While the state of Connecticut is celebrating it’s 375th birthday this year, Westport is looking for ways to celebrate it’s 175th birthday as well. Westport was sectioned out of parts of Fairfield and Norwalk which ran along the Saugatuck River in what is now Westport’s center. It received its charter from Connecticut by a special act of the legislature which was signed on May 28, 1835.
Not only is the town of Westport looking for ways to mark the town’s birthday, there has been a committee formed to develop a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the town’s $1.9 million purchase of the Longshore Club Park in 1960, regarded as the most significant land acquisition in the town’s history. The decision to purchase the property was approved by a 38-0 vote at a Representative Town Meeting held on April 14, 1960 and only a few weeks later, Longshore Club Park was opened to townspeople on May 28, 1960. Prior to this period the property was the privately owned Longshore Beach and Country Club. “The purchase of the 169-acre Longshore property, with its golf course, tennis courts, pools, marina, inn/restaurant and playgrounds was a stunning accomplishment,” said First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff. “And Longshore has long since become another of Westport’s shining jewels.”
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