Westport News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dedication of the new playground at Long Lots Elementary School has been changed from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday by planners of the ceremony.

A weekend special-ordered for Dads is on tap, a sunny and warm springtime showcase promising to shine on outdoor Father's Day celebrations.

The Westport Sunrise Rotary Club, with president Steve Violette doing the honors, today presented a check for $2,600 to Westport Deputy Fire Chief Robert Kepchar in support of the Sandy Ground Project, dedicated to building playgrounds in other communities in the memory of the children lost in the Sandy Hook shootings.