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Metro-North service was suspended Thursday after a man’s death and people on the train were moved to another. According to Westport police, MTA police are investigating a report that a 45-year-old man “left a westbound Metro-North train” just before 11:30 a.m. as the train was traveling between Westport and East Norwalk and he pronounced dead. Metro-North service was suspended...

A Connecticut man died in a ski accident in Vermont on Monday. Arthur Powers, 60, of Westport, hit a tree while skiing at Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont, according to police. Ski Patrol members provided emergency medical care to Powers on the mountain before bringing him off the hill to EMS personnel. The EMS crew continued to work on…

Westport police have arrested a man who is accused of hacking the computer system at his former job and modifying its website. Detectives were called to a business in Westport on September 4, 2020, around 10:30 a.m. after getting a report of a possible computer crime. According to police, the complainant said that a former employee, later identified as 33-year-old…

Sherwood Island State Park in Westport is closed Monday for the removal of snow and ice. Connecticut is cleaning up after one snowstorm on Sunday and the NBC Connecticut meteorologists are tracking more snow on Tuesday.

A fire has damaged a multi-family home in Westport on Sunday. Dispatchers received a 911 call from a resident shortly after 6:30 a.m. reporting a fire at a home on Bayberry Lane. When fire crews arrived to the home, they said they found a two-story, two-family home with fire on the first floor, second floor and attic. Multiple fire hoses…

Westport police are warning local businesses to be careful of fire extinguisher inspection scams. The warning comes after a person posing as an employee with the Westport Fire Department told a local business they needed to replace two fire extinguishers, police said. The individual spoke with a teenager working at a local business in the Saugatuck area on Saturday and…

One person has severe injuries after firefighters said he or she was struck while outside of a vehicle in the breakdown lane of Interstate 95 in Westport on Saturday morning. Emergency crews were called to a crash on I-95 northbound between exits 18 and 19 around 9 a.m. While en route, firefighters said they learned that there was a report…

Two Westport teens were arrested after fliers with threatening messages on them were found downtown last month. An 18-year-old and another individual under the age of 18 were arrested on Thursday following an investigation into the Sept. 27 incident, according to police. Police said they identified the two individuals involved through a review of surveillance video in the neighborhood. Officers…

Interstate 95 South was shut down after a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car in Westport Friday morning. State police were dispatched to the crash, which happened between exits 19 and 18. According to officials, the southbound lanes were closed for several hours. No information was released about injuries.

A Westport man was arrested after an altercation in front of the Democratic Town Committee Office in Fairfield. Michael Silverstein, 61, was arrested after he showed up at the front door of the DTC office on Sasco Hill Road and yelled profanities and insults at volunteers inside, according to police. Police said one of the DTC volunteers offered to help…

A 10-year-old girl has died after a three-car crash in Westport, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning that sent a total of seven people to nearby hospitals, authorities said. It was the second of two serious crashes in the town on the Rhode Island border within hours. Around 2:15 a.m., Westport police received “several frantic 911 calls” about a crash at the…

Crews said they responded to a report of an unresponsive man in the water in Westport Saturday afternoon. The incident happened at approximately 1:35 p.m. in the waters off of Cockenoe Island. Police said an unresponsive man was apparently suffering from some type of medical episode while swimming when they found him. Crews said they responded to an alert on…

Parts of Westport were still in the dark Tuesday as the cleanup continued a full week after Tropical Storm Isaias.

Westport residents who are stuck on one blocked street are growing impatient. They say they’re trapped by a home torn apart by a possible tornado, its roof wrapped in powerlines on the road. “It is a safety issue if there is a fire, if there is an emergency there are people with young children, infants,” said Polly Litner who...

People spotted a funnel cloud in Westport on Tuesday and now the National Weather Service is investigating.

Westport parents whose children attended Landmark Preschool said that when COVID-19 hit the state earlier this year and forced school online they asked for a refund.  The school declined, leaving them out thousands of dollars.  “Once we realized that the remote was very much subpar, no where close to the equivalent to in-school, in-person preschool I figured I would...

Parents at Landmark in Westport are paying anywhere from $4,000 to $6,000 per month for three or four days of school for their 2 to 5 year olds.

Interstate 95 South was closed in the Fairfield-Westport area for hours after a crash, but the scene is now clear. The highway wass closed between Exits 19 and 18 and it was congested between exits 26 and 18

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…