Actress and singer Eartha Kitt died today at her Weston home, a family spokeswoman said. She was 81. Kitt, a frequent performer at the Westport Country Playhouse and visitor to Westport, had been ...

UPDATE A 46-year-old Maine woman found floating in the Saugatuck River in Westport Friday died of blunt impact injuries, according to an autopsy. Westport police said they may have been caused by ...

A 31-year-old custodian at Westport’s Coleytown Middle School has been charged with larceny in connection with two separate incidents at the school, police said today. Cesar Yepes-Escobar of 36 Benson ...

Signs all over Westport remind residents of Friday’s New Year’s Eve First Night activities. They begin in the afternoon, mark the New Year with fireworks, and continue with a post-midnight concert.

There are the partyers and there are those who eschew all the hoopla for a quiet evening as the ball drops. And there are those who will be in bed before midnight, preferring to see the start of the ...

More than 80 persons attended today’s jazz concert at the Westport Arts Center. “This is the first time we’ve ever held a combined jazz concert and education event,” said Richard Epstein, the center’s ...

The full “snow moon” rises over Westport’s Compo Beach Monday night. According to the Washington Post, naming full moons is a Native American tradition. This month’s full moon is the “snow moon” ...

Michelle Schmerzler, one of many longtime loyal customers of Crossroads Hardware, 345 Main St., makes a final purchase of compactor bags today on a goodbye visit to A.J. and Jimmy Izzo, co-owner of ...

These youngsters quickly got into the swing of things following Saturday’s opening of the new playground at Westport’s Compo Beach. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer for WestportNow.com ...

Bob Mitchell (c), president of the Westport Historical Society, today takes members of Barton Partners and Langan Engineering on a tour of Saugatuck to give them some historic background on the area ...

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp will be the topic of discussion at the weekly meeting of the Ys Men of Westport/Weston next Thursday. The camp, located in Ashford, Conn., provides year-round activities ...

UPDATE Westport police early today arrested three persons and sought a fourth following a chase on I-95 and Fairfield crash that began after a suspicious vehicle was observed in a Westport residential ...