Westport News

BayCoast Bank, formerly Citizens~Union Savings Bank, has announced the appointment of Gina B. Palmer of Dartmouth to branch manager/assistant treasurer.

Submitted photo Servers do their best to gain votes for their restaurant's entry at the Newport Yachting Centeris annual Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off. Submitted photo Servers do their best to gain votes for their restaurant's entry at the Newport Yachting CenterIs annual Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off. The Newport Yachting Center's 31st ... (more)

Charles Avedikian, of Westport and Dunedin, FL, age 86, died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

This Friday the Dartmouth Farmer's Market invites all members of the Dartmouth and surrounding communities to enjoy the freshest produce available.

The companion piece to "The Last Fling", the award winning book, which is a fascinating tale of a life-altering events of courage, terror and survival, will be available at the beginning of the hurricane season on June, 2. There are actual hurricane films as well as interviews with survivors of the tropical storm event, which at the time was the ... (more)

The Westport Land Conservation Partnership recently announced it is celebrating a significant milestone, 2,000 acres of land protected in Westport in the last decade.

BayCoast Bank, formerly Citizens~Union Savings Bank, recently announced the appointment of Gina B. Palmer of Dartmouth to the position of branch manager/assistant treasurer.

Summer is still nearly a month away, but Dartmouth will kick off its farmer's market season this Friday in Padanaram.

Photo courtesy of 1st Lt. Joshua Bruins A monument to the fallen Marines of 2nd Batallion, 2nd Regiment out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., was funded in part by sales of a microbrew from Westport, Mass., the hometown of 1st Lt.

The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra awarded Koby Williamson, a student at Mannes College of Music, the 2012 Lillian B. Lamoureux Music Scholarshis at the season finale concert on May 12.

A Westport man was arrested Friday in connection with an armed bank robbery in Fall River earlier this month, police said.

The New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its first membership recruitment campaign in two years, and it is hoping to capture some of the new businesses that have opened their doors recently.

Come on out to this season's inaugural installation of the Falmouth Farmers' Market inA Peg Noonan Park today from 12-6pm, rain or shine.A You'll find more produce than ever from the Cape and Southeastern Massachusetts, much of it organic.

David W. Oliveira/Standard-Times special file Veterans wave to the crowd during the 2011 New Bedford Memorial Day Parade.

Submitted photo This is "Palluchini's Matisse," one of the shaped paintings by Roger Kizik that are currently on view at Dedee Shattuck Gallery in Westport.

Editor's note: The following is the article adopted by Westport Town Meeting regarding a petition to Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution.

Monthly bus trips from Westport to Foxwoods on the last Wednesday of each month announced.

SUBMITTED PHOTO MAN AT WORK: Westport Highway Department foreman Chris Gonsalves looks up from his efforts on a recent project aimed at improving the movement of rain water runoff from Old County Road into a constructed wetland located at the Head of Westport.

For 2012-1013, the Westport Cultural Council has issued $22,035 in Helen E. Ellis grants, and $4,318 in Massachusetts Cultural Commission-funded local grants.

Swansea Mall congratulates three winners in its 2012 Bookmark Contest. The competition was extremely tough, with over 100 children submitting entries into the contest.