Walter D. Harris

Welcome to the web home of Walter D. Harris.

This page offers some Westport (CT) resources, as well as some Linux resources. Finally, it presents brief information about the author.

An on-line tour of Longshore Club Park

See Longshore Club Park. Here, we visit only the portion of the park related to the proposed Tennis/Skate/Concession building now under consideration.

An on-line tour of the Baron's South property

See the Baron's South property. Purchased by the Town of Westport (CT) in January, 1999, this parcel has beautiful rolling hills, woodlands, an elegant main house, and guest quarters.

An on-line tour of the Sherwood Mill Pond

Come visit the Sherwood Mill Pond in Westport, CT. The Westport RTM has approved the purchase of the Allen's Clam and Lobster House property, along its shore. Take a look!

Westport Town Plan 1997 (Final Version)

As a public service, here is the full text of the the Westport, Connecticut, Town Plan of Conservation and Development.

Optimum Online for Linux

Yes, you can use Optimum Online, Cablevision's high-speed Internet service, with the Linux operating system! Here's the procedure

Hometown Snapshots: Westport, CT

Westport is a waterfront community. Many of our young boaters get started at Longshore Sailing School, in one of our public parks (800x600 jpeg image, 75K).

About the Author...

Hometown: Westport, CT.

Service: Westport (CT) Representative Town Meeting (District 2), including:

Parks and Recreation Committee (current Chairman)
Public Protection Committee
Computer Committee
Finance Committee
Planning and Zoning Committee

Professional: Harrel, Incorporated, Norwalk, CT.

Vice President, Operations.
Research and Development Engineer, with responsibilities in plant-wide supervisory computer systems, diameter gauging, and other products.

Avocations:

Ballroom Dancing
Flying (Instrument-rated private pilot)
Amateur Ratio (callsign: AD1O)

Westport, CT, resident since 1964. Comments? Questions? Suggestions for the legislative season? Please send e-mail to: w h a r r i s @ a l u m . m i t . e d u

I look forward to hearing from you!