Ridgefield couple offers entries to New York Marathon for their charity
Kirk and Kennedy Reynolds To run in the New York Marathon is the dream of many distance runners. To do it, though, takes more than dedication to daily training. It takes an entry bib, and that is...
View ArticleMELT workshops start in January
MELT Method Workshops with InterPlay Health are new to Ridgefield Continuing Education this session. MELT is a self-treatment program to help reduce pain, improve energized, and reduce the effects of...
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 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 ArticleLooking Back: Costly schools, expensive sewage
William von Zehle Off to war A new plan for the playground expansion in Ballard Park was approved 25 years ago by the Parks and Recreation Commission which nonetheless refused to get a permit for it...
View ArticleProspector celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King with screening of Selma
The Prospector Theater will be showing Selma, the chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights, on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 9:30 a.m. The historical drama chronicles the...
View ArticleMary D’Addario, 95
Mary (Hrabcsak) D’Addario, 95, of Ridgefield, wife of the late Dominic A. D’Addario, died on Sunday, Jan. 10, at Danbury Hospital. Funeral arrangements were incomplete and will be announced by the...
View ArticleMichael J. Kearney, 81
Michael J. Kearney, 81, of Ridgefield, husband of Patricia (Shoreys) Kearney, died on Friday, Jan. 8, at Regional Hospice Center for Comfort Care and Healing, Danbury. The funeral arrangement were...
View ArticleWhat did you read?
The list makers have done their work, and the best books of 2015 have been announced by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time magazine, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, the editors at...
View ArticleSocial networks topic of workshops
Using Social Networks is a two hour Ridgefield Continuing Education workshop that demystifies Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. This class will teach what the sites offer, how to set up accounts, how to...
View ArticleResume workshop
A resume assistance workshop offered by Ridgefield Continuing Education is a one on one session that focuses on how to analyze one’s background and job history to determine the resume format that...
View ArticleFormer grocery store space draws more ideas than takers
The retail space at 21 Governor Street has been available for more than six years. The library was a temporary tenant several years ago — that’s when the word ‘Ridgefield’ on the front of the building...
View ArticleSchlumberger Citizens Committee Announces Second Survey
The Schlumberger Citizens Committee has launched a second and final community survey to help determine the future of the 30-acre property purchased by the Town in December, 2011. The Committee was...
View ArticleSummer camp has jobs
Are you or someone you know looking for a job this summer? Ridgefield Parks & Recreation is looking for fun, energetic, and responsible Camp Counselors. Applicants must be 16 years old or older and...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s caregivers support group to meet
The Ridgefield Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group will conduct its monthly meeting at St. Stephen’s Church 351 Main Street South Hall Building on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 6:30 p.m. The featured...
View ArticleJamie Ogle Shafer, 84, longtime active Ridgefielder
Jamie Ogle Shafer Jamie Shafer, a longtime and active Ridgefielder, died on Jan. 9 at Danbury Hospital surrounded by family. She had been in declining health with COPD and pneumonia. She was 84. Born...
View ArticleEnergize Connecticut announces eesmarts statewide student contest
Eversource and The United Illuminating Company, as partners of the Energize Connecticut initiative, are now accepting entries for the 12th annual eesmarts Student Contest. The contest encourages...
View ArticleLooking for summer job?
Are you or someone you know looking for a job this summer? Ridgefield Parks & Recreation is looking for fun, energetic, and responsible Camp Counselors. Applicants must be 16 years old or older and...
View ArticleAging with Attitude
The Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association (RVNA) is offering an educational presentation on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m., Aging with Attitude, a coping mechanism seminar at Ridgefield Crossings Senior...
View ArticleTaste Bailey’s at Taste of Ridgefield
Bailey’s Backyard, Bailey Avenue. Among the featured food providers at Taste of Ridgefield on Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Lounsbury House is Bailey’s Backyard. Proprietor Sal Bagliavio was at the very...
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