Westport Shorelines

07/07/2025

One of the coolest floats ever!

Karen Smith was a kid when Jaws came out in 1975 and still remembers the terror the movie caused in these parts — “My dad was a fisherman tied up at the point, he used to drag around the …

05/07/2025

Second time's a charm

Voters at Tuesday evening’s Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved two warrant articles that legalize and regulate short term rentals (STRs) in Westport, a year after confusion over the issue led …

02/04/2025

A Westport couple who refused to accept that their young son’s rare genetic disorder couldn’t be cured may end up saving or prolonging his life, and the lives of thousands of others. …

01/16/2025

12/20/2024

Public hearing set for Tuesday, Jan. 14

If it passes into law as written, a revamped Short Term Rental (STR) bylaw would make the practice legal across Westport, while keeping local oversight to a minimum, and would codify it as a …

11/06/2024

More votes to be counted still, but so far Ouellette is on top

Westport Democrat Steve Ouellette appears to have squeezed out the narrowest of victories in the 8th Bristol Representative District race, sliding past what he called “a red wave that flowed …

10/31/2024

Biologists spent much of Thursday afternoon dissecting a 30-foot humpback whale that washed up just west of the Elephant Rock Beach Club late Wednesday or early Thursday. The large juvenile lay …

07/26/2024

What a great idea.

It had rained a few days earlier, so by Friday morning the zucchini had gotten huge — some five pounds or more. The swiss chard was thick, rich green and a beautiful deep pink at the stem, the …

07/11/2024

Westport police are trying to locate a local girl reported missing early Thursday morning. Lilyana Gorman, 14, was last seen leaving her home in the Conserve Avenue area just after 4 a.m. She …

07/08/2024

A controversial plan to open a live-in facility for teens on the Westport/Little Compton town line appears all but dead this week, after the developer notified Westport officials just before the July …

05/24/2024

A divided Westport Select Board deadlocked Monday night on a plan to take two State Road properties west of Route 88 by eminent domain, a move the town administrator said would shore up the …

05/23/2024

The Westport Conservation Commission unanimously approved access road work at Horseneck Beach last fall, but filed a cease and desist order Wednesday afternoon after discovering that the scope of the …