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Schools 03/05/13

Westport School Board Pulls $100K Request For Security Audit

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment

WESTPORT, Conn. – The Westport Board of Education withdrew its request to fund a $100,000 school security study Tuesday night just before the Representative Town Meeting, the town’s legislative body, was scheduled to vote on it.

“The Finance, Education and Public Safety Committees of the RTM have expressed some concerns and, in the interest of ...

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Events 08/24/12

Screen Writing with Katie Torpey at Ridgefied

by Alissa Smith   Comment

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. – Did you ever want to write a screenplay?

If so, the Ridgefield Playhouse has asked writer and actress Katie Torpey to teach a class.

Torpey is an author, screenwriter and ...

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Schools 08/24/12

Fairfield County Mom Tackles Concussions With NFL

by Casey Donahue   Comments (4)
Schools 08/21/12

Westport Police Prepare For Back-To-School

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment
Lifestyle 08/19/12

Westport Students: Be Kind To Your Backs

by Julie Curtis   Comments (2)
Schools 08/17/12

Staples Grads Connect Westport Students To Tutors

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment
Sports 08/17/12

Sign-Ups Begin For Westport-Weston Kids Triathlon

by Eric Gendron   Comment
News 08/14/12

Irish Concert In Westport Moves Indoors

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment
Schools 08/13/12

Westport School Board Chairman Resigns

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment
Police & Fire 08/13/12

Staples Teacher Charged With Reporting False Crime

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment

WESTPORT, Conn. – Staples High School science teacher Kevin Glass is facing two misdemeanor charges for allegedly making a false police report earlier this summer, police said.

On June 26, police said that Glass, 36, reported his car had been broken into at the high school. When officers arrived, the driver’s side window of Glass’s car was broken, according to the police ...

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News 08/10/12

Levitt Concert Moves Indoors In Westport

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment

WESTPORT, Conn. – With rain forecast for Friday night, the River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs concert scheduled at the Levitt Pavilion in Westport will instead be held in the auditorium at Saugatuck Elementary School, Levitt Executive Director Freda Welsh said.

The free concert will begin at 8 p.m. With the exception of water, no food or drink is allowed in the ...

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Obituaries 08/09/12

Lynn Rosenfeld, 77, Westport Teacher

by Lindita Lika   Comment

WESTPORT, Conn. – Lynn Rosenfeld, a longtime Westport resident and special education teacher, died Aug. 3. She was 77.

Born Dec. 13, 1934, in Grand Junction, Colo., Rosenfeld was raised on a fruit ranch. Her family later moved to Layton, Utah, where she graduated from high school and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

She married Kurt Rosenfeld in 1957, ...

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Sports 08/07/12

Westport Weston Y Swim Coach Earns State Honor

by Tom Renner    Comment
Sports 08/03/12

Letter From London: A Strong Finish

by John LaCava   Comment
Business 08/02/12

Save Money, Fairfield County College Students

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Events 08/01/12

Mr. Steve Performance In Westport Moves Indoors

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment

WESTPORT, Conn. – With rain in the forecast for Wednesday evening, PBS kids’ Mr. Steve will perform in the auditorium at Saugatuck Elementary School instead of at the Levitt Pavilion, Levitt Executive Director ...

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Neighbors 07/31/12

Westport’s Wakeman Farm Cultivates Future Farmers

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment

WESTPORT, Conn. – Kids enrolled in the Wakeman Town Farm Junior Farmer Camp in Westport are getting their hands dirty learning what it takes to be a farmer.

As part of the program, students are learning ...

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News 07/29/12

Westport Caribbean Concert Moves Indoors

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment

WESTPORT, Conn. – Due to the weather forecast for Sunday evening, the Dave Samuels & The Caribbean Jazz Project concert at Westport's Levitt Pavilion is moving indoors to Saugatuck Elementary School, Levitt Executive Director Freda Welsh announced.

The free concert will be held in the school’s air-conditioned auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. With the exception of water, ...

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News 07/28/12

Rain Forces Westport Concert Indoors

by Vanessa Inzitari   Comment

WESTPORT, Conn. – Due to the weather forecast for Saturday evening, the Doug Wahlberg Band performance at the Levitt Pavilion in Westport is moving indoors to Saugatuck Elementary School, Levitt Executive Director Freda Welsh announced.

The free concert will be held in the school’s air-conditioned auditorium at 8 p.m. With the exception of water, no food or drink is ...

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Obituaries 07/27/12

Joseph Quigley, 80, Supported Westport Sports

by Lindita Lika   Comment

WESTPORT, Conn. – Joseph M. Quigley, formerly of Westport, died June 2 of cancer in Naples, Fla. He was 80. 

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Theresa Church in Trumbull. A ...

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