1+ week, 6+ day ago   (857+ words) The once-sleepy Westport Animal Control shelter is now full. So are the foster slots for Westport Animal Shelter Advocates. They care for a number of abandoned and surrendered canines, in need of homes. This Sunday (September 6, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), WASA hosts a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (685+ words) Few topics get our readers’ tongues wagging more than dog stories. Recent coverage of a text amendment to allow fenced-in areas at town parks drew dozens of comments. We won’t rehash them here. But one came in after all the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (755+ words) Brian O’Malley grew up in Weston. A retired marketing executive with Hewlett Packard, IBM and others, he has now lived in Westport for over 40 years. He has owned many huskies, all of whom loved Winslow Park. Brian writes: There’s a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (676+ words) Brian O’Malley grew up in Weston. A retired marketing executive with Hewlett Packard, IBM and others, he has now lived in Westport for over 40 years. He has owned many huskies, all of whom loved Winslow Park. Brian writes: There’s a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (371+ words) Jennifer Johnson is in her 3rd term as a Representative Town Meeting (RTM) member, from District 9. Previously, she served on the Parks & Recreation Commission. She writes: Regardless of how one feels about a “dog park,” there is a long-established process for…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (629+ words) “06880” political correspondent John H. Palmer writes: Should Winslow Park include a fenced-in dog area? Or should it be left as is: all open space? If the almost 50 people who stayed on the Planning & Zoning Commission’s Zoom meeting until almost midnight…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (524+ words) The “No Dogs on Sports Fields” signs around town are often ignored. But $77 fines might start getting some owners’ attention. The Parks & Recreation Department and Westport Animal Control advise the public that they’ll stringently enforce the ordinance in the weeks…...