Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today in print and e-edition:
- Members of the Affordable Housing Committee have resigned en masse, frustrated the town isn’t committed to fostering diversity.
- One program that has increased lower-priced housing options is the accessory apartments rule.
- Ridgefielders are spending more money on town-run recreation, and it helped bolster the 2013-14 budget.
- Road work is being done to battle the ravages of mother nature, but it’s hard to keep up — even as we spend more and more money.
- Ridgefield Republicans joined Republicans statewide in choosing Tom Foley to again challenge Dannel Malloy for the position of governor.
- Ridgefielders are joining in a cold, wet philanthropic effort — dumping ice on each other to help battle ALS.
- Road work is planned at the train station.
- Police are upping speeding enforcement this month.
- Some $15 million worth of houses and condos sold.
- The town is joining an effort to curb drug overdoses.
- Three couples plan to get married and another couple has a new baby.
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