Westport News

After visiting the Caribbean, Spanish and New England coastlines, Compo Beach remains my absolute favorite place to lay my blanket and soak up precious sun rays each summer.

Westport firefighters today rescued a Saugatuck resident from his basement apartment after a neighbor spotted his stove on fire that had spread to nearby cabinets.

Congressman Jim Himes has secured $265,000 in federal funds for the Westport Fire Department to replace an aging emergency generator at fire headquarters.

When England's Andrew Lloyd Weber landed a third concurrent musical on Broadway in 1988, U.S. composers and librettists, producers, critics and devotees of American musical theater were audibly concerned about ceding more home turf to a British invader.

Westport volunteers and members of the town's International Hospitality Committee were on hand to serve breakfast to visitors for jUNe Day at Saugatuck Elementary School today.

Flags of United Natiions members flew on Westport's Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge today as the town prepared to welcome U.N. delegates, staff members, and their families for the 44th annual jUNe Day.

The Friends of Longshore Sailing School, recognizing the difficulty economy, has decided to increase its scholarship support for youngsters wanting to enroll at the Westport-based school this summer.

Moody's Investor Service has affirmed Westport's triple-A rating, First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff announced today.

The Westporter who heads a Stamford-based energy company which has agreed to refund $2.1 million in credits and cash for overcharging customers last summer said today the state found no evidence of intentional customer abuse.

Westport Police Chief Al Fiore was one of eight persons honored with a Paul Harris Fellow Award by the Westport Rotary Club today at a recognition luncheon at the Inn at Longshore.

The First County Bank Foundation announced today it has awarded three Westport organizations grants totaling $17,500 in its efforts to help older citizens, children and families of lower Fairfield County.

People Submitted by Dana Rogers on 2009-06-22.   Michelle Finan from Westport has earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting.

A love connection was made this week at Westport Animal Control with the help of matchmaker Animal Control Officer Peter D'Amico . Emmie, a puggle, found a loving home after being abandoned in Westport.

Westport police today identified the body of a woman found in the Saugatuck River on Wednesday as that of Barbara Anne Degruchy, 65, a homeless person whose last known address was 66 Weston Road, Westport.

A woman's body was pulled from the Saugatuck River near Westport's center today, according to emergency workers on the scene.

Second graders from Green's Farm School were wildly applauded Sunday after they starred in the world premiere of "In Wonderful Westport " -- an original work they composed in music classes.

President Barack Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the Supreme Court will be the subject of a Tuesday, June 30 discussion by TEAM Westport in cooperation with the Westport Public Library.

A jackknifed tractor trailer closed northbound traffic on I-95 in Westport for about three hours Tuesday, reducing the morning commute to a snail's pace.

Two Westport high school students rowing for the Saugatuck Rowing Club won a first place title Sunday in the Youth National Championships for U.S. Rowing in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Westport Arts Center tonight hosted an opening reception for its Solos Show, curated by Amy Mackie of the New Museum, one of the nation's leading showcases for the art of our time and New York City's only museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art.