Westport, Connecticut
Image:Wsptsl01.gif Seal
Location in Connecticut
Coordinates: 41°07′24″N, 73°20′49″W
NECTA	Bridgeport-Stamford
Region	South Western Region
Incorporated	1835
Government
- Type	Representative town meeting
- First selectman	Gordon F. Joseloff
- Town meeting moderator	Alice H. Shelton
Area
- City	86.2 km²  (33.3 sq mi)
- Land	51.8 km² (20.0 sq mi)
Population (2005)[1]
- City	26,615
- Density	514/km² (1,331/sq mi)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code	06880
Website: http://www.westportct.gov/

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The town is as affluent as other expensive Fairfield County towns, boasting a per capita income of more than $70,000. It is one of the most affluent communities in the United States. However, Westport has more cultural bustle than similar-sized towns, with the Westport Country Playhouse a longtime regional theatre, the unique Levitt Pavilion providing free concerts, a strong arts council, and a heritage as a former artists' colony. The highest-income places in the United States are usually considered to be in the Northeast; forty-one of the 100 highest-income counties by per capita income are located in the Northeast (including Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia in the Northeast designation) and forty-six by median household income. ... The Westport Country Playhouse is a theatre in Westport, Connecticut, founded in 1930 by Lawrence Langner and his wife. ...

The town has two Metro North railroad stations, Westport (Saugatuck) and Greens Farms. Metro-North (officially MTA Metro-North Railroad) is a suburban commuter railroad running service from New York City to the northern suburbs in New York State and Connecticut. ...

Westport is a member of Westports of the World (WOW). Westport is the name of several communities around the world. ...

Politics

The town government consists of the three-member Board of Selectmen, a Representative Town Meeting (RTM), a Board of Finance, a Board of Education, a Planning and Zoning Commission, and many other commissions, boards, and committees. A town meeting is a meeting where an entire geographic area is invited to participate in a gathering, often for a political or administrative purpose. ...

In a hotly contested race, Westport's former First Selectwoman, Diane Farrell, ran for Congress against long time incumbent Christopher Shays in the Connecticut 4th Congressional District in 2004 and lost. In 2005, she announced that she would not run for First Selectwoman again, and Gordon Joseloff, Democrat and founder of WestportNow.com, won the November 2005 election. He was sworn in as First Selectman of Westport November 21, 2005, along with Second Selectwoman, Shelly Kassen. Diane Farrell (born August 10, 1955, New Rochelle, New York) is the Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in the 2006 congressional election in Connecticuts 4th District. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... Shays is interviewed in a charity facility. ... Connecticuts 4th Congressional District has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Chris Shays (Republican) since 1987. ... Gordon Joseloff is the current First Selectman of Westport, CT. He was elected in 2005 with nearly 60% of the vote, after running the local newsblog WestportNOW. Categories: ...

Westport is widely known as a liberal town. John Kerry won Westport in the 2004 election. Despite this, there was still a significant amount of support for George W. Bush, as there are more registered Republicans in Westport than registered Democrats. Al Gore (born December 11, 1943) is a Vietnam Veteran and the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Presidential election results map. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Geography and Transportation

According to the United States Census Bureau, Westport has a total area of 86.3 km² (33.3 mi²). 51.8 km² (20.0 mi²) or 60.02% of it is land and 34.5 km² (13.3 mi²) or 39.98% is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Much of the eastern side of town is considered unusually flat in comparison to the rest of Connecticut.

Westport is bordered by Norwalk on the west, Weston to the north, Fairfield to the east and Long Island Sound to the south. Interstate 95, the Merritt Parkway and U.S. Route 1, as well as the Saugatuck River, run through Westport. Motto: The Right Place, The Right Time Location in Fairfield County, Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Incorporated 1651 Consolidated 1913 Government type Mayor-council Mayor Dick Moccia Area    - City 36. ... Weston is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (abbreviated I-95) is a well-known, important, and heavily traveled highway in the United States Interstate Highway System. ... Merritt Parkway in autumn. ... This U.S. Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject U.S. Highways. ... The Saugatuck River is a short river in southwestern Connecticut in the United States, approximately 25 mi (40 km) long. ...

