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Schaffer sisters get perfect scores
Natalia Schaffer, left, and Sofia. Natalia Schaffer, a third grader at Farmingville Elementary school, and her sister Sofia Schaffer, a fifth grader, achieved perfect 20 for 20 scores on the first of...
View ArticleRidgefield Public Schools plan pre-K open house
The Ridgefield Public Schools pre-K program will hold informational open house sessions for the parents of peer models on Wednesday, March 9, from 10 to noon at Barlow Mountain Elementary School. The...
View ArticleHPV vaccine effective
The number of young women and girls with human papilloma virus (HPV) is decreasing, which should lead to fewer cancer cases in the United States in the coming years. The Centers for Disease Control...
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Guild Bedlam exhibit
Guild member Barbara Ringer with her Bedlam piece, Memory Game. The Small Works Bedlam exhibition opened at Ridgefield Guild of Artists on Saturday, Feb. 20, and continues through Sunday, March 13....
View ArticleHelp restore an artifact
For the third year, we are participating in Fairfield County’s Giving Day, the 24-hour online fund-raising drive organized by Fairfield County Community Foundation and Bank of America. The drive is set...
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Flag football league at club wraps up
The league champion Dolphins discuss strategy with their coach, Triston ‘Big Paw’ Philip, in a team huddle. Players, from left: James Leonard, Eli Keeler, Matt Martinez, Desmond Couri, Matt...
View ArticleHanlon joins Historic District Commission
Harriet Hanlon, who lives in a 1901 Tudor home, was appointed to the Historic District Commission by a 4-0 vote of the selectmen Wednesday, Feb. 17. “I love the historic homes in Ridgefield,” she said....
View ArticleCamp fair, Ladies Night
Bunny Brunch is just around the corner. Have you made your reservations yet? It is going to be fun. Bring the whole family, as this is an all-ages event. Enjoy delicious fare, including fresh fruit,...
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Ridgefield High School to perform Cabaret March 10-13
The emcee of the Kit Kat Klub and the Gorilla, juniors Casey Wishna and Rico Froehlich, rehearse If You Could See Her Through My Eyes for the Ridgefield High School production of Cabaret March 10-13....
View ArticleNuts about nuts
If you’re nuts about nuts, come to our next Tasting on Friday, March 11, at 2 p.m., sponsored by Ridgefield Crossings. We’ll take you beyond standard supermarket-shelf peanut butter into the more...
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Commission looks at future of McKeon open space land
Whitney Freeman Kemp of Henny Penny Farm takes in the view of the farmland along Ridgebury Road where her farm animals would graze. —Thomas Nash photo Farm fields grazed by slow-munching cattle, and...
View ArticlePro Hockey Player Visits HAN
Anya Battaglino, a defenseman from the Connecticut Whale of the National Women’s Hockey League, paid a long-overdue visit to Rob Adams and Donald Eng on Nutmeg Sports. Anya chats with Don and Rob...
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Greenwich Youth Film Festival contest entry deadline is March 21
The Garden Education Center (GEC), in partnership with Greenwich Library, has launched the fifth annual Greenwich Youth Film Festival (GYFF) contest. Entries will be accepted until Monday, March 21....
View ArticleSchool increase at 5.7% leaves selectmen uneasy
Concerned about a potential tax hike in the vicinity of 5%, the selectmen on Monday night worried over what kind of “non-binding recommendation” to make to the Board of Finance on a proposed school...
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Barlow Mountain plans Oz, its first-ever musical
Rehearsal for Barlow’s first-ever musical, the Wizard of Oz. Barlow Mountain Elementary School is holding its first-ever musical, The Wizard of Oz, with four performances March 11-13. More than 120...
View ArticleBear makes surprise visit
Anne McDermott of Topstone Drive was falling asleep about 11:30 p.m. Monday when she heard a noise out on her screened-in porch and sprang to her feet to find out what was the matter. She raced to the...
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Carpenter painting wins first prize
Will Carpenter won first place for his digital painting Beauty. The fifth annual RHS juried exhibition at Ridgefield Guild of Artists opened with a reception on Saturday, Feb. 20. Co-creative...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s group meets
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 March 10, at 6:30 p.m. Our featured...
View ArticleDowntown goals: People in stores, cars in lots
A renewed commitment to action on parking and foot-traffic problems that threaten the village commercial district — if not a consensus on what should be done — emerged from a meeting of merchants,...
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March 11 breakfast will honor volunteer, business
Bonnie Leavy will be honored as volunteer of the year. Joe and Dee Strilowich will be honored as business of the year at the Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural breakfast March 11. — Kristen Jensen photo...
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