4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (116+ words) 06880 Herb Podel: From Abraham Lincoln To Today, Heeding History's Lessons Herb Podel " the 101-year-old World War II Seabee veteran and longtime Westporter " did not get to ride in a car, as grand marshal of the 2026 Memorial Day parade. But the…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (126+ words) Westport is " or was " a "Tree City USA." We've got a sign to prove it. It's right there on Jesup Green. And no one offered up a back story about it. So it's on to this week's puzzler. If you…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (990+ words) Some readers lament the loss of smaller structures, and a different streetscape. Some say, "good riddance." Some bemoan the new style of architecture. Others like it. Many also wonder: We've got a Historic District Commission. What exactly does it do?...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (238+ words) Many Westporters have never heard of Cedar Pond Road. Or George M. White. The street is off West Branch Road, which itself lies off Weston Road, in the far north of town. Thanks to George M. White, ever since 1981 (above), presidential inaugurations…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (161+ words) All year long, we're celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Our town is joining in too. It hasn't gotten much publicity. But we've got a website " Westport250 " which serves as a central hub. Town operations director…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (1812+ words) Our image of the town " what it is, and should be " is formed by our first experiences here. Mine dates back to the 1960s, when I was in elementary and junior high school. Those who arrived later " by birth, as kids…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (285+ words) In 1923, Edward T. Bedford built the YMCA, in downtown Westport. As a boy decades earlier, he'd watched from outside as men played pool in the Westport Hotel " the social (and, in a way, geographic) center of town, at the intersection of…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (788+ words) As Westport prepares to celebrate the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Compo Hill " well, at least Sunday's Minute Man road race gives a nod to our heroic effort during the Revolutionary War " let's remember a time when our town remembered…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (41+ words) Several side streets on a small stretch off North Avenue have seen big changes in the past 2 decades. Melon Patch Lane, March 2015 " Peach Lot Place, October 2012 " Pleasant Valley Lane, June 2006 " Reimer Road, January 2010 " " and April 2026....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (978+ words) The Shoah Memorial " an inspiring sculpture honoring the bravery of 4 women in the face of Nazi horrors " comes to Fairfield University in July. The Westport Library offers a companion program. They say: "In an era of rising division, how do…...