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New social services director will search out hidden needs
Tony Phillips, Ridgefield’s new director of social services, comes from New Canaan’s six-person department to join Karen Gaudian, municipal agent for the elderly and social services administrator, in...
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Krysta Cuccia Hamilton, 42, horse trainer, longtime Ridgefielder
Krysta Hamilton Krysta A. Hamilton of Ridgefield, a longtime Ridgefielder who had been a horse trainer and business manager, died on Sunday, June 30, at Danbury Hospital. She was 42 years old and wife...
View ArticleJoAnne ‘Toby’ Travaglini, 61, daughter of ‘Squash’
JoAnne “Toby” Travaglini, of Golden’s Bridge, New York, died on June 28, 2013 at her retirement home in Little River, South Carolina. Born August 31, 1951, daughter of the late Aldo “Squash”...
View ArticleElgie Beal, Jr., 82, worked for Clairol R&D
Elgie Beal, Jr., 82, of Ridgefield, husband of Antoinette (Carcusa) Beal, died on Monday evening, July 1, 2013 at his home. Mr. Beal was born in Henderson County, Tennessee, July 20, 1930, son of the...
View ArticleTax tips for newlyweds
Late spring and early summer are popular times for weddings. Whatever the season, a change in your marital status can affect your taxes. Here are several tips from the IRS for newlyweds. It’s important...
View ArticleIn this week’s Ridgefield Press
Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today (yes, Wednesday) in print and e-edition: Fireworks, both aerial and musical, will be offered this long holiday...
View ArticleReport card on kids worries senator
Senator Toni Boucher (R-Wilton), a member of the Children’s report card leadership committee, said this week she is “deeply concerned” about the report card data unveiled at the committee’s first...
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A 17-year-old with a passion for entrepreneurship
Jack Kaufman, who just graduated from Wooster School, was recently published on Forbes.com for an interview he conducted with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Mr. Kaufman has also published ‘The Found...
View ArticleState’s May home sales highest in three years
Home sales in Connecticut increased almost 3% in May — rising to the highest level of transactions for the month since 2010, according to The Warren Group, publisher of The Commercial Record. A total...
View ArticleThis weekend in Ridgefield
It’s one of those wonderful “four-day weekends,” led off by Independence Day! Enjoy! Slaid Cleaves will be in concert Thursday at 5 in Ballard Park. Fireworks and picnicking are planned at the high...
View ArticleFireworks tonight at RHS; free concert at 5 in park
Music and fireworks will highlight Independence Day celebrations in Ridgefield. “We’re set to go. All we need is the cooperation of mother nature,” said First Selectman Rudy Marconi. Two free concerts...
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Andy Pitre engaged to marry Llaen Coston-Clark in September
Andy Pitre and Llaen Coston-Clark Diane Pitre of Montreal, Quebec, formerly of Ridgefield, has announced the engagement of her son, Andy Pitre, to Llaen Coston-Clark, daughter of Rachel Coston-Clark...
View ArticleFounding ideals
Happy Independence Day! It is a day to remember our Founders’ tribulations and ideals, and to rescue their legacy from modern misappropriation. Between 1765 and 1774, British Parliament passed several...
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Ridgefield Academy graduates its largest class
The Class of 2013 at Ridgefield Academy. Members of the Ridgefield Academy community gathered recently under sunny skies in the school’s scenic Graduation Garden for the Academy’s 38th Commencement...
View ArticleState cracking down on underage alcohol sales
Citing long holiday weekends, a broad array of sold-out concerts and outdoor events, and the arrival of college students home for the summer, the Department of Consumer Protection Liquor Control...
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Temple Shearith Israel has new rabbi
Rabbi David Reiner and his wife, Ashley Susan Heller, a software consultant Rabbi David Reiner will be the new spiritual leader of Temple Shearith Israel, the Reform Jewish synagogue at 46 Peaceable...
View ArticlePeter Acton, 72, attorney, worked for Martin Luther King Day
Beloved father, brother, husband, and friend, Peter M. Acton, Sr. died July 2, 2013. A 14-year resident of Chatham, Massachusetts, Peter was 72 years old and died in the company of his much-loved wife...
View ArticleBig pharma and greedy doctors
How does one explain an internist who wrote more than 900 prescriptions for the controversial and very expensive drug Lovaza, a drug approved to lower triglycerides, or a geriatric doctor who is the...
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Swizzles expands menu, offering salads, soups, more
The Swizzles staff includes, from left, Rosey Donahue, Andrew Moreau, Laura Jahn, Alexandra Duris, Ryan Poveromo, and Morgan Peterson. —Barbara Bangser photo Swizzles, a self-serve frozen yogurt shop...
View ArticleSchool food fails to meet state nutrition standards
Portion sizes of lunch at Ridgefield High School are costing the town money. The schools will once again fail to meet the Connecticut Nutrition Standards for the 2013-2014 school year and, therefore,...
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