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One person has died after a multi-vehicle crash in Westport on Monday. Westport Police said around 4:20 p.m., officials responded to the area of Saugatuck Avenue on a report of a car accident. Responding officials said two cars collided, causing extensive damage to both. There was one person in each of the cars, police said. One person was conscious, was…

If you’re curious about cannabis or interested in the industry, an event happening in Westport may be for you. It’s called CannaCurious? Marketing, Regulations and Social Equity and helps answer questions for everyone from budding entrepreneurs to people interested in learning more for their own personal use. The American Marketing Association, Southern CT Chapter is hosting the event. Erika...

Five people were transported to the hospital after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 south in Westport on Saturday morning. Firefighters were called to I-95 south between exits 17 and 16 around 5 a.m. When crews arrived, they said they found a multi-vehicle crash with heavy damage to both vehicles and numerous patients. Additional ambulances were requested to the scene….

Activists sent a strong message in support of reproductive rights in Westport on Sunday. “I know that we are here with a lot of heavy hearts and a lot of fear and a lot of anger. And anger can be good because anger makes change,” said Darcy Hicks, of DefenDemocracy of CT. Many are fired up after the leaked...

A Bridgeport man is accused of assaulting a co-worker, hitting the victim with a metal pipe, in Westport. Police said they responded to a construction site on Saugatuck Avenue on Saturday after getting a report that a male had fallen from a roof. As they investigated, they determined that the victim had not fallen and that the injury happened when…

Westport police have arrested a middle school teacher who they said was accused of inappropriately touching a student. Police said they received a report on Jan. 27 that a Bedford Middle School teacher possibly touched a student inappropriately.  The teacher was identified as 72-year-old Arthur Ellis, of Westerly, Rhode Island. The person who made the complaint said she had Ellis…

Darien High School tops a list of the Best High Schools in Connecticut, according to a new national ranking of schools by U.S. News & World Report. The yearly list ranks high schools in each state using a number of factors. Those factors include college readiness — or the proportions of 12-graders who took and earned a qualifying score on…

Residents jumped from a window to escape a fire at a building in Westport Wednesday night and firefighters and police officers rescued around 50 dogs and cats from an animal boarding facility in the building.

Residents jumped from a window to escape a fire at a building in Westport Wednesday night and firefighters and police officers rescued around 50 dogs and cats from an animal boarding facility in the building. Fire officials were dispatched to the mixed occupancy building on Post Road East at 11:43 p.m. and found heavy fire on the second floor. The…

Celebrating a hometown hero was one of the themes in Westport as the community welcomed back Julia Marino.

Celebrating a hometown hero was one of the themes in Westport as the community welcomed back Julia Marino. There were a lot of smiling faces inside the Westport Library on Saturday night. Many people packed inside to get a chance to get an autograph and picture with Julia Marino who just picked up an Olympic silver medal in the 2022…

Roughly 15 years before Herman Melville introduced the world to Moby Dick, a whaling ship from Massachusetts sank near the mouth of the Mississippi River.

A Connecticut hiker was found dead Friday in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, days after he was reported missing, officials said. Thomas Howard, of Westport, Connecticut, went hiking on Mount Colden via the treacherous Trap Dike route on March 11 and expected to return two days later. Howard, 63, was reported missing on Wednesday. His last known location was at the…

One teen and two minors have been arrested in connection to the theft of an Uber Eats driver’s vehicle and the three suspects are accused of leading police on a chase in Westport on Saturday. Officers were called to the parking lot of Post Road East around 7 p.m. after getting a report of a possible theft of a...

Interstate 95 in Westport has fully reopened after a vehicle fire closed lanes and caused delays on both sides of the highway on Sunday. CT Travel Smart said the vehicle fire was between exits 19 and 18 on the southbound side of the highway and the left and center lanes were closed. The highway has since fully reopened. At one…

A firefighter was injured while battling a blaze at a three-story building in Westport Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The fire happened at 3:50 p.m. on Post Road West. Crews responded after receiving calls about a structure fire. Responding crews said they saw heavy smoke when they arrived. Crews evacuated the building and searched both the top floor and attic area…

USA’s Julia Marino gets silver in women’s snowboarding slopestyle event at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Connecticut native Julia Marino has won silver in the women’s snowboard slopestyle finals, becoming the first Olympian to win a medal in the 2022 Winter Games. New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won gold with a final score of 92.88 and Australia’s Tess Coady finished third, posting a final score of 82.68 to claim bronze. Marino finished in second place with a…

A woman who was missing after she went out on a canoe in Westport late Thursday afternoon has been found safe in Norwalk. Officials said 22-year-old Sara Levy was seen launching a canoe into the Saugatuck River at around 4:30 p.m. A short time later, a witness told police he saw a woman in the canoe in the area of…

Westport police have charged a teacher at a daycare after investigating allegations of possible abuse or neglect of infants and three staff members who are accused of failing to report them to the state Department of Children and Family Services.   Police said they started the investigation on June 15 into allegations that a teacher in one of the infant…