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Talk By Author James McBride For WestportReads Postponed Due To Snow
WESTPORT, Conn. -- A talk by bestselling author and musician James McBride, whose book "Miracle at St. Anna" is this year’s WestportREADS selection, has been postponed due to the approaching snowstorm.
The talk, the keynote address for the month-long community reads program, had been set for Saturday, Jan. 23.
It has been rescheduled for a week later, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Westport Country Playhouse. Library officials say all tickets purchased for the original date will be honored.
The presentation is free, but advance registration is required.
McBride is an autho…
Betty K. Domis, 78, Norwalk Resident
NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk resident Betty K. Domis died Tuesday, Jan. 12. She was 78.
Born in Brooklyn, Domis attended the University of Connecticut, worked as a design drafter and more recently was a clerk at the Norwalk Public Library. She was very athletic throughout her life, as a college sprinter, state softball champion, tennis player, avid skier and speed skater.
Domis loved her cats, the outdoors and boating, enjoying many years on Long Island Sound. She also loved opera.
She was the companion of Janet Orban for more than 47 years, and was predeceased by her parents, Joseph and Mar…
Kenneth Vernon, 65, Norwalk Resident
NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk resident Kenneth J. Vernon died Tuesday, Jan. 19. He was 65.
Vernon had a successful career as an advertising executive. He was an avid outdoorsman and sports fan, and he cherished being with family and friends.
He is survived by his mother, Sylvia; daughter Sari and her mother, Phyllis Horowitz; daughters Lara and Emma and their mother, Karen Grinthal; brother Michael and his wife Evelyn; brother Russell and his wife Joanne; several nieces and nephews; and longtime girlfriend Kim Rowe.
Vernon was predeceased by his father, William, and his brother Robert.
