A parent last month requested “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold be removed from the library, and the Challenged Materials Committee spent several meetings reviewing the request (See WestportNow Dec.

Mary Ann M. (Virgulak) Hartigan of West Tisbury, Mass. died unexpectedly on Jan. 18 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 81. She was born one of three children to Steven and Mary (Suhoza) ...

Work was under way today on installation of “On The Wire: Veiled Rebellion,” the new Westport Arts Center exhibition opening Jan. 24. It showcases 34 color photographs by Westport award-winning ...

A resident of Westport since 1954, Ted was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and graduated from Erasmus High School. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was a outstanding member of the track team ...

Westport residents tonight got their first chance to give input on updating the town’s 2007 Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD). In a two-hour session hosted by the Planning and Zoning ...

Tonight’s community workshop in the Town Hall auditorium on updating the 2007 Plan of Conservation and Development—required by state law every 10 years—was led by planner Glenn Chalder, president of ...

It was standing room only today for the Westport Public Library’s “Music @ The Library” series featuring Frank Vignola (c), a multi-dimensional guitar player, as he celebrated European jazz musician ...

Crews are completing the clean-up of the house at 8 Sprucewood Lane, which was demolished this week. The one-story ranch was built in 1960 and sold in November for $1.2 million. It was the first ...

Fire broke out today at abut 5:30 p.m. at Westport’s Daybreak Nursery, 500 Main St. Firefighters said the flames were showing through the roof of the greenhouse at the rear of the structure on arrival ...

Brandman’s Paint and Decorating Center, which has closed at the Compo Shopping Center, began its run in Westport in the 1960s as The Paint Bucket at what was then known as Sherwood Square, now called ...

The Westport Fire Department has announced the addition of Justin Moser and Tobias Ostapchuk as Westport firefighters. The two will be sworn in Friday at 2:30 p.m. in a ceremony at Westport fire ...

A driver escaped serious injury tonight when he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a tree near Westport’s 144 Newtown Turnpike. According to police, the driver said he swerved to avoid ...