Bird Club celebrates 50th with raptors
The Paskamanasett Bird Club will commemorate its 50th anniversary on Sunday, May 19, with a display of avian raptors – hawks, falcons, eagles and owls. The presentation is free, and all are welcome. It will be held at the South Dartmouth YMCA, 276 Gulf Road, Dartmouth, at 2 p.m. Jonathan Wood’s Raptor Project provides an [...]
Read More →Survey: Most say, keep Westport small, open
Westport residents worry about an increase in traffic, are big supporters of “sustainable” living, and favor improving schools — if doing so doesn’t raise their taxes much. These are among many findings in the just-completed town Master Plan Update Survey. “Westport residents have spoken very clearly about what is and isn’t important to them for [...]
Read More →Westport Town Meeting: Budget, fire engine, solar rules all succeed
They approved the town’s $32.2 million budget with nary a comment. Westport voters backed every big-ticket purchase before them at Tuesday night’s annual town meeting. They even agreed without remark to some questions that had produced spirited discussion in the past— among them a set of zoning rules governing where and how solar systems can be [...]
Read More →Firefighters battle Jillian Way house blaze in Westport
A week after fire leveled a Meadowbrook Lane house, Westport firefighters were busy battling another house fire, this one Tuesday on Jillian Way. At 8:39 a.m., the Westport Fire Department received a 911 call reporting a fire in the rear yard at 89 Jillian Way. Captain Michael P. Silvia said the fire was discovered by [...]
Read More →Letter: Westport — the challenges of our financial situation
To the editor: Arriving at a balanced budget to recommend to you this year was a particularly difficult and painful process. There were many worthy financial needs in all departments. Fiscal years 2009 to 2012 have been ones of severe budget restrictions. One cause has been drastic decreases in state aid, which, by FY2012, was [...]
Read More →WHS students face grownup choices at financial fair
Sweet new ride or payment into retirement account? Vacation or health care? Westport High School students faced many such choices when the school held its first Credit for Life Fair on April 11. This financial literacy program puts students in the position of 25-year old adults with financial responsibilities and budgets to manage. Westport High’s [...]
Read More →Southeastern stuns Westport with last-inning rally
Visitors score six runs with two outs to steal win from Wildcats By Steve Rogers WESTPORT – One out away from a victory the Westport High School baseball team suddenly forgot how to field the ball and visiting Southeastern Regional took advantage of the opportunities to score six unearned runs in the top of the [...]
Read More →Second suspect caught in Westport safe heist
Westport Police have arrested a second man in connection with last week’s break-in and theft of a 1,000-pound safe at Bristol County Precast located at 23 Alberto Drive in Westport. Steven P. Sullivan, 21, of 1914 North Main Street, Fall River was arrested Thursday afternoon at his residence by Westport investigators. His arrest follows that [...]
Read More →Letter: Westport family lost all to devastating fire; It’s time to help
To the editor: To our South Coast neighbors, The afternoon of April 30, my family was at home when we heard frantic screaming. My husband opened the door to see the woman who lives across the street running for her life. Her home was ablaze. A car with a young woman had stopped in the [...]
Read More →Golfers can help clean Buzzards Bay
South Coast golfers have an opportunity to enjoy an afternoon of golf at a championship course while helping to clean up nitrogen pollution in New Bedford Harbor. The Buzzards Bay Coalition and the Bay Club at Mattapoisett are partnering to host a golf outing on Tuesday, May 28. All proceeds from the outing will go [...]
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