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🌱 Patch AM: How Staples turned a 10-point hole into a statement home victory

And on the Westport Patch calendar - UN's Path Forward in a world in Crisis

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Morning Westport! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Staples turned a 10-point hole into a statement home victory
  • How Westport gardeners turned backyard plots into tons of donated produce

Also on today's calendar: UN's Path Forward in a world in Crisis and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Clearing, breezy and warmer, with a high of 70 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 64, low: 42.
  • Wednesday: Sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Gotta have it:' Wrecker football finds a way in comeback (westportjournal.com) — Staples football thrilled home fans in Westport with a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback, erasing a 10-0 deficit to edge Cheshire 14-10 behind two late touchdown passes from quarterback Grant Bozeman. Receiver Noah Sandrew's toughness and go-ahead score, plus key defensive stands and an interception by Finn Edwards, highlighted a gritty win that keeps the Wreckers unbeaten heading into their next game at Danbury.
   

• Cultivating with Kerri: growing for good – a success on many tiers (westportjournal.com) — A local garden club's "Growing for Good" project is supplying fresh, organic vegetables and even small lavender bouquets to Westport's Gillespie Center and other nearby nonprofits, often providing the only fresh produce some recipients see all season. Volunteers, including Staples High student gardeners, tend plots at Wakeman Town Farm and Prospect Gardens in Westport, experimenting with new techniques while building community and earning national recognition.
   

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  • I went to Edo on the Norwalk / Westport border last night.
    I was leery because the last time I went there the food was terrible - OK it was 30 years ago. Different owner different manager different menu -… (Nextdoor Saugatuck)
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Ok Westport! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ?" — Footsteps (Thank you Patty G. for sending it in!)
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