Westport has two stations, Saugatuck and Greens Farms, on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line, which serves Grand Central Terminal in New York and Union Station in New Haven. This line is shared with Amtrak trains, as it is part of the Northeast Corridor, but no Amtrak services call at Westport. The nearest stations at which these services stop are Bridgeport (10 miles) and Stamford (12 miles). The Metro-North Railroad (officially the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and usually abbreviated as Metro-North) is a suburban commuter rail service between New York City to its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut. ... The main concourse Grand Central Terminal (GCT, often unofficially called Grand Central Station) is a terminal rail station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue (42nd Street and Park Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ... Nickname: Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA New Haven Region South Central Region Settled 1638 Incorporated (city) 1784 Consolidated 1895 Government  - Type Mayor-board of aldermen  - Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ... Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... Most of the NEC (those sections shown in red, except Boston to the Rhode Island state line) is owned by Amtrak. ... This article is about a railway station in North America. ...

Saugatuck station is the more widely used of the two, even among people living geographically closer to Greens Farms, and more trains call there. The wait for a parking sticker at Saugatuck station is now nearly four years.

Sections of town

• Saugatuck -- around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town -- a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices.
• Greens Farms -- around the Greens Farms railroad station near the southeastern corner of town.
• Cockenoe Island (pronounced "KawKEEnee") -- just off the southeastern coast of the town.

Saugatuck is a neighborhood or section in the town of Westport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Greens Farms, Connecticut is the name for the southeastern portion of Westport, Connecticut, which includes lands surrounding the Metro North Railroad Greens Farms Station. ...

Flooding

A total of 26 percent of town residents live within the 100-year-flood plain, and homes and businesses located near the water can become flooded in extremely intense storms. Many other communities along the Connecticut shoreline have flood-prone areas, but Westport has been cited as an example of a town that has taken more action than others in mitigating the problem.

In one storm on December 11, 1992, when a Nor'easter struck the state, many cars parked at the Westport railroad station were immersed in water. "Very strong easterly gales of 55 mph created by the storm caused severe coastal flooding in Westport and several other communities," according to the Association of State Floodplain Managers. "The Compo Beach and Saugatuck Shores areas of Westport were especially hard hit with virtually every building in both areas being inundated."^[2] Satellite image of the intense noreaster responsible for the North American blizzard of 2006. ...

A total of 22 homes were raised higher starting in the mid-1990s with some help from state grants, and the town has taken other flood protection measures, including the installation of 16 combination staff gauges and evacuation signs,as well as the publication of a disaster preparedness brochure. These made Westport "the first community in Connecticut to have an approved Hazard Mitigation Plan" for flooding.^[2]

The town also has enacted tough regulations on home renovation and construction in flood-prone areas. Homeowners or businesses that build additions or renovations to their buildings in flood-prone areas must elevate the structure to one foot above the Base Flood Elevation if their renovations or additions exceed 50 percent of the fair market value of the property in any five-year period.^[2]

Another flood which hit the town on October 20, 1996, resulted in no damage to the original seven elevated homes, although several dozen others, not elevated, were flooded again. Ideas for preventing more flooding, such as construction of a berm near Compo Beach, were shelved in the mid-1990s, as they were considered too expensive. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

History

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Education

Although colonists settled along the Saugatuck River in 1639, Westport was officially incorporated as a town in 1835 with land taken from Fairfield, Weston and Norwalk. For several decades after that, Westport was a prosperous agricultural community, which distinguished itself as the nation's leading onion-growing center. Westport's Compo Beach was the site of a British expeditionary force's landing, in which about 2,000 British soldiers marched to Danbury and razed it. They were attacked on the way and attacked upon landing by Minutemen from Westport and the surrounding areas. A statue of a Minuteman, rifle in hand, is located near Compo Beach. The statue has its back towards the beach to symbolize the Minutemen's strategy of waiting for the British to land and then attacking them from behind. Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Weston is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Motto: The Right Place, The Right Time Location in Fairfield County, Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Incorporated 1651 Consolidated 1913 Government type Mayor-council Mayor Dick Moccia Area    - City 36. ... Lexington Minuteman representing John Parker Minutemen is a name given to members of the militia of the American Colonies, who vowed to be ready for battle in a minutes notice. ...

It wasn't until after the turn of the century that Westport gained the reputation as artist's colony and cultural center. While Westport still retains its cultural roots, the town is no longer an artist's colony. Despite the small-town charm, Westport is a thriving business center and home to approximately 15 corporate headquarters and more than 660 retailers.

Timeline

1637: John Mason, Roger Ludlow and group of soldiers enter area for first time to battle Pequot Indians in Great Swamp.

