Michelle Orlando is back on the Westport School Committee, five months after she lost her seat in April's elections.
A joint meeting of the Westport Select Board and school committee voted 7-0 …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/13/22
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Students arrived back at Westport Schools Tuesday, and were greeted by a long list of new programs, as well as a return of a favored old one, including the middle school sports program.
Middle …
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9/2/22
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Renovating the old high school for re-use by Westport's municipal offices, senior center and school administration would cost just over $29 million, while renovating the town's current offices would …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/23/22
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Former Westport School Committee member Michelle Orlando, who lost her seat on the committee in the April election, has submitted a letter of interest for re-admission to the committee.
The …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/4/22
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Nancy Tavares has resigned from her Westport School Committee post, opening the door for a joint school committee/select board appointment to the vacant seat.
Tavares, who was elected to the …
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By Ted Hayes
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7/20/22
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The Westport United Grade 5 Girls' Soccer Team competed at the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions over the last weekend of June, marking the first time in 23 years that Westport had entered a team …
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7/7/22
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Westport High School recently announced the Top 10 students graduating in the 2021-22 class:
Laura Martel
The Valedictorian of the Class of 2022 for Westport Middle High School is Laura …
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6/15/22
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Some coasted through, others barely scraped by. But no matter how they got there, or where they're going, Kyra Ferreira told her 67 fellow Wesport High School graduates Saturday morning that "it …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/15/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Catherine O’Hara told her fellow graduates at Portsmouth Abbey that she had “failed a lot” over her four years of high school, but nearly every time one of …
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6/7/22
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Westport's new 'Start Em Young' program continues to grow, with elementary school students now getting the chance to participate in flag football, basketball and journalism after school four days a …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/3/22
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With fewer than 20 days left in the school year, officials are moving quickly to beef up security at district schools following the shooting that left 19 students and two teachers at a Texas …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/1/22
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The Westport River Watershed Alliance has awarded four Westport students in its annual essay contest. Students were asked to write about the things in the Westport River that they were excited …
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4/22/22
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Westport School Committee member Melissa Pacheco and political newcomer Gloria Cabral won three-year terms on the school committee Tuesday, placing first and second place, respectively, in the …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/13/22
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The head of Westport Community Schools said this week that while the district can live without some of the items he and the school committee proposed under a $4.4 million override budget, the …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/6/22
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More than 800 students poured into Westport's brand new flagship middle and high school Tuesday morning, nearly two years after groundbreaking began on the $97 million project and a decade after high …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/7/21
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PROVIDENCE — At her regular weekly press conference today, Gov. Gina Raimondo confirmed what she had already hinted at during media interviews earlier this week: The opening day for Rhode …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/12/20
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