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Artist Jack Whitten to talk at the Aldrich

Jack Whitten The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum will host artist Jack Whitten, who will lead a gallery talk about his current exhibition, Evolver at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 4. He will be joined by...

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Rosenfield Foundation has baseball bash at University of Hartford

The Ridgefield-based Max Michael Rosenfield Foundation announced its second annual Live Life to the Max Youth Day. This fun-filled day commemorates and celebrates the life of Max Rosenfield, who was a...

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Jack Harvey, 92, media broker, veteran

Jack Harvey Jack V. Harvey, beloved husband of 51 years to the late Fredrica P. Harvey and devoted father of Catherine Harvey McDonald of Hussars Camp Place in Ridgefield, John P. Harvey of Dover, DE,...

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Ridgefield will ‘Rewind’ to 1964

The Beatles. The Supremes. Mickey Mantle. Goldfinger. Drive-ins. The Ford Mustang. They’ll be just part of the action at this year’s Summerfest, when central Ridgefield time-travels to Summerfest ’64:...

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Teacher TV Show talks tech

Craig Tunks, left, with Holli Levy, Kim Moran, and Dorothy Pawlowski. —AnneMarie Surfaro-Boehme photo The season finale of Ridgefield: Now We’re Talking! will focus on technology in education. The...

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Alzheimer’s group offers caregiver course

The Alzheimer’s Association is presenting a four-part caregiver course that will take place at Laurel Ridge Health Care Center, 642 Danbury Road in Ridgefield, on Wednesdays in May, May 7, 14, 21, and...

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Boucher supports bill meant to curb college sexual assaults

State Sen. Toni Boucher, whose district includes Ridgefield, voted in favor of a proposal that aims to reduce the incidence of sexual assault on Connecticut’s college campuses by strengthening...

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Stanley: The nose knows

Stanley is not a director, a car or a vacuum but so much better than all these. ROAR’s Stanley is an adorable medium-size, 2-year-old male basset hound/beagle mix whose nose knows, and he will tell...

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Berkshire Hathaway announces new hires

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services New England announced two new hires to the Ridgefield office — Bill Knowles and Jay Weir. Mr. Knowles recently joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England...

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Ask Philip: Queen bees and wannabees, the post-grad years

Dear Philip, I had a falling out with a woman I’ve known socially for years, and now she’s getting our mutual friends to put pressure on me to apologize and make up with her. The problem is I don’t...

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Toll Brothers sale gets mixed reviews

Linda Hanley waved a copy of the League of Women Voters’ housing study, while opposing plans to sell 10 acres of town-owned Schlumberger land to Toll Brothers. Renderings of the 30-unit project the...

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Photo: Cleanup crew

A few neighbors gathered Saturday, April 19, to pick up litter along Barrack Hill Road and in Levy Park. Barrack Hill Cleanup is an annual event that has been organized over the years by the Bates...

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Ira Joe Fisher in Voices of Poetry

Ridgefield resident Ira Joe Fisher will be featured in a New Milford poetry presentation. The Silo gallery and store will present Voices of Poetry/On the Farm on Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m. The afternoon...

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Young Russian folk dancers enjoy hosts, schools, town

Before dancing on stage in her native Russia or in America as she will Sunday at the Ridgefield Playhouse, 16-year-old Anastasia Georgieva feels her nerves. Before dancing on stage in her native...

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Hersam Acorn Radio starts daily news show

Hersam Acorn Radio will begin airing its first daily news show, Coffee Break, on Monday, May 5. Weekday mornings at 10, Coffee Break will report local news, including traffic and weather updates,...

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Rotary Club marks 60 years of supporting Little League

  Rotary’s treasurer and vice president-elect, Rainer Gonet, left; Rotary’s vice president and president-elect, Rich Vazzana; Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi; Ridgefield Little League’s...

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Photo: History buff

East Ridge Middle School eighth grader William Hunter will be competing in the National History Bee finals after finishing in the top 10 of the Bridgeport Regional finals on April 16. The National...

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Ridgefielder No. 1 in ceramics exhibition

Susan Richter, First Prize in Ceramics, with A Contemplation of the Objectification of Women as Vessels, aka Milk Pitcher. On Sunday, April 13, Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan held the opening...

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Looking Back: 50 years ago, garden apartments and Goldwater fans

Nick DiNapoli of the DiNapoli Construction Co. Inc. announced that his firm was negotiating to purchase the three-acre Morganti property on Prospect Street for the construction of a 45-unit garden-type...

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Scotland principal receives playground dedication

Mark Solomon Scotland principal Mark Solomon is going out in style — with his name etched into the new playground at the school he presided over for the last 10 years. Mr. Solomon announced in January...

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