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Symphony dinner-dance is group’s major fund-raiser
Music Director Gerald (Jerry) Steichen Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Music Director Jerry Steichen and his dance band will be playing everything from cocktail music to pop at the symphony’s...
View ArticleVision: What’s normal?
Most people fear vision loss as much as they do Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease or other age-related conditions. This is explained because loss of vision affects the daily activities that allow...
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Gender Equity Club takes on global task
Gender Equity Club members in costume for a program at the library on March 12, from left: Cara MacKenzie, Courtney Davis, Helen Redmond, Abby Freeman, and Justya Orlowski. — Liz Karlan photo With...
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WestConn announces spring planetarium schedule
WestConn’s observatory, on the Westside campus in Danbury. Western Connecticut State University’s Westside observatory will host free, public planetarium shows and viewing parties on multiple Saturday...
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Hounds on the loose
The town’s animal control officer had his hands full this morning after several reports of hounds running loose in the Barrack Hill Road area. A Barrack Hill Road resident called The Press to report...
View ArticleOperation Hope hosts 15th annual Evening of Hope
Operation Hope’s most significant fundraiser, the 15th annual Evening of Hope will be held on Thursday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m., at The Patterson Club in Fairfield. The event will feature cocktails,...
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Registration now open for Mother’s Day race
Participants in last year’s Ridgefield run. — Lisa Cousins photo Registration for this year’s Run Like a Mother race on May 8 is now being taken online at runlikeamother.com or on Facebook at...
View ArticleScholarship Group announces two awards
The Ridgefield Scholarship Group Inc. has two special scholarship awards available this year. The Michael Manno Memorial Scholarship for athletic and academic excellence provides a $5,000 benefit. The...
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Shir Shalom hosts a music Shabbat
Suzanne Corey-Sahlin and Gunnar Sahlin Congregation Shir Shalom on Peaceable Street is hosting a music Shabbat on Friday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. using classically trained musicians interpreting...
View ArticleIntroducing our new assistant
The Ridgefield Library is pleased to announce the addition of Angela Skrobar as our new part-time library assistant in Children’s Services. Angela fills the position previously held by Kathy...
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Jumping for heart
Mia McGarrity was among the fourth and fifth graders at Barlow Mountain Elementary School taking part in Jump Rope for Heart on Feb. 9. Sixty-five students, teachers and staff took part, raising...
View ArticleBank donates laptops to Wooster School
Fairfield County Bank recently donated five HP EliteBook laptops to the Wooster School physics lab. “This donation comes with incredible timing,” said Dr. Brian Sullivan, Wooster physics teacher. “We...
View ArticlePolice again offering Citizens Police Academy
With more than two weeks to go to the next Citizens Police Academy, the police department is still inviting Ridgefield residents to sign up. The program is in its second consecutive year, after taking...
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Iraq vet Robert Law will lead parade
Col. Robert Law A veteran of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan who is currently serving at the Pentagon in Washington, Col. Robert A. Law III, has been chosen to lead Ridgefield’s 2016...
View ArticleBoehringer Ingelheim tops for females
The National Association of Female Executives has included Boehringer Ingelheim one of its Top 60 Companies for Executive Women for 2016. NAFE, a division of Working Mother Media, said this year’s...
View ArticleOrthopedic talk at Laurel Ridge
Dr. Robert Daher of Orthopaedic Specialists of Connecticut will talk about diagnosis and treatment of shoulder pain, including disease and injury, at Laurel Ridge Health Care Center, 642 Danbury Road,...
View ArticleHigh school junior starts book drive
Ridgefield High School junior Laura Piazza is organizing a book drive for a charity called Reading Reflections. The charity’s mission is to provide books to less fortunate children and adults. “Please...
View ArticleCurbside Compost launches pickups
Ridgefielders Nicholas and Erica Skeadas have started Curbside Compost, a business designed to bring simplicity and convenience to composting. Individual households may get weekly pickup of compost —...
View ArticleEmpowerment group: Slay the Worry Vampire
The Ridgefield chapter of BIG (Believe, Inspire, Grow) is hosting a presentation with Deborah Shimer of Desire on Fire, a company that “helps women reignite their inner flame that used to burn so...
View ArticleComedy students to make their debut
The students of professional comedian Christine O’Leary’s comedy writing workshop have spent eight weeks writing and honing their comedy skills, and it all culminates on Sunday, March 20, at 11 a.m. on...
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