Film on healthcare tonight at Playhouse
Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare will be screened at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. A network of private medical practices known as n1Health is renting out...
View ArticleDramatic readings for Holiday Stroll
Downtown Ridgefield and Ridgefield Library will host the Ridgefield premiere of Seasons Reading during this year’s Holiday Stroll. On Friday, Dec. 6, from 7 to 8 p.m., at the library, JIB Productions...
View ArticleSunshine Road gives kids concert
The Sunshine Road band will give a “Holiday Harmony” concert for families with children ages 8 on Friday, Dec. 6, in St. Stephen’s North Hall. The concert, sponsored by the Ridgefield Library ans St....
View ArticleServing Our Nation
This list includes Ridgefielders or former Ridgefielders serving in the United States military at home or abroad. Families of deployed soldiers in the Army may also call the Family Assistance Hotline...
View ArticleThis weekend in Ridgefield
The first weekend of December offers the annual Holiday Stroll, with its many activities, and there are several concerts planned. The Holiday Stroll runs Thursday through Saturday downtown. KISS Alive!...
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Accessory apartments fill needs
A cosy counterweight to single-family suburbia’s empty nests, accessory apartments can serve all sorts of needs. “I love the notion that it’s so flexible,” said Rebecca Ciota, who has applied for an...
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Mary Schneider and Ryan Kallmeyer are wed among family, close friends
Mary and Ryan Kallmeyer Mary Margaret Schneider, daughter of David and Geraldine Schneider of Ridgefield, was married to Ryan William Kallmeyer, son of Ellen Kallmeyer of Westerly, R.I., and the late...
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Cricket has been found
Cricket went lost on the south end of town. UPDATE 4:10 p.m. — Cricket has been found and is being returned to her owner, reports Steph Pagano at ROAR. ROAR had reported earlier today that Cricket, a...
View ArticleLuncheons, boutique at Keeler Tavern
Christmas Luncheons at the Keeler Tavern Museum have become a Ridgefield holiday tradition, started more than four decades ago. Guests enjoy a lunch in the classically beautiful Garden House. “Seasonal...
View ArticleAstronomers may view comet
The Discovery Center at Ridgefield, in conjunction with the New Pond Farm Observatory, 101 Marchant Road, West Redding, is hosting a public astronomy program Saturday, Dec. 7, starting at 5 a.m. The...
View ArticleSchool hours and junk science
I am indifferent about the start time for high school. The children in our household have and will continue to succeed because they and their parents manage their time responsibility under any...
View ArticleTriple-A town borrows $8.2 million
Ridgefield remains a triple-A town. Both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s financial ratings agencies confirmed the Aaa status in advance of an $8-million bond issue on which the town will pay 3.29%...
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Scouts visit West Point
Ridgefield Boy Scout Troop 116 toured West Point in recently. The weekend trip included a special tour of West Point by Ridgefield Cadet Connor Findlay. In addition, the troop hiked Schunemunk...
View ArticleBoys & Girls Club hosts Keystone summit
More than 325 Keystone Club members from 35 Boys & Girls Clubs across the Northeast arrived in Ridgefield Friday, Nov. 8, for the Northeast Annual Regional Keystone Summit. First Selectman Rudy...
View ArticleVideo: The flash mob at Holiday Stroll today
CLICK HERE Here’s the flash mob at the Holiday Stroll today a little after 1 o’clock at Main Street and Bailey Avenue. (T.B. Nash video)
View ArticleWere there ever slaves in Ridgefield?
Were there ever slaves in Ridgefield? Yes, but apparently relatively few. The first official mention of slaves here occurred Feb. 13, 1740, when David Scott sold Vivus Dauchy “a certain Negro woman...
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Bike-hike network: Work starts in 2014
A map from the Norwalk River Valley Trail Routing Study submitted in September 2012 shows the plan for a proposed two-corridor multi-use path in town. The first stem will connect with the rail trail...
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Only 25, he opens second auto shop
Michael Keane and his 1957 Chevy in front of his new auto service business. The building dates from the 1920s and was once one of the town’s first auto service stations. —Reece Alvarez photo Earlier...
View ArticleGasoline prices are creeping upward
Average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have risen 1.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.63 a gallon yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.7 cents per...
View ArticleEducators eye savings from health benefits
During a season overloaded with spending and giving, the school district is looking forward to talking about savings — health care savings, to be exact. Paul Henrickson, the district’s business...
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