Two years ago, Brooks Sumberg retired from the fast-paced retail garment industry and decided to fill part of his newly-found spare time with volunteer work.  There were, however, many other people in Fairfield County looking to do the same – and not enough volunteer hours to go around.
Rather than go back to his Westport home [...]

When one multi-talented artist decided that he wanted his own place and his own gig, he took matters into his own hands. An actor/comedian/musician with business sense, Peter Vouras had options. While it’s not uncommon for actors to start their own acting companies or acting schools, and while musicians often start their own bands or [...]

Don’t care for theater? You’re not crazy about Shakespeare or “The Sound of Music?” Then meet T. Paul Lowry. He’s looking for people just like you. “I go after people who think they don’t like theater,” he said. As a matter of fact, Mr. Lowry wants to redefine theater.  Of course, there are about as [...]

“It all began with the plastic shopping bag ban,” recalled Monique Bosch, co-founder of the Westport Green Village Initiative.
When this small group of concerned and determined citizens succeeded in getting this ban enacted, they felt empowered to do more.  “We were confident that we could organize an in initiative to make Westport a model green [...]

Over the past twenty-four years, clients of the Kennedy Center enrolled in the award-winning art therapy program, have discovered a vehicle by which to exhibit their artistic visions to a larger audience. The art work these artists with disabilities have created has become the ‘unique perspective’ for each of the twelve months of an annual [...]

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow [...]

Newtowners are fearlessly creative, close to nature homeowners and gardeners. Some build their homes on hilltops, others prefer “just a farm”’ and some are romantics with historic or castle-like homes. As much as their homes reflect their passion for the distinct and unique, they still stay up close and personal when it comes to Mother [...]

If anyone had told Fred Monahan back in 1989 that 20 years later he would spend $30,000 for vegetable seeds, he would have laughed.  That’s because Fred had no intention of farming vegetables, except for personal consumption.  The ‘89 graduate of State University of New York, with a degree in animal husbandry, was intent on [...]