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18 Rescued Following Westport Rowing Club Accident At Compo Beach 18 Rescued Following Westport Rowing Club Accident At Compo Beach
18 Rescued Following Westport Rowing Club Accident At Compo Beach Eighteen teens and juveniles, in addition to several others, were rescued after three rowing sculls overturned and the chase boat took on water at a Fairfield County beach. The incident occurred off Westport off Compo Beach on Long Island Sound around 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 20. According to Lt. Eric Woods, of the Westport Police, police, fire and EMS responded to Compo Beach on a report that numerous people were in the water after a boat capsized. Responding units found a chaotic scene of youths swimming to shore, arriving by boat, and some still in the water near Cockenoe Isla…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
School Bus Driver Trapped, Several Students Injured In Westport Crash School Bus Driver Trapped, Several Students Injured In Westport Crash
School Bus Driver Trapped, Several Students Injured In Westport Crash A school bus carrying children crashed in Westport, trapping the driver, and slightly injuring several children. The crash took place around 8:15 a.m., Friday, Feb. 7, at the intersection of Sylvan Road North and Orchard Hill Road in Westport, said Westport Police Lt. Anthony Prezioso. Prezioso said initial findings at the scene show that the bus had been traveling southbound on Sylvan Road North approaching Orchard Hill Road when it veered off the roadway striking a traffic sign, stone wall and large tree causing significant front end damage.  As a result, the bus…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Staples HS Welcomes New Principal Staples HS Welcomes New Principal
Staples HS Welcomes New Principal The Westport Board of Education has named a veteran educator to take over at the helm of Staples High School. The Board announced on Thursday that Stafford W. Thomas, Jr. will succeed Principal James D’Amico, who announced earlier this year that he was resigning to take over at his hometown high school in New Fairfield. Thomas will take over on July 1, when D’Amico’s resignation officially takes effect. He was unanimously approved by the Board at a meeting on Thursday, June 20. He comes to Westport after serving as the principal at Hillcrest Middle School in Trumbull for eight years. Unde…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Westport Schools Superintendent Resigns Westport Schools Superintendent Resigns
Westport Schools Superintendent Resigns Following a trying year, Westport Schools Superintendent Colleen Palmer announced that she will be resigning from her position before the 2019-2020 academic year. In a letter to parents this week, the Westport Board of Education announced that Palmer plans to retire from the district, effective on Aug. 1, just two years after she left the Weston School District to take over in Westport. The announcement comes weeks after it was announced that Coleytown Middle School will likely not open before January 2020 due to ongoing mold issues. It also comes as area parents have been vociferously prot…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Westport Board Of Ed OKs K-6 Plan For Coleytown Students Displaced By Mold Westport Board Of Ed OKs K-6 Plan For Coleytown Students Displaced By Mold
Westport Board Of Ed OKs K-6 Plan For Coleytown Students Displaced By Mold The Westport Board of Education has come up with a plan for its students after hundreds were displaced due to an ongoing mold issue at the Coleytown Middle School. Earlier this year, the middle school was forced to shut down for the year due to an ongoing mold problem. The emergency closure left the 450 Coleytown elementary school students and staff split between Bedford Middle School and Staples High School. After three months of debate, the Board of Education voted five to two this week to make Westport’s elementary schools K-6 beginning next year, though they said they are open to findin…

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by Zak Failla