To learn more and volunteer with mTT (you don’t have to be an athlete!), click here. The volunteers are called “angels.” The special needs participants are called … “captains.” So the May 1 film is very fitting.Īll proceeds from the event will be shared by Remarkable Theater and myTeam Triumph-CT.įor more information and to buy tickets, click here. Or that myTeam Triump pairs children, teens, adults and veterans with disabilities with volunteers, who join them in triathlons and road races. It’s not just that the Remarkable Theater employs people with disabilities for screenings at the Imperial Avenue lot.
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movie at 7:30), myTeam Triumph sponsors a showing of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” - the Marvel adventure film - at the downtown drive-in. On Saturday, May 1 (gates open at 6:30 p.m. It’s no wonder they’re partnering for mTT’s “Spring Into Action” season-opening event. These guys are perfect for a mid-January “Westport … Naturally” feature.īetsy Kravitz and Joey Romeo, ready for another season.īoth myTeam Triumph-CT and Remarkable Theater support the special needs community. There are few visitors to Burying Hill Beach this winter. The first 2 “Stars on Stage” shows - produced by Westporter Andrew Wilk - starred Gavin Creel and hoshana Bean The New York Times put it on their “What to Watch This Week” list.ĭixon - whose credits include Harpo in “Color Me Purple,” Eubie Blake in “Shuffle Along,” Barry Gordon in “Motown: The Musical,” and of course Aaron Burr in “Hamilton” - taped 2 shows at the Playhouse in September, with a live audience. on New York’s Channel 13 check local listings for other PBS stations. The last of 3 “Stars on Stage from Westport Country Playhouse” shows airs this Friday (January 21). It was started by Bob’s grandfather, and Joel’s great-grandfather.Ĭlick below for Shepard Smith’s must-see report: Cullman Brothers was a holding company owned by the uncles of current Westport residents Bob Jacobs and Joel Treisman. What makes that event - and the CNBC story - even more compelling is the Westport connection. They helped lead a successful drive to preserve those 280 acres as a historic site. Smith’s report details those years - and the efforts by Simsbury High School students to delve deeply into King’s summers in their town. He and his fellow students dined in restaurants with white patrons, and tasted freedoms they’d never experienced. Foro the first time, King saw a world beyond the segregated South. It was part of a program to raise funds for tuition. CNBC’s Shepard Smith celebrated with a fascinating story about Martin Luther King’s summers in Connecticut.Īs a 15-year-old freshman at Morehouse College, he spent the summer of 1944 working as a farmhand at the Cullman Brothers shade tobacco farm in Simsbury. Progressive Diagnostics’ testing center is inside the Greens Farms train station. Kuliga lauds town officials for their support, and help in getting the center running quickly and efficiently. There was concern that slow turnaround times would endanger actually endanger health, says company CEO Curt Kuliga, who lives in Westport. Progessive’s Greens Farms location was up and running within days. When the Omicron surge began, 1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker asked for additional help. Soon, they added a drive-through site at the Saugatuck train station. They began with weekly tests of EMS first responders, then did the same for other town employees. Progressive Diagnostics has been in Westport since the start of the pandemic. Progressive Diagnostics bills insurance companies for the $150 fee for those with coverage. The state also pays for tests for people without insurance. The state reimburses Progressive Diagnostics through federal grant funds. There is no cost for youngsters in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The average turnaround time for results is 6 hours. Their Greens Farms location is one of 8 in the state. The 8-year-old company was in the right place at the right time when the demand for same-day RT-PCR tests soared. The site is run by Progressive Diagnostics. Trains still stop there - for a tiny number of commuters - but most of the action now consists of nasal swabs. Since January, the Greens Farms train station has been one of the town’s go-to centers. The state’s in-school mask mandate ends February 28.īut COVID has not vanished.
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