Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today in print and e-edition:
- A state investigation of last year’s fatal, officer-involved shooting determined the officer’s actions were justified based on the circumstances.
- Police continue investing the death of an infant Ridgefield boy left in a hot car Monday.
- A fireworks celebration delayed by last week’s weather is set to go off this weekend.
- The first Fresh Air kids of the summer have arrived. There’s still time to sign up to share the simple pleasure of summer with a child in August.
- School security is getting better, officials say.
- Dump passes are helping cover the costs involved with running the recycling plant.
- Plans for a mixed-use project on Main Street go to a public hearing next week.
- Murph’s Turf looks at how the FCIAC has been a loss for Bridgeport teams.
- The fire department is hoping to offer safety checks for child car seats, but it needs some money to train and certify inspectors.
- Two more CHIRP concerts are coming up next week.
- A play by a Ridgefield playwright takes the stage this weekend.
- A Ridgefield woman was charged with manslaughter over a 2013 crash when she was picked up for shoplifting over the weekend.
- Almost $40 million worth of home sales meant the town collected a lot of conveyance taxes.
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