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🌱 Patch AM: 'Rare Undeveloped' 2-Acre Lot For Sale In Westport

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In today's newsletter:

  • Secluded 2-acre Westport lot offers rare custom home opportunity
  • How a $100M Greens Farms Road project could reshape Westport
  • Why Senator Blumenthal honored Westport's beloved Farmers Market this week

Also on today's calendar: Moving Sale - Stamford and 21 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 78 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Sunday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 78, low: 63.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 'Rare Undeveloped' 2-Acre Lot For Sale In Westport (patch.com) — Westport homebuyers may be intrigued by a newly listed, undeveloped 2-acre parcel at 6 Fox Run Lane, priced at $385,000. The secluded lot in an upscale neighborhood allows a buyer to design a custom home between 5,000 and 8,500 square feet, offering rare new-construction potential in town.
   

2. $100 million development on Greens Farms Road to appear before Conservation Commission (westportjournal.com) — Westport officials are weighing a $100 million proposal to replace one office building at 55 Greens Farms Road with a 250-unit residential complex, including 30 percent affordable housing. The Conservation Commission's public hearing begins Wednesday at Town Hall, focusing first on wetlands impacts, while neighbors and Representative Town Meeting members are just starting to learn details of the large-scale project.
   

3. Westport Farmer's Market awarded recognition by Senator Blumenthal (westportjournal.com) — Westport residents can celebrate that the Westport Farmers Market just received a U.S. Senate Certificate of Special Recognition for its 20 years supporting local farmers and food producers. Senator Richard Blumenthal and First Selectman Kevin Christie marked the milestone during a visit, and the market at 50 Imperial Ave. continues every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Nov. 5.
   

4. He lost his crewmates on 9/11. Now he walks to ensure no one forgets them (san.com) — Westport serves as a meaningful stop on flight attendant Paul Veneto's annual "Paulie's Push" walk, where he honors 9/11 flight crews by pushing beverage carts along their flight paths. As he passes through town, residents like Gina Arena join him, sharing personal stories of loss and solidarity that connect Westport directly to the broader effort to remember victims and support survivors' healing.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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