EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
Westbrook Council of Beach Associations welcomes you to our beautiful town
Meeting Dates for 2025
May 5, 7pm Zoom Meeting
June 2, 7pm, In Person Multi-Media Room
July 7, 7pm In Person Multi-Media Room
Aug 4 or 11 TBA, 7pm In Person Conf. Rm A
Sept 8, 7pm In Person Conf. Rm A
Oct 6 7pm Room Location and Program TBA
May meeting will be via Zoom.
The rest of our meetings are in person see room locations. August date is still pending. It will be in Conf. Rm A
All meetings will be held at the Westbrook Town Hall unless Covid restrictions prevail.
*See Archives for Agendas and Minutes of Meetings
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Candidates' Forum Oct 4, 2021
To view video, click here.
Candidates' Forum Oct 7, 2019 -
To view video, clickhere.
Candidates' Forum Oct 1, 2018 -
To view video, click here.
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Officers:
President- Pat Marcarelli
Vice President - Cindy Howard
Treasurer - Ann Marie Ferreira
Recording Secretary Virginia Wynne
Publishing Secretary- Pauline Peterson
Special Projects Secretary - Mary Jane Monahan
COASTAL RESILIENCY COMMITTEE
PLEASE FOLLOW HERE
CURRENT UPDATES AND
AND COMMUNITY INPUT
We look forward to pubic presentations.
February 25th
6:30 -8pm Town Hall
Public hearing on latest and hopefully our final draft of findings.
Message from Committee
" The 4Shore Resilliency Committee is looking for volunteers who have experience in the areas of engineering and construction or environmental/ Ecological sciences to assist us in forming an Implementation Committee. It is preferred that individuals have a knowledge of working within shoreline ecosystems and have the ability to assist in helping to find solutions to the established areas of concern"
Please go to :
For any information, Surveys, flyers and updates.
2025 Meeting NOTICES
WESTBROOK COUNCIL OF BEACHES
committee updates
The Town of Westbrook is the recipient of a grant from National Fish and Willdife Foundation (NFWF) Long Island Sound Futures Fund (LISFF) to prepare a multi town Coastal Resiliency Plan in partnership with the neighboring Towns of Clinton, Old Saybrook and the Borough of Fenwick. The Westbrook Committee will be working with a consultant and the community to analyze, coordinate, and prepare the Coastal Resiliency Plan. The plan will address the impacts of climate change, storm surge, flooding, extreme weather events, and sea level rise, and will identify projects to address the risks and hazards to infrastructure and coastal properties (public and private). Community engagement is essential to the development of a successful plan. On August 19th the consultant will hold a pop up event at the Westbrook Town Beach to obtain community feedback. This will be a great time to voice your opinions on any areas of concern. Click here to connect to the Westbrook Coastal Resiliency Committee webpage.
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Plan of Conservation & Development (POCD) Committee - Westbrook
Click here to review the Revised Draft of the 2021-2031 Plan of Conservation and Development.
An update of the plan is required every ten years.
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Westbrook Economic Action Initiative (WEAI)
Andy Schatz, Jim Crawford and Tony Cozza have been working very hard with this group in order to help our young, local residents to achieve their goals in both bettering themselves and preparing them to move forward in life and hopefully continue to serve our community. Leslie Carson our Career/College Readiness Coordinator at Westbrook High School is also on the Board. Click here to learn more about WEAI.
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Literacy Volunteers
Literacy Volunteers is looking for additional Tutors. They are an organization staffed mostly by volunteers, located in the Westbrook Library that teaches English to those in the area who are not conversant in English. For additional information please contact. Joanne Argersinger at 860-399-0280 or jarsinger@lvvs.org. Learn more by clicking here.
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TOWN OF WESTBROOK
Harbor Master News:
Harbor Management Happenings from John Rie, Chairman Commission Management: Click here.
Mooring Permits are $30
The Harbor Commission will be reviewing the rule regarding Moorings and will have updated information available om the Town website. Click here for online moorings step-by-step procedures to apply or renew your mooring.
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Hurricane Preparedness - For more information, see westbrookem.com
A Message from Westbrook Emergency Management. Click here.
