Joe Aragona has been acclaimed as Mayor of Westport. Photo Provided Westport Mayor-Elect Joe Aragona is moving into the mayor’s chair after four years on council. Aragona, who moved to Westport in 2021, was acclaimed as mayor when no other candidate registered to contest the seat by the Aug. 21 nomination deadline. He said he is honoured by the privilege of becoming mayor, still he acknowledges he’s a little blown away that he is about to don the mayoral chain of office. He’

Corinne Rikkelman. Photo Provided. Corinne Rikkelman is the sixth candidate to enter the race for one of the four council seats in Westport. She said she'd like to get to the table to help Westport grow. “It's a really interesting time because we have this new development that's bringing in a lot of people, and these people are passionate and skilled and interested in getting involved in the community,” Rikkelman said. At the same time, she is concerned about protecting what

Keegan Gray. Photo Provided. Local property manager and businessman Keegan Gray is running to be a councillor in Westport. He is the fifth person to enter the race for one of the four seats on council. Gray is originally from South Africa. He and his wife, Rachel, moved to Westport five years ago from Toronto, where he worked for Tridel, the biggest property management firm in Canada. His wife’s ancestors in Westport and the area go back at least five generations. Her grandfa

Alexandra Parliament. Photo Provided. Alexandra Parliament staked out a unique position when she announced her candidacy for councillor in Westport. “I think there needs to be somebody who is younger and is not retired, with a voice at the table,” she said. “We need to make sure that we're representing everybody and not just the seniors in town, which obviously is a very important demographic, but they're not the only ones, and I feel like everybody else kind of gets forgotte