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TFI Envision sponsors Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fund for Women...

TFI Envision, Inc. has signed on as a Patron Sponsor for the Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fund for Women & Girls annual luncheon on Thursday April 7, at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich, 1800...

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Donald Edwin Healey, 84

Donald Edwin Healey Donald Edwin Healey, resident of Ridgefield and Brewster, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, passed away on February 19, 2016 after a brief illness.  Don was 84 years old. Born in...

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New art history classes

A Look at Western Art History is a new series of classes available through Ridgefield Continuing Education. The courses will focus on artists’ accomplishments, the significance of their inventions and...

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CPR class set at fire department

A class in American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been scheduled for Monday, March 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Ridgefield Fire Department on Catoonah Street. The course will...

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For Robin Matthews, it’s all about the teamwork

Robin Matthews, the town’s assistant superintendent of recreation, had her photo taken in the high grass to show her love of the outdoors. — Ben Shaw photo There is no more articulate public relations...

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‘Meals’ seeks board member, drivers

Meals on Wheels of Ridgefield is looking for some helping hands. The 501(c)(3) organization that provides meals to the homebound is looking for an individual to join the board to handle the annual...

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Keeler Tavern Museum reclaims neighboring Cass Gilbert building

  Those in Tuesday’s celebration included, from left: Pat Mead, who sold the property; Chuck Woerner of Fairfield County Bank; Keeler Tavern Executive Director Hildegard Grob; Keeler Tavern President...

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Business of Year: Personal Touch

On Friday, March 11, the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Inaugural Breakfast and State of the Town address at Silver Spring Country Club from 7:30 to 10 a.m. In addition to the...

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League to celebrate women’s history month

The Ridgefield League of Women Voters and the Ridgefield Library will celebrate Women’s History Month in March with a series of free events at the library, March 10-20. A Day of Celebration, on...

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Shark Tank candidates show off their pizza box

Green Box, a recycled, multi-purpose perforated pizza box. Two of the developers of the Green Box, a 100% recycled perforated pizza box, showed off their product to students in AP economics classes at...

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Wind gusts continue to blow power lines down

Scattered wind gusts Wednesday continued to blow tree branches down, knocking out power to 35 customers of Eversource in the Lounsbury Road area. “We got the call at 12 p.m., that a tree hit a line in...

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Girl Scouts celebrate 104th anniversary March 6-12

During the week of March 6 through the 12, Girl Scouts of Connecticut will join Girl Scouts around the country in celebrating Girl Scout Week and the 104th  anniversary of Girl Scouting. Since 1912,...

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Soloist Emily Kerr in violin performance

Emily Kerr The Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra — featuring soloist Emily Kerr of Ridgefield — will present its winter concert on Sunday, March 6, at 3 p.m. at the Clune Auditorium at Wilton High...

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Anticoagulants for abnormalities

Almost everyone has felt their heart beat very fast, felt a “fluttering” in their chest, or thought that their heart was “skipping a beat.” These can be signs of arrhythmia, or abnormal or irregular...

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Jesse Lee plans service project rallies

Participants in Jesse Lee 2015 mission trip gathered for a group photo upon their return to Ridgefield last July. Rallies will be held March 3 and 8 at Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church....

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Symphony orchestra plans Spring Fling dinner dance

Music director of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Jerry Steichen and friends will be on deck at the Lounsbury House to play popular dance music, Saturday, March 19, as part of the orchestra’s Spring...

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Businesswoman and former mayor join Parking Authority

A local restaurant owner and a former mayor of Norwalk are taking seats on the town Parking Authority. Ancient Mariner owner Jessica Wilmot, a lifelong Ridgefielder, and former Norwalk Mayor Richard...

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Drawing classes begin

A new session of the Drawing for Beginning and Continuing Students class starts Thursday, March 10, in Ridgefield Continuing Education. The back-to-basics drawing class is for inexperienced and...

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Get a free ticket to Western New England Home Show

Get one free adult admission to the Western New England Home Show this weekend in Danbury by presenting the below advertisement at the gate. • Click here to download PDF of the free admission coupon to...

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Good roads and the ‘wheelmen’

I notice road markers on Route 116  and on Branchville Road. They appear to be made of concrete and have three letters stamped on top, GHD.  I believe I may have even seen one of these somewhere else...

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