Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today in print and e-edition:
- A retiring police captain is Homeland-bound.
- The selectmen are eying the sale of another portion of the Schlumberger property.
- The town may sell a parcel on Prospect Ridge, too.
- A Ridgefield man was arrested in an alleged gun-for-heroin trade.
- The first selectman sees the drug-related bust as another ‘wake-up call’ about the need to curb drug abuse here in town.
- A portion of the Norwalk River in Ridgefield is healthier than it once was.
- Student weathermen hope to share their enthusiasm for meteorology — not just their bottom-line predictions.
- The school board continues to call for canning the selectmen’s review of their budget.
- Could RadioShack be closing?
- It’s time to ‘spring forward’ — despite it not feeling like spring at all.
- A column and letters opine on Common Core, bikes, gun laws and political ideology among other topics.
- A viewing of Jupiter’s red spot is planned.
- The Playhouse is busy as always.
- Acoustic celebration continues.
- Runners shine at New England regionals.
In Arts & Leisure section:
- One of classical music’s top clarinetists, David Shifrin, will perform in
- Wilton with the Amphion String Quartet on Sunday.
- The Darien Antiques Show will open Friday evening at the First
- Congregational Church of Darien.
- The Reel Dad reminds us of some worthy films Oscar failed to honor on
- Sunday.
- Test Drive’s Steven Macoy has lots of good things to say about the 2014
- Honda Accord Hybrid Touring.
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