Capture-A-Cop, a capture the flag game between local middle schoolers and police officers, kicked off an afternoon of friendly games on Sept. 15. Westport middle schoolers and Westport police officers...
A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed in Bridgeport on Tuesday, Dec. 18, according to recent news reports from NBC Connecticut.
Clinton Howell, a seventh-grader at Bridge Academy, was walking home from...
By Cate Casparius '19
Around 8:30 a.m. on May 4, a Westport resident reported seeing a body on the shore of Saugatuck Shores. After arriving on scene, police discovered a deceased man washed up on...
By Maya Brodows '20
On April 24, Broward Sheriff’s Office released an animated video depicting the violent events of Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida.
The animation provides the first official account...
By Audrey Bernstein '20
Since the shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14th, I have suffered through every emotion.
I have seen horrifying videos taken during the shooting, read the words...
By Teddy Dienst '20
Starbucks Coffee announced that on May 29 every store will be closed for the entire day to conduct a racial training program for every one of its workers. This plan was created in...
A student report of an alleged shooting threat prompted a shelter-in-place procedure at Staples High School and investigations around Westport on Tuesday, Feb. 27.
“A juvenile student was overheard...
By Cate Casparius '19
Norwalk High School experienced an early dismissal yesterday, Feb. 20, at 1:30 p.m. after being under “shelter alert” for a few hours due to a suspicious tip reported by a...
Cate Casparius '19
A resident in Derby, Connecticut, just 22 miles away from Westport, experienced a home invasion, on October 24, a Tuesday morning. Three people broke into the home,...
By Julia Rosier '18
Greenwich High School located 22.6 miles south of Staples in Greenwich, Connecticut was on lockdown on March 29, 2017 due to a threat of violence against the school written on the...
