Immortal Amadeus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has become a cultural icon, the personification of human genius and musical perfection. And a pop culture icon as well. Who can forget the Academy Award-winning movie Amadeus,...
View ArticleFood drive benefits Ridgefield Food Pantry
The monthly food drive to benefit the Ridgefield Food Pantry will be on Saturday, March 5, from 9:30 to 4:30 at the Ridgefield Stop & Shop. The drive is sponsored by Rotary Club of Ridgefield...
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Triathlete/cancer survivor headlines Center for HOPE Luncheon
The Center for HOPE will welcome world-class triathlete, cancer survivor and author Karen Newman to the podium as the speaker for its 2016 annual Luncheon on Tuesday, May 3, at 11 a.m., at Wee Burn...
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Call for Entries: IMAGES photography contest
The Fairfield Museum and History Center invites the public to submit photographs to the eighth annual IMAGES 2016 photography competition, which celebrates the exceptional work of talented regional...
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Margaret ‘Muffi’ Lavigne Plum, subject of documentary
Margaret ‘Muffi’ Lavigne Plum Margaret ‘Muffi’ Lavigne Plum, 44, of Somers, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 29, 2016. She was the beloved wife of Christopher Plum of Ridgefield. Born in...
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Louie — one cool cat
Louie Louie is one of the tallest cats we’ve had at ROAR. He’s quite good-looking and a fantastic jumper. We think that deep down, Louie would like to be a jazz musician … probably a bass player....
View ArticleFuel savings seen at schools
The school year should close in June with a $55,000 energy account surplus, said Paul Hendrickson, business manager for the schools. He talked about the savings at a Board of Education meeting in...
View Article‘We’re floored’ = Donations needed
That’s right, we’re floored! This means we can actually see the floor in our workroom. This is a good and bad thing. On one hand, it means we have all our inventory on display in the Thrift Shop. On...
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Lady Lions in clinic with CT Whale
On Saturday, February 27, the 2016 Connecticut Girls Hockey League (CGHL) U10 Jamboree teams: Shoreline Sharks Green and White (CT shoreline towns, including East Haven), Ice Cats (Darien),...
View ArticleIBM plans huge round of layoffs
With reports of job cuts as high as 20% of the national workforce, employees with decades of service at IBM are saying the company’s longtime severance policy has radically changed. The policy of...
View ArticleDatebook
The Datebook is a guide to Ridgefield special events. Events may be submitted up to three years in advance. Email submissions, in DateBook format, to news@TheRidgefieldPress.com to reach us by Thursday...
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Alice @ Wonderland
Students from East Ridge Middle School will present Alice @ Wonderland, the Musical Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6, at 7 p.m. More than 100 students are involved in the show as cast, dancers and...
View ArticleNarcan, used for drug overdoses, available at Bissell’s
Narcan, used to counteract overdoses of heroin and opioid drugs such as prescription painkillers, is available at Bissell’s pharmacy in Ridgefield. Narcan is the trade name of naloxone, an opiate...
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Marie Stefanelli Russo, 96
Marie Stefanelli Russo Marie Stefanelli Russo passed peacefully on Thursday, March 3, 2016. Marie recently celebrated her 96th birthday and lived her last years at The Greens in Wilton, Ct. Marie was...
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Round five for RVNA spelling bee
RVNA Spelling Bee 2016 contestants include, from left: the Boys & Girls Club’s Kristin Goncalves; Joe Arcieri, RHS teacher and football coach; Stacey Gross, RHS principal; The Gym’s Jenny...
View ArticleSoprano Pratt to perform in Camerata d’Amici
Juliet Pratt, soprano and Ridgefield resident, will perform Solveig’s Song from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg when Camerata d’Amici presents Night of Stars on Sunday, March 6, at 4 p.m. in the South Salem...
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Local musicians in family concert
Amelia Haynes and Raymond Sun Amelia Haynes and Raymond Sun, both of Ridgefield, are members of the Norwalk Youth Symphony and have been invited to perform in the fourth annual family concert on...
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Author talk with Carolina Fernandez
Carolina Fernandez Carolina Fernandez will discuss her newest book, Palm Beach Panache: Infusing Island Style with Serendipitous and Re-Imagined Finds, at an author talk at the Ridgefield Library on...
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 ArticleThe emotions of tweens and teens
Dr. Aaron Krasner and Tracey Masella, both of Silver Hill Hospital, will present a program entitled Coping with Intense Feelings: the Emotional Rollercoaster of Tweens and Teens, on Wednesday, March 9,...
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