Westport News

Chowdafest 2009 opened today at the Unitarian Church of Westport and continues tomorrow Nov 28 from 11:30-3:00pm. Twenty regional restaurants have prepared a clam chowder and many another soup as well to benefit the Connecticut Food Bank.

A charity that got its start with help from a Rock and Roll Hall of fame guitarist is helping veterans get jobs.

Calling the contemporary house at 278 Saugatuck Ave. in Westport "ordinary" would be like calling a diamond a piece of glass.

Members of Westport's International Visitors Committee were at the Westport train station today to welcome more than 30 guests from the United Nations spending Thanksgiving Day with 18 Westport families.

Fairfield firefighters employed a defensive attack to extinguish a chemical fire at a storage warehouse in Southport during early morning hours on Thanksgiving.

I just don't get it. Below is the voter turnout for our local "off-year" elections since 2003: Year Registered Number % Voters voted 2003 15,753 6,696 42.5% 2005 16,828 7,878 46.8% 2007 16,588 5,862 35.3% 2009 17,693 7,240 40.9% One might conclude that Westport is just apathetic.

At a work session on Nov.12, the Westport Planning and Zoning Commission approved a proposal to demolish and reconstruct part of The Westport Inn and to renovate the rest of the facility at 1595 Post Road E. "There's general agreement that this property be improved.

The survey was conducted by the Hartford-based Yankee Institute for Public Policy.

Westport's Green Task Force has received a 2009 Green Coast Award in the town category.

The competitors have doubled. The stakes have been raised. And the smoke will be rising from pot after pot of soup and chowder during the second annual Chowdafest competition Friday and Saturday in Westport.

A Connecticut media company is buying three Billings radio stations through an unnamed related party.

Westport's Staples High School will be the venue this weekend for CraftWestport sponsored by the Westport Young Woman's League and formerly called the Creative Arts Festival.

The holidays are coming, normally the season for giving and feasting. But with the economy slumping toward its third consecutive downturned December, more locals are struggling to feed themselves than at any point in well over a decade, according to a report by the Department of Agriculture and information collected from local organizations.

A Westport group took a laughter-filled walk down memory lane today with the daughter of one of the 20th century's most famous U.S. entertainers - Jack Benny.

A Norwalk real estate professional today entered a not guilty plea on federal charges he falsified information on a mortgage application for a Westport home he appraised at $2.7 million.

A Westport audience tonight heard a presentation from a Congo female journalist and activist who has borne witness to the systematic rape and violence against women in her country.

Mark and Sean Tubridy, part of the New York City-based rock trio Cyderobin , performed two original songs today at a Westport Town Hall concert by the CantiamoCHOIR.

Westport County Playhouse is taking a pass on a singular holiday show after disappointments of "David Copperfield" and "A Christmas Carol" . Last year it tried a potpourri holiday show but it kind of fizzled.

A tanker truck carrying methanol, also known as wood alcohol, caught fire while traveling northbound on Interstate 95 through Westport at about 4:20 a.m., resulting in the complete closure of the highway for a time in both directions.

Singing for a worthy cause is the raison d'etre of the CantiamoCHOIR of Arts For the Community.