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Westport girls tennis loses hard fought match to Diman, 4-1
The Westport girls tennis team lost to Diman 4-1 in a hard fought home match on Wednesday afternoon. Three matches went three sets and three forced tie breakers. The Wildcats’ loss, their first …
Two Massachusetts residents are being held without bail after officers found a large quantity of suspected fentanyl and crack cocaine, … Read More
Westport will ease size restrictions on in-law apartments, following a vote last week that zoning board members hope will make it … Read More
Telecommunications construction companies must now seriously consider alternative sites when they propose building cellular telephone … Read More
Voters at Tuesday's Town Meeting soundly rejected a proposed change to Westport's sign by-laws that many feared could restrict their … Read More
Clean up hitter Connor James bashed four hits, drove in four runs and scored four runs to lead the Westport baseball team as they … Read More
The Wildcats singles players swept their matches as the Westport girls tennis team beat up Bishop Connolly 4-1 during a home match on … Read More
The project developer contends it will generate enough clean energy to power 800,000 homes, and will plug into the grid that serves … Read More
Voters at Tuesday night's anual Town Meeting breezed through what could have been a contentious agenda in less than four hours, … Read More
Lt. Thomas Plourde, a member of the Westport Police Department for more than three decades, is nearly ready to turn in his badge. The … Read More
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Letter: Patience! Spring, and life, is returning
To the editor: It was such a long wet winter that the fields couldn’t be mowed until a few weeks ago. This did not please my beautiful pheasant and he fled next door where there was a nice …
Will Newman's letters say nothing of substance
To the editor: Why does Westport Shorelines continue to publish the lengthy and sometimes incomprehensible rants from Will Newman? His May 5 opinion piece is just another example. He uses lots of …
Letter: Bristol County Sheriff Hodgson has to go
To the editor: Sheriffs should be held to the same law conforming, financially transparent and oath abiding standards as all other elected officials in Massachusetts. Because the tenure of …
Letter: America, imploding from within
To the editor: Ka-Boom! Could our democratic society implode from internal causes? Tragically, this is becoming thinkable and even likely. Many Americans seem clueless or …
Letter: Pay attention to the real threats to our liberty
To the editor: Liberty, in common usage, means “freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.” Thankfully, because of our constitution, we have a system of laws to protect …