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Nancy Christiansen weds Lee Johnson in Barbados
Lee and Nancy Christiansen-Johnson Nancy J. Christiansen and Lee W. Johnson were married on the beach in Barbados on January 25. The Rev. Orlando Seale performed the ceremony. The bride is a 1978...
View ArticleKettle on the hill
You said recently Round Pond is unusual. Why is that? Round Pond, one of the few natural bodies of water in Ridgefield, is, at 32 acres, the second largest. At 778 feet above sea level, it is also the...
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Fairfield County Bank sees financially stronger industry
Fairfield County Bank leaders, from left, Daniel Berta, Paul McNamara and David Schneider. Fairfield County Bank held its 142nd Annual Meeting on July 16, and reported the banking industry is proving...
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Ridgefield isn’t Detroit, say officials and agencies
With $90 million in long-term debt, and pension commitments to some 700 workers and retirees, Ridgefield has its obligations. But Ridgefield is not like Detroit, or San Bernardino, Calif., or Central...
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Ridgebury Garden Club brightens health care center
A sample of the exhibit Ridgebury Garden Club staged at Laurel Ridge. —Bonnie Leavy-Mello photo The Annual Garden Show arrived this year at Laurel Ridge Health Care Center, 642 Danbury Road, in late...
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Susan S. Bailey, a 20-year Ridgefield resident,
Susan Bailey Word has been received that Susan S. Bailey, a 20-year Ridgefield resident, died at her home in Hebron, on June 27 after what her family described as “a 15-year, hard-fought battle with...
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John J. Maggio, 82, real estate broker, active in community
John Maggio John Joseph Maggio of Ridgefield, a longtime local businessman and real estate broker, died of carcinoid cancer Sunday, Aug. 11, surrounded by his family. He was 82 years old and the...
View Article‘Medical’ marijuana eases political pain
Ecclesiastes says there is nothing new under the sun, and while the Bible did not anticipate fluorescent grow lights, its broader point may be well taken as an unidentified company scouts the Hartford...
View ArticleSustainable Power partner; Animal Fair honors; retirement; realty course
Sustainable Power Systems finds its first partner Sustainable Waste Power Systems has found a drinking partner. The energy-processing company reached an agreement with Tuthilltown Spirits LLC of...
View ArticleSchool security to voters Wednesday
Plans to beef-up security measures at Ridgefield’s nine major school buildings, at a cost of $731,000, will come before voters next week. “The reality is we’re living in different times, and we need to...
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A book that was fun to write
“A historian should have a little bit of domain knowledge,” said Mark J. Gabrielson. “If you know nothing about your topic, you’re going to have a lot more to investigate. If you know a little bit, it...
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Fountain is fine, car isn’t
Damage to the Cass Gilbert Fountain island was minor after a collision around 5 this morning. A Toyota Corolla was eastbound on West Lane in the dark and fog when the driver apparently did not see the...
View ArticleForget Taxachusetts. You live in Connectitax
Every other week, John J. Ryan, a former Republican state representative, and Hersam Acorn Newspapers editor Joshua Fisher share their back-and-forth about news going on around the state, among other...
View ArticleBuying security
Classroom doors that may be locked from the inside. Entrances controlled by swipe cards, so only authorized people can get in without going through the security desk. Cameras to see who’s driving up...
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Board of Ed selects Mason to fill Katz seat
Scott Mason This isn’t Scott Mason’s first rodeo, and that’s some of the reason why he’s so excited. Mr. Mason, who was a Board of Education member from 2003 to 2007 and served as its vice chairman,...
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Ice harvesting, house moving: Exhibit debuts Saturday hours
This photograph shows ice cutting at Keeler Farm on Nod Road about 1900. It’s part of a walk-through show on house moves and ice cutting that has opened at the Ridgefield Historical Society, now open...
View ArticleBeatrice Michaela Clark, 82, teacher, librarian
Beatrice Michaela Clark, 82, of Ridgefield, died on Monday evening, August 12, 2013 at Filosa for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Danbury, CT. Mrs. Clark was born in Lynn, MA, February 1, 1931, a daughter...
View ArticleJohn William “Bill” Churchill, 90, TWA captain, Navy veteran
John William “Bill” Churchill, 90, of Portsmouth, N.H., formerly of Ridgefield, CT, died peacefully, Thursday, August 8, 2013 at his home. He was born March 26, 1923 in Ravenna, OH, a son of the late...
View ArticleElna Marie Tarbox Krapowicz, 77, longtime Ridgefielder
Elna Marie Tarbox Krapowicz, a longtime Ridgefielder, known as Ele, died Saturday, Aug. 10. She was 77, the widow of Jacob Anthony Krapowicz and had at one time co-owned a restaurant, Heart to Hand, in...
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Lucy Marie Vitali, 92, longtime Ridgefielder, great grandmother of 23
Mrs. Lucy Marie Vitali, 92 of Norwalk Ct died on Wednesday, August 14 at the Norwalk Hospital in the company of her loving daughters. Lucy was born in Norwalk Lucy Marie Vitali on April 1, 1921, a...
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