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WESTPORT

The Great Outdoors

Westport has been known as a place to "summer" since the turn of the century, due in part, to its three lovely beaches and a multitude of parks. There are many waterfront activities to enjoy, from sunbathing on the beaches, to fishing, to active town marinas to sculling on the Saugatuck River. Sherwood Island, a Connecticut State park with beautiful beaches right on the sound, is now home to the State of Connecticut memorial to those residents lost on September 11, 2001.

Longshore is a very special park. Once a private residence, then a private country club, Longshore was purchased by the town in the 1960s for a unique, public, all purpose park. There are three swimming pools, an 18 hole golf course multiple handball and tennis courts, a marina, a sailing school, an inn with a ballroom, a gourmet Pacific Rim restaurant, and even an ice skating rink in the winter!

The Nature Center for Environmental Activities, just renamed "Earthplace," is a 62 acre reserve which welcomes 80,000 visitors each year. There are miles of interconnecting trails and a building for exhibits and interactive educational displays that show the center's devotion to public environmental education, preservation, and conservation. The Westport YMCA is very active and has its own outdoor center, Camp Mahacakno, which offers a variety of active summer camp programs including tubing, cycling, rafting and caving at their Westport facility and beyond.


A summer day at Compo Beach

Devotion to the Cultural Arts

In the 1920s and 1930s many artists of all sorts found their way to Westport-and Westport has always nurtured its artists. The Westport Arts Center is a working home for close to 40 artists, with a professional gallery, a performing hall, and community rooms that serve as home for over 100 cultural and educational events annually. The Westport Arts Center moved into their new home on the Saugatuck River in 2002.

Artists past and present have been generous with their talents giving to the town and its students. There are revolving art exhibits with original pieces by various Westport artists on display at the schools, the library and the Historical Society.

Free concerts, for all tastes and ages, are given almost every night of the week during the summer at the Levitt Pavilion. Even the very active public library-the second busiest in the state-encourages artists with their visual exhibits and a popular brown bag lunch lecture series where local authors tell of their latest books. The library's free audio/visual collection is the largest in the state and numbers 13,000 videos and 10,000 books on tape.


Westport Library from across the river

The Play's the Thing

Westport has long been a hotbed for the performing arts, evident in its three main venues-The Westport Country Playhouse, the White Barn Theater and the Westport Community Theater. Nearly 70 years young, the Westport Country Playhouse, now under the leadership of Joanne Woodward, remains one of America's foremost summer theaters. The 160 year old red barn which houses the playhouse is listed on the Connecticut Register of Historic Places. Its stage was constructed with the same dimensions as the Times Square Theater, so that New York productions could be staged and exported to New York City without a hitch. Past playbills displayed in the lobby of the theater read like the "Who's Who" of stage and screen. The Playhouse is also well known for its equally professional and heavily attended Children's Series.


The Westport Country Playhouse

The intimate White Barn Theater was founded by well known Lucille Lortel of Broadway. Although Lucille is no longer with us, the Theater goes on introducing readings of new plays, debuting playwrights of drama, comedy, and experimental theater. Its performances offer an exciting and unusual experience and another chance to see famous actors.

The Westport Community Theater produces five major productions each year on a professional level rivaling some Broadway productions.

WESTON

Weston is a community of friends and neighbors dedicated to their families and each other in a rural and residential atmosphere. There are such community activities as the Norfield Grange. Granges were popular as the community's social and civic organization when the community was mostly agricultural. The Norfield Grange continues to be one of the most active Granges in the state, its membership drawing from a wide variety of backgrounds. The Weston Library is also a community hub that has provided a magnet for gatherings of all kinds, including programs and events for children. The Weston Historical Society is also very active.


Weston's classic Town Hall

Almost one quarter of Weston is permanently devoted to open space uses and virtually every neighborhood can claim some piece of recreational land nearby as its own. The Bisceglie-Scribner Park offers an outdoor community pond fed by natural underground springs. There are also natural swimming pools in the various rivers where residents can be seen fishing or tubing down the rivers. Keene Park on River Road is undeveloped land threaded by walking trails.

The most famous open space in Weston is the Lucius Pond Ordway, more commonly called, Devil's Den Preserve, with 1,746 acres of wilderness. You'll find traces of earlier inhabitants, if you look closely enough. There are 21 miles of trails where you are encouraged to stay on the path, as the protection of nature is a high priority.

The Weston Recreation Commission operates a comprehensive youth program including the usual tennis, swimming, soccer, golf, football, and basketball, along with not-so-usual judo, horseback riding, snorkeling, and scuba. There is also an active Little League program. Residents can enjoy access to Compo beach in Westport at a cost of $100 a season and enjoy many of Westport's other parks.

NORWALK

Norwalk has 22 miles of shoreline on Long Island Sound, much of it public beaches and marinas. There are 16 islands ranging in size from the 1.1 acre Ghost Island that is mostly submerged at high tide, to the 70.2 acre Chimon Island, containing the only heron rookery in New England. Parks on the mainland are active with well-equipped playgrounds, ball fields, picnic areas, bicycle riding trails and jogging paths. There are over 40 city tennis courts and Oak Hills, an 18 hole municipal golf course, plus several private country clubs including Silvermine and Shorehaven. There are two public marinas, a public boat launch at Veterans Park, and two private yacht clubs.

Norwalk is home to some wonderful museums including the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, a 50 room National Histoic Landmark built in 1854 which rivals the Newport Mansions. It is a showcase of period decorative art and has a fantastic music box collection. Adjoining the grounds of the mansion is a new and highly touted Children's Discovery Museum with state of the art exhibits. South Norwalk is the home to the Maritime Center, an aquarium and museum devoted to telling the story of Long Island Sound's history and Marine life. The Center, along with its spectacular IMAX Theater, has become the state's second ranked tourist attraction. The Historical Society of Norwalk has a museum that includes the original Raggedy Ann and Andy who were "born" in Norwalk.


The SoNo Maritime Center

The town really comes alive with the many festivals that occur during this year in its various parks, including the Scottish Games in July, the SoNo Arts Festival in August, the Oyster Festival in September, and one of the largest in-water boat shows on the East Coast in the fall. There are also many movie theaters, restaurants, and a well regarded symphony orchestra. There's always something to do or see in Norwalk!

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When you sell a house, the buyers will probably have a home inspection before they sign a contract to purchase the home. The inspector may turn up something that needs attention or repair, and after the inspection, the buyers may produce a list of items they want repaired as a condition for moving forward on the sale.

When you get the buyers' list, remember that some of the items may be negotiable. Sales contracts usually require that all the systems be in working condition. Some buyers may make requests that go beyond the normal obligations of the seller. They may ask for a new roof or certain structural repairs that you may not want to make. Your agent can help you to assess the risks of just saying "no" to buyers who are making demands you consider to be unreasonable. You may decide to decline the requests, but the buyers may also decide to back out of the deal as a result.

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