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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…

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,…