Missing man taken to hospital for observation
9:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16: The man whose abandoned pickup truck prompted search was taken to Danbury Hospital for observation, police said. The man, found about 7:40 Monday evening, was taken to...
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The missing man in the Bennetts Farm Road area that had emergency responders combing the woods with the aid of a helicopter has been found and taken to Danbury Hospital for observation. There was no...
View ArticleCatcher in Rye book discussion
The library and Ridgefield High School are pleased to present Books Building Bridges, a joint effort to engage students and adults in activities to bring together readers across generational lines in...
View ArticleExchange Club plans doc talk
The Exchange Club of Ridgefield will hold their next meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at V.Thai Restaurant on Danbury Road starting at 6 p.m. The speaker will be Dr. Evan Levine, columnist for The...
View ArticleSeminar to prepare home buyers
Preparing Your Home for the Market (or to Enjoy It Yourself), a seminar led by Realtor Lonnie Shapiro, presents a discussion of what buyers see when they look at a house, benefits of staging, and...
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Holly Hill Childcare collecting bears for children’s hospitals
Holly Hill Childcare and Learning Center of Orange will be collecting teddy bears and other brand new stuffed animals to be given to children in Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital, Connecticut...
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LETTER: 2015 National Hospice Month
To the Editor: They come into lives as a last, new best friend, and we entrust our final days to them. They have the wisdom of a sage and the heart of an angel — they are the nurses, social workers,...
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Italo (Pete) C. Massagli, 90
Pete Massagli Italo (Pete) C. Massagli, 90, of Ridgefield CT passed away on November 16, 2015. He was born January 25, 1925 in Bronx, NY to the late Natale and Luisa (Simonetti) Massagli. He was...
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First Time Homebuyer Seminar
On Thursday, November 19, 2015, Fairfield County Bank along with the Ridgefield Library will be sponsoring a First Time Homebuyer and Credit Education Seminar. The event will be held at the...
View ArticleMissing man rides up to scene, ending dog and helicopter search
After a four-hour police search had grown to involve three dogs and a helicopter, a New York state man rode up in a taxicab to the scene of his seemingly abandoned pickup truck on the side of Bennetts...
View ArticleFormer Ridgefielder named in Boy Scouts sex abuse lawsuit
A former Ridgefield resident who died two years ago is the subject of a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America by 18 former scouts who allege he sexually abused them on camping trips and outings...
View ArticleBrian Batterton, 2012 Ridgefield High grad
Brian Batterton, a graduate of Ridgefield High School Class of 2012, died unexpectedly in his sleep on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at his home in Warren. He was born July 13, 1994 at Danbury Hospital and lived...
View ArticleCaptain was first
Who was the first Ridgefield casualty of World War II? The first Ridgefielder to die in combat was Capt. Meinhard Scherf of Barry Avenue, a member of the Merchant Marine, commanding a Liberty ship...
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Green Bird at Ridgefield High this weekend
All is not right in the Kingdom of Hearts as King Tartaglia (Aidan Meachem, left) confronts the villain Smeraldina (Sarah Ford), right, watched by Tartaglia’s advisor Pantalone (Gabe Gordon, back left)...
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Harry Neumann, Sr.
Harry Neumann, Sr. Harry Heinz Neumann, Sr. of Ridgefield, passed away on November 20, 2015, surrounded by his family in his home in Ridgefield, CT. Born to his parents, Macks and Waltraut...
View ArticleRidgefielder’s father has apparently died in plane crash
A plane crash in North Salem, N.Y. appears to have claimed the life of a Ridgefielder’s father and his stepmother. The Journal News is reporting that authorities believe two people were killed in the...
View ArticleServing Our Nation
This list includes Ridgefielders or former Ridgefielders serving in the United States military at home or abroad or as civilian contractors supporting the military. Families of deployed soldiers in the...
View ArticleMeatball Mile for MSA
There is a predictor race called Meatball Mile for MSA on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 9 a.m. at the Danbury Fair Mall. The event will raise funds for the Rex Griswold Foundation. Griswold was vice president...
View ArticleWicked author Gregory Maguire to speak
Novelist Gregory Maguire will present an ARTalk titled Green Witches, White Rabbits and Wild Things at the Ridgefield Library on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 2. He will speak about the place of childhood...
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Murray resigns from school board
Two weeks after being re-elected as the high vote-getter in the six-way school board contest, Chris Murray has resigned from the Board of Education. Murray, a Republican who was the board’s vice...
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