Proposed food truck at Westport's East Beach raises traffic concerns
WESTPORT — When Selectman Brian Valcourt was a teen, he worked on an ice cream truck and truck employees would be “shooed away” by town police if they parked at the town-owned East Beach. Valcourt said not much has changed in the decades that have followed but resident Patricia Garcia is trying to reverse that trend. Garcia and her husband, Michael, are seeking permission to park a food truck and generate business on a town-owned parcel of East Beach. That beach, a rocky one used mostly as a scenic overlook, abuts the trailer lots of seasonal residents. This latter issue is one re...