1639: Several families led by Roger Ludlow return to area, purchase land in Fairfield and Norwalk from Indians, build church and log cabins. Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Motto: The Right Place, The Right Time Location in Fairfield County, Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Incorporated 1651 Consolidated 1913 Government type Mayor-council Mayor Dick Moccia Area    - City 36. ...

1640: Several other families move to area from New Amsterdam, a large city 50 miles away.

1648: Five settlers from Fairfield request Colonial Assembly's permission to settle in Machamux, today's Green's Farms. They call themselves the "Bankside Farmers." Greens Farms (also spelled in its original form, Greens Farms) is a neighborhood or section in the town of Westport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... The Bankside Farmers were a group of five men who established themselves along the Long Island Sound south of Fairfield, Connecticut in 1648. ...

1703: First schoolhouse built at Green's Farms commons area.

1777: British troops land at Compo Point; proceed north to burn supplies and ammunition at Danbury, Connecticut. Nickname: The Hat City Located in Fairfield County, Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Danbury Region Housatonic Valley Incorporated (town) 1702 Incorporated (city) 1889 Consolidated 1965 Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor Mark D. Boughton (R) Area  - City 114. ...

1789: George Washington visits Marvin Tavern. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. ...

1807: Newly laid out Post Road passes through growing port area of Saugatuck River.

1835: Daniel Nash and group of businessmen petition for incorporation of Westport, which includes parts of Fairfield, Norwalk, Old Saugatuck and Weston. The Reverend Daniel Nash (1763 – June 4, 1837) was an Episcopal priest and missionary to Native Americans and European settlers on the frontier of central New York. ... Weston is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ...

1842: Railroad arrives.

1861-65: Westport becomes biggest onion supplier to U.S. Army during Civil War.

1882: Staples High School founded, on Riverside Avenue. Staples High School is a public secondary school, located in the town of Westport, Connecticut, USA. Staples High School is named after Horace Staples who founded the school in 1884. ...

1903: First automobile seen in Westport.

1920: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald spend summer in Westport. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. ... Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (July 24, 1900 - March 10, 1948), born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama, was the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, whom she married in 1920. ...

1935: Local artist paints mural on speakeasy wall, commemorating friends "we'll never forget."

1938: Merritt Parkway opens.

1949: First Representative Town Meeting (RTM) formed. Over 125 candidates vie for 26 slots.

1955: Parker-Harding Plaza created, behind Main Street stores.

1958: Connecticut Turnpike opens.

1959: New Staples High School, on North Avenue, opens.

1960: Town purchases Longshore Club Park.

1967: United Illuminating proposes building nuclear power plant on Cockenoe Island. Most Westporters oppose plan, and prevail in court.

Twenty-first century

On September 11, 2001, two Westport residents were murdered in the terrorist attacks of that day: Jonathan J. Uman, 33, and Bradley H. Vadas, 37. Both were in the World Trade Center.^[3] The state's 9/11 memorial was put in Sherwood Island State Park in Westport. In addition, the Coleman Brothers, Scott and Keith, were killed in the attack. Although no longer Westport residents, they were both raised in town and graduated from Staples High School. September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

On the National Register of Historic Places

• Bradley-Wheeler House — 25 Avery Pl. (added August 5, 1984), home to the Westport Historical Society [7]
• Compo-Owenoke Historic District — Roughly bounded by Gray's Cr., Compo Rd. S. and Long Island Sound (added May 19, 1991)
• Godillot Place — 60, 65 Jesup Rd. (added September 29, 1977)
• Green Farms School — Jct. of Morningside Dr. S. and Boston Post Rd. (added May 19, 1991)
• Kings Highway North Historic District — Roughly along Kings Hwy. N, from Wilton Rd. to Woodside Ave. (added September 10, 1998)
• Mill Cove Historic District — Between Compo Mill Cove and Long Island Sound (added May 19, 1991)
• National Hall Historic District — Riverside Ave., Wilton and Post Rds. (added October 13, 1984)
• Saugatuck River Bridge — CT 136 (added March 12, 1987)
• Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge — Metro-North Railroad Right-of-way at Saugatuck River (added July 12, 1987)
• Shambaugh House — 12 Old Hill Rd. (added May 9, 1999)
• Westport Town Hall — 90 Post Rd. E. (added June 18, 1982)

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Education

Westport Public Schools

Total enrollment in Westport Public Schools as of Oct. 1, 2005 was 5,492 students. Each school has its own Web site.

