Zoners OK restaurant at long-empty Chambers site
After nearly a decade-long absence, and a six-month zoning debate, business will return to 38 Danbury Road, formerly the Chambers Army and Navy store. The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously...
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What’s Happening in Retail: Books on the Common
Ellen Burns and Darwin Ellis, owners of Books on the Common. —Carol Mark photo Books on the Common, located in the heart of Main Street, is nearing its 30th anniversary. It originated in 1984 with Bob...
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Barberie earns riding award from admired expert
Pegasus student Juliette Barberie of Ridgefield poses with her parents, Michael Barberie and Jill Edelman of Redding, and her equestrian idol, Georgina Bloomberg. —Sarah Corbin photo Cheered on by...
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Le Chateau donates cake to Keeler Tavern birthday party
Andre Molle, chef at Le Chateau, displays one of his cake creations. Le Chateau, a French restaurant on the Ridgefield- South Salem line, is donating a cake to the Keeler Tavern Museum’s 300th...
View ArticleNon-resident tuitions raised for 2013-2014
Non-resident students coming to Ridgefield for an education will have to pay a little bit more in 2013-2014. The Board of Education unanimously approved changes to non-resident tutition Monday night....
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Teachers get Hero Awards
Deborah Holliday, Farmingville Elementary School teacher, receives her Hero Award from Mrs. Incredible. The sounds of a caped crusader, aka Mrs. Incredible, swooshed from classroom to classroom during...
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Niels Diffrient, 84, noted industrial designer and author
Niels Diffrient Niels Diffrient, internationally revered industrial designer and author, died on Saturday at his home. He was 84. A Ridgefield resident for 32 years, Diffrient is best known for his...
View ArticleIn 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-edtions. A group of Ridgefielders has sued the Planning and Zoning Commission to halt the “Gateway”...
View ArticlePTA gifts to schools worth $30,000
Ridgefield PTA members are in a generous mood this spring, donating a wide variety of gifts that will improve education both inside and outside, as well as on the Internet. The Board of Education...
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Hands-free is not risk-free, study finds
Hands-free technologies might make it easier for motorists to text, talk on the phone, or even use Facebook while they drive, but a new AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study shows dangerous mental...
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Gabrielson tells 1890s story of fishermen and America’s Cup
Mark Gabrielson of Ridgefield has written a new book, Deer Isle’s Undefeated America’s Cup Crews: Humble Heroes from A Downeast Island. In 1895, Mr. Gabrielson explains, emissaries from the New York...
View ArticleNew information on police shooting revealed
New details about the May 24 shooting on Ridgebury Road, including where the victim was fatally shot and how many shots the officer fired, were revealed yesterday at the state Superior Court in...
View ArticleMore government makes Connecticut’s ‘spending cap’ just a memory
Every other week, John J. Ryan, a former Republican state representative, and Joshua Fisher, a longtime Hersam-Acorn editor, share their back-and-forth about news going on around the state, among other...
View ArticleThis weekend in Ridgefield
Father’s Day has done nothing to slow the pace of activities this weekend, which offers plenty to keep dad — and the whole family — busy. Relay for Life kicks off Friday night and continues into...
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Tennis players protest, but BMWs are coming
The BMW-Tennis hearing drew a sizable crowd. That’s attorney Bob Jewell, representing the applicants, sitting in front of the crowd at right, and Commissioner Phil Mische in foreground left. —Macklin...
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Over 1,000 expected at Relay for Life tonight
Many Ridgefield businesses this week took part in Paint the Town Purple to support Relay for Life — see page 6C. Shown with purple pinwheels are Chamber of Commerce staff members, from left, Jen...
View ArticleTwo bear sightings on Friday
A black bear was sighted Friday morning on Barrack Hill Road and another on Peaceable Ridge Road Friday evening. Frank Grant was driving near Levy Park when he spotted the bear crossing the road in the...
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Keeler Tavern’s 300th birthday
True locals show their colors with indifference to — sometimes even in ignorance of — the treasures that bless the place in which they live. Attractions that visitors travel from afar to enjoy are...
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Enchanted Garden Studios offers Shakespeare program
From Enchanted Garden Studios’s 2012 Camp Shakespeare production of “Antony and Cleopatra” Katherine Keating as Cleopatra and Sarah Thorn as Chairman.” This summer, young actors ages 9 to 17 will be...
View ArticleCitizens group sues to halt Gateway Zone
Opponents of more retail on upper Route 7 have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the new ‘Gateway Zone’ adopted May 14 by the Planning and Zoning Commission. “We feel they have not done nearly enough...
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