Taking the bite out of pet care costs
Spending on pets hit an all-time high last year, topping $53 billion, according to the American Pet Products Association. The highest growth came in pet services-such as grooming, boarding, and pet...
View ArticleIn this week’s Ridgefield Press
Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today in print and e-edition: Mental health efforts may be the real key to school security, say officials. Zoning...
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McNicholas is write-in for Police Commission
Saying he’s the only candidate in the field with actual police work experience, former New York City policeman John McNicholas is launching an unaffiliated write-in candidacy for Police Commission. “I...
View ArticleFull Court Peace comes to RHS
Full Court Peace, a non-profit organization that aims to unite, strengthen and educate local and global basketball communities through the creation of youth basketball teams, is establishing at club at...
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Debicella wants another shot at Himes’ seat
Former State Senator Dan Debicella of Shelton is once again running for Congress, he announced in aThursday morning press release. Dan Debicella Mr. Debicella was the 2010 Republican nominee for...
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Rental truck clips power lines, takes down poles
A Ryder rental truck driver waits inside his vehicle for emergency responders after clipping an electrical wire on Bayberry Hill Road this afternoon. UPDATE 5:30 — Driver has finally been able to...
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Into the woods, on bikes!
Brayden Fetzer was one of some 16 kids, ages 8 to 14, who took part in a Youth Mountain Biking Camp on Aug. 18 at Lake Windwing. A group rides there Tuesday evenings. Can the rugged, heart-pounding,...
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For Lucas Hastings, 7, a birthday unlike any other
Lucas Hastings, a second grader at Ridgebury Elementary School, with Tony Phillips, director of Social Services, at the food pantry inside town hall: Lucas turned seven in July and asked friends to...
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The early days of golf
The Country Club of Ridgefield’s clubhouse, ca 1915. Note the caddies on the porch, waiting for jobs. I’ve heard that Ridgefield figures prominently in the early history of American golf. True?...
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Sandy vs. Parley: A fix finally for old schoolhouse
The scene on the morning after Sandy hit: The fractured tree in the foreground damaged the north end of the schoolhouse. —Press photo Preserving a historical building comes at a price, especially...
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Pair will run 26 miles to honor 26 Newtown lives
Susan Olsen and Jeff Warner, both from Ridgefield, will be running the DC Marine Corps marathon in honor of the 26 victims in Sandy Hook. Susan Olsen and Jeff Warner, both from Ridgefield, will be...
View ArticleGas prices drop a tad in state; much lower than in 2012
Average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.91 yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,540 gas outlets in Connecticut....
View ArticleAncona breaks sabrage world record
A Branchville businessman broke a Guinness world record in sabrage Sunday, opening 35 champagne bottles in a one-minute spree. In a benefit for the Ridgefield Library that drew more than 100 onlookers,...
View ArticleMental health efforts: The real key to school security?
The lock-down drills, the security cameras, the guards at school doors — they’re all unnecessary, if trained, sensitive staff can see trouble brewing before it comes to some hideous boil, and bring the...
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James Best, 82, Korea veteran, troop leader, worked for American Can
James Best James “Jim” Best of Bethel, and formerly of Ridgefield Connecticut, passed away at his home on Sept 6, 2013, following a sudden advance in his Lewy Bodies Disease. Jim was born in...
View ArticleHimes, ‘skeptical’ on Syria strikes, hears from constituents
U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal told area residents Sunday that they are not sure how they will vote on a resolution that would grant of President Obama approval to strike Syria....
View ArticlePowell: A war nobody wants
With his determination to go to war against Syria, President Obama seems to have lost both his mind and his political sense. First the president claimed the authority to attack countries on his own...
View ArticleLoosen Up Massage gets a lease renewal
Loosen Up Massage Therapy, an established tenant in the town’s Venus Municipal Building, has been granted a lease extension by the Board of Selectmen. “I’ve been renting that space the last 10, 11...
View ArticleErgotech withdrawal prompts apology
The relocation to Ridgefield of Ergotech Inc. — a business that designs ergonomic equipment to reduce discomfort manufacturing workers — is gone, withdrawn, for now at least. The Planning and Zoning...
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Olivia Eltz earns her Gold by helping Discovery Center
Receiving the “program-in-a-box” from Olivia Eltz, right, is Mendy Polchinski, member of the board of directors at The Discovery Center at Ridgefield. Olivia Eltz, a 2013 Ridgefield High graduate,...
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