http://www.yourstreet.com/news/westport YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Westport patrons may be able to see the area in a whole new way next spring. Kelly's Westport Inn hopes to get final approval this week from the city for its new rooftop deck at 500 Westport Road. Since announcing the project a few months ago, the owners now have... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748355/kelly-s-reaches-for-the-sky Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:15:08 -0700 Former Westport charter boat skipper Phil Anderson has been chosen to head Washington's Department of Fish and Wildlife. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716743/westport-man-chosen-to-lead-wa-fish-and-wildlife Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:31:08 -0700 REGION Realizing the difficult financial realities affecting the region, Beth Israel Synagogue of Westport/Norwalk, 40 King St., Norwalk, will offering a "high holy days stimulus package" in which the synagogue will open its doors for Rosh Hashanah services to all... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709229/synagogues-prepare-for-rosh-hasana Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:39:08 -0700 WESTPORT The Westport Community Band, made up of 60 musicians from Westport and neighboring towns, is entering its 33rd season this September under the direction of Sal LaRusso, director of bands for Weston High School. The band performs a variety of music including... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709230/westport-community-band-starts-33rtd-season Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:39:08 -0700 WESTPORT A breakfast reception at Mitchell's of Westport on Aug. 25 marked the official launch of the 16th anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraising and breast cancer awareness campaign in Fairfield County. More... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709231/making-strides-campaign-off-and-running Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:39:08 -0700 By CHARLIE MITCHELL Hour Motorsports Writer Parker Kligerman came from the back to the front Monday at the DuQuoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds to post his ARCA Re/MAX Series-leading seventh victory. The Westport teenager started last after damaging the Cunningham... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709256/kligerman-charges-to-victory Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:39:08 -0700 STAMFORD -- Todd Freeman's office is full of model planes, but the Westport resident said he feels most fulfilled when he's in the real thing, combining his passion for aviation with charity work. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6694301/pilot-merges-hobby-with-charity-work Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:25:08 -0700 By DAVID A. ROSENBERG Hour Theater Critic Time has almost passed "That Championship Season" by. The qualifier, "almost," is there because some supposedly grown men still act like juveniles, use violence to solve problems and lament that society is "no longer the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6692647/-championship-season-no-slam-dunk Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:06:08 -0700 To the Editor: I have been nominated by the Westport Democratic Committee to run for the Board of Finance. Although my wife and I have lived in Westport since 1978, I'm relatively unknown -- even though we've raised three boys here, with all their sports activities;... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6686714/words-from-a-westport-board-of-finance-nominee Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:33:08 -0700 WESTPORT By STEVE KOBAK Hour Staff Writer Three months after a 65-year-old Westport woman drowned in the Saugatuck River, the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is still waiting for a relative to claim her body, but family history shows they may be waiting in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6683298/officials-await-relative-to-claim-woman-s-body Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:12:08 -0700 WESTPORT -- Bridgeport's Don Wilson was up with the sun. Actually, Wilson was up before the sun, taking care of some business before tossing his daughter, Nijah, and his son, Josiah, into the car and http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6681566/wilson-aims-to-empower-kids-with-lacrosse Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:50:08 -0700 A Brooklyn woman is dead and two family members critically hurt after a minivan crashed on the Adirondack Northway in Westport, 100 miles north of Albany. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6678054/brooklyn-woman-killed-in-adirondack-minivan-crash Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:04:08 -0700 AMORIN: of Westport, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, Michael D., 47. Son of Joseph and Denise (Jeunesse) Amorin. Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, at the POTTER FUNERAL HOME, 81 Reed Road, Westport. His funeral will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday from the funeral... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6679894/death-notices Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:50:08 -0700 Kansas City police were out in force in Westport when a series of fights led to several arrests. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6679337/several-arrested-in-westport-fight Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:45:08 -0700 A large brawl and several smaller fights broke out in Westport overnight, prompting police to use pepper spray to disperse two women throwing glass bottles and drinks at each other. Officers arrested three persons for disturbing the peace. One also was cited for... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6680368/police-break-up-brawl-in-westport Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:30:08 -0700 AMORIN: of Westport, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, Michael D., 47. Son of Joseph Amorin and Denise (Jeunesse) Amorin. Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, at the POTTER FUNERAL HOME, 81 Reed Road, Westport. His funeral will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday from the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6679902/death-notices Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:25:08 -0700 WESTPORT ---- A Norwalk woman was killed when her speeding car slammed into the rear end of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95, near the Fairfield border, early Wednesday morning, State Police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6670946/woman-dies-in-morning-i-95-crash Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:41:08 -0700 Andrew Gai has played the best golf of his young life over the past five months. First, the Westport resident led the Staples High boys golf team to the Division I state title, a 19-0 regular-season record and a runner-up finish at the FCIAC championships. He did so... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6670863/westport-s-gai-taking-his-game-on-the-road Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:57:08 -0700 NORWALK By STEVE KOBAK Hour Staff Writer A 21-year-old city woman described by friends and family as a gregarious aspiring model died early Wednesday morning from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle accident on I-95 northbound near exit 17 in Westport. Kendall... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6670882/norwalk-woman-killed-in-i-95-car-crash Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:36:08 -0700 Connecticut state police are investigating a fatal crash on Interstate 95 in Westport. Troopers say 21-year-old Kendall Turek of Norwalk was killed when her car rear-ended a tractor-trailer in the northbound lanes near Exit 17 at about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6670923/one-killed-in-interstate-95-accident Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:13:08 -0700