Therapy dogs are focus of benefit
The power of pets, the touching of lives through animal interaction, is the theme for the annual ROAR with Laughter benefit Saturday, Feb. 22 at BMW of Ridgefield. Volunteers Mary Jo Duffy and Didi...
View ArticleClasses will focus on digital photos
Digital photography and camera classes are available through Ridgefield Continuing Education. Beginning Photography (meets Thursdays, Feb., 27; Mar. 6, 13 and 20; 7 to 9 p.m.; Veterans Park School;...
View ArticleHeart disease and NSAIDs: A recipe for disaster
Within a few days a patient with previously stable heart failure was lying in an ICU clinging to life with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) and acute renal failure. He was a good patient, always...
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Zoners continue mixed-use debate tonight
A business on 40 Grove Street, Heritage Homes, has submitted a proposed amendment to the town’s zoning regulations to allow residential units on the upper level of commercial buildings. —Steve Coulter...
View ArticleNo hike in health costs: School board is smiling
“I said health care was up 3%. I was off,” insurance consultant Rob Fitzpatrick told the school board. “By 3%. We have no increase in our health costs — zero.” Health benefits in next year’s 2014-15...
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Gina Wilson will retire as orchestra executive director
Gina Wilson Gina Wilson, the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra’s executive director, will retire at the end of the orchestra’s current season. “Gina has been our executive director for five years, and has...
View ArticleNewcomers planning camp, preschool fair
Newcomers Club of Ridgefield Summer Camp & Preschool Fair will take place in two sessions on Tuesday March 4, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Recreation Center. The...
View ArticleBallroom and Salsa: Classes start soon
Ridgefield Continuing Education offers several dance classes. In Ballroom Dance Beginner (six sessions; starts Tuesday, Feb. 25; 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.; $73) students learn basic steps for swing, foxtrot,...
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Finn wins again at Westminster
Finn, who was bred at Ridgefield’s Devinwood Kennel on Barrack Hill Road, walks the stage at the National Dog Show in 2012. He was named Westminster’s Best of Breed in 2013 and will defend his crown...
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Town getting low on salt as storm approaches
National Weather Service forecast of snow, in inches, on Thursday, as of 3:30 this afternoon Another snow storm is headed our way for Thursday, February 13, with up to 14 inches possible. First...
View ArticleTackling taxes if you’re self-employed
Tax time is tough, there’s no question about it, but it’s even more challenging when you’re self-employed and trying to deal with the sometimes confusing rules and recordkeeping that can go hand in...
View ArticleSchool board hires superintendent search firm
The Board of Education has taken the first step in the process of replacing Superintendent Deborah Low by hiring Illinois-based Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates (HYA), the nation’s largest education...
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Emergency radio upgrade: At $4 million, no time is right
Police communications supervisor Bill Browning and police Chief John Roche check out a new dispatching station nearing completion at police headquarters. The new console could be used with the...
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Jennifer O’Shea plans to marry Staff Sgt. Tommy Purcell
Tommy Purcell and Jennifer O’Shea David and Karen O’Shea of Ridgefield have announced the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Ann, to Tommy Purcell, son of Michele Relations Cook of Tunkhannock,...
View Article‘Backyardigans’ at the Aldrich
Dan Yaccarino, the illustrator of hit cartoons such as Oswald and The Backyardigans, will be featured at Third Saturdays family fun Feb. 15 at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Mr. Yaccarino will...
View ArticleO’Leary will teach would-be comedians
Comedienne Christine O’Leary’s Comedy Writing Workshop for would-be comedians will start on Monday, March 3, and run through April 14 from 7 to 9 p.m., culminating in a graduation showcase on the stage...
View ArticleDrew Glaser, 52; services will be announced
Drew Glaser of Ridgefield, a longtime resident who owned Homeworks Excavating, died early this morning of pancreatic cancer. He was 52 years old. Services will be announced by the Kane Funeral Home.
View ArticleSTORM NOTES: School cancelled for sixth time.
7 p.m. — Wooster School, RCK preschool, the ROAR shelter, and Chamber of Commerce have announced they are closed Thursday. All Department of Motor Vehicles road tests are cancelled. Wednesday, 5:15...
View ArticleBarbecue is prize at ROAR benefit
Ridgefielder Walt Richter placed second in Chefs’ Choice category at the Westport Blues Views and Barbecue’s Smoking and Grilling contest this past fall. Mr. Richter competed against almost 30 teams,...
View ArticleFormer Ridgefielder Anne Buttrick has died at age 83
Anne Palmer Buttrick of Torrington, formerly of Ridgefield, died on Sunday, Feb. 16, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on March 5, 1930, in Rye, N.Y. She is survived by her husband of...
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