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The Rise of Lounsbury
A hand-colored view of the south side of the Lounsbury house, now the Community Center, around 1920. The Community Center on Main Street came out of a time more than 100 years ago when Ridgefield was...
View ArticleWreath Festival benefits Woodcock
Woodcock Nature Center’s annual wreath decorating festival is scheduled for Dec. 3 through Dec. 14. Participants can create wreaths at one of the weeknight “Ladies’ Nights” or Saturday “Family Day”...
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Fire chief plans to take Florida post
Fire Chief Heather Burford has been chief here for seven years. When she was appointed, she was the only female chief of a paid department in Connecticut. —Dick Aarons photo Fire Chief Heather Burford...
View ArticleComputer classes in Continuing Ed
Computer and technology training classes and tutorials are available through Ridgefield Continuing Education day, evening and weekend. Computer classes starting in December include: Excel Intermediate...
View ArticleChildren’s library sets winter events
The Ridgefield Library’s winter children’s programs will begin the week of Jan. 6. Preschool programs for ages 2 to 5 years include storytimes both by pre-registration and drop-in, concerts and short...
View ArticleUrgent Care, toy collection, two jewelry shows, Santa
Urgent Care plans expansion Pulse Equity Partners and the PineBridge Structured Capital team of PineBridge Investments have competed a growth equity investment in Urgent Care of Connecticut, the...
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Third hearing set for Padre Pio School plan
An architect’s rendering of the new school. Padre Pio School, the traditional Catholic school that’s a part of the St. Pius X congregation on Tackora Trail, will get its third public hearing Tuesday,...
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‘Hotel deal’ to hearing
The outline of the Zemo plan. That’s the sewage treatment plant at upper right and Treetops condominiums at lower left. The first of what could be a few transactions proposed by the selectmen to...
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In Kenya, RHS grad seeks home for orphans
Brian Ash, right, on a bunk bed with some of his adopted orphans in Kenya. Mr. Ash, a 2009 graduate of Ridgefield High School, has helped save 30 orphaned children ages 4 through 22 since beginning...
View ArticleSaving health care is topic for film
A network of private medical practices known as N1Health is renting out The Ridgefield Playhouse and inviting the community to see, free of charge, the film called Escape Fire on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 7...
View ArticleSeeing the Europe you haven’t seen
Travel concierge and writer Susan Farewell will discuss The Europe You Haven’t Seen, Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Ridgefield Library. A former travel editor at The Condé Nast Publications in New...
View ArticlePollution found inside cars
Dear EarthTalk: Can you discuss pollutants in car interior materials, and also pollution inside cars originating from gasoline and diesel exhausts outside the car? —Mervyn Kline The interior of your...
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Charity League recognized for service to the community
At the Ability Beyond Annual Autumn Breakfast is Stacey Schibli, who accepted the “Celine Karakker Memorial Award” on behalf of the Ridgefield Chapter of the National Charity League, and Kathleen...
View ArticleBack to one middle school?
Faced with enrollment plummeting over the next 10 years and excess capacity at both middle school buildings, town and school officials are starting to talk about returning to a one-middle-school model....
View ArticleHoliday Stroll starts a day early
The Holiday Stroll, which fill the downtown area with festive caroling, elaborate ice sculpting and plenty of holiday shopping this weekend, is starting a day earlier this year. Instead of the...
View ArticleSki, snowboard film in ski team benefit
The Ridgefield High School Ski Team and Warren Miller Entertainment will show the 64th annual ski and snowboard film, Warren Miller’s Ticket to Ride, at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Monday, Dec. 9, at 7...
View ArticleFamily gives theater organ to high school
A $3,000 theater organ donated by the Keough family of Ridgefield has been accepted into the high school’s visual and performing arts department. The Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the...
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Stroll, baby, stroll
Carolers are set to sing, bells ready to ring, toy soldiers have their marching orders, and the horse-drawn carriages are dolled up to roll out once again on Ridgefield’s Main Street, all a-sparkle...
View ArticleIn this week’s Ridgefield Press
Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Press, out today in print and e-edition: Many details are offered about the Holiday Stroll, which starts today for three days in the center of...
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Holiday Stroll begins today: A ‘huge event’ full of fun
A scene on Main Street after the tree lighting last Friday evening. —Scott Mullin photo What tricks does Santa have up his red sleeves this year? Townspeople will have to wait until Saturday around 1...
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