Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today in print and e-edition:
- A couple has purchased Spruce Ridge Farm, one of the largest pieces of residential land in town, and plans to use it for retired horses.
- The first selectman looks back on 2013 and what’s been accomplished.
- She’s only 11, but Evelyn Carr is singing on stage and at public events.
- Former RHS volleyball standout Theo Brunner is seeking a spot on the U.S. Olympic beach volleyball team.
- Laurie Scholl, named town Employee of the Year, looks forward to the daily challenges of her human resources job.
- More than $18 million in homes were sold last week.
- The elms in front of the town hall must come down, and the plaza there will be redesigned and rebuilt.
- A Ridgefield scout will use music to help Waterbury kids get books to read.
- Yankee legend Mariano Rivera spent an hour and a half, chatting with the public in a benefit for Tiger Hollow.
- If a car doesn’t hit the Fountain, what else could?
- The Ridgefield Library is looking for some equipment for its new building.
- Volunteers from Temple Shearith Israel went to New York City to help the homeless.
- Were there bears on Bear Mountain?
- At the holidays 75 years ago, Ridgefield was still in the Great Depression, notes historian Tom Belote.
- The quest for a new Chamber of Commerce director has begun.
- Nasty dog owners, violent video games, the “hotel vote,” Schlumberger land’s future, and smoky arguments inspire letter-writers this week.
- Test driver Steven Macoy reviews some of his favorite cars of 2013.
- Note: Next week’s Press will also be published on Friday instead of Thursday.
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