Storm Update
Cobs Bread: New bakery aims to thrive not by bread alone
Shop, offering wide selection of freshly baked breads, rolls and pastries, donates unsold merchandise to charities at end of every day.
Westport public schools closed Tuesday by storm
Superintendent cites snowy conditions, mixing with icy precipitation, announcing day off.
Future of house older than America in question
Owners seek to add second home to historic property.
Temperatures slide on heels of snowy Tuesday
Light snowfall, mixing with icy rain, projected to continue through midday as temperatures plunge below freezing for rest of the week.
Staples boys basketball falls to St. Bernard
Wreckers beaten 70-59 by non-conference opponent Monday.
Wreckers skate to Senior Night success
Tyler DiMaio’s hat trick boosts Staples hockey team to 5-2 victory over Milford on Monday.
Open letter: Build a new school, don’t blame gardeners for delay
Leader of Westport Community Gardens writes: “At no point in this process has the request for consideration and regard for the gardens and preserve delayed the process of constructing a new/improved school. Not by a second. To imply otherwise is false.”
Large new house overlooking river OK’d by zoners
Change in state law did not require public hearing for Coastal Area Management review.
‘The Dream,’ then & now: M.L. King speechwriter reflects on civil-rights leader’s legacy
Dr. Clarence Jones, advisor, lawyer and speechwriter for civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., spoke Sunday at Westport’s commemoration of King’s legacy.
Police: Man stole $25.5K check from the mail
Suspect from Pennsylvania allegedly “intercepted” check deposited for delivery in local Postal Service mailbox, police said.
Expected school transportation savings prove elusive
Low school bus ridership, school start times and search for bus parking lot complicate spending plans for 2024-25.
In storm’s watery wake, bright skies … and looming snowstorm
As Saturday’s skies cleared and temperatures “soared” to the 50s, forecasters warn of colder — and snowier — days ahead.
Third storm in a week leaves Westport under water
Overnight storm that buffeted the region with more than an inch of rain and lashing winds unleashed flooding in its wake Saturday.
Audra McDonald to perform at Westport Country Playhouse
Feb. 10 concert by the award-winning singer and actress, featuring songs from Broadway and Great American Songbook, will benefit the theater.
Property Transfers December 25-29
WESTPORT–During the week of December 25-29, four properties changed hands, for a total of $4.3 million, including properties on Colony Road (shown), High Pt Road, Vani Court and Weston Road.
Fifth victory notched by Wreckers boys basketball
McMahon falls to Staples, 67-52, Friday night.
Staples girls basketball masters McMahon
Wreckers prevail 52-29 on the road Friday.
Obituary: Barbara G. Kidney, 95
An administrative assistant in Westport public schools, she also was active in the Y’s Women, the Westport Center for Senior Activities and Saugatuck Congregational Church, and lived “a life full of family, friends, love, laughter and purpose.”
Program on residential solar-energy use alights at library
Sustainable Westport to sponsor free Jan. 23 event about ways to adapt solar power for homes.
Alert: Long Lots Road closed Friday a.m. by water main break
The road will be closed, between Cedar Road and Post Road East, several hours Friday while repairs take place.
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