Doing wetlands duties, zoners block stone wall
The joint Inland Wetlands Board and Planning and Zoning Commission — kept intact despite calls to form separate boards during charter revision hearings— denied an application for 53 feet of...
View ArticleHistorian Jones back for battle
Historian and former Ridgefielder Keith Marshall Jones III will return to town and join Colonial era re-enactors for the Ridgefield Historical Society’s celebration of the Battle of Ridgefield’s 237th...
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Riding the rails through the ruin of Connecticut
Reading the governor’s press releases, Connecticut might think that preservation of farmland and prevention of “suburban sprawl” are compelling issues. Riding the train from Greenwich to Hartford gives...
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Sixth graders lobby for Alzheimer’s bill
“We can be advocates. We can speak up and adults will listen to us. We have a voice,” said Questin McQuilkin when asked what he learned from his trip to Hartford to lobby for Alzheimer’s education for...
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Photo: Exchange Club honors officer of the year
Todd Ackerman, right, president of the Ridgefield Exchange Club, stands with his daughters Holland and Piper and Officer Fernando Luis at the Ridgefield Police Department’s Officer of the Year award...
View ArticleLooking Back: Movements on Main Street, 50 years ago
Ridgefield was rife with rumors about the future of the Casagmo mansion on Main Street, the April 23, 1964, Press reported. Casagmo was built by George Olcott in the late 19th Century on the site of...
View ArticlePlanners host hearing on shed regulations
Zoners will hear from townspeople on new regulations that would allow all sheds smaller than 200 square feet to be built without a permit. A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22. The...
View ArticleArts and crafts are class topics
New art classes for beginning and advanced students are available through Ridgefield Continuing Education. Fast Track Painting for all starts Monday, April 21 (six sessions, 7 to 9 p.m., $122)....
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Photo: An easy place for kids to get booze
‘The easiest place for kids to get beer is right next to the milk.’ That’s the message on the refrigerator standing in front of town hall throughout April, national Alcohol Awareness Month. Denise...
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A cat named Isis
Okay, Isis has a few identity problems. First of all, he’s pretty and looks like a girl and then he has a girl’s name, but he’s truly all boy. Isis came to us after his loving family had to reluctantly...
View Article$4-million sale to Toll Brothers goes to hearing
A $4-million land sale the selectmen are putting up for public scrutiny is designed to allow 30 age-restricted condominiums on 10 acres, while gaining back more than half of what taxpayers spent to buy...
View ArticleEarth Day spring fling
Preschoolers celebrate Earth Day at the Woodcock Nature Center in a story and nature program called Spring Fling sponsored by the Ridgefield Library. Children ages 3 to 5 are invited to meet at the...
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Science students on education TV
Science students will be featured on the next live broadcast of Ridgefield: Now We’re Talking! airing on Thursday, April 24, at 6 p.m. on Ridgefield’s Educational Access Channel 97. Ridgefield High...
View ArticlePotter Thomas in Keeler show
Ridgefield potter Peggy Thomas is among the local artists featured in the first annual Artisans Show on Saturday, April 26, at the Keeler Tavern Museum. “Whether a bowl, a plate, a mug, a vase, or a...
View ArticlePoplar Network gets grant for ‘innovation’
Poplar Network received the CTNext Entrepreneur Innovation Award at the first EIA event, on Feb. 27 at the Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport. The award provides $10,000 for innovative project ideas that help...
View ArticleGolf fund-raiser helps ABC
The Ridgefield A Better Chance golf fund-raiser will take place on May 7 (rain date May 14) at the Ridgefield Golf Course, with lunch at 12 to 1 and golf from 1 to 6. Following the golf, a country...
View ArticleGay Road land gift, Bailey gas easement go to town meeting
A town meeting will consider two real estate transactions — a small land donation and the granting of an easement — that drew relatively little comment at public hearings last week. The town meeting...
View ArticleCaring for land with organic focus
The Basics of Organic Land Care is a new class this spring in Ridgefield Continuing Education. Certified organic land care professional Mary Ellen Pirozzoli provides practical information for the...
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Car rolls over on Branchville Road
A car flipped over on Branchville Road in the area of No. 542 Monday afternoon. The crash was reported around 3:25 p.m. When police and firefighters arrived a few minutes later they reported that all...
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William Lucas, worked in advertising
William Lucas William Homer Lucas, a resident of Ridgefield, CT, passed away on Friday, April 18, after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma. He was at Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY, surrounded by his...
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