About 60 Staples baseball families tonight attended the pre-season banquet at Staples High School. Coach Jack McFarland welcomed back two 2007 alumni, Michael Schulman and Matt Greco, and presented ...

Effective Sunday, whether in or out of cars, no pets will be allowed at the town’s beaches, Parks & Recreation Director Jennifer Fava said today. Fava said dogs will not be allowed on any Compo, Old ...

Four fourth graders from Westport’s Workshop (gifted) Program have advanced to the state finals of the National Invention Convention competition. They moved up following the weekend’s Eastern ...

Youngsters run to find Easter eggs today at the 67th annual Easter egg hunt of the Greens Farms Volunteer Fire Company at Long Lots Elementary School. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for ...

Lillian August, the interior design and decor store, will open in July at 19 Church Lane, next door to Williams Sonoma, in the Bedford Square complex, according to developer David Waldman. The ...

Pete McGovern: “We’ll all miss him.” Contributed photoPete McGovern, a PR legend, longtime Westporter and local gossip columnist, died Thursday at Norwalk Hospital, his wife, Phyllis, said today. He ...

The Westport Band Festival was held tonight in the Staples High School gymnasium. Bands from Coleytown and Bedford Middle Schools were combined and performed by grade. The Staples Symphonic and ...

The board of directors of The Connecticut News Project, publisher of The Connecticut Mirror and its sister websites TrendCT and CT Viewpoints, announced today that it has named Bruce Putterman as its ...

Granger at the (Streaming) Movies: ‘Shirley,’ ‘The Vast of Night,’ ‘The Plot Against America’ By Susan Granger Special to WestportNow Now that the Academy is considering ‘streaming’ films, Elisabeth ...

The house at Westport’s 157 Riverside Ave., across from Saugatuck Elementary School, was demolished today. Built in 1933, the 1 1/2-story cape had 1,366 square feet, is situated on a .18-acre property ...

(Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to one earlier today from the wife of a Westport firefighter who, in turn, was responding to a letter from Board of Finance members.) To the Editor: ...

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 7 Fairport Road, near Bulkley Avenue North, is in process. Built in 1942, the house has 1,846-square feet and is situated on a .34-acre ...