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Staples High School Boys Soccer advances to 2nd round of State Tournament
The final scoreboard said it all. Staples Boys Soccer successfully advanced through the first round of the State LL (extra large school) Tournament, besting West Hartford's Conard High School, 4-1.
The team started the game still pumped
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Westport, CT: Code Red Emergency Notification System in Action
It was just a year ago that Westport First Selectman, Gordon Joseloff, announced that the Town of Westport had contracted with Emergency Communications Network, Inc. for its Code Red emergency notification system. The system sends out emergency notifications based on geographic locations.
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Westport Home Sales Update for September 30, 2009
Through the first nine months of the year, 174 Single Family Homes have been sold in Westport. This is down from the 218 Homes that sold in this period last year. It also continues a two year slide - down 47% from the
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Westport, CT - There's a New Market in Town
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 brought the much anticipated opening of "The Fresh Market", in Westport, CT. Local residents filled the parking lot, as they waited for the doors to open, at 9:00 A.M. Throughout the morning, shoppers were offered free samples
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Credit Repair in Westport CT
National Credit Fixers: 330 Roberts Street 4th Floor East Hartford CT 06108 phone: 860-282-6181. National Credit Fixers boasts of 13 years experience repairing low FICO scores. Whether your credit has been damaged by a foreclosure, bankruptcy, slow credit, collections, judgments, repossessions, etc. we can help. We
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While the overall trend is improved, Westport still has only sold 154 Single Family Homes this year. Sales trail 2008 by 21% and are far off the 303 homes that had sold in 2007 or a 49% decline.
The Average Selling Price for 2009 is $1,393,318. This figure trails last
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Photograph taken with a Point and Shoot Nikon, Coolpix S1. Photo hasbeen cropped but not otherwise enhancedin any way. Photo displayed taken by Marilyn Katz and is covered by Copyright, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission,
Copyright © 2009 Marilyn Katz, WestportCTProperties, All Rights
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Westport Real Estate Update - As of July 31, 123 homes had sold. This is down 23% from last year and 52% from the 256 homes that had sold by July in 2007. Average Selling Price came in at $1,381,654 year to date which is a drop of 21% from last
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Sitting at Compo Beach, our first summer in Westport, watching a parade of boats power and sail in and out of the harbor, I knew that I wanted to spend future summers out there, on the water. One of the many attractions of living in Westport, CT, is its location along
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I was recently with a friend of mine from upstate Connecticut. My friend plays a lot of golf. He believes in leisure. He does not admire my work ethic.
He had been receiving my e-letters and concluded that I spend too much time reading and writing. He felt the need to
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Lately I have been blogging about the SNEAKY TRICKS business - about how businesses deceive people. The comments to my posts have been wonderful - with addenda and new ideas to add to my various lists. I was particularly thrilled when one comment suggested: "This should be an ongoing column at
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Last week a friend of mine asked me to review his son's resume. His son is graduating college next month and trying to get a job. Since I know people in the business his son is interested in, he also thought I might be of some assistance (and I will try).The
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I have been an entrepreneur my entire business life. There are good parts and bad parts. But, for me, the good far outweigh the bad.Whether you work for yourself or not, it is my view that you need to always think like an entrepreneur. Here are ten suggestions as to how
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On Saturday, May 9, citizensrepresenting 99 Westport residences made their way to the Westport/Weston Health District Parking Lot, to takepart in Westport's first Community "Shred Day."
While visiting her daughter in Chapel Hill, NC, Westporter Nina Streitfield was impressed bythe useoflocal shred days.She wrote to Westport's First Selectman, Gordon Joseloff,
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Over the last year I have read every book or article I could find on the subjects of willpower and self-discipline. As we entered challenging economic times, I felt that an understanding of how people dealt with adversity would be important.
Here is what I have concluded:
All of willpower and
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In last week’s blog post and e-letter I wrote about the need for each of us to think and act like an entrepreneur, the point being that one’s only safety net is the value proposition he or she offers to the marketplace. More on that next week. But today, given the
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Photograph taken with a Point and Shoot Nikon, Coolpix S1. Photo has not been enhanced or edited, in any way. Photo displayed taken by Marilyn Katz and is covered by Copyright, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission,
Copyright © 2009 Marilyn Katz, WestportCTProperties,
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There was a time when having a job meant having a job. Today, having a job is more like a temporary assignment.
I’m not saying this is good or bad. My point is that in order to buttress your ability to make a living you need to see yourself as an
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My office is on the perimeter of a golf course. I enjoy watching the golfers. There is a member of this club who is a world-class, amateur golfer. He has won several international tournaments. And here is what I have learned from him: success is earned in the shadows. Let me
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Part I - Troubled Waters Over A Bridge
I hate being late. Scenes of rushing across an airline terminal, with just enough time to make my flight, are not my idea of fun. So, when I arranged for a limo to take me to the airport, for my trip to
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Taking a new direction in business or life is really really scary. Inertia is a powerful force and it pushes us to do today what we did yesterday - for better or worse.
While I would never advocate “ready, fire, aim,” I do believe that there are times when you
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Westport Goes Green. Plastic Bags Bannedfrom Most Retail Use.
On September 2, 2008, The Representative Town Meeting (RTM) passed an ordinance to ban the use of plastic bags for retail checkout of purchased goods. Yesterday, that ordinance went into effect, making Westport the first town in Connecticut to institute a plastic
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Last week’s blog entry was about the mindset and strategies we all need to bring to the economic crisis, the goals being both survival and prosperity.
I would be remiss in discussing any challenge without focusing on the subject of persistence. In both good times and bad, an unwillingness to give
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No one knows when the meltdown is going to end. I am predicting 24 months. My guess is as good as anyone else's. However, after studying successful people for 30+ years, I do feel I have insight into the approaches of those who will survive and prosper during and after the
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One of the many peaceful vignettes you are sure to encounter in Westport, CT. Mill Pond is home to over 70 species of birds, and wildlife. It is frequented by nature lovers donning binoculars and cameras with telephoto lenses looking for that award winning photo or rare bird siting.
The picturesque
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Question: what is the upper limit for a conforming mortgage in Westport, CT.
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