Staples High School,[8] was ranked by Newsweek magazine in 2005 as 452nd on a list of the best 1,000 high schools in the country^[4] (Grades 9 to 12) with 1,530 students. Staples High School is a public secondary school, located in the town of Westport, Connecticut, USA. Staples High School is named after Horace Staples who founded the school in 1884. ...

The district has two middle schools (Grades 6 to 8) -- Bedford Middle School[9] and Coleytown Middle School -- with a total of 1,321 students. Coleytown Middle School is a middle school in Westport, Connecticut, USA. It is the smallest public middle school in Westport, and it feeds into Staples High School. ...

There are five elementary schools (Kindergarten to Grade 5) with a total of 2,556 students:

• Coleytown Elementary School[10]
• King's Highway Elementary School
• Green's Farms Elementary School
• Saugatuck Elementary School
• Long Lots Elementary School

There is one pre-school: Stepping Stones Pre-school

For the 2006-07 fiscal year, the school district's budget is $82 million.

The school district had a $78.6 million budget for the 2005-06 fiscal year, giving it an average per pupil expenditure of $14,316. The average class size in the school system as a whole was 21 students.

Private education

Greens Farms Academy, located in the 1920s Vanderbilt estate overlooking Long Island Sound. GFA is a K-12 private preparatory school located in the Greens Farms section of town. // The story of Greens Farms Academy begins with “Mrs. ... New York City waterways: 1. ...

Famous Places and Events of Westport

• Westport's Compo Beach was the site of the British invasion of Danbury, also known as Tryon's Raid.
• Also near Compo Beach is the famous Minuteman Statue. One may notice that this statue was built facing away from the beach. This is because it commemorates the way the Minutemen hid and waited until they could attack the large British army from behind.
• Westport houses the Westport Country Playhouse, a theatre scene active since 1930.
• The city was made famous by the I Love Lucy television show, as it is where the Ricky and Lucy Ricardo (played by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) moved to after purchasing their new home. It was also the fictional residence of Darrin and Samantha Stephens on the television series Bewitched.
• Joe Arcudi (1993-1997) was the first and as of yet the only Italian-American First Selectman in town history.
• The film The Girl Next Door was vaguely based on Westport - director Luke Greenfield grew up in town. It was filmed and set in California.
• One of the most popular tracks on REO Speedwagon's eponymous debut album, released on Epic Records in 1971, was "157 Riverside Avenue." The title refers to the Westport address in which the band stayed during the recording process.
• The book The Stepford Wives was based on Westport. Some scenes from the 1975 film were filmed in Westport.
• In the musical RENT, Benny is married to Alison Grey of Westport, who comes from a wealthy family.
• In the television series The West Wing, Bradley Whitford plays Josh Lyman the White House Deputy Chief of Staff who comes from a wealthy Jewish family from Westport.

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Media

• The Westport News, a twice-weekly local newspaper run by the Brooks Community Newspapers chain, owned in turn by the same company that publishes the daily Connecticut Post in Bridgeport.
• The Westport Minuteman, a weekly owned by the Journal Register Company, which also publishes the New Haven Journal Register and about 40 other daily, weekly and monthly publications in Connecticut.
• WestportNow.com—Westport’s 24/7 News and Information Source A news Web site (technically a blog) founded by First Selectman Gordon Joseloff when he was still Moderator of the Representative Town Meeting.
• County Kids, a free monthly newspaper for families, published in Westport by the Journal Register Company (publishers of the Westport Minuteman)
• Westport Magazine is a monthly published by Moffly Publications. This magazine also covers the towns of Wilton, Weston, and Fairfield.

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Notable people past and present

For a much longer list, see: List of people from Westport, Connecticut In this List of people from Westport, Connecticut are people who have been born in, raised in, lived in or who died in Westport, Connecticut, USA. Individuals are listed by area in which they are best known: // Millette Alexander, actress, musician, current resident Linda Blair child star who appeared in...

