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Cell tower talk gets mixed responses
Chris Fisher of Cuddy & Feder, the law firm representing Homeland Towers’ application, discusses the proposed cell tower in Ridgefield. —Steve Coulter photo Visibility, appearance and location...
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Prospector has a mission, and Marion Roth to lead it
Marion Roth is leaving the Chamber of Commerce to lead The Prospector. Looking to open this summer with a mission of bringing movies to Ridgefield while more fully integrating disabled people into the...
View ArticleChorale concert helps the hungry
The Ridgefield Chorale, conducted by director Daniela Sikora, performed its Holiday Concert Sunday, Dec. 8, to a standing-room-only audience in the sanctuary of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church. The...
View ArticleChristmas trees for Rockefeller Center
How many Christmas trees has Ridgefield supplied for Rockefeller Center? As near as we can figure, three. But one of them was the very first official Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. The first tree...
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Groom Room has 30 years helping pets put on the dog
Archie, who owner Nancy Metz describes as a rescue dog of uncertain heritage, was recently the center of attention by the Groom Room staff. From left, Kaylin Barnwell, Meri Bustamante and shop owner...
View ArticleRobotics among new courses for RHS
What do robots, public speaking and human geography have in common? They could all be a part of the high school’s curriculum next year, part of an effort to give upperclassmen more choices and better...
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Dr. Marylee Dilling marries Joseph Mohn at Kings Mountain
Marylee and Joseph Mohn Marylee Hoyle Dilling and Joseph Paul Mohn were united in marriage on Oct. 26, at five o’clock in the evening at Central United Methodist Church in Kings Mountain, N.C. The...
View ArticleEmbellishing your knitting
Embellished Knitting is a new two session class available through Ridgefield Continuing Education. The course covers applied embellishments such as frilly ruffles, flowers, twists, I-Cords, and beads....
View ArticleWho really perceives the Sheff catastrophe?
Triumphs over the Malloy administration are being proclaimed by a couple of Republican state legislators. State Sen. Toni Boucher of Wilton, a candidate for governor, exults that she compelled the...
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Realtors honor Kathy Vescera, citing integrity, enthusiasm
Carol Hanlon, left, and Kathy Vescera The Ridgefield Board of Realtors gathering at the Ridgefield Community Center recently featured an award for Kathy Vescera, who received the National Association...
View ArticleShould schools self-insure?
In an effort to eliminate two costly health insurance taxes — one from the state, another from the Affordable Care Act, the school district is considering a switch from its commercial insurance toward...
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Ridgefield’s Civil War years fill Hancock’s third book
George Hancock has written three short novels about life in Ridgefield past. George Hancock’s Until Jacob Comes Marching Home, the third book in his series of Ridgefield history-based fiction, came...
View ArticleGas prices are up again
Average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have risen 1.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.65 a gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,540 gas outlets in...
View ArticleMusicians give back with Jan. 3 concert
Life Scout Robert Castle of Troop 431 is doing something a bit unusual for his Eagle Project. He’s hosting a benefit concert. Robert is the founder of Musicians Give Back, a non-for-profit organization...
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It’s a wonderful life — and a political one
Frank Capra’s 1946 film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” to be broadcast tonight at 8 by NBC television, is loved most for its personal message of discovery at Christmas: that its hero’s life has been,...
View ArticleChristmas in Ridgefield a century ago
Christmas 1913: One hundred years ago Christmas givers were advised that they would no longer be required to lick their stamps when they deposited their parcels for mailing, unless they wished to, for...
View ArticleBullying: Efforts may be paying off
Ridgefield has put up an all-out effort to combat bullying, and it seems to be working. A nine-school, district-wide attempt to educate students, in small groups, about the negative consequences of...
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Brownies create hats for the homeless
When Veterans Park Brownie Troop 50090 learned that not all homeless people are adults, and that kids also struggle to stay warm on the streets without homes to shelter them, they set about making...
View ArticleThink Pink event aids Ann’s Place
All natural pink drinks, a professional photographer complete with wind fan, make-up applications by the pros an entertaining speaker: They are all to make everyone who attends Drink Pink, Think Pink...
View ArticleTown gets a ‘white Christmas’
As if a gift from above, Ridgefield got a white Christmas on the holiday’s eve. It was a treat — except for drivers. The snow squall began around 7 p.m. Because of cold temperatures, the snow...
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