King event honors Anita Donofrio
The 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative celebration will be held for the first time at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Monday, Jan. 20, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. This ceremony, under the auspices of the...
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Neighbors save man who falls through ice
Many police and fire personnel responded to the report of a man through the ice late New Year’s Day afternoon. —Todd Gordon photo Quick thinking and cooperation among skaters saved an man who fell...
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Cold temperature advice on pets, ovens, candles, driers, more
The state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection is reminding Connecticut to keep pets indoors and never use an oven for heating. These are just two of the state agency’s tips for...
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THURSDAY STORM LOG: Schools will have early dismissal
7:30 — Snow is now covering over secondary roads in town. 7:10 — Ridgefield schools are CLOSED Friday. 6:15 — State offers advice on the cold, including how to deal with pets. 3:05 — First Selectman...
View ArticleChristmas trees: Pickup tomorrow
Ridgefield Boy Scout Troop 116 will collect Christmas trees for recycling this Saturday, Jan. 4. Families may reserve a pick-up online and have their tree at the end of their driveway by 6:30 a.m....
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FRIDAY STORM LOG: About 5 inches and 0 degrees by 5 a.m.
1:10 p.m. — A private plow and a postal truck have collided on Lee Road. No injuries reported. noon — The ROAR animal shelter is closed today. “Even the heartiest of our dogs does not want to go...
View ArticleAstronomers to view Jupiter, moon, more
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, Jan. 4 starting at 7 p.m....
View ArticleThe best healthcare system in the world?
After the death of a friend, Mr. Brown (not his real name) decided to make a trip to his local cardiologist for a stress test. Mr. Brown, a 68-year-old man, belonged to one of those managed Medicare...
View ArticleMarconi: Georgetown as regional planning HQ
The state-ordered consolidation of Connecticut’s regional planning is generally viewed as a lemon by officials of the towns involved. But looking to make lemonade, First Selectman Rudy Marconi has a...
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Bracken: The reality of the nuclear threat
Iran on the brink of a nuclear weapon — but now talking. North Korea, nuclear-armed, and reading too much like a Shakespeare history play, full of intrigue, deaths, and plots. Pakistan, officially an...
View ArticleHealing power through exercises
Exercises to Enhance Your Life Energy is a new course this January in Ridgefield Continuing Education. The class teaches simple and gentle exercises “that will increase your Life Energy — the Healing...
View ArticleYes, a new year
The start of a new year creates illusions — of progress, change, opportunity. A good argument can be made that it’s just another winter day dawning. But we humans are a curious lot, and the reframing...
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Blight law draft to face hearing
This house on Silver Spring Lane, long vacant, deteriorating and overgrown, is often cited as an example of a blighted house. —Press photo “One man’s unpainted fence is another man’s disaster,” said...
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Volunteers read to kids in Head Start effort
Maryellen Baker of Ridgefield reads to preschoolers in Danbury. Maryellen Baker of Ridgefield is among the volunteers with United Way’s “Ready, Set, Let’s Read!” program. United Way of Western...
View ArticleKing event honors Anita Donofrio
The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative celebration will be held at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Monday, Jan. 20, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Town of Ridgefield, it’s open to the...
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Sheila Cardinal, 80, Realtor, active at St. Mary’s
Sheila Cardinal Sheila Julia (Hanley) Cardinal, of Ridgefield, wife of the late James Cardinal, died on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Bethel Health Care in Bethel, CT. Sheila was born in New York, NY...
View ArticleCPR class set for the firehouse
A class in American Heart Association CPR has been scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Ridgefield Fire Department, The certification course will cover the newest guidelines for...
View ArticleThe holidays at the beginning of World War II
Eighteen days before Christmas in 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Three days before the bombing, The Press had warned residents, “This year, more than ever, it is important to shop early. If...
View ArticleBRRRRRRRRRR
Tuesday, 5:30 a.m. — High winds and low temperatures are combining to create frigid conditions this morning in Ridgefield. The temperature at the Ridgefield Academy weather station is 1 degree, while...
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At The Barn, kids feel safe and accepted
Regulars at The Barn are sometimes called ‘Barnies.’ They number about 50, and about half showed up on a Friday evening in December to talk about what the 20-year-old teen center means to them....
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