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An assault that occurred at what police are describing as an underage drinking party Saturday night left an 18-year-old male in the Intensive Care Unit of Norwalk Hospital.

Westport R ex Friday, February 05, 2010 Metro-North's New Haven Line will close the ticket booth at the Westport train station in the Saugatuck area under Gov.

Serving up some fun, along with tasty burgers and fries, Five Guys Restaurant offers an entertaining dining experience.

From churches to schoolchildren to individuals, members of the Fairfield community felt compelled to help after earthquake that devastated Haiti a few weeks ago.

The 2009 Grand List is in, and despite an economic downturn that seems to be dragging on, the sum of all assessed taxable property in Westport increased 1.35 percent, bettering the 2008 increase of one percent.

Westporter Lucia Palmieri has been in the spotlight for many achievements over her young years - most recently as an acclaimed soprano opera singer.

I read The Catcher in the Rye as a teenager and had the same clichd, pretentious, dickhead response to it every high school pariah has.

Katie Rondeau has been keeping an online photo scrapbook of the many places she has visited on her first national tour.

Russell Platt , Westport Arts Center 's artistic director for chamber music, was looking for a way to fill a winter's day with the lovely sounds of chamber music.

Three veterans with U.S. military service in Iraq are among five new police officers sworn in today at a Police Department ceremony.

Arranging a medley of sugar, flour and other scrumptious ingredients, pastry chef Michelle Klem 's cakes and cookies are creative masterpieces.

A Westport man previously caught with two pounds of marijuana in Bridgeport was arrested a second time after the Statewide Narcotics Task Force searched his home and allegedly found drug packaging materials in his bedroom, police said.

First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff has announced that Westport will participate in the American Heart Association's National Wear Red Day for Women on Friday, Feb.

When Jerry Vigorito and Rob Fried started the Band Together concerts, it was basically a way for them and their friends from the local music scene to play music and to raise some money for a worthwhile local charity.

It's always good to see a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winner "Dinner with Friends" in Connecticut by New Haven playwright Donald Margulies , whose new play "Time Stands Still" incidentally opens tonight on Broadway -- and whose "Collected Stories" will be revived with Linda Lavin later this season in New York.

Despite a private meeting hosted by First Selectman Gordon Joseloff on Monday morning, a resolution for the Planning and Zoning Commission to sue the Representative Town Meeting is still on the table.

First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff announced today the formation of a committee to develop and execute a program to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Town of Westport's purchase in 1960 of Longshore Club Park.

Westport's "Top Dog" took his place today in Westport history. Otis Hammer, winner of Westport Animal Shelter Advocates first "Top Dog" Award, was at Westport Town Hall as his picture was placed on the wall near the Town Clerk's office.

A number of individuals, businesses and community organizations in Westport have announced fund-raising plans for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.