The Metropolitan Transportation Authority today urged customers to leave work early today and finish traveling early tonight, especially those who use Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road.

A parent last month requested “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold be removed from the library, and the Challenged Materials Committee spent several meetings reviewing the request (See WestportNow Dec.

Westport Town Attorney Ira Bloom did not pull any punches tonight when he talked about the state’s affordable housing statute 8-30g that allows developers to override local zoning laws if a town does ...

Helen Isabel (Hartz) Luedke, III, a former Westport resident, died Jan. 9, at Capitol Lakes Retirement Community in Madison, Wisc. following a long struggle with Parkinson Disease. She was 78. She was ...

Paige Marie (Netherton) Totilo of Norwalk, a former Westport resident, died Jan. 5 at the JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Fla. as a result of complications from pneumonia. She was 51. She was born ...

Westport residents tonight got their first chance to give input on updating the town’s 2007 Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD). In a two-hour session hosted by the Planning and Zoning ...

Tonight’s community workshop in the Town Hall auditorium on updating the 2007 Plan of Conservation and Development—required by state law every 10 years—was led by planner Glenn Chalder, president of ...

A resident of Westport since 1954, Ted was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and graduated from Erasmus High School. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was a outstanding member of the track team ...

Mary Ann M. (Virgulak) Hartigan of West Tisbury, Mass. died unexpectedly on Jan. 18 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 81. She was born one of three children to Steven and Mary (Suhoza) ...

Work was under way today on installation of “On The Wire: Veiled Rebellion,” the new Westport Arts Center exhibition opening Jan. 24. It showcases 34 color photographs by Westport award-winning ...

William H. Estey of Westport died Jan. 18 in Bridgeport Hospital. He was 86. Born Jan. 28, 1927 in Canton, Mass., he was the son of the late Elijah and Elizabeth (MacInulty) Estey. He was a World War ...

In the aftermath of Westport’s heavy winds over recent days, two trees were downed on a Blue Ribbon Drive property off North Avenue, pulling the electrical box away from the house. The residents were ...