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Animal Control Officer: 860-391-7127
Caroline Fountain
203-780-1311. Click here for more information.
From the Town: Regarding Public (not private) Beaches: Ordinances - Dogs and Other Pet Animals
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Town Review of Westbrook Zoning Regulations
Westbrook is reviewing Zoning Regulations. For more details, click here.
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Planning Commission
Westbrook Hazardous Mitigation Plan
Meeting September 16, 2019--7pm
Multi Media Room, Town Hall
This is the final Public Hearing for
FEMA compliance before all findings are sent to the State of CT.
This will deal in Emergency Planning, Floods and Flood insurance.
Click here to view Public Meeting No 1 07-29-2019
Click hereto view Public Meeting No 2 09-29-2019
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2025
9 AM TO 12 PM
Fill A Boat - Food Drive
On the Westbrook Town Green
Bring non-perishable goods,
monetary donations will be gladly accepted.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
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DEEP
"Connecticut Beach Association's Guide to Coastal Activities and Permitting."
Click this link for the live recording of the - DEEP Presentation.
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Town Center Septic
There has been several workshops and meetings regarding proposed community septic systems for our town green. This would be to enhance our economic business base in our town center and possibly attract new commerce.
We are following this as we would also like to see what we can do to stem the flooding to our shoreline properties and prevent septic failures due to flooding. This is all a concern for our tax $$$
Please follow the Town's website and of course right here.
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The Economic Development Commission & Westbrook Council of Beach Associations
PROUDLY SUPPORTS
The Westbrook Merchants
Please support our local
Merchants
Visit www.visitwestbrookct.com
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WESTBROOK COUNCIL OF BEACHES TIDAL RISE AND STORM WATER FLOODING - JUNE 7, 2021
Special Guest Speaker Jessica Beach,
Chief Resilience Officer for the
City of St-Augustine
The town of Westbrook will begin work on a Resilience Plan next year. Please take a moment to listen to Jessica's presentation. It will be most helpful to our community as we begin the planning process. She is extremely knowledgeable and offers many resources that the town of Westbrook will be able to leverage.
Click here for powerpoint presentation
or
watch it live on the Valley Shore Community Television Click here
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The Alleviating Hunger Committee
In August 2016, the Westbrook Council of Beaches established the Alleviating Hunger Committee to provide food to those in need and educate our community on hunger and poverty. Some of the initiatives include:
- Food collection for local food pantries. Please join us on Tuesday between 1:30 and 2:30pm, at St. Mark's Church for grocery distribution.
Options for contributing food:
Bring food donations to St. Mark's between 9 am and 12 noon on any Monday.
Bring food to COB meetings, and we will bring your donation to one of the food pantries.
Get in touch with the Alleviating Hunger Committee and we will arrange to pick up your food donation.
- Consider helping out at the Valley Shore YMCA Vegetable Garden. One way you could help is letting them know if you have any cardboard that they could use to lay the wood chips on top of. If you do, please email Jon Capozzoli at jcapozzoli@vsymca.org. He is the new contact for all things to do with the garden. The Community Garden will open this year. It is vital to the Westbrook Food Pantry that they are able to grow fresh local produce for those in need. We hope that even through the current situation you are all on board to join them for this growing season! (5-28-2020)
- COB has seven volunteers supporting the Friday Night meals at 6pm at the Westbrook Congregational Church.
- COB members can make monetary or gift card donations to support Westbrook families in need. If you would like to contribute, please contact Elizabeth Carpenter, Westbrook Social Services Coordinator at ecarpenter@westbrookct.us. Her office is in Town Hall, next to the First Selectman’s Office. Her phone number is 860-399-3090.
The Committee is always looking for volunteers. If you have an interest or would like further information, please contact us at ajcbeachboy@comcast.net Our members are Mary Polchaninoff, Barbara Alessio, Kit Bishop,Tony Cozza, Andy Schatz and Jim Crawford. All have been great resources for us. Our student members are Juliana Frabreizi, Gavin Lebrec, Jackie Grace and Seth Caslin.