Westport Point News

The American Boychoir will perform Friday evening at Grace Episcopal Church in New Bedford.

A historic house that became mired in controversy after the roof caved in during the 2007 Christmas holiday is for sale for $600,000. The house is located at 1813-1815 Main Road in the Westport Point Historic District.

After another contentious, two-hour meeting on East Beach trailer lot regulations Monday, selectmen did not take a vote.

It's a place where sanctuary means just that - a refuge - according to several church members, so it was not surprising when parishioners of Westport Point United Methodist Church responded quickly to help their church recover from a fire Tuesday.

After a relatively cold summer, the first corn of the season will finally be available at the Provincetown Farmers Market, where Ryder Street meets Commercial Street across from the town hall.

The Harbormaster's Office and Coast Guard, Flotilla 6-18 of Westport, are co-sponsoring a new program that lets boaters borrow children's life jackets.

Mary Carrington "Mollie" Conklin, was born in Princeton, NJ on May 18, 1954, daughter of Selena Howard and the late James Merriam Howard.

While Tripp Marine Construction prepares to resume dreding by Westport Point, the Coast Guard has also been visiting in preparation for possibly charting a new route into the harbor.

At the Gifford Hilltop farm on East Horseneck Road, each old tool is a piece of the town's history.

Westport Point is a quiet place to which change comes very slowly. I do not know of the Point ever seeking notoriety or publicity.