The most famous actors, singers and other entertainers who live in town, includes couples Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, as well as Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas, radio personality Don Imus, singer Michael Bolton, recording artists Ashford and Simpson, and film producer Harvey Weinstein. This article is about the American actor. ... Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an Emmy Award and Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Phil Donahue Phillip John Donahue (b. ... Marlo Thomas Marlo Thomas (born Margaret Julia Thomas on November 21, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Girl in the 1960s. ... John Donald Imus, Jr. ... Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1953) is an American pop, rock, adult contemporary singer-songwriter and tenor known for his soft rock ballads and powerful singing voice. ... Harvey Weinstein at Cannes, 2002 Harvey Weinstein CBE (Hon) (born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer and movie studio chairman. ...

Famous past residents include Helen Keller, Martha Stewart, Bette Davis,Jim Nantz,Michael Douglas, comedians Rodney Dangerfield, Christopher Lloyd (Staples High School Class of '57) and Imogene Coca, porn star Marilyn Chambers (born in town), child actress Linda Blair, actress Sandy Dennis, Luke Greenfield, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Harry Reasoner. Artists who lived in town include Saturday Evening Post cover illustrator Stevan Dohanos, singer/song writer Neil Sedaka and photographer Annie Leibovitz. Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer. ... Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. ... Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television and theatre. ... Jim Nantz (born May 17, 1959 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American sportscaster. ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). ... Rodney Dangerfield (November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, best known for the line I dont get no respect and his monologues on that theme. ... Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is a 3-time Emmy Award-winning American character actor. ... Staples High School is a public secondary school, located in the town of Westport, Connecticut, USA. Staples High School is named after Horace Staples who founded the school in 1884. ... Imogene Coca (November 18, 1908 - June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959 in St. ... Sandy Dennis Sandy Dennis (April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an Academy Award and Tony-winning American theater and film actress. ... Luke Greenfield (born February 5, 1972 in Manhassett, New York) is best known as a film director. ... Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. ... Harry Reasoner (April 17, 1923 – August 6, 1991) was an American journalist known for his use of language as a television commentator. ... There have been many publications called the Saturday Evening Post; several were/are local British newspapers. ... Mining Village, a study by Stevan Dohanos for a mural in the Huntington, West Virginia office of the United States Forestry Service (From the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum) Stevan Dohanos (May 18, 1907-1994) was an artist and illustrator of the social realism school, best known for... Leibovitzs portrait of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. ...

Fala (1940-1952), President Franklin D. Roosevelt's dog, was an early Christmas gift from Mrs. Augustus G. Kellog, a town resident. FDR with Fala at Warm Springs, Georgia. ... FDR redirects here. ...

George Lowther, scriptwriter for the Superman radio progrms on the Mutual Radio Network (1940's), and author of "The Adventures of Superman," 1942. Geroge Lowther was a writer, producer, director in the earliest days of radio and television. He wrote the radio series for "Dick Tracey," Terry and the Pirates," and, of course, "The Superman Series." He also wrote scripts for the "Roy Rogers" and "Tom Mix" radio programs. In later years, he wrote, produced and directed many programs for "U.S. Steel Hour" and "Armstrong Circle Theater," and also wrote for "The Edge of Night." He was also the first page boy at NBC.

Wealthiest art collectors in town

These Westport art collectors were listed in the 2006 Art News magazine list of 200 top collectors:^[5]

• Christine and Andrew Hall, new to the list this year, they are said to like "contemporary art, especially German."
• Ronnie and Samuel J. Heyman, whose first and second residences are listed as New York and Palm Beach, Fla., also have a home in the Greens Farms section of town. The magazine says they like "modern and contemporary art, especially Miro, Leger, Gorky, Giacometti, and Dubuffet."

In a 2005 interview, Samuel Heyman said about his and his wife's art collection: "My wife and I have been collecting art together since we were married 35 years ago. We are not into what one would call "pretty pictures" but are interested in more difficult art which is challenging, sometimes even disturbing and always thought-provoking."^[6]

This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Samuel J. Heyman is an American businessman, corporate raider and hedge fund owner. ... Joan Miró (April 20, 1893 - December 25, 1983) was a painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (February 4, 1881 - August 17, 1955) was an artist. ... Vostanik Manoog Adoyan, (better known as Arshile Gorky) (April 15, 1904 – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian abstract expressionist painter. ... Alberto Giacometti (October 10, 1901 – January 11, 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. ... Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (July 31, 1901 - May 12, 1985) was a French artist. ...

