A power outage that shut down traffic lights combined with snow clearing work on the Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge caused a traffic backup in Westport’s center today. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for ...

Westport and other area air travelers will soon have a new airport choice for commercial jet service—for the first time since 1996, commercial jet service is returning to Tweed-New Haven Airport.

Family, friends, and local politicians today honored Sal Gilbertie, (c) owner of Gilbertie’s Herbs and Garden Center, 7 Sylvan Lane, on his 80th birthday. The event was hosted by the founders of the ...

An overflow crowd jammed Westport’s Barnes & Noble today to hear Westport native Lynsey Addario talk about her new book, “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War.” Her mother, Camille, ...

A fierce wind storm that swept across the Midwest and then into the Northeast today caused relatively minor damage to Westport, downing some trees and power lines. Connecticut Light & Power Co.

The new home of The Gap at Westport’s 125 Main St. is nearing completion as a crane lowers building materials to the roof. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Larry Untermeyer for WestportNow.com ...

Every film year acts as a mirror and reflects the tenor of the times. When the Oscars began in 1929 to celebrate the motion picture industry, the winner was William Wellman’s anti-war “Wings.” The ...

Large chunks of ice show signs of thaw Wednesday in the Saugatuck River in Westport as temperatures reached into the 40s. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com ...

Merit Scholarship finalists (back row, l-r) Matthew Silver, Constance Zhou, Robert Perry, David Katter, Charlotte Breig, Zachary Lerangis, (front row, l-r) Priyanka Subramanian, Michelle Mastrianni, ...

With a bit of humor, the florists at Taylor’s Floral Arts at 240 Post Road East in Westport designed a creative way to temporarily repair a broken front window. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Lynn U. Miller for ...

The Ned Dimes Marina at Westport’s Compo Beach today showed the effects of weeks of freezing temperatures. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com ...

Westport-based Earthplace will host three three screenings of “An Inconvenient Truth,” the documentary exploring global warming and humans’ effect on it. The first showing will be Sunday at 1 p.m. The ...