Westport

If you have a high school or college ID, you may be in line for some savings the next time you shop in Westport. The Fairfield County town unveiled its new Westport Student Discount Program, an effort intended to give students and educators a break on their bills when shopping at select shops and restaurants. The program comes as a…

A four-time Grammy winner and Rolling Stones founding member was honored in Westport Wednesday for contributions to the State of Connecticut.

A four-time Grammy winner and Rolling Stones founding member was honored in Westport Wednesday for contributions to the State of Connecticut. Keith Richards was the first recipient of the Governor’s Award of Excellence, along with a key to the state. “What do you think you are in a public library or something? You can do better than that,” said...

Police in Westport are looking for the person who left an anti-Semitic symbol in a public park. The community is now building snowmen as a sign of unity.

As police look into whoever is responsible for a snowman with antisemitic features in Westport over the weekend, a local church invited people to come together in a show of kindness and community and build their own snowmen. Saugatuck Congregational Church invited people of all faiths to come together on Wednesday afternoon to build snowmen on the front lawn of…

Police are investigating after a snowman with antisemitic symbols placed on it was found in Westport. Westport police said a local rabbi contacted them on Sunday night and reported that a snowman with antisemitic features was found at the Newman-Poses Preserve. The person who found the snowman had notified the rabbi and a local blog, police said. On Monday morning,…

Police are looking for whoever stole a person’s car while they were pumping gas in Westport Monday evening. Westport police said they responded to the Exxon gas station on Post Road East around 3:45 p.m. Responding officers said a person’s 2022 Mercedes Benz GLS was stolen, and they sustained minor injuries to their hands while trying to stop the...

Firefighters removed a person from a vehicle after a crash on Interstate 95 South in Westport early Sunday morning. Emergency crews were called to the crash on I-95 near exit 18 around 3 a.m. It was reported that one person was still inside the vehicle. When emergency crews arrived, fire officials said they found one vehicle off of the road…

Westport firefighters rescued a deer trapped in the ice of the Saugatuck River Thursday morning. Dispatchers received a call about the deer on the ice around 6:50 a.m., according to fire officials. Fire crews responded to the river near the Post Road. Firefighters got into their cold water rescue suits and headed out on the Saugatuck River in an inflatable…

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has identified a woman who was found dead in Westport nearly 40 years ago. Authorities said the woman formerly known as Fairfield County Jane Doe has been identified as Barbara Heyward-Manners, who died at the age of 33. The medical examiner used forensic genealogy corporation Othram to identify the woman’s charred remains….

A teenage dirt biker is dead after colliding with a dump truck in Westport Wednesday afternoon. The police department said the crash happened around 3:20 p.m. on Old Hill Road. A dirt bike was traveling southbound and a fully loaded dump truck was traveling in the other direction when they collided. The dirt bike and dump truck were trying to…

One person has been taken into custody and two people remain at large after a hit-and-run crash in Westport on Sunday. State police learned about a collision on Route 15 North near the Clinton Avenue overpass in Westport around 1:20 p.m. Investigators said the crash involved a BMW that had been reported stolen from Greenwich. The three people inside of…

A Weston man who has been missing since Sunday evening was found dead in a river in Westport after his car was located submerged in the river in Fairfield, according to police. They believe his death could be connected to the flooding last weekend.

Fairfield police said the Weston Police Department notified them around 12:39 p.m. Thursday that a vehicle was submerged in the Aspetuck River, right behind Aspetuck Falls in Fairfield. No one was found inside and officials believe the vehicle had been there for several days. As police continued to investigate, there was evidence that someone had been in the vehicle when…

One pedestrian is in critical condition and another is in stable condition after being struck by a vehicle in Westport on Wednesday night. Police said the two pedestrians were hit on Imperial Avenue near Post Road East around 6:45 p.m. Both pedestrians suffered what investigators said were significant injuries. The two pedestrians were transported to Norwalk Hospital. Police said on…

A crash involving a state police cruiser along Interstate 95 Westport over the weekend is leading to frustration from state officials. State police have charged 47-year-old Sonny Abdul-Hardy, of the Bronx, New York, with failure to move over for an emergency vehicle and following a vehicle too closely. The state trooper was out of the vehicle at the time, assisting…

A disabled tractor-trailer caused significant delays on Interstate 95 South in Westport Thursday afternoon. The truck became disabled in the middle of the highway between Exits 18 and 17 and caused a sizeable diesel fuel spill, according to Westport fire officials. The highway was down to one lane in the area as crews worked to clean up the spill. The…

Westport firefighters say the “Jaws of Life” were used to help free a person from inside a vehicle after a crash. It happened on Friday evening on I-95 north in Westport, between exits 17 and 18. That’s where firefighters say a vehicle was pinned under a guard rail after a crash, and a person was stuck inside. According to Westport…

On May 9, masked burglars wielding sledgehammers smashed display cases at a jewelry store in Westport and stole jewelry. Police have now made an arrest in the case. Officers responded to a burglary at Lux, Bond, and Green at 136 Main St. around 3:10 p.m. that day and employees told them that two people who wearing masks and gloves entered…

It’s been a long road for the Greenfield family whose young daughter Shea has a serious heart condition. “When she was born, her heart stopped, and they had to resuscitate her at the hospital,” Shea’s mother Kira Greenfield said. “It was about 15 to 20 doctors, and they said, ‘your daughter’s heart is not in a good place.’” The...