Rosamond Dauer, 79, author, volunteer
Rosamond Louise Dauer, age 79, died on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 in Wilkesboro, N.C., in the presence of family. Ms. Dauer earned a B.A. in English from Middlebury College, an M.A. from Columbia...
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Biggest Tag Sale Ever supports Ann’s Place
Scotland Elementary School fifth graders Tristen Connelly, left, Maya Peck, Alex Brooker, and Collin Norcross hold the signs the students will distribute throughout Ridgefield to advertise the...
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AAA urges motorists to Share the Road with bicyclists
Traveling on Connecticut roadways require care and courtesy — whether you’re operating a car or a bicycle. To generate a greater awareness for bicycles — a legitimate form of transportation, since May...
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Photo: Stranger Danger
Officer Samoskevich visited Jesse Lee Day School’s Fours classes to teach the children about Stranger Danger, 911 and using seat belts and helmets. Officer Samoskevich showed and explained equipment on...
View ArticleFounders Hall: Life is a picnic
Life is a picnic when you have more than 200 pairs of hands helping you through. That’s why we celebrated our wonderful volunteers with a gourmet picnic, sponsored by The Greens at Cannondale....
View ArticleZemo’s Schlumberger plan scraps banquet hall
Developer Steve Zemo presented pre-submission plans to the Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday night for a four building complex that includes a three-story hotel on five acres off Old Quarry Road....
View ArticleOpera everywhere
This is Opera! is the topic of a new course available through Ridgefield Continuing Education. Opera is all around us, in movies and on TV. The instructor will demonstrate that we know more music from...
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Coast to coast, Wooster headmaster has taught in a variety of ways
Matt Byrnes, a Ridgefield resident for the last decade, has taken over as headmaster at Wooster School in Danbury. Mr. Byrnes has been active in the community, coaching basketball, hockey and soccer...
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South Street shut down after car strikes gas line
A car struck a gas line at 21 South Street, causing a leak that forced buildings to be evacuated and a portion of the road closed. —Steve Coulter photo 11:29 — South street is now open. 11:19 — South...
View ArticleeBay selling hands-on
Buying and Selling on eBay is a Ridgefield Continuing Education class that provides hands-on experience using eBay and can help people buy old or new items with confidence, convert household clutter to...
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How can we make our food healthier and easier on our environment?
Dear EarthTalk: What would you consider to be the key areas we need to improve to make our food safer for our health and easier on our environment? —Billy A., Oakland, Calif. Although we have come a...
View ArticleIn this week’s Press
Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today in print and e-edition: The library has grand plans for its re-opening weekend. The Prospector right next door is...
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Teachers’ TV show will end after 25 years of call-in talk
The all-teacher volunteer production team of Ridgefield Now We’re Talking! has decided to retire, ending the show with tonight’s live broadcast. From left, standing, are Melinda Violante, Jean Jaykus,...
View ArticleRita Roche, 92, Founders Hall member
Rita C. (Gardella) Roche, 92, of Ridgefield died Thursday, May 1, at Filosa Convalescent Home in Danbury. Ms. Roche was the wife of the late Thomas E. Roche, who died in 2005. Born in Haverhill, Mass.,...
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Photo: Check for Gershwin
The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra received a $10,000 sponsorship from Union Savings Bank to support the concert ‘Crazy for Gershwin,’ which takes place on Saturday, May 17, at 8 p.m. Pictured from left...
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Miss Teen’s confidence comes from Ukrainian background
Nataliya Baltsevych Everything happens for a reason. It may sound cliché, but it’s an empowering ethos for Ridgefield High School senior Nataliya Baltsevych. She said she’s used it her whole life and...
View ArticleMystery of a history: What’s ‘Georgetown’?
What the heck is Georgetown? It’s on the map, but is it a “town”? Georgetown is a lot of things, but not a “real” town. Connecticut has 169 official towns, each with its own government, such as a...
View ArticleAuthors, musicians celebrate new library
The Ridgefield Library will host an afternoon program that will feature an eclectic mix of readings and musical pieces by some Ridgefield authors and musicians on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11, at 3:30...
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Walk, fund-raiser, brings water to Guatemalan village
Ellen Miller, a parishoner of St. Mary since the 1980s, with children in the village of Santa Maria de Jesus in Guatemala. Ms. Miller works as a respiratory nurse at St. Vincent’s in Bridgeport, and...
View ArticleGentle Yoga at St. Andrew’s
Meditation in Motion, a program of gentle yoga with certified AcuYoga instructor Christal Autuori, will be held at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 6 Ivy Hill Road, Ridgefield, beginning on May 14....
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