Lucky Duck: Westporter Wins 2022 Great Duck Race, $5,000 Prize, with Duck #410

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Janet Mittleman, a Westporter for 32 years, was this year’s Lucky Duck as her rubber ducky won the Westport Rotary’s Great Duck Race today on Jesup Green. Mittleman and her five year old grandson James Gladstein were all smiles as they came to claim their prize from First Selectwoman Jen Tooker and members of the Westport Rotary clubs after their duck, #410, made its way the fastest down the manmade river - with water supplied by Westport firefighters. Thousands of ducks took the plunge today from the bucket of an AJ Penna frontloader, with every duck randomly assigned a number that corresponded to a donor’s ticket. All money collected from the duck race goes back into the community as the funding supports numerous non-profit organizations and local events through the Westport Rotaries. WestportLocal.com photo

Runners (floaters?) up for this year’s race included:

1. Nick Battaglino

2. Anna Brady

3. Rob Graham

4. Alexnder Strompen

5. Tracey Cauley

6. Wen Hsu

7. Rady Johnson

8. Jason Wolgast

9. Silvia Durno