Movies filmed in Westport

• Tarriance (2005)
• Victor in December (2005)
• Of Wanderlust (2003)
• This Is My Father (1998)
• Monaco (1997)
• The Stepford Wives (1975) - the book was based in Westport as well. Major portions of The Stepford Wives were also filmed in Fairfield, CT.
• The Last House on the Left (1972)
• The Swimmer (1968) starring Burt Lancaster and based on a short story by John Cheever, was filmed in Westport.
• Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
• The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) - the book on which the movie was based was itself based in Westport, under a fictional town name.
• In Time of Peril (1912)^[7]
• The Charity of the Poor (1911) filmed in Saugatuck^[8]

Sources: Internet Movie DataBase Web site's page for Westport, Connecticut, Internet Movie DataBase Web site's page for Saugatuck, Connecticut For the 1975 film see The Stepford Wives (1975 film), for the 2004 remake see The Stepford Wives (2004 film). ... The Last House on the Left is a 1972 horror film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. ... The Swimmer is a short story by American author John Cheever, published in 1964 in the short story collection The Brigadier and the Golf Widow. ... Rally Round the Flag, Boys! was a 1958 film starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, directed by Leo McCarey and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. ... The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, by Sloan Wilson, is a novel about the American search for purpose in world dominated by business. ...

Prominent companies

• Bridgewater Associates, with $20.9 billion in assets, has been ranked the world’s second largest hedge fund, according to Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine. The company has about 300 employees at its 1 Glendinning Place headquarters.
• dLife [11], a multimedia diabetes education (and marketing) company with a weekly television program on MSNBC.
• Pequot Capital Management, a hedge fund with $7 billion under investment, is based in the Nyala Farms office complex on Greens Farms Road. There's a half-court basketball court in the offices.
• Playtex Products Inc. (PYX) -- headquarters 300 Nyala Farms Road; the company is concentrating on feminine, infant, and skin care products, selling off brands that don't fit those categories; its brands include Playtex tampons, the No. 2 brand in the country behind Procter & Gamble's Tampax; brands acquired since 1994 include Banana Boat, Wet Ones, Mr. Bubble, Ogilvie, Binaca, Diaper Genie and Baby Magic; Douglas Wheat, the former chairman, owns about 33% of the company through his investment firm Haas Wheat & Partners, another 20 percent is owned by investors ed by merchant banker Richard Blum (husband of U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein); 1,250 employees companywide, 200 of them at the Westport headquarters; net sales of $643.8 million in 2005; CEO Neil Defeo (older brother of the Terex CEO Ronald M. DeFeo, whose offices are also in town)
• Terex (TEX)-- headquarters, 500 Post Road East, a Fortune 500 company that makes equipment for industries including construction, infrastructure, quarrying, recycling, surface mining, shipping, transportation, refining, utility and maintenance, and it offers financial services to assist in the acquisition of Terex equipment; 17,600 employees companywide, 91 in Connecticut; $6.4 billion in 2005 revenues; CEO Ronald M. Defeo (younger brother of the Playtex CEO Neil DeFeo, whose offices are also in town)
  
• La Isla Couture [12], an internationally recognized women's high-end swimwear and apparel company, which has been featured in notable fashion magazines like Instyle Magazine, Seventeen Magazine, Oxygen Magazine, the LA Times, as well as in local Westport and New Canaan magazines. The company was founded by current CEO Enrique Sanchez-Rivera, who resides in town. La Isla's products include, women's bikinis and one-piece bathing suits, vintage t-shirts, sundresses, and accessories.

Bridgewater Associates is a global investment manager, or hedge fund, and manages over $150 billion in assets. ... MSNBC, a combination of MSN and NBC, is a 24-hour cable news channel in the United States and Canada, and a news website. ... Playtex is a brand of womens products. ... A banana boat (or water sled), often referred to simply as a banana, is an unpowered recreational boat designed to be pulled by a larger boat. ... Mr. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... Richard C. Blum is an investment banker and the husband of United States Senator from California Dianne Feinstein. ... Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 23, 1933) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from California, a position she has held since 1992. ... Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX) is a US heavy equipment manufacturer. ... The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 United States corporations as measured by gross revenue. ...

