An overflow crowd jammed Westport’s Barnes & Noble today to hear Westport native Lynsey Addario talk about her new book, “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War.” Her mother, Camille, ...

Merit Scholarship finalists (back row, l-r) Matthew Silver, Constance Zhou, Robert Perry, David Katter, Charlotte Breig, Zachary Lerangis, (front row, l-r) Priyanka Subramanian, Michelle Mastrianni, ...

The new home of The Gap at Westport’s 125 Main St. is nearing completion as a crane lowers building materials to the roof. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer for WestportNow.com ...

A fierce wind storm that swept across the Midwest and then into the Northeast today caused relatively minor damage to Westport, downing some trees and power lines. Connecticut Light & Power Co.

With a bit of humor, the florists at Taylor’s Floral Arts at 240 Post Road East in Westport designed a creative way to temporarily repair a broken front window. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Lynn U. Miller for ...

Winds gusting to 56 miles per hour ripped through Westport today, knocking out power to about 100 homes as the balmy temperatures of recent days gave way to sub-freezing weather. A Connecticut Light & ...

Just 16, and off to college? That could become an option for high school sophomores in Connecticut, one of eight states named Wednesday to pilot test a rigorous new system, including board ...

Westport-based Earthplace will host three three screenings of “An Inconvenient Truth,” the documentary exploring global warming and humans’ effect on it. The first showing will be Sunday at 1 p.m. The ...

The Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC), after months of research, discussion and input from utilities and suppliers, has released its Draft Decision on Marketing Practices. The order lays out ...

The Westport Weston Family Y, acknowledging fund-raising challenges, today unveiled a downsized new building at its Camp Mahackeno site. It said the 55,000-square foot building, reduced from the ...

Snow started to fall in the Westport area shortly after 1 a.m. today with forecasters predicting the storm could bring 8 to 12 inches along with around a trace of ice. A Winter Storm Warning remains ...

H. James Leavy, of Westport died Feb. 10. He was 83. Born on May 29, 1930, in New York, N.Y., he was the son of entrepreneur Samuel Leavy and social columnist Lena L. Leavy, and brother to predeceased ...