The Farruggios, notorious brothers
I’ve heard two Ridgefield brothers went on a shooting spree in the 1930s. True? By 1930s standards, the Farruggio brothers’ gunplay was probably fairly tame, not even making the front page in New York,...
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Water conservation and lawn care
Everyone loves having a lush, green lawn. But as people prepare to turn on their sprinklers and irrigation systems, Aquarion Water Company is reminding customers that minimizing outdoor water use will...
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‘Project Empty Bowls’ is RHS students’ effort to help feed the hungry
Sophomore Katie Hacket and junior Austin Pavone will help with Ridgefield High School’s Project Empty Bowls dinner, a collaboration of ceramics and culinary arts classes. For $25 supporters will get a...
View ArticleThe Sweetback Sisters open CHIRP Season
CHIRP’s 2015 season opens Tuesday, May 26, at 7 p.m. with a group that NPR describes as “Americana darlings with a roadhouse edge.” The Sweetback Sisters are a band that embodies the broadest of...
View ArticleTrivia is knowledge, the library’s business
Close observers may have noticed that the library has gone trivia crazy in the past few months. We have done Downton Abbey trivia, wild game trivia, literary trivia, and Academy Award trivia. We have...
View ArticleLuke, as in Skywalker, tops baby name list
The Force is with babies from Ridgefield. At least that appears to be the case from the point of view of the parents who are naming the newborns. Luke, as in Luke Skywalker, hero of the Star Wars film...
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Ridgefield dancers honored in Wilton
Graduating seniors from Ridgefield and surrounding areas will perform in Enchanted Garden Studios’ Live! performance Saturday, May 23, 11, 1:30 and 6:30 at the Clune Center for the Arts, Wilton. Shown...
View ArticleWilliam Pitt Sotheby’s agents receive Five Star Award
William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty announced that 16 of the firm’s Ridgefield brokerage real estate agents have received the “2015 Five Star Real Estate Agent” award from Connecticut Magazine....
View ArticleMary B. Walker, 86, State Police clerk
Mary B. Walker, 86, of Danbury, formerly of Ridgefield, wife of the late Stanley Walker, died at her residence on Tuesday afternoon, May 19, 2015. Mrs. Walker was born in Westport, Ct. June 19, 1928, a...
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JD Souther in town June 20
JD Souther JD Souther co-wrote some of the biggest hits for the Eagles, including “Best of My Love”, “Victim of Love”, “Heartache Tonight“, and “New Kid in Town”. Linda Ronstadt also recorded ten of...
View ArticleTown Meeting on Ability Beyond lease to be rescheduled to June 10
The town meeting about leasing land to Ability Beyond for a group home on Prospect Ridge is going to be rescheduled, to keep in line with a tangle of statutory requirements concerning meeting and...
View ArticleBook helps identify Connecticut trees
The Arbor Day Foundation has a book that helps people identify trees in a simple, step-by-step process. The book, What Tree Is That?, is available for a $5 donation to the nonprofit tree-planting...
View ArticleDeveloper scales back affordable apartments plan
A real estate developer who was dissatisfied with conditions placed upon Planning and Zoning Commission approval of his plan for an apartment complex including affordable rents has completely redrawn...
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Two to graduate from West Point
Ridgefield High School graduates Gabriella Bermudez, 2010, and Robert Wendel, 2011, graduate from West Point Saturday, May 23. — Academy Photo photos Two from Ridgefield are among those graduating...
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Playhouse Notes: Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
Femi Kuti To an older generation, Femi Kuti is the eldest son of Fela Kuti, Nigerian pioneer of Afrobeat, human rights activist and political maverick whose life story was told in the hit Broadway...
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Blues man Matt Schofield comes to Playhouse
Matt Schofield Over the last decade, Matt Schofield has earned an international reputation as one of the most innovative and revered contemporary blues inspired guitarists on the world stage today....
View ArticleStudent’s message: Pick up the poop, dog lovers
Merde de chien! A Saturday stroll on Main Street had eighth grader Kevin Davis counting — dog leavings, 30 of them. This smorgasbord of canine waste prompted the East Ridge Middle School student to...
View ArticleReady, march! Parade is Monday
Eight bands a-playing, and more than a thousand marchers — honored war vets, waving politicians, Scout troops and Little League teams, baton-twirling drum majorettes — along with floats, fire trucks,...
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Quantico commander will be grand marshal
Lt. Col. Vincent John Ciuccoli The commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) Quantico, the home of the Presidential Helicopter Squadron, and a Marine helicopter pilot who has flown in...
View Article‘Band man’ will be honorary marshal
A clarinetist who once sat in with Jimmy Dorsey’s band and brought the town decades of military band performances — Ridgefield’s “band man,” Jack Herr — will be the honorary grand marshal of Monday’s...
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