Fund balance: New figure is 9.6% but the debate remains the same
Extra money’s usually welcome. But how much is too much when it comes to the town’s “fund balance” of unspent money? Finance board members continue to disagree. Reworked figures on the size of the...
View ArticleFountain series line-up announced
Edwin R. Taylor, minister of music at Ridgefield’s First Congregational Church, has announced the line-up for Fountain Music Series for 2014-2015. The season begins as usual with the Annual Fall...
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Wetlands board approves lake suctioning work
Evening shadows engulfed the northern and western shores of Lake Mamanasco late Tuesday as afternoon sunlight still caught the eastern shore with Richardson Park’s cliffs. The Mamanasco Lake...
View ArticleGrant supports Big Read effort
The Ridgefield Playhouse announced that it has received a Connecticut Humanities grant, in partnership with the Ridgefield Library, to support The Big Read project in Ridgefield. The Big Read is a...
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Photo: And the kitchen sinks…
The Ridgefield Lions Club donated a multiple compartment sink and hand washing sink to the Parks and Recreation emergency center kitchen. Lion Mike Liberta was instrumental in the purchase and...
View ArticleProspector sets Nov. 20 as grand opening date
Lights, camera, action — the Prospector Theater is getting ready to step into the spotlight, announcing that it will open the doors to the public for the first time on Thursday, Nov. 20. “That night we...
View ArticleLast call for TV writing class
Last call to enroll in Katie Torpey’s TV Screenwriting workshop, which starts Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., and runs through Nov. 25. Hollywood TV and film writer Katie Torpey will help...
View ArticleWoman’s club plans open house
The Ridgefield Woman’s Club will hold an open house for prospective members at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, at its regular meeting. Women from Ridgefield and the surrounding area are invited to attend...
View ArticleEducators review security projects
Two school security projects will wrap up this week — installing cameras that can read license plates of vehicles entering any of the parking lots of the town’s nine public schools and adding keys...
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Author Korda discusses Lee
Michael Korda Best-selling author and esteemed historian Michael Korda will discuss his just released book Clouds of Glory at the Ridgefield Library on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. In the book Korda...
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Selectmen discuss 10-acre Schlumberger bids
This building at Schlumberger is slated to be torn down. —Jake Kara Photo With representatives from four of the five bidders looking on Monday afternoon, the Board of Selectmen talked out some of...
View ArticleBeginner bridge, and intermediate
Beginning and Intermediate Contract Bridge classes are available through Ridgefield Continuing Education. Beginner Bridge (Wednesdays; Oct. 1 through Dec. 3; no class Nov. 26; $168) covers the basics...
View ArticleSelectmen approve deer hunt
Plans for the annual deer hunt were approved by the selectmen Tuesday night. It will be, the discussion revealed, Ridgefield’s ninth official culling of the deer herd that lives in the town’s...
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Photo: Many medals
Six students from a local taekwondo school competed in the 2014 USA National Taekwondo Junior Olympic Championship in San Jose, Calif., in July and brought home medals. Front row: Cameron Smith, Lalo...
View ArticleDistrict welcomes new faculty members
An assistant principal, an engineer, a dual-certified science teacher, and a pair of elementary supervisors — those are just some of the new hires the school district has made over the last six months....
View ArticleSecurity software lease adds middle man
The Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to approve a three-year lease worth $77,073 with Arrow Capital Solutions to pay for security software. The software lease will continue the use of...
View ArticleSesame Streeter on social change
On Sunday, Oct. 5, at 2 at the Ridgefield Library, Nancy W. Stevenson, art director of character design at Sesame Workshop and creative consultant for the Witness Project International, will present a...
View ArticleGuests tend bar for Ridgefield ABC
A guest bartender night at Gallo Ristorante, open to the public, will benefit Ridgefield’s A Better Chance on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. All bar tips and 10% of bar transactions that...
View ArticleCommunity dinners are open to all
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church is once again hosting Community Dinners, open to everyone in the Ridgefield area, beginning Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 5:30 to 7:30. They will take place in the church’s...
View ArticleOld Joe Jagger
I saw an old Ridgefield map with a road called Jagger Lane that I never knew existed. What’s a jagger? Jagger Lane, an “abandoned highway,” ran from behind Pamby Motors on Route 7 to Bennett’s Farm...
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