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Second suspect nabbed in Aston Martin carjacking
22-year-old Waterbury man charged Friday in connection with violent Sept. 17 incident at Bayberry Lane home.
League of Women Voters hosts candidate forums Oct. 11 & 12
Planning and Zoning Commission candidates to debate Oct. 11, and Board of Education and Board of Finance contenders to face off in separate debates Oct. 12.
Juvenile charged in gunfire incident that rattled Saugatuck
17-year-old from Stratford facing multiple charges in connection with gunshots fired from a car speeding through Saugatuck last July.
State mysteries ‘play’ out Oct. 13 at Westport Library
Fireside Mystery Theatre will perform “Nightfall on the Nutmeg State,” stories drawn from Connecticut legends and myths, in the style of live radio drama.
Senior Day success notched by Staples field hockey
Wreckers celebrate the occasion with 6-1 win over Norwalk, as three seniors added to the scoring.
Long Lots committee calls for new building, gardens transplant
Plan selected for new school, which will be costliest expenditure in town’s history, would “move” Westport Community Gardens, which gardeners say means destroying them.
Tooker refuses to back Camilo Riano’s school board candidacy
The first selectwoman, Westport’s top elected Republican, says tactics by GOP Board of Education candidate are “unsupportable.”
Parks and Recreation meeting foiled by technical problems
Highly anticipated meeting, expected to hear neighbors’ concerns about installation of pickleball courts at Longshore Club Park, scuttled after Zoom connection fails.
Tooker to TEAM Westport: Keep things civil, transparent
First selectwoman, in Thursday statement, warns public civility is in jeopardy: “I’m asking each of you to join me in keeping our discourse civil and productive.”
Farm market ‘Get Growing’ kids’ program needs help to grow
Collection of items to support weekly children’s crafts and activities set for Oct. 12 and 19 market sessions.
Watching with Susan Granger: October 5
Westporter Susan Granger reviews “The Creator,” in-theaters, and “Spy Kids: Armageddon,” streaming on Netflix.
‘Domestic Violence Awareness Month’ electronics collection set
Used cell phones and iPads will be donated to Domestic Violence Crisis Center for victims of domestic violence and their children.
‘Chapter Two’ benefit planned Oct. 25 by Westport Book Sales
Fundraiser will help expand the Westport Library affiliate’s training and employment programs for adults with disabilities.
Menachem Begin documentary to be screened by Chabad
“Upheaval,” chronicling the career of Israel’s sixth prime minister, to be shown Oct. 24.
Bench boosts Staples boys soccer over Central
Despite missing key players, Wreckers kept rolling with 5-0 victory Wednesday over Bridgeporters.
Parker Harding plan sails through flood board
The project, revised in response to critics, wins backing from second board in two days.
Hands-off Linxweiler plea heard as ‘affordable’ cottage cluster regs OK’d
P&Z approves text amendment to permit all-affordable cottages on town land, while a relative of woman who bequeathed Post Road East property to Westport pleads with commission not to “destroy” her legacy by allowing it to be developed.
Letter: Postpone Thursday’s Parks & Rec meeting on Longshore
Writer urges commission to hold in-person Town Hall meeting, instead of “hastily rescheduled” Zoom session on Longshore master plan and the location of pickleball courts.
Times they’ve been a-changin’: Staples Class of ’73 reunites
They entered Staples during a tumultuous era, and as they gather for their 50th reunion this weekend, change has been a constant in classmates’ life and times ever since.
RTM votes down petition that sought clarity on public’s right to petition
Most RTM members back moderator’s assertion he decides what makes the legislative body’s agenda.
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