In this week’s Ridgefield Press
Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today in print and e-edition: The blight law is getting another look in the wake of a public hearing at which there was...
View ArticleFinancial powers to get scrutiny in charter review
Should the selectmen be able to set an overall annual budget or tax level that would function as a ceiling on both town and education expenses? Would wetlands oversight get more attention if separated...
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Gala benefits A Better Chance
The current ABC class consists of from left to right (standing) Nia Pollard, Catherine Crespo, Jacinta Utubor, Zuli Bowen, Toni Chadwell, Oluwadamisi Adetona; (seated) Brianne McGill, and Kiana...
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Bernard Perlin, 95, celebrated American artist
Bernard Perlin Bernard Perlin of Ridgefield, a celebrated artist with works in major museum collections, died on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at his home. He was 95 years old and the husband of Edward Newell....
View ArticleSerendipity Chorale at temple on Friday
The annual Black/Jewish Spirituals Music Shabbat with the Serendipity Chorale, an annual musical and spiritual event for the Martin Luther King celebration, will take place Friday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m....
View ArticleMaking piñatas at the Aldrich
The Mexican tradition of piñatas, brightly colored papier-mâché sculptures filled with goodies, will be celebrated at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum on Saturday, Jan. 18. Teaching artist Lucia...
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 ArticleJustified true belief
“Justified true belief” is the classical definition that has guided the study of knowledge for 2,500 years. The concept holds that in order to “know” a true statement is actually true, one must believe...
View ArticleThis weekend in Ridgefield
The long Martin Luther King Day weekend offers a variety of activities in Ridgefield.. The Serendipity Chorale will sing at Temple Shearith Israel Friday. Piñatas will be made and played with Saturday...
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Schools seek 3.34% budget increase
—by Ridgefield Public Schools The school administration is asking for a 3.34% increase in its budget for the 2014-2015 school year. The bulk of the increase stems from salaries, which are up...
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Martin Luther King Day ceremony honors Donofrio
This year’s honoree, Anita Donofrio, in front of the village mural in the lobby of the Ridgefield Playhouse. It will be a time for reflection and celebration when the town of Ridgefield remembers...
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Gallery hosts children’s art in benefit for foundation
Casey Harriott poses with his 2013 Young at Art drawing, ‘Dad’s Helmet.’ Watershed Gallery will host a children’s art exhibition and silent auction to benefit the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation...
View ArticleCartoonist for kids Monday at Rec Center
Award-winning cartoonist Rick Stromoski will give a cartooning workshop for children ages 6 and older on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 20, from 11 to noon at the Recreation Center, sponsored by the...
View ArticleFilm: Child victims of violent crimes
Children who are victims of violent crimes will tell what they have seen in the new documentary Shell Shocked, which will be screened at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday,...
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Alice Hobart (Johnson) Horne, school librarian, world traveler
Alice Horne Alice Hobart (Johnson) Horne of Tucson, Arizona, passed away on January 13, 2014.Born in Richmond, Virginia, on December 10, 1923, Alice grew up in Clinton, Iowa, and graduated from Ferry...
View ArticleGas prices drop again
Average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have fallen 2.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.64 yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,540 gas outlets in Connecticut....
View ArticleBoehringer equality, résumé writing, eBay, writers, new Targets
Boehringer equality earns perfect score in foundation’s equality index Boehringer Ingelheim has scored a perfect 100 in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index. The foundation’s...
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Danbury Rd. intersection worries police officials
The Mobil station’s northern access is nearly — but not — opposite Grove Street, creating concerns for police commissioners. —Google Maps With plans submitted for a new convenience store at the site...
View ArticleHersam Acorn Radio to honor Martin Luther King Monday
In a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day presentation Hersam Acorn Radio hosts a sit down with Mark Robinson, a former member of the state Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday Commission and a resident of...
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Molly Olsen engaged to wed Dr. Michael David Lewen
Michael Lewen and Molly Olsen Robert and Jane Olsen of Grandview Drive have announced the engagement of their daughter, Molly Nicklin Olsen, to Dr. Michael David Lewen, son of Dr. Robert and Patricia...
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