Significant nonprofit institutions

• Save the Children, the American charity, governed entirely separately from the British charity of the same name, is based in Westport, with about 200 employees working in its headquarters.
• The 107-year-old (as of 2006) Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services, formerly Hall- Brooke Hospital, became a wholly owned subsidiary of St. Vincent's Health Services (a Bridgeport hospital) in 1988. The institution has 76 beds in a 60,000-square-foot facility.
• Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center is a nature center and wildlife sanctuary located at 10 Woodside Lane. The organization is dedicated to the promotion of public environmental education, preservation and conservation. Activities include maintaining a 62-acre open space wildlife sanctuary with trails, presenting public nature education programs, a water quality monitoring program, wildlife rehabilitation, an interactive nature discovery area, a nursery school and summer camp.
• Westport Historical Society [13] is an educational organization dedicated to preserving, presenting and celebrating the history of Westport, Connecticut. The society's headquarters is at Wheeler House, a Victorian house located at 25 Avery Place, near Westport Town Hall.
• First Night Westport/Weston [14] is the alcohol-free, community-wide Celebration of New Year's Eve which fosters appreciation of and participation in artistic entertainment in a safe, sober, and creative environment. The objectives of First Night are to recapture the symbolic significance of the passage from the old year to the new; to unite the community through a shared cultural celebration; to deepen and broaden the public's appreciation of the visual and performing arts. A working Board of Directors plus an Executive Director work year-round to bring over 40 artists to 15 venues in downtown Westport. Corporate sponsorship is sought for each First Night event.

Save the Children Logo Save the Children is an international non-profit organization dedicated to working for children. ... Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center is a nature center and wildlife sanctuary located at 10 Woodside Lane in Westport, Connecticut. ... An animal sanctuary is a place where animals can come to live and be protected for the rest of their lives. ...

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 26,644 people, 9,586 households, and 7,170 families residing in the town. The population density was 496.8/km² (1,286.7/mi²). There were 10,065 housing units at an average density of 194.2/km² (503.0 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.16% White, 1.13% African American, 0.05% Native American, 2.43% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. 2.34% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Pacific Islander (or Pacific Person, pl: Pacific People, also called Oceanic[s]), is a geographic term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe the inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania[1][2]. In New Zealand, the term is... The Hispanic world. ... // The term Latino is a linguistic identity that refers to an individual that has significant ancestry from a nation-state where a Latin derived language is spoken or is the offical language of the government. ...

There were 9,586 households out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.1% were married couples living together, 6.8% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 25.2% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.10. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

In the town the population was spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 2.7% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $125,872, and the median income for a family was $158,894. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $53,269 for females. The per capita income for the town was $73,664. 2.6% of the population and 1.5% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.7% are under the age of 18 and 2.1% are 65 or older. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...

See also

List of television shows set in Connecticut Several television shows have taken place in the state of Connecticut. ...

For further reading

• Klein, Woody. Westport, Connecticut: The Story of a New England Town's Rise to Prominence. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2000.

References

1. ^ U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates
2. ^ ^{a b c} [1] a page on the Web site of the Association of State Floodplain Managers accessed on July 4, 2006.
3. ^ Associated Press listing as it appeared in The Advocate of Stamford on September 12, 2006 ("State residents killed on Sept. 11, 2001"), page A4
4. ^ [2] Web page listing high schools in Newsweek survey, accessed September 5, 2006
5. ^ [3] "Top 10" article, Art News magazine, Summer 2006 issue; accessed July 25, 2006
6. ^ [4]"Closing: A conversation with Samuel Heyman, '63," HLS Alumni Bulletin Spring 2005 issue, accessed on July 25, 2006
7. ^ Internet Movie DataBase Web site's page for Westport, Connecticut
8. ^ [5] Internet Movie DataBase Web site's page for Saugatuck, Connecticut accessed on July 2, 2006

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Government

• The Town of Westport official site
• Wesport-Weston Health District

Education

• Staples High School official site
• Bedford Middle School official site

Science and nature

• Westport Astronomical Society
• Sherwood Island State Park

Other

• Coastal Fairfield County Convention & Visitor Bureau
• Fairfield County Business Journal slideshow
• Westport Public Library
• Westport Historical Society
• Westport Weston Family Y
• Requiem for a Farm Essay by Robert Winkler on the passing of Wakeman's Farm in Westport
• Staples High School (student-run. computer science dept. project)
• Staples High School Alumni registry website

Community Organizations

• Westport Young Woman's League
• Westport Woman's Club
• Y's Men of Westport/Weston
• Westport/Weston YMCA

Arts

• Levitt Pavilion
• Westport Arts Center
• Westport Community Theatre
• Westport Country Playhouse

