The Keystone Club is ‘going purple’
The Keystone Club, the Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield’s high-school character and leadership community service group, will be “going purple” from Jan. 24 through Jan. 29, to support Project...
View ArticleInformal discussion about the schools
Board of Education member Karen Sulzinsky will host the board’s Lunch Bunch on Monday, Jan. 27, from noon to 1 p.m. in the school board conference room at town hall annex. Members of the community may...
View ArticleMetro North apologizes for service suspension
Saying its customers “deserve better,” Metro North is apologizing for the Thursday night train service suspension as local politicians demand action. Metro North is laying the blame on human error. The...
View ArticleYoga, Cardio, more: Classes begin soon
Yoga, Cardio, Tai Chi, and other movement classes that help participants develop core strength and flexibility, improve posture and balance, and burn calories start soon through Ridgefield Continuing...
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Police looking for suspect in holdup
Police are searching the center of town for a suspect in a holdup of the First Niagara Bank at 108 Danbury Road just after 1 p.m. today. The man was described as a white male, in his late 20s, wearing...
View ArticleBudget gimmickry
Some Connecticut voters are relieved and encouraged because the state’s operating deficit has been eliminated. Don’t be relieved, it’s only a mirage. Borrowing and other one-time gimmicks are being...
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JoyRide has grand opening today
Ridgefielders Amy Pal, left, and Corey Londoner at their new cycling studio, JoyRide, located at 62 Danbury Road. The business will have its grand opening today, Saturday. —Steve Coulter photo...
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Dunphy fills Planning & Zoning spot
Tim Dunphy Without anyone running against him, Tim Dunphy was unanimously elected this week to fill the vacancy on the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission and Inland Wetlands Board created by the...
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Elizabeth Molloy plans to wed Matthew Kirkpatrick in the fall
Matthew Kirkpatrick and Elizabeth Molloy Daniel and Paula Molloy of Redding have announced the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Katherine, to Matthew Robert Kirkpatrick, son of Ruth Kirkpatrick...
View ArticleAldrich offers family knitting
Families are invited to get together to explore the fundamentals of the popular craft of knitting on Sunday, Jan. 26. at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. From 3 to 5 p.m., master knitter Nancy...
View ArticleRaymond H. Lyons, Jr., 84, Korea veteran, award-winning salesman
Raymond H. Lyons, Jr., 84, of Ridgefield, CT, husband of Ruth (Wardrop) Lyons, died on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at his home. Ray was born January 14, 1930, in Hartford, CT, to Gladys (Bliss) and...
View ArticleWhen trains ran up to town
There’s talk of allowing bicycles on the rail trail. What’s the history of this train bed? The four-mile line from Branchville to the village of Ridgefield was a challenging and probably unprofitable...
View ArticleMany college and prep students earn honors
Forty-three Ridgefielders are on the fall dean’s list at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. They are Kevin James Baird, Terra Lynne Briody, Christopher C Bruno, Olga Byesyedina, Katharine...
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Ridgefielder lends hand in Central America
Lauren Bonistalli, left in light hat, helps plant a garden in El Salvador last spring. Ms. Bonistalli, a 2009 graduate of RHS, is traveling to Guatemala from Feb. 27 to March 8 to help raise health...
View ArticleRotary Club learns the steps
The Ridgefield Rotary Club received a demonstration of dances by the Fred Astaire Dance Studio at the Keeler Tavern Museum Garden House. The professional instructors demonstrated waltzes, tangos and...
View ArticleOn guns, both sides guilty of demagoguery, pandering
Yes, Republican gubernatorial aspirant Tom Foley went too far the other night when, seeking the support of a gun rights group, he said he would veto any new state gun control legislation. While...
View ArticleChamber chair, Rosenthal academy, eating big, realty course
Chamber elects new board; LouAnn Daprato is chair LouAnn Daprato of Total Mortgage will be the chairperson of the Chamber of Commerce board of directors for 2014. Other members are Treasurer Bob...
View ArticleSpending, wetlands, more: Who may get more power?
Lots of ideas, not so much consensus. The new Charter Revision Commission is starting work with a grab bag of sometimes conflicting ideas to consider. The selectmen want the authority to set a tax and...
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Shawna Angle engaged to wed Joseph Borrow Jr. in October
Joseph Borrow and Shawna Angle Joseph and Christine Borrow of Keeler Drive have announced the engagement of their son, Joseph Borrow Jr., to Shawna Angle, daughter of John and Holly Angle of Glendale,...
View ArticlePink event supports victims, caregivers
Ridgefielders can help cancer victims and their caregivers at the fourth annual “Pink” event on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at The Ridgefield Playhouse. The event will include camaraderie for men and women...
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