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06880danwoog.com > 09/13/2026 > photo-challenge-611

Photo Challenge #611

15+ hour, 54+ min ago   (165+ words) There are several things you can do when you’re stuck on the Kings Highway North hill, waiting for the Wilton Road light. You can quietly seethe, inching up on the car in front that can’t go anywhere. You can concentrate…...

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06880danwoog.com > 09/07/2026 > then-now-29

???Then & Now???: #29

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (610+ words) Some of Westport’s greatest concentrations of mid-20th century houses can be found in the eastern end of town, near the Southport line. “Then & Now” curator and pre-demolition archivist Dave Matlow returned there recently, to document 4 more examples of new construction…...

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06880danwoog.com > 09/06/2026 > photo-challenge-610

Photo Challenge #610

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (442+ words) But it can be seen on a walking path at a place some Westporters visit regularly, and others have never been to: Sherwood Island State Park. Werner Liepolt explains: “It is an equipment barn on the shore of Sherwood Mill…...

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06880danwoog.com > 09/05/2026 > online-art-gallery-334

Online Art Gallery #334

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (110+ words) Familiar scenes lead off this week’s online art gallery. (Though one may be familiar only to longtime Westporters.) Yet whether you’re an old-timer or newcomer: This is your space. And we want your work. No matter your age; the style…...

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06880danwoog.com > 08/30/2026 > photo-challenge-609

Photo Challenge #609

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (503+ words) The image of a sign saying “Saugatuck” was indeed at Kneads, the bakery, café and “mill” in the heart of that historic neighborhood. If we gave out prizes, there would be free croissants and cappuccinos for Marc Frankel, John McKinney,…...

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06880danwoog.com > 08/23/2026 > photo-challenge-608

Photo Challenge #608

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (127+ words) It’s called the Westport Woman’s Club. But between hosting town-wide events at its Bedford Hall auditorium, and the wildly popular 1o7-year-old Yankee Doodle Fair, plenty of guys are familiar with the Imperial Avenue property. Congratulations to Diane Bosch, S. Jonas,…...

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06880danwoog.com > 08/09/2026 > photo-challenge-606

Photo Challenge #606

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (135+ words) We seldom notice culverts. But the small tunnels, carrying water from streams or ponds underneath roads and railways, are a prominent feature of Westport. Nope. Nope. And nope. It’s a little bit of (semi-) nature, in the heart of downtown....

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06880danwoog.com > 08/08/2026 > online-art-gallery-330

Online Art Gallery #330

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (156+ words) There’s nothing like a leisurely Saturday stroll through our online art gallery. And — depending on where you live — it may even be air-conditioned! Remember: This is your feature. No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether…...

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06880danwoog.com > 07/26/2026 > photo-challenge-604

Photo Challenge #604

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (140+ words) Appropriately, they decorate the back of the bus shelter in front of Schulhof Animal Hospital. Steven Engel, Andrew Colabella, Robert Mitchell, Nancy Diamond, Lesley O’Connell, Carmela Kaufman and the semi-appropriately named Cat Malkin all slowed down enough on Post Road…...

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06880danwoog.com > 07/25/2026 > online-art-gallery-328

Online Art Gallery #328

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (237+ words) There’s always something new in our online art gallery. Today we welcome our youngest artist ever. Grace Yan — all of 6 years old — is a student at One River Art school. We hope to showcase her work until she’s, oh, up…...