Science and Nature

• Earthplace: The Nature Discovery Center

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Boroughs	Newtown (borough) In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a borough is an incorporated area that typically provides services to a section (usually urban in nature) of a town. ... Newtown is a borough located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ...
Towns	Bethel | Brookfield | Darien | Easton | Fairfield | Greenwich | Monroe | New Canaan | New Fairfield | Newtown | Redding | Ridgefield | Sherman | Stratford | Trumbull | Weston | Westport | Wilton The primary political subdivisions of the state of Connecticut are its towns. ... Bethels location in the state of Connecticut. ... Brookfield is a town located in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut. ... Located in Fairfield County, Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Incorporated 1820 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - First selectman Evonne M. Klein Area  - City 60. ... Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Settled 1640 Joined Connecticut 1656 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - First selectman James A. Lash  - Town administrator Edward Gomeau  - Town meeting moderator Thomas J. Byrne Area  - City 174. ... Monroe is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... New Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Stamford, on the Five Mile River. ... New Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ... Newtown is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Redding is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Sherman is the northernmost town of Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. ... Trumbull is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Weston is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Wilton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the United States. ...
Communities and CDPs	Aspetuck | Black Rock | Botsford | Branchville | Byram | Cos Cob | The Cove | Cranbury | Downtown Stamford | East Norwalk | East Side (of Stamford) | Georgetown | Glenbrook | Glenville | Greenfield Hill | Greens Farms | Lordship | Mianus | Midtown (Norwalk) | Noroton | North Stamford | Old Greenwich | Riverside | Rowayton | Sandy Hook | Saugatuck | Shippan | Shippan Point | Silvermine | South End (Stamford) | South Norwalk | Southport | Springdale | West Side (Stamford) It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated. ... The primary political subdivisions of the state of Connecticut are its towns. ... Aspetuck is a neighborhood or section in the town of Easton in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Black Rock is an affluent section of Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. ... Botsford is a neighborhood or section in the town of Newtown in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Branchville (ca. ... Greenwich is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ... Cos Cob is a neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut. ... The Cove section of Stamford, Connecticut, usually called The Cove is an area of mostly modest homes (although with some very expensive homes along the shoreline) in the southeast corner of Stamford, Connecticut. ... Cranbury is a neighborhood or section in the town of Norwalk in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Downtown Stamford, Connecticut is an economically thriving section of Stamford, Connecticut with major retail establishments, a shopping mall and the headquarters of major corporations, as well as other retail businesses and offices. ... East Norwalk is a neighborhood located in Norwalk, Connecticut. ... The East Side of Stamford, Connecticut is a neighborhood of mostly modest homes in southern part of the city. ... Georgetown is a census-designated place located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ... Glenbrook is a section (or neighborhood) of the city of Stamford, Connecticut. ... Glenville is a neighborhood or section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Greenfield Hill is a neighborhood of Fairfield, Connecticut. ... Greens Farms, Connecticut is the name for the southeastern portion of Westport, Connecticut, which includes lands surrounding the Metro North Railroad Greens Farms Station. ... Lordship is a small waterfront community located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ... Mianus is one of many neighborhoods located within the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut. ... Midtown section of Norwalk, Connecticut is an urbanized area in roughly the central part of the city, north of South Norwalk, Connecticut. ... Darien is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... North Stamford is a very affluent, geographically large section of Stamford, Connecticut north of the Merritt Parkway. ... Old Greenwich is a neighborhood or section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Riverside is a neighborhood or section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Rowayton is a section of Norwalk, Connecticut. ... Sandy Hook is neighborhood of Newtown, Connecticut. ... Saugatuck is a neighborhood or section in the town of Westport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Shippan is a section (or neighborhood) of the city of Stamford, Connecticut. ... Shippan Point (or Shippan) is the southernmost neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut, located on a peninsula in Long Island Sound. ... Silvermine is a neigborhood extending into three southwestern Connecticut municipalities -- Norwalk, New Canaan and Wilton. ... The South End of Stamford, Connecticut is a rundown section just south of the Downtown section of the city that is expected to be greatly changed with redevelopment over the next decade. ... SoNo is what many call South Norwalk, Connecticut. ... The Southport area of Fairfield, Connecticut (settled in 1639) has been designated as a historic district for its harbor, churches, public buildings, and the homesteads of some of the first families. ... Springdale is a section or neighborhood in Stamford,Connecticut. ... The West Side of Stamford, Connecticut is one of the poorest and most violent sections of the city. ...