Westport's Staples High School will be the venue this weekend for CraftWestport sponsored by the Westport Young Woman's League and formerly called the Creative Arts Festival.

The holidays are coming, normally the season for giving and feasting. But with the economy slumping toward its third consecutive downturned December, more locals are struggling to feed themselves than at any point in well over a decade, according to a report by the Department of Agriculture and information collected from local organizations.

A Westport group took a laughter-filled walk down memory lane today with the daughter of one of the 20th century's most famous U.S. entertainers - Jack Benny.

A Norwalk real estate professional today entered a not guilty plea on federal charges he falsified information on a mortgage application for a Westport home he appraised at $2.7 million.

A Westport audience tonight heard a presentation from a Congo female journalist and activist who has borne witness to the systematic rape and violence against women in her country.

Mark and Sean Tubridy, part of the New York City-based rock trio Cyderobin , performed two original songs today at a Westport Town Hall concert by the CantiamoCHOIR.

Westport County Playhouse is taking a pass on a singular holiday show after disappointments of "David Copperfield" and "A Christmas Carol" . Last year it tried a potpourri holiday show but it kind of fizzled.

A tanker truck carrying methanol, also known as wood alcohol, caught fire while traveling northbound on Interstate 95 through Westport at about 4:20 a.m., resulting in the complete closure of the highway for a time in both directions.

Singing for a worthy cause is the raison d'etre of the CantiamoCHOIR of Arts For the Community.

Westport resident Pat Lucci, at 97, professes to racking up seven holes-in-one at Longshore in half a century of play there.

Phyllis Groner, a contributing photographer for WestportNow, had an exhibit and sale at Greg and Tony"s Salon tonight on Westport's Post Road West.

Westport First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff paid tribute today to Westport veterans at a Town Hall ceremony.

Westport's District 7 at Long Lots Elementary School was among Connecticut voting precincts selected today for a random audit.

The owner of a growing restaurant chain has shown his faith in the future of the Westport economy by opening his third restaurant at the former home of Conte's Restaurant at 540 Riverside Ave.

Westport firefighters responded with their Hazardous Material Unit and their Command and Communications Vehicle to aid Fairfield firefighters today at a chemical tanker truck fire on I-95 at Exit 19 in Fairfield.