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Realtor Bazarian a ‘Rising Star’
Gigi Bazarian William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty recently announced that Ridgefield real estate agent Gigi Bazarian won its recent Rising Star award. The company gives the award to one agent...
View ArticleAll are welcome at Come As You Are Shabbat
Members of the community, especially individuals with special needs, are invited to a casual Shabbat celebration on Friday, June 20, at 6 p.m. at Temple Shearith Israel. This is an inclusive and brief...
View ArticleSCORE talks Effective Leadership
SCORE Fairfield County and Rowayton Library present a free Business and Bagels Series Workshop, Effective Personal Leadership on Thursday, April 24, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Rowayton Library 33...
View ArticleBarbecue festival offers family fun
The streets of downtown Ridgefield will be filled with the savory aromas, sights and sounds of real pit bosses on Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4, for the Ridgefield Gone Country Barbecue Festival....
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Financial myths of Ridgefield debunked
About once a year, usually around budget time, various financial myths pop up around town. Here are three of the most common and the truth about each. Myth 1: Ridgefield property taxes are among the...
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Silver Spring farm application yanked
A proposed two-lot re-subdivision on 400 Silver Spring Road has been withdrawn, but there is still hope of preserving the property’s six historic buildings as the applicant plans to submit new plans...
View ArticleCellist Bendokas at Ballard Green
Cellist Thirzah Bendokas will perform in a free concert at Ballard Green Friday, April 25, at 3:30. Ms. Bendokas made her professional debut with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, performing the Lalo...
View ArticleFrey, Giegler support alternative budget
Ridgefield State Representatives John Frey and Jan Giegler joined their fellow Republicans in the state legislature in introducing an alternative budget plan Thursday. The plan, which would eliminate...
View ArticleSenior-senior Prom is SPIFy
Get out your dancing shoes! The Senior-Senior Prom is set for Thursday, May 15, at Parks and Recreation from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event, a collaboration of SPIF (Senior Positive Initiative Forum),...
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Guests tend bar for Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels of Ridgefield will hold a fund-raiser Guest Bartender Night at Ristorante Gallo, 5 Grove Street, on Thursday, April 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. The nonprofit group’s mission is “providing...
View ArticleGrowing art at the Aldrich
Families are invited to investigate Michael Joo’s geology-inspired exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and discover the beauty in nature and stones at a Crystal Creations workshop. On...
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Photo: Thinking Day
Troop 50145 from Scotts Ridge Middle School hosted Daisy Troop 50842 from Scotland Elementary for an afternoon of international fun on March 14. Every year, Girl Scouts around the world celebrate...
View ArticleSettlement of Gaeta case urged by judges
With court costs mounting, the selectmen will be considering a judge’s recommendation that the two sides in the long-running Gaeta case try again to reach a settlement. The Board of Selectmen have...
View ArticleBeginner dance is topic of classes
Ballroom, salsa, and line dance classes start soon in Ridgefield Continuing Education. In Ballroom Dance Beginner (six sessions, starts Tuesday, April 22, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., $73) students learn basic...
View ArticlePlayhouse gets grant from arts endowment
The Ridgefield Playhouse recently received a grant of $5,507 from the Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund, managed by the Department of Economic and Community Development, which will be used for general...
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Trout season opens Saturday
Opening Day of the Trout Fishing Season is Saturday, April 19, and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has the state’s rivers, streams, lakes and ponds stocked and ready....
View ArticleLiability hangups keep bikes off the trail
Concerns over liability for the arsenic beneath the rail trail have held up plans to allow bikes on it and link it up to other trails. “We’re still working with the legal department at CL&P on a...
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Wild turkey hunting season opens April 30
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is reminding hunters that the 2014 Connecticut spring wild turkey hunting season runs from April 30 to May 31. In addition to the...
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Big Pharma: What have you done for me lately?
A drug has been developed that is a true miracle of modern pharmacology. I say this because it can reduce deaths for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) as much as a $10,000 defibrillator. It...
View ArticleRVNA’s Travel Wise program offers health consulting for adventurers
When two longtime friends prepared for safari vacation in South Africa, they were excited to stay in a resort and see lions, elephants and zebras. Less exciting were the vaccinations needed for...
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