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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...

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Remembering 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...

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“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...

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Cockenoe 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...

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Save 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...

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Sam 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,...

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Marine 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...

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Cockenoe 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....

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Dark 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...

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Aaron 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...

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Save 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...

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“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...

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“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....

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Whale’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...

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A 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,...

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36,000 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...

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Pic Of The Day #586

Cockenoe Island, from Compo Beach (Photo/Michael Tomashefsky)

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Pic 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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Pic Of The Day #792

Cockenoe Island, from Daryl Hawk’s boat. (Photo/Miggs Burroughs)

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Pic Of The Day #806

Into the Cockenoe water! (Photo/Heidi List Murphy)

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