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Land lease for group home heads for hearing
Tom Fanning, president of Ability Beyond, brought a model of the group home the organization hopes to build off Halpin Lane to the Board of Selectmen. —Macklin Reid photo Plans for another group home...
View ArticleDiscussion on 100-unit project tonight
The Planning and Zoning Commission will have an informal discussion with the developer of a proposed assisted living center of 100 units along Route 35, across from Buck Hill Road tonight, May 5. The...
View ArticleDocument station
Over the coming months, we will be updating our readers on some of the new technologies that are now available at the Ridgefield Library. One of the newest and most useful is our Library Document...
View ArticleLyme conference will be held May 12
Lyme Disease: Why Can’t We Get Better? From Symptoms to Solutions is the theme of this year’s Tuesday, May 12, Ridgefield Lyme Connection conference and health fair in Danbury. Free and open to the...
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Rock and roll fashion show benefits wounded warriors
Laurie Hollander greets Staff Sgt. Tim Brown and Master Sgt. John Masson, both of whom received minivans. A fashion show at the Ridgefield Playhouse this Wednesday, May 6, will benefit an Easton-based...
View ArticleTick safety tips from town health department
Tick talk is at an all-time high with concerns about Powassan, a more lethal, untreatable virus carried by the same black-legged ticks that cause Lyme disease, leading the news. The Ridgefield Health...
View ArticleRidgefield doctors open walk-in clinic
Danbury Orthopedics, which includes a number of Ridgefield doctors, recently opened an orthopedic walk-in clinic on White Street in Danbury, called OrthoCare Express. Ridgefield doctors at Danbury...
View ArticleCoach Callahan charged for DUI, texting
Ridgefield High School football coach Kevin Callahan has been charged with driving under the influence in his hometown of Fairfield. Callahan, 52, of Cherry Hill Road in Fairfield, who is also dean of...
View ArticleHome Bible Study Group plans nine stations for Day of Prayer
Nine Prayer Stations will be set up on the lawn at the Midrocks Road home of Ridgefield resident, Priscilla Black, the facilitator of a Home Bible Study group for the National Day of Prayer on May 7....
View ArticleHedge fund manager gets more than two years for fraud
A former managing partner and principal of a Ridgefield-based hedge fund, New Stream Capital LLC, has been sentenced to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for...
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Helping robots help people
Robots have been programmed to help at disaster sites by three Fordham students, including Ridgefielder Alex Keyes, center. Alex Keyes, a 2012 graduate of Ridgfield High School, started out at Fordham...
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Running dog needs friend from the proletariat
Whether you run for training or for fun, a canine companion can be a loyal pacer and an endearing reminder of the joyful things about the sport of running. Meet Alianna, a sweet, big-hearted,...
View ArticleThe emergency room visit: a game of chance
Unfortunately, your first encounter with a hospital is very often in the emergency department or, as it is more familiarly known, the emergency room. You may have a broken arm or a bad cut, you may...
View ArticleBullying policy aims to get at roots of trouble
The school district’s bullying policy and Safe School Climate Plan dig deep below the surface to get at the roots of what troubles children among their peers at school, according to Assistant...
View ArticleRoute 7 jammed
Route 7 was backed up Wednesday, this time because of a truck fire in Wilton. Wilton Police reported at 9:36 a.m. that Danbury Road, Route 7, would be closed from Ridgefield Road to School Road....
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Main Street project will fix intersection where the elm stood
Surveyors, right, were at work in front of the library Monday, in advance of plans to straighten the intersection of Main, Prospect and the CVS shopping center. The CVS entrance would move to opposite...
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Good news: This year’s tax hike would only be $1.8 billion
John J. Ryan, a former Republican state representative, and Joshua Fisher, a Hersam Acorn editor, share their back-and-forth about news going on around Connecticut, among other items of interest. Ryan:...
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What is being done to safeguard grizzly bears now?
Dear EarthTalk: What is being done to safeguard grizzly bears now? I heard that their numbers are dwindling and they could vanish from the Lower 48 if we don’t protect them. – Jim Meth, Akron, OH...
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The emergency room visit: a game of chance
Unfortunately, your first encounter with a hospital is very often in the emergency department or, as it is more familiarly known, the emergency room. You may have a broken arm or a bad cut, you may...
View ArticleRocky Ridgefield
Why is Ridgefield so rocky? Ridgefield owes its wealth of rocks to a glacier that, some 25,000 years ago, eased its way down over Connecticut and whose southern end was a little south of Ridgefield....
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