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Westport, Connecticut is located in Fairfield County. Zip codes in Westport, CT include 06888, 06881, and 06880. The median home price in Westport is $1,495,000 which is roughly $372/per square foot. More Westport information.

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2 hrs ago | Westport News

Proposed water rate hike for Westport, region draws fire

An overflow crowd turned out for a Tuesday night hearing on Aquarion Water Co.' s request to increase rates 23 percent over the next three years, forcing 20 to 30 people to stand in the hallway outside the Sullivan-Independence Hall hearing room.

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4 hrs ago | Westport News

Westport weather: All's clear for days

After days of unsettled weather that saw downpours periodically buffet the region, the National Weather Service predicts southwestern Connecticut will bask in sunny and warm conditions through the weekend.

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5 hrs ago | Westport News

Board OKs Landon raise

Superintendent of Schools Elliott Landon after the Board of Education voted to extend his contract and give him a raise.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Westport Now

Adapting to Change by Razing and Raising

As Connecticut's shoreline braces for a hurricane season forecast to be one of the worst in years, it is still digging out from the damage of previous storms.

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Westport Now

Westport News Goes to Weekly Print Edition

The Westport News, the town's newspaper of record published every Wednesday and Friday for almost half a century, will end its twice-weekly print run in July, with the Wednesday edition moving online, Barbara T. Roessner, executive editor of the Hearst Connecticut Media Group, informed readers today.

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The Westport Daily Voice

Man Charged In Theft From Westport Stop & Shop

WESTPORT, Conn. A 50-year-old Bridgeport man was accused of shoplifting in Westport on Saturday after more than $100 in goods was stolen from Stop & Shop, police said.

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The Westport Daily Voice

Repairs To Close Westport's Bridge St. Bridge Wednesday

WESTPORT, Conn. The Bridge Street swing bridge over the Saugatuck River in Westport will be closed Wednesday between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Westport First Selectman Gordon Joseloff announced.

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Westport Now

Working on National Hall

The National Hall building, built in 1873 and once part of the thriving 19th century Westport waterfront, was getting some touch up work today.

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Westport News

Shifting Gears / Tamed by a man for all seasons

The Rev. Frank Hall, the retiring senior minister of The Unitarian Church in Westport, is seen in a 2005 file photo at a concert to benefit Tsunami victims.

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Westport News

Faith matters: Longtime religious leaders retiring

Frank Hall , minister of Westport Unitarian Church , and Rabbi Robert Orkand , of Temple Israel, have presided over neighboring congregations at the intersection of Lyons Plain Road and Coleytown Road since the early 1980s.

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The Westport Daily Voice

Foreigner To Headline Levitt Pavilion Benefit In Westport

WESTPORT, Conn. Foreigner, the legendary rock band, is set to rock the Staples High School field house in Westport this Saturday during the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts' annual summer gala, which helps to support the Levitt's free summer concert series.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Westport News

New crosswalk signals at dangerous Post Road intersection, but will they be used?

New crosswalk signals on Post Road East near the Shake Shack restaurant have been installed at least a year ahead of schedule by the state Department of Transportation , spurred in part by four pedestrian deaths in the last five years.

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Connecticut Post

Westport wealth advisors thrive off Wall Street

Partners at LLBH Private Wealth Management, from left, Kevin Burns, Jim Pratt-Heaney, Bill Lomas and Bill Loftus pose for a photo at their Westport office on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

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Westport Now

Bridge Street Bridge to be Closed on Wednesday

The Town of Westport has been notified that the Bridge Street swing bridge, whose official name is the William F. Cribari Memorial Bridge, will be closed on Wednesday between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. The closure is to facilitate installation of the new machinery components on the bridge said First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff.

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Westport News

Fathers (longer) Day

Dominick Bria helps his son, Jason, get ready for school in their Stamford home on Thursday, June 13, 2013.

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Westport News

Westport weather: A sunny & warm day

The work week starts on a bright note in southwestern Connecticut, with sunny skies and temperatures rising to a daytime high of about 80 degrees.

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The Weston Daily Voice

Organic Mattresses Provide Sweet Dreams In Westport

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn./WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. David Spittal thought he was leaving the business of mattress business for good when he sold his interest in a company he created in 2006.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Westport News

Latest Westport property transfers: $46M total

Lot 72A Pier Way Landing, sold to Donna P. and Sacha M. Bacro by Sally D. Vanrensselaer , $124.574.27 3 Flower Farm Lane, sold to Chong Hyok Kim and Ju Young Seo by RB Properties LLC, $4,300,000.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Weston Daily Voice

Weston Area's Sen. McKinney Praises Bill Cracking Down On 'Puppy Mills'

FAIRFIELD, Conn. State Rep. Brenda Kupchick and state Sen. John McKinney celebrated passage of a bill to crack down on "puppy mills" they co-sponsored in the Connecticut General Assembly.

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The Greenwich Daily Voice

Westport Dedicates Playground For Sandy Hook Victim

WESTPORT, Conn. Eight days after workers broke ground at Long Lots School in Westport, a new playground in honor of Sandy Hook shooting victim Dylan Hockley was officially opened on Saturday.

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