8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (825+ words) Yesterday was Westport’s 1st day of school. In a scene repeated all over town (and the country) (and every August), the kids at the Vani Court bus stop got ready for another (hopefully great) year. For nearly 40 years, the Hole in…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (612+ words) On the last Sunday morning in September, Compo Beach will look the way it has on that date for over 2 decades: bikes racked along the sand, wetsuits half-zipped, and a line of swimmers walking down to the jetty. For many…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (855+ words) Less than 2 weeks remain before “A Day in the Life of Westport.” Whether it’s a sunrise at Compo Beach, breakfast with family, volunteering at a community event, opening a business downtown, walking the dog, cheering from the sidelines or enjoying…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (228+ words) Werner Liepolt is a longtime Westporter. His family has done extensive research into an intriguing family story. Werner writes: However, one thin box shifted our priorities. Bobbi and our son James found it in a closet. He noted that Bill…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (219+ words) Werner Liepolt is a longtime Westporter. His family has done extensive research into an intriguing family story. Werner writes: However, one thin box shifted our priorities. Bobbi and our son James found it in a closet. He noted that Bill…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (168+ words) We’ve posted this image of Main Street before. It’s from the 1962 Staples High School yearbook. But never with this color, or computer-enhanced graphics. Eric Bosch — who moved here with his family in the fall of 1963 — sent it along. To orient…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (586+ words) On Wednesday, our Roundup reported that a couple of days earlier, a Westporter had found a large, heavy sign at Schlaet’s Point. It honored a dog, and had apparently been placed on Cockenoe Island. The man who found it figured…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (824+ words) Effective today (Thursday), there are no lifeguards on duty at Burying Hill Beach. The beach remains open, with swimming at your own risk. Beach emblems are required at Burying Hill through Labor Day (September 7). Compo Beach lifeguards continue their regular…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (917+ words) David Stalling grew up in Westport, and graduated from Staples High School in 1979. After forestry school in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, and serving in a Marine Corps Force Recon unit, he moved to Montana in 1986. he has spent…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (734+ words) For more than 25 years as a magician and mentalist, Jason Bird did it all. A Las Vegas headliner, he performed over 9,000 times. He appeared on NBC, Fox and The CW’s “Masters of Illusion.” His work captivated audiences of pro athletes,…...