Editing Westport, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==
[[File:Westport MA Town Hall 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Westport Town Hall, [[Israel T. Almy|I. T. Almy]], architect]]
[[File:Westport Massachusetts- A right to Farm Community.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|Westport is a Right-to-Farm Community.]]
[[File:Westportturnip.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|Historical marker commemorating introduction of the Macomber turnip]]
On the state level, Westport is located in the Eighth Bristol state representative district, which includes parts of Fall River and is represented by Representative Paul Schmid (D-Westport). The town is also represented by Senator [[Michael Rodrigues (politician)|Michael Rodrigues]] (D-Fall River), Assistant Majority Leader in the state senate in the First Bristol and Plymouth district, which also includes Fall River, Freetown, Rochester, Somerset and Swansea. On the national level, the town is part of [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district]], which is represented by [[William R. Keating]]. The state's senior Senator, elected in 2012, is [[Elizabeth Warren]]. The other senator is [[Ed Markey]], who elected in 2013.  Westport is patrolled by the Westport Police Department along with the 3rd (Dartmouth) Barracks of Troop D of the [[Massachusetts State Police]]. In the November [[2012 United States presidential election|United States Election of 2012]], 59% voted for [[Barack Obama]], and 39% voted for [[Mitt Romney]], with the new Massachusetts state senator, Elizabeth Warren edging out former Senator [[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]] in the election.

Westport is governed by an [[open town meeting]], led by a five-member [[board of selectmen]]. The police department is located directly East of the fire department on hixbridge rd.  Westport has a full-time fire department, (which also has on-call firefighters). The two fire stations are located in the north end (on Briggs Rd.) and in the south end (on Hix Bridge Rd).  The fire department also staffs two Advanced Life Support ambulances 24 hours a day.  There are four post offices for the town's two [[ZIP code]]s; The main post office on Route 6, a smaller branch (on Old County Rd.) at the Head of Westport, and the branch (on Adamsville Rd.) in Central Village serve the ZIP code 02790, while the 02791 ZIP code (Westport Point) is served by the Central Village station and at the point itself, on Main Rd. The town's library, the Westport Free Public Library, is located next to Westport Middle School, directly west of the Head of Westport.