Crash kills elderly woman; second fatality from Friday
An elderly woman died Tuesday at Danbury Hospital after a car driven by her husband struck a tree head-on Friday, July 19, at 10:11 p.m. at the intersection of Ridgebury Road and Regan Road. It was the...
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Mary R. Hagan, 90, Realtor, longtime Ridgefielder
Mary Hagan, in the 1970s Mary R. Hagan of Ballard Green, a retired real estate broker and member of the Eight Lakes Community, died on Saturday, July 13, at Candlewood Valley Health Care Center, New...
View ArticleNumbers and progress
Ridgefield spends over $10 million a year on fewer than 500 kids, the school district’s special education students. It’s hard to think of money better spent. The special education budget is about...
View ArticleIn this week’s Ridgefield Press
Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today in print and e-edition. Officials are dealing with increased pressure for a Route 7 traffic light in the wake of...
View ArticleTown begins the change to single-stream recycling
With losses sometimes hitting $6,000 a month, the selectmen appropriated $11,000 to begin the conversion of the Ridgefield Recycling Center to a “single-stream” facility. The money will pay for the...
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Jason Landon engaged to wed Christina Brown
Jason Landon and Christina Brown Mr. and Mrs. Chip Landon of Ridgefield have announced the engagement of their son, Jason Landon, to Christina Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown of...
View ArticleThis weekend in Ridgefield
As July fades into August, the Ridgefield weekend offers musical, travel, self-improvement and charitable opportunities. Travel information online will be the topic at the library Friday afternoon. The...
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Fatal crash increases pressure for traffic light
A car exiting the gates of the Regency/Laurel Ridge/Crossings complex on Route 7 faces a gauntlet of traffic on Route 7. An accident there last Friday has intensified efforts to speed approval of a...
View ArticleA gift, fit for a king-to-be
To the folks at the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, who had just created an album of lullabies from around the world, it was a no-brainer — a gift worthy of a king. This week, the orchestra dispatched a...
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Tree killing beetle found by Fairfield County wasp
Emerald ash borers have also been found in nearby New York State and in central Connecticut. A tree-killing invasive beetle turned up in another Connecticut town — this time, in the northern Fairfield...
View ArticleRacism today
In Sanford, Fla., two lives have been taken with a single shot. The first life, that of Trayvon Martin, was already on a losing path, having been caught with women’s jewelry and burglary tools on one...
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Zoners OK farmers market at Community Center
Joe Keller of Garden of Ideas sells his wares at the last farmers market off Governor Street in 2011. —Press photo A farmers’ market is coming back to town. The Plannng and Zoning Commission...
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Hole-in-one earns man $40,000
Steven DeMoura of Bethel, receives prize from Ed McGill (right), principal dealer of BMW of Ridgefield, while Jose Boa (left), co-chairman of the Portuguese Cultural Center, witnesses presentation....
View ArticleWhen we had an iron foundry
Is it true Ridgefield once had an iron smelting operation? Though Ridgefield was no “little Pittsburgh,” deeds in the late 1700s and early 1800s mention the “Iron Works,” a short-lived operation near...
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This weevil isn’t evil
Kitsy Snow and other members of the Ridgefield Conservation Commission released 1,500 weevils Thursday morning at an open space parcel on Laurel Hill Road. The insect is bred to destroy the invasive...
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Brian Fox and Ashley Hemond will marry in Maine
Ashley Hemond and Brian Fox Peggy and Curtis Fox of Brookfield, formerly of Ridgefield, have announced the upcoming wedding of their son Brian Fox to Ashley Hemond, daughter of Sue and Al Hemond of...
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What’s New in Dining: Swizzles
Swizzles manager Barbara Bouton, with assistant manager Ryan Poveromo, as she ladles one of Swizzles’ specialty soups. —Linda Berry photo Swizzles opened in Ridgefield in July 2011 as a premium frozen...
View Article20 units on Ridge: Decision in September?
The applicant for a 20-unit affordable housing complex at the corner of Governor Street and Prospect Ridge will have to wait until Sept. 17 to hear the plan’s fate. The Planning and Zoning Commission...
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10 special summer days
Ambria Hall, center, arrived last week for a Fresh Air vacation in Ridgefield with the O’Brien family. That’s Jake O’Brien, left, and Mario O’Brien, right, with dogs Tony and Monty. This is Ambria’s...
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John W. Nash, 101, newspaper publisher, once a Press owner
John W. Nash John Wallace Nash, who embarked on a newspaper career with the purchase of The Ridgefield Press in 1937, died at his home in Sarasota, Fla., on July 28. He was 101 and died of natural...
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