It took 100 minutes of tough, smart and skillful soccer –- and then penalty kicks -– but the Staples boys soccer team defeated New Canaan 1-0 tonight in the FCIAC semifinals at Fairfield Ludlowe High ...

Owners of Westport’s Black Duck Cafe said today the 40-year-old restaurant won’t close after all. In a Facebook posting, the Black Duck said funding had been secured to keep the restaurant in business ...

The Colder family of Westport Avenue in the Compo Beach neighborhood welcomed early trick or treaters today to their spookily decorated home. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Lynn U. Miller for WestportNow.com ...

President Obama today nominated Westporter James B. Comey as the next FBI director. His wife Patrice and five children were front row guests in the White House Rose Garden. If confirmed by the Senate, ...

Students from Bridge Academy, a public charter school in Bridgeport, visited the Westport Arts Center today to view the current exhibition “Love: In the Eye of the Beholder.” Helen Klisser During (c), ...

Some fifth graders at Westport’s Coleytown Elementary School masqueraded as politicians at the school’s annual Halloween parade today. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Kerry Corrigan Foley for WestportNow.com ...

Among those making the Halloween rounds in the Compo Beach area tonight was Staples High School sophomore Katie Groglio, 15, in her “Main Course” costume. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo ...

UPDATE & CORRECT The red small craft advisory pennant was up Monday at Westport’s Ned Dimes Marina at Compo Beach as heavy rains and high winds lashed the area. (An earlier version of this caption ...

Westport’s Bill Mitchell points out something today as he was honored for his 50 years at the widely known family clothing business, Mitchells of Westport, 670 Post Road East. First Selectman Jim ...

Stretch Zone, a practitioner-assisted stretch studio, opened today at 417 Post Road East in the Compo Shopping Center. Ridgefield resident Kyle Hargett (above), franchise owner, said the Westport ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal today posed for a picture with his family in front of Connecticut marchers, including a contingent from Westport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo ...

Westport Assistant Town Clerk Colleen Tarpey swears in Heather Lee today as a Democrat alternate for the Planning and Zoning Commission, replacing Carolanne Curry who recently resigned. Lee, formerly ...