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.

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was all for a good cause—raising funds for Westport’s Save the Children—which encouraged dozens of persons to brave the weather and take a morning plunge at Westport’s Compo Beach today. Larry ...

There are the partyers and there are those who eschew all the hoopla for a quiet evening as the ball drops. And there are those who will be in bed before midnight, preferring to see the start of the ...

The National Weather Service in Upton, N.Y. issued the following special statement shortly after 8 p.m.: Dangerous blizzard conditions exist across southern Connecticut, New York City, and Long Island ...

It was a chilly New Year’s Eve walk on Compo Beach today with temperatures in the 40s and a stiff wind. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com ...

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 ...

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has ordered a delayed opening for state offices on Friday, directing all non-essential state employees to report to work at 9:30 a.m. The delayed opening will allow extra time ...