RSO holiday concert
The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra’s holiday concert is Saturday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. in Ridgefield High School’s Anne S. Richardson Auditorium. The concert showcases singer Jessica Medoff, the...
View ArticleStitch ’n kvitch
If you’re interested in learning about Swedish weaving, or Huck embroidery, a class is starting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 2 to 4 in Ridgefield. Deborah Katchko-Gray has been making prayer shawls,...
View ArticleHumanists and Freethinkers of Fairfield County meet Dec. 14
The Humanists and Freethinkers of Fairfield County (HFFC) welcome Austin Cooper, director of Operations and Finance of the Secular Coalition for America, who will discuss the latest events and...
View ArticleBuy holiday gifts at The Playhouse
The Ridgefield Playhouse is opening its vaults for an exciting holiday gift sale on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 12 to 7 p.m. Guitars, posters, microphones, CD’s — signed by some of the biggest names in...
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Students launch shoe collection drive
RHS juniors Mackenzie Tunnard (left) and Ruby Isley are organizing a shoe collection drive. RHS juniors Mackenzie Tunnard and Ruby Isley are organizing a shoe collection drive. “Attention, anyone...
View ArticleMore to Christmas than toys
The Ridgefield Police Benevolent Association is glad to show there is more to holiday spirit around Christmas time than just giving Toys for Tots. The PBA runs multiple programs around the holidays to...
View ArticleConnecticut Sports Talk: Dec. 2
New Canaan Advertiser sports editor Dave Stewart joins Rob Adams for Wednesday’s Nutmeg Sports. On this edition of the show, Dave and Rob discuss Tuesday night’s CIAC football quarterfinals. the FCIAC...
View ArticleRésumé workshop
The Résumé Assistance workshop, offered by Ridgefield Continuing Education, is a one-on-one session that focuses on how to analyze your background and job history to determine the résumé format that...
View ArticleRVNA offers CPR training
The Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association (RVNA) is offering a CPR training and certification course on Friday, Dec. 4, at the RVNA offices, 90 East Ridge from 1:30 to 4:30. Mary Ellen Porrata, RVNA...
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Hanukkah — Spreading light amidst the darkness
Rabbi Marcelo Kormis, Congregation Beth El, Fairfield Jews around the world celebrate Hanukkah as a way to commemorate the military victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks in the year 167 BCE....
View ArticleOld Thanksgivings
How did people in Ridgefield celebrate Thanksgiving in the “old days”? Pretty much the same as today, except there was more of a religious side to the holiday back then for many families. For instance,...
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Connecticut signs onto climate agreement, committing to carbon emission...
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Governor Dannel P. Malloy Dec. 3 announced that as the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 21, meets in Paris this week, he has committed the State...
View ArticleTai Chi classes start Dec. 16
Tai Chi is available starting Wednesday, Dec. 16, through Ridgefield Continuing Education. Tai Chi helps relieve stress, increase strength and flexibility, and improve balance, coordination and...
View ArticleConsultant summarizes Branchville progress
The consulting firm working on the $256,000 grant-funded study of Branchville has released a report on its findings from the three-day charrette held in September that shows concerns such as a lack...
View ArticleLet there be lights, doggone it
Let there be lights, doggone it. The Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 1 approved lights for the town’s dog park, known as the Bark Park, on Prospect Street. The vote followed a public hearing....
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Jo Anne Bernadette Yaremko
Jo Anne Yaremko Jo Anne Bernadette Yaremko of Truro, MA, and Vieques, PR, died at first light on the morning of December 1, 2015. She had struggled with breast cancer since 1999, and was without pain,...
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Annual sheep stroll at the Hickories
A hundred or so gathered at The Hickories on Lounsbury Road in the early evening Sunday to witness the annual farm tradition of leading expectant sheep from their autumn pastures into the winter barn....
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Hanukah, festival of lights, begins Dec. 6
Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray Congregation Shir Shalom, formerly Temple Shearith Israel and Jewish Family Congregation, invites the community to celebrate Hanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights....
View ArticleProteins and brain: a talk on diseases
Steven Phillips MD, a Yale-trained physician, will discuss how the body’s ability to rid itself of abnormal proteins may be harnessed as a treatment for a variety of diseases that affect the brain...
View ArticlePress cartoonist to display works
Press cartoonist Douglas Smith will have display his work at the Trumbull Library during December. He is a four-time recipient of the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s award for...
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