22+ hour, 45+ min ago   (165+ words) There are several things you can do when you’re stuck on the Kings Highway North hill, waiting for the Wilton Road light. You can quietly seethe, inching up on the car in front that can’t go anywhere. You can concentrate…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (731+ words) Word on the street — Main Street, that is — is that PopUp bagels will move into the space recently vacated by Cold Fusion. An early 2027 opening is planned. It’s a homecoming of sorts for the business Adam Goldberg began on a…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (58+ words) 06880 Pic Of The Day #3428 One response to “Pic Of The Day #3428” I’m now in SW Florida and row with the Lemon Bay Crew Club- come and row with us and the dolphins and manatees What do you think? Please comment!...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (118+ words) Submissions are pouring in for today’s “Day in the Life of Westport” project. People, places, events, homes, yards, sports, work, parties, streets, woods, beaches — whatever you’re doing or seeing today can be part of this community endeavor. They’ll become part…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (995+ words) In sustaining objections to Old Mill Grocery & Deli’s use of their 107-year-old property on Hillspoint Road last February, Superior Court Judge Dale Radcliffe said that allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages and outdoor dining in residential zones was “an impermissible…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (442+ words) But it can be seen on a walking path at a place some Westporters visit regularly, and others have never been to: Sherwood Island State Park. Werner Liepolt explains: “It is an equipment barn on the shore of Sherwood Mill…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1001+ words) A reminder: Tomorrow (Sunday) is our special “Day in the Life of Westport” day. Suggestions include neighborhoods, work, traditions, celebrations, acts of service, family life, recreation, arts, faith — whatever happens on a Westport Sunday. “A Day in the Life of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (765+ words) This year’s official Connecticut 9/11 ceremony — held annually at Sherwood Island State Park’s memorial to the victims of that horrific day — is Wednesday, September 9. It starts at 5:30 p.m. “06880” reported an incorrect date earlier. The event is held every year prior…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (857+ words) The once-sleepy Westport Animal Control shelter is now full. So are the foster slots for Westport Animal Shelter Advocates. They care for a number of abandoned and surrendered canines, in need of homes. This Sunday (September 6, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), WASA hosts a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (685+ words) Few topics get our readers’ tongues wagging more than dog stories. Recent coverage of a text amendment to allow fenced-in areas at town parks drew dozens of comments. We won’t rehash them here. But one came in after all the…...