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Westport police are trying to identify a man who is accused of touching himself inappropriately when he asked a woman for directions on Monday. Officers were called to a report of a suspicious incident around 5:00 p.m. According to police, a woman told them that she was walking on Compo Road South near Bluewater Hill South when she was approached…

Crews are investigating after two were injured in a car rollover and fire in Westport on Sunday night. The incident occurred at approximately 8:35 p.m. on Route 15 South at exit 42. One person was reportedly trapped after their car flipped onto its roof in the left lane of traffic. Another passenger was able to climb out of the car…

Crews are investigating after a car crash in Westport Saturday night. The incident occurred at approximately 7:20 p.m. on Route 15 northbound between exits 42 and 44. State police said a car rolled over and landed in wetlands off the highway. The car war found 50 feet in the woods in heavy brush and mud, according to police. Three passengers…

The Stamford Police Department bomb squad was called to Westport Friday after some reported finding a possible explosive at the Regents Park Condominium Complex. Emergency crews were called to the complex at 1400 Post Road East when people working inside a unit reported finding what appeared to an inactive hand grenade. Out of caution, the bomb squad responded to do…

Westport police said they will not take place in a program to test a “pandemic drone” that can monitor people’s temperatures from 190 feet away and detect sneezing, coughing and heart and breathing rates amid the COVID-19 pandemic after concerns were raised. Westport Police Chief Foti Koskinas said in a statement on Thursday that “after careful consideration and in collaboration…

Update: Westport police said they will not take part in the program. The origonal story is below: Westport police are going to be testing a “pandemic drone” that can monitor people’s temperatures from 190 feet away and detect sneezing, coughing and heart and breathing rates amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Westport police said they are working with Draganfly, a drone company,…

Westport police are using drones to help flatten the curve and keep an eye on social distancing

Getting a moment to eat can be hard for healthcare workers and first responders. One Westport mom saw it first hand as her daughter headed out for a shift with the Wesport EMS COVIT-19 team. Like any mom, Nicole Straight found a way to give back. “I’m really proud of my daughter and I tell her all the time,...

A simple idea has turned into thousands of meals for hospital staff and first responders on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic

Twenty Westport residents have tested positive for coronavirus, according to first selectman Jim Marpe. Of 31 people in town who were tested, 20 were positive, according to the Westport Weston Public Health District. The number confirms that COVID-19 as spread significantly through the town, Marpe said in a release. “I want to thank our residents, the public and private schools…

A person in Westport has tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Westport Weston Health District. The COVID-19 case was confirmed by the State Public Health Lab, the health district said. That brings the total number of Connecticut residents who have tested positive for the coronavirus to 6. A New York woman who was tested at Greenwich Hospital also tested…

A person in Westport has tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Westport Weston Health District. This is the sixth Connecticut resident to test positive for the virus.

Len Besthoff takes a look at the need to try and limit the burden on healthcare providers during a pandemic.

Schools in the Westport School District and some other public facilities are closed after a visitor tested positive for the coronavirus. A statement on the school district’s website says that “a number of Westport parents and Westport Public School students, in schools throughout our district, were in contact with an individual presumed to be positive with coronavirus.” Town officials...

Westport has closed its schools after it was learned a man diagnosed with coronavirus may have come in contact with people in town.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed the media Wednesday and asserted that he now thinks it is appropriate to characterize COVID-19 as a pandemic.

Weston public schools are dismissing early Tuesday and Westport public schools are operating on a three-hour delay for students as schools prepare to respond should they need to close schools due to coronavirus. All Weston public schools will have an early dismissal to allow instructional staff dedicated time to plan for the possibility of school closures related to COVID-19, or…

A second person has tested positive for coronavirus in Connecticut as schools, businesses and the state government take new steps to protect against the spread.