Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today in print and e-edition:
- The new Prospector theater has a mission, and Marion Roth will be leading it.
- Folks on New Street are asking for a sidewalk so they can walk to town safely.
- Should the schools self-insure their employees? It’s potentially much cheaper — but also much riskier.
- Ridgefield has put up an all-out effort to combat bullying, and it seems to be working.
- There’s an interview with Tucker West, who’s been picked for the U.S. Olympic luge team.
- Tom Belote looks at what was happening at Christmas time in Ridgefield a century ago.
- Saturday’s information session on the new cell tower answered some questions.
- Bishop Frank Caggiano offers thoughts on the meaning of Christmas.
- How many Rockefeller Center Christmas trees have come from Ridgefield? Maybe more than from any other community.
- The Ridgefield Symphony is planning its biggest — and last — Dancing with the RSO.
- Gift ideas for shoppers, including items made in Connecticut, are featured in The Last Minute Gift Guide in this issue.
- George Hancock has published the third in his series of Ridgefield history novels, this one focusing on the Civil War era.
- The Groom Room has 30 years of helping pets put on the dog.
- The 2014 Buick Encore shows its traditional heritage even though it’s assembled in by Daewoo in South Korea, says test driver Steven Macoy.
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