Father, Son And Cockenoe Island
The other day, Scott Smith enjoyed the glorious Indian Native American weather to kayak out to Cockenoe Island. It was his 2nd trip in recent months. Here’s his report: I was following up on a...
View ArticleRemembering Dexter Brooks
Much of B.V. Brooks’ life seems to come from an earlier, more traditional New England era. His real name was Babert Vincent. His nickname was “Dexter.” He attended Deerfield Academy and Dartmouth...
View Article“The Sound & The Saugatuck”— Go See It!
For years, the Westport Historical Society has mounted educational, informative exhibits. They’re on manageable topics — Longshore, local cartoonists, Westporters and TV — because, let’s face it, it’s...
View ArticleCockenoe Fukushima?
Now that Hurricane Sandy is a fading memory, alert “06880” reader Nick Thiemann wonders what might have been. Not “what if the storm was even more powerful?” Rather, “what if things turned out...
View ArticleSave Cockenoe Now: A “Powerful” Story From Westport’s Past
This Saturday (August 10), Jo Fox will join the Westport Historical Society’s trip to Cockenoe Island. She’ll walk the 28-acre spit of rock, brush and sand a mile off Compo Beach. For decades it’s been...
View ArticleSam Vail, Fukushima, And Why Westporters Should Be Very, Very Worried
For better or worse, Westporters are experts at the NIMBY game. Cell towers, group homes, a new synagogue — there are tons of good reasons those things should go in your back yard, not mine. In 1967,...
View ArticleMarine Police Make A “Swell” Save
Today’s Westport Historical Society kayak trip to Cockenoe Island was not exactly a day at the beach. WHS executive director Sue Gold writes: Our 5th annual trip was hardly smooth rowing, as we quickly...
View ArticleCockenoe Kodachrome
It’s been decades since Bill Whitbeck lived in Westport. (Westport, Connecticut, that is. He’s now in the beautiful seaside town of Westport, Washington.) But he remembers fondly his days on Cockenoe....
View ArticleDark Side Of The Moon?
No — just the south side of Cockenoe Island. But alert “06880” reader JP Vellotti guesses this is a view most Westporters never see. So he sent it along: He took the shot yesterday from the oyster boat...
View ArticleAaron Donovan’s Aquatic Adventure
As media liaison for the MTA, Aaron Donovan is intimately familiar with New York’s trains, subways, buses, tunnels and bridges. Its waterways — not so much. Aaron Donovan But the 1994 Staples grad’s...
View ArticleSave Cockenoe: Then And Now
Last month, “06880” previewed Walter and Naiad Einsel’s estate sale. I don’t usually promote that stuff — but the longtime local artists’ Victorian farmhouse was filled with thousands of pieces of folk...
View Article“Save Cockenoe Now” Posters: The Sequel
Yesterday’s post about the “Save Cockenoe Now” posters at Walter and Naiad Einsel’s estate sale reminded readers of a past political battle: When Westporters saved Cockenoe Island from becoming the...
View Article“Save Cockenoe Now”: Still Relevant, 50 Years On
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of some significant events. 1967 was the Summer of Love. Martin Luther King spoke out against the Vietnam War. “Race riots” consumed Detroit, Newark and other cities....
View ArticleWhale’s Tails
This morning’s sighting of a humpback whale in Long Island Sound between Compo Beach and Cockenoe Island has drawn plenty of attention. (Click here for a great WestportNow video.) It also brought this...
View ArticleA Night On Cockenoe Island
The other day, alert — and adventurous — “06880” reader Seth Schachter headed out to Cockenoe Island. He’d been there often. This time though, he camped out overnight. The experience was so special,...
View Article36,000 Feet
The other day, Sean van Beever was flying here from Florida, via Bradley Airport Hartford. Suddenly, the clouds broke. The 3rd-generation Westporter looked out his window. At that very moment, he...
View ArticlePic Of The Day #735
Compo by drone: beach, cannons, jetty, with Cockenoe Island in the distance. (Photo/John Videler for Videler Photography)
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