Cartooning workshop for kids on Monday
Award-winning cartoonist Rick Stromoski will give a cartooning workshop for children ages 6 and older on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20. The Ridgefield Library and the Parks and Recreation...
View ArticlePsychic medium will speak Tuesday
Psychic medium Kim Russo, host of the Lifetime series The Haunting Of, which presents celebrities telling firsthand details of when and how the paranormal changed their lives, is coming to the...
View ArticleTarget customers: What to do
In the wake of new revelations about the data breach at Target stores, the Connecticut Better Business Bureau recommends consumers who shopped there since November contact their financial institutions...
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Eureka case won’t go to Supreme Court
A map of one of the past plans for development of “Bennett’s Pond South.” A celebration party hasn’t been scheduled yet, but the town may be ringing in the new year with positive news — the decade-old...
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Brandon manages call center at Rides for Ridgefield
Nancy Brandon has been named the first mobility call center manager at Rides for Ridgefield. Rides for Ridgefield is the new town transportation alliance that provides Ridgefield seniors and residents...
View ArticleSamuel Luque, Jr., 70, former Ridgefielder
Samuel Luque, Jr., of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Ridgefield, died on Wednesday, Jan. 8, in Sarasota, Fla. He was 70 years old and the husband of Francine (Prado) Luque and the late Eileen (Sierra)...
View ArticleAndre Henri Banette, 85; services next Saturday
Andre Henri Banette of Ridgefield, formerly of Danbury and Greenwich, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Ridgefield Crossing. He was 85 years old and the husband of Janine Yvette Ferrier Banette. He was the...
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Ancona’s Market will close
The original Ancona’s Market, shown in the 1930s, was on Route 7 just south of Route 102. The market was established in 1920. Ancona’s Market, the town’s oldest continuously-owned family business,...
View ArticleRidgefield as a circus town
I hear Ridgefield was involved in early circus history. How? One of America’s pioneers of the circus was born here, and participants in early circuses died here. Aaron Turner was born in Ridgefield in...
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More planning than digging as Marconi looks at 2014
First Selectman Rudy Marconi has a lot on his desk for 2014, from working on further Schlumberger land sales to finding a new fire chief. —Macklin Reid photo Continuing efforts to recover some of...
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Jesse Hicks and Allison Armstrong plan Maryland wedding
Jesse Hicks and Allison Armstrong Neal and Linda Hicks of Ridgefield have announced the engagement of their son, Jesse, to Allison Armstrong, daughter of Beth and Tim Keefe of Chestertown, Md. Mr....
View ArticleTaste of Ridgefield restaurant lineup
The restaurant lineup for the 15th Annual Taste of Ridgefield festival includes more than 30 new and well-known participants. The event will take place on Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Community Center on...
View ArticleBikes on the trail!
Plans are most welcome for a hiking-and-biking trail that would connect the Recreation Center property and its well-used pedestrian and bike path to the “rail trail” that runs from the edge of the...
View ArticleGas prices dip a bit
After weeks of slowly rising, average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.67 yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,540...
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House sales and prices rise in 2013
A Nursery Road home, on the market for $1,099,000, features four bedrooms and three baths on 1.23 acre. —Steve Coulter photo In 2013, more houses sold at a faster rate, and for more money, than in the...
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Public preschool is something special
There’s a curriculum tied to state Common Core expectations, but playing together is still the way kids learn at the Ridgefield Public Schools Pre-Kindergarten Program. Playing here are Graham Muncy,...
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Jane Phelps, 78, active in many organizations, world traveler
Jane Phelps Jane Phelps, a resident of Ridgefield since 1965 and active in community affairs, died suddenly on January 9, 2013. She was 78 years old. Mrs. Phelps was born in Manhattan on May 30, 1935...
View ArticleAuthor will speak at ‘Pink’ benefit
Drink Pink, Think Pink will raise funds for cancer charities on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Ridgefield Playhouse — this is a change of date from the previously announced Jan. 15. For four consecutive...
View ArticleTarget offers free credit monitoring; officials say, ‘take it!’
Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein today urged all Connecticut residents who shop at Target stores to take advantage of one...
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