David Bligh, Stephanie Goldstein plan August wedding
David Bligh and Stephanie Goldstein Brian and Cathy Bligh of Ridgefield have announced the engagement of their son, David Christopher, to Stephanie Anne Goldstein, daughter of Don Goldstein of Glen...
View ArticleOne dead after shooting incident in Bethel
The News-Times of Danbury is reporting that one man is dead and two others are in the hospital following a shooting in Bethel this afternoon. The shooting appears to be an attempted murder/suicide...
View ArticleAuthor Regnery to donate sales proceeds to volunteers
Ridgefield author Katy Regnery will be donating 25% of the net profits of e-book sales from her upcoming book, Ginger’s Heart, a modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, to the Ridgefield Volunteer...
View ArticleYoung Ridgefield pianist performs in New York City
Ava Turner Thirteen-year-old Ridgefielder Ava Turner, a pianist and home-schooled student, performed in the Mid-Season Musicales sponsored by the Associated Music Teachers’ League of New York on...
View ArticleStudent news
Richard Sammon graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in the fall semester with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering technology. The following Ridgefield students received dean’s...
View ArticleWooster’s mobility program puts Curran in driver’s seat
Wooster School students with Conner Curran of Ridgefield in his new car, from left: Andrew Felton of Weston, Todd Blamires of South Salem, N.Y., Charlotte Pelton-McCormick of Mt. Kisco, N.Y., and Niav...
View ArticleBoehringer, AmeriCares launch health coaching for uninsured
Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation and AmeriCares has announced a new health coach program at the Boehringer Ingelheim AmeriCares free clinic in Danbury for uninsured patients with chronic disease....
View ArticleWatercolor best in show at Woman’s Club
Fru Saily and her winning watercolor. Fru Saily’s watercolor painting of a red-headed Japanese crane, a traditional good luck symbol, was judged best in show at the Ridgefield Woman’s Club annual art...
View ArticleIntroduction to Sage-ing
Introduction to Sage-ing, a free Lunch and Learn workshop on Wednesday, March 30, from noon to 1:30 at Congregation Shir Shalom on Peaceable Street. Sage-ing International is a non-profit organization...
View ArticleTravelers awed by Easter Island
Easter Island travelers included Ben Shaw, Darla Shaw, Carole Long, Jane Knox, Toni McKeen, leader; Linda Bloch, Mary Tobin, Garry Thomas, Charlene Thomas, Andrea Beebe, Cassie Camacho, Diane...
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 ArticleFake in file, hat in ring
Jennifer LavianoThe president Sibbi BeardsMrs. America No one would say 25 years ago why a legal notice for an 18-lot subdivision on West Mountain and Rippowam roads that had been rejected turned...
View ArticleWalsh: Rooting for Goliath
You can read more at RobertFWalsh.net, contact him at rob@RobertFWalsh.net or follow him on Twitter @RobertFWalsh. A part of me feels shame even though it feels so good. It happens every spring in...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Focusing on Christ and Resurrection on Easter
The Resurrection is that unique event in the history of mankind by which the doors of the Kingdom were opened to all the children of God. Just before His Resurrection, Our Lord proclaimed, “The Kingdom...
View ArticleEASTER EDITORIAL: We begin again
The stories of religion are the stories of people. Of human nature. Of the seasons, the cycles, the death and the rebirth. But religion takes us one step further. One step beyond ourselves and our...
View ArticleTeamwork in car chase nets awards
Back row (L-R) Officer Dan Gjodesen, Officer Dave Samoskevich and Officer Brian Shimko. Front row (L-R) Officer Jorge Romero, Officer Lou Caba and Lieutenant Shawn Platt. Six Ridgefield police...
View ArticlePals Feist and Frey meet at GOP debate
Sam Feist, left, and John Frey. Two Ridgefield High School graduates met at the Republican presidential debate held last week in Miami. Sam Feist (RHS ’87) is the Washington bureau chief and senior...
View ArticleKopp accepts new position
Larry Kopp Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Larry Kopp announced this week he will be leaving the orchestra and Connecticut in April. Come April, Kopp will be working for the...
View ArticleStudents celebrate random acts of kindness
Branchville Elementary School fifth-grader Devon Noonan performing during a mini production of Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed and donning a T-shirt with the Choose Kind logo. Throughout the year,...
View ArticleROAR honors Broderick and Rybarczyk at gala
From left, Ed McGill, BMW; Adam Broderick, owner Adam Broderick Salon & Spa; Pam Rybarczyk; Allyson Dotson, ROAR Shelter Director. — Michele Williams photo At the recent ROAR with Laughter gala,...
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