“This is a real drag because I’ve never been fired from an acting job before,” he told the magazine,” according to TVGuide.com “In fact, the last time I was fired I was flipping burgers at the Big Top ...

Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times, presided over today’s ninth annual crossword puzzle competition at the Westport Public Library. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Lynn U. Miller for ...

UPDATE After an afternoon of wordsmithing, three winners emerged today at the 15th annual crossword puzzle contest at the Westport Library. Posing with New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz (2nd ...

Shawn Sember, who retired as detective sergeant from the Trumbull Police Department after 30 years, shows off his new Westport patrolman’s badge with wife Carol after being sworn in today by Westport ...

UPDATE A fire alarm at Westport’s Staples High School early today forced a brief evacuation of the school in the bitter cold, according to fire officials. A second alarm went off just before 3 p.m., ...

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 ...

Close readers of WestportNow’s property transactions last week noted these two entries: “Patrick R. and Jennifer A. Prosek to Lynn D. and Lavonne R. Kramer, 9 Old Mill Road, $1,000,000,” and “Lynn D.

Dennis the Train Man returned to First Night today to entertain youngsters with model trains in the McManus Room of the Westport Public Library. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer or WestportNow.com ...

The three crossword puzzle contest finalists today in the heat of the 21st annual playoff at the Westport Library—(l-r) Ken Stern (Brooklyn), Jesse Lansner (Rochester, New York) and Glen Ryan (Norwich ...

Stewart Shanley (4th r), CEO of Earth Animal, 925 Post Road East, today presents a replica of a $25,000 check to Valerie Shultz Wilson (4th l), CEO of the CT Food Bank. According to Wilson, “The Food ...

An application for a permit to demolish the house at Westport’s 20 Woodhill Road, off Greens Farms Road, is in process. Built in 1951, the 1-1/2-story cape has 1,514-square feet, is situated on a ...

A vendor from Seacoast Mushrooms in Mystic explains the various mushrooms available at today’s Westport Farmers Market at Gilbertie’s Herb Gardens, 7 Sylvan Lane. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com ...