimmy Pitaro - a Westport resident - will be honored as Innovator of the Year. The next StartUp Westport event is April 30. Only 2% of all venture capital funds go to women.“You should support and invest, to help create the world you want.”.Female entrepreneurs are often asked, “What does your husband do?” Men are never asked that.“You have to make hard decisions on the fly, and be comfortable with them.”.The public had their chance too, with several entrepreneurs speaking up at the end. Moderator Galia Gichon - co-managing partner of Tidal River Fund - asked compelling questions about “angel investors,” mentors and more. Tracy Cho (Qeepsake, a family-story company), Marissa Fayer (DeepLook Medical, women’s health), Alison Gregory (AreaHub, environmental information) and Kathryn Winokur (Hally Hair, beauty products) described the joys and challenges of their work. The event celebrated StartUp Westport‘s 1st anniversary, along with Women’s History Month. In early 2022, Lynsey Addario’s photo of Ukrainian soldiers trying to save the father of a family of 4 - the only one who still had a pulse - after being hit by a mortar near Kyiv drew worldwide attention to the horrors of Russia’s invasion.įour very different women founders and investors offered insights and advice last night, to a large Westport Library crowd. LIU calls Addario - a 1991 graduate of Staples High School - a “fearless and resourceful combat photographer whose photo in 2022 of a Ukrainian family slain by a Russian mortar was just one example of compelling work in war zones across the world.” The 16 honorees’ careers reflect the Polk Awards’ commitment to “outstanding investigative reporting. It’s at Cipriani 42nd Street, and will hosted by Anderson Cooper. The April 12 event marks the 75th anniversary of its George Polk Awards in journalism. They - and 12 others - will be honored by Long Island University, as the first-ever Polk Laureates, “for outstanding contributions to American journalism in the spirit of George Polk.” What do Lynsey Addario, Christiane Amanpour, Carl Bernstein and Robert Woodward have in common?
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