The Town Office will be closed on Wed. 12/24 for Christmas Eve and Thu. 12/25 for Christmas. We will also be closed on Thu. 1/1 for New Year's Day.  

Join the Select Board and staff for our annual holiday celebration! Good things to eat and drink, good neighbors to celebrate with, good times for all. Feel free to bring a dish or dessert if you are so inspired. If anyone knows how to play piano, maybe we'll try a round of The Twelve Days of Christmas (depending on how strong the punch is). 

Time to license those pups! You can do it here, or do it online, but do it by 1/31/26 to avoid a $25 fine. You will need a current rabies certificate.  

Winter Sand is available free of charge to island residents from our public sand shed (right next to the big sand & salt shed) in the Town Office parking lot. Two buckets per storm, and may we not need too many buckets this season!  

You might have noticed that the island is practically crawling with deer this year. Regional State Biologist Keel Kemper joined us on 12/15 to go over possible solutions. Listen to the talk here, and reach out to the Select Board at selectboard@westportisland.gov if you have any interest in exploring possible solutions. 

Every ten years or so, the town must undergo a process called "revaluation" where a professional assessor looks at every property and determines its current market value. Our last revaluation was in 2015, so we are due, and have hired the professional assessment firm, RCS Assessment Services, to do the job. Please see the RCS Revaluation Informational Flyer for details on their process and how to contact them. They will be in vehicles with an RCS decal on the side, and the names of the staff doing the work are Brock Frederick, Kevin Nilsson, Josh Pelletier, and Tyler Siering-Bean (click for pics!). It's a tough job, so please be courteous! The new property values will be reflected in your 2027 tax bill. 

The Planning Board and Select Board have been looking at ways to be more consistent about following our own ordinances regarding business regulation for the sake of all residents (and the businesses too!). One requirement of our Building Code Ordinance, is that any businesses that can be seen or sensed from outside a residence (via traffic, lights, noise, smells, stuff, buildings, signs, etc.) are required to obtain a permit and may need to undergo a review with the Planning Board. If you have such a business, and have not done this before, that's okay! But now that you know, please complete our Business Registration Form to find out next steps. For the handful of businesses that have already gone through the process, please fill out the form if your business has expanded since then. Even if you have a business that you think wouldn't require a permit or Planning Board review, we encourage you to complete the form to make sure, and to qualify to be listed on our town website businesses webpage. We field A LOT of requests for referrals, and this is where we send folks!