Police warn of thefts from cars
The Ridgefield Police Department is reminding the public to lock their vehicles and remove all valuables in the wake of a rash of thefts from vehicles. Over the past week the police received multiple...
View ArticleCharrette planned for Branchville
Three days of focus groups and community interviews are planned in September to develop a concept for the redevelopment of Branchville, a commercial strip along Route 7 that has been called a second...
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International blues man Matt Andersen plays tonight
Matt Andersen With more than five million views on You Tube, a 2013 European Blues Award, several Maple Blues awards from Canada in 2012 and winning Best Solo Performer at the International Blues...
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Photo: Exceptional volunteers
From left to right are Barbara Newland, RVNA director of Community Health & Wellness; Claire Kirby; Chris Robertson, Marion Freer, Sara Kessler. Not in the picture: Margaret Slater. The Ridgefield...
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The two lives of Life
A Life cover from 1901 Two versions of Life magazine were published for over a century. Both were closely connected with Ridgefield. How? The “original” Life magazine was founded in 1883 by John Ames...
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Today in History: August 13th
A city, a people, and thousands of families divided in the predawn hours — a scar on a nation — had its beginning on Aug. 13. The HAN Network’s Donald Eng takes a look back at this big event and others...
View ArticleFriends of Karen seeks donations
Friends of Karen is a charity serving New York tri-state area families who are caring for a child battling cancer or another life-threatening illness. Friends of Karen is asking for donations of new...
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Contractor’s yard on Route 7 seems headed for approval
Traffic gets heavy during commuter hours on Route 7 near where a contractor’s yard is proposed. This is early evening looking south. The proposed development would be on the east side of Route 7, to...
View ArticleDamage from quick June storm cost $100,000
A storm in June that lasted just a few minutes cost the town $100,000 in damage, First Selectman Rudy Marconi told the Board of Selectmen Aug. 5. The ferocious line of thunderstorms, which tore up...
View ArticleExams for online courses? The library does it
Due to the huge growth in distance learning all around the world, many more students of all ages are earning degrees and certificates without ever setting foot on campus. But they often do still need a...
View ArticleProperty transfers: big week for home sales
The following land transfers were recorded in the Assessor’s Office to Tax Receiver’s Office from June 9 to July 27: 8 Perch Bay Road, Waccabuc: Armand and Loretta Bassi Jr. to Theodore R. and Trishan...
View ArticleRHS on top 10 list
Ridgefield High School has made it to the top 10 of another list of the state’s best high schools. This time, the ranking and review site Niche.com has given Ridgefield High School an overall Niche...
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Pets for Vets gives ROAR another mission
Charlie Johnson, a Vietnam War veteran, needed a companion dog. Aliana, a ROAR rescue dog, needed a job. “Aliana has saved my life,” Charlie Johnson, a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War told Didi...
View ArticleSo-called bed and breakfasts operate illegally
Renting out your home or apartment in Ridgefield for a night, a week or even a month as a bed and breakfast on the website airbnb.com may seem like a good idea to make money, but it is patently...
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Noise in law and in poetry
Alex Ross, who died 50 years ago, often used his daughter, Wendy, as the model. This Good Housekeeping cover was from 1953. “Will noise police, armed with meters, soon run around Ridgefield, fining...
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The Revelers will take CHIRP stage Tuesday in Ballard Park
The Revelers will play cajun, blues, zydeco and swamp pop at CHIRP’s free Ballard Park concert Tuesday. The Revelers, returning to CHIRP’s free concert series on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m. in Ballard...
View ArticleIt’s brand new, sometimes
It’s always exciting to get brand new donations! These typically happen when people buy or order something, think they can use it or it will fit, and when it doesn’t work out, never get around to...
View ArticleVegan eats at Andy’s Pure Food
Andy’s Pure Food is a new, healthy, vegan eatery in Copps Hill Marketplace. Andy Ozgur opened his first café in Rye, N.Y., in 2008. Since then he opened a second one a year ago in the Equinox Health...
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Alice Wilson, 86, reference librarian
Alice Keene Wilson Alice Keene (Richardson) Wilson, age 86 years, wife of Dwight Wilson, died Monday, August 10, 2015 at home. Alice was born in 1928 to Hazen and Marjorie Richardson, of Richardson’s...
View Article‘Paint the Town Purple’ highlights sad toll of Alzheimer’s
Painting the town purple with ribbons bows on trees along Main Street and in Ballard Park, volunteers in Ridgefield are helping give the victims of Alzheimer’s disease a voice. “The silent disease we...
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