Students Named National Merit Semifinalists Tops Westport Weeks News

WESTPORT, Conn. -- Here are some of the stories that topped the news in Westport last week:

Daily Voice

09/21/2014 5:00 a.m.

Thirteen students from Staples High School in Westport were named semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship.
William Raveis Real Estate in Westport is hosting “Shred-It for Breast Cancer”.
Two hospitals in different parts of Connecticut are reporting clusters of a severe respiratory illness among young children that could be due to enterovirus D68, or EV-D68.
Despite several reports of doom and gloom about the upcoming winter for Fairfield County, the National Weather Service is forecasting average temperatures and precipitation for the season.
Westport firefighters burned off propane leaking from a 500-pound tank on Surf Road.

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