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No. 3 Wreckers baseball hosts first state tourney game Tuesday
May 26, 2023 | Education, Sports | 0 Comments
Staples team aims to bounce back after FCIAC semis loss to Fairfield Warde.
Porsche swiped in Westport recovered after crash with cruiser upstate
May 26, 2023 | Police & Fire | 0 Comments
Two teens taken into custody in the town of Berlin where the car was abandoned Thursday after colliding with a police cruiser in New Britain, police said.
‘Magic School Bus’ musical coming to Westport Country Playhouse
May 26, 2023 | Arts, Performing | 0 Comments
The production will be presented June 4 by TheaterWorksUSA as part of the theater’s Family Festivities Series.
Watching with Susan Granger: May 26
May 26, 2023 | Arts, Visual | 0 Comments
Westporter Susan Granger reviews two feature films that are currently streaming: “Air” and “Inside.”
North Avenue/Long Lots crash delaying school buses
May 26, 2023 | Education, Police & Fire, Transportation | 0 Comments
Friday morning accident delays buses to Staples High and Bedford Middle schools, further delaying bus schedules to other schools.
Police: Man charged after domestic violence incident
May 26, 2023 | Police & Fire | 0 Comments
Suspect described by police as “aggressor” in altercation.
$1.2M renovation project OK’d for Gillespie Center
May 26, 2023 | Community, Government | 0 Comments
Federal funds to pay for upgrades at town-owned building that houses food pantry and homeless shelter.
Streets closed for Fine Arts Festival this weekend
May 25, 2023 | Arts, Community, Police & Fire | 1 Comment
The 50th annual arts showcase will take place Saturday and Sunday along Main and Elm streets, with those roads to be closed Friday morning through Sunday night.
On the march: Memorial Day parade, ceremonies detailed
May 25, 2023 | Community | 0 Comments
Westport’s annual salute to those who lost their lives in service to the nation will include a parade along the traditional downtown route, followed by a ceremony on Veterans Green.
Free summertime bus rides to Sherwood Island ready to roll
May 25, 2023 | Community, Government, Transportation | 0 Comments
State’s “Park Connect” program will provide rides, via Wheels2U shuttles, to the shoreline park from anywhere in town and back starting Memorial Day weekend.
‘Lots’ to argue about: Remarkable vs. Levitt clash over parking again
May 25, 2023 | Arts, Community, Government | 3 Comments
As in years past, Board of Selectwomen hears contentious debate between representatives from both organizations over use of town-owned Imperial Avenue parking lot.
Property owners will pay slightly more in upcoming tax bills
May 25, 2023 | Government, Real Estate | 0 Comments
Westporters’ local taxes to rise modestly for new fiscal year.
Obituary: Janice Amberg Dean, 88
May 24, 2023 | Obituaries | 0 Comments
The mother of eight enrolled in college at age 46, earned a business degree and then worked in the real estate field many years. She also enjoyed travel, achieved the rank of Bronze Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League and took up chess when she was 85.
Murder 30 miles from Westport, but a world away, topic of author’s talk
May 24, 2023 | Arts, Community | 0 Comments
Westport Library to host Nicholas Dawidoff for discussion of his book, “The Other Side of Prospect,” an examination of how urban violence and racial inequity led to false murder charges in New Haven.
DOT road work uproots Sakura’s venerable sign
May 24, 2023 | Food, Government, Transportation | 0 Comments
Restaurant forced to seek approval to move its sign as state moves forward with upgrades to Post Road East intersection.
CAVA coming to town now in question
May 24, 2023 | Business, Government | 0 Comments
Parking concerns damper enthusiasm for popular Mediterranean-fast casual eatery CAVA coming to town.
Say “Goodbye” to 30 Sniffen Road
May 23, 2023 | Goodbye, Real Estate | 0 Comments
Post-war split-level set for demolition.
Obituary: Sophia Rose Makowski
May 23, 2023 | Obituaries | 0 Comments
A former longtime Westport resident, she called herself “the last of the Mohicans” from Roseville Road.
Tooker, Koskinas tour war-battered sister city in Ukraine
May 23, 2023 | Community, Government | 0 Comments
Westport officials were hosted by Ukrainians in the cities of Lyman and Sviatohirsk, during a visit facilitated by Westport-based Ukrainian Aid International.
Scarice being graded by school board, behind closed doors
May 23, 2023 | Education | 0 Comments
Annual evaluation for schools superintendent — who has generally won high marks in public — last year was conducted verbally, sidestepping the disclosure requirement if it was written.


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