Police increase speeding enforcement
Leadfoots beware, the Ridgefield Police Department is looking to catch speeders and they have the technology to help them do it. Police Capt. Jeff Kreitz announced in a press release last Thursday...
View ArticleEyewear trunk show is set for Aug. 21
Coco Song eyewear is a new designer that will be showcasing its latest frames at Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons at a trunk show on Thursday, Aug. 21, from 3 to 6:30 at 69 Sand Pit Road, Danbury....
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Eye-in-the-sky Giegler helps with distressed boat rescue
State Rep. Janice Giegler with Lt. Col. Sandy Sanderson of the 399th Danbury Squadron, Civil Air Patrol. While conducting a patrol flight over Long Island Sound in July with Civil Air Patrol, State...
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Key Club supports children in hospitals
Mary Lodigiani, outgoing Key Club president, left, and Sara Donnelly, incoming president. The Ridgefield High School Key Club has donated $1,000 to the Western Connecticut Health Network Foundation...
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Watershed show features sculptures
Pamela Hotchstetter Watershed Gallery will host an artist’s reception for Pamela Hotchstetter on Friday, Aug. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. Ms. Hotchstetter is exhibiting her resin and fiberglass sculptures in...
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Physical therapist sets up shop
Jim Tarsi Jr Jim Tarsi Jr., a physical therapist and native Ridgefielder, has recently opened Individual Physical Therapy Solutions at 100 Danbury Road, Building B. The practice provides “provides...
View ArticleGene Turner Barfield, Jr., 57, former Ridgefielder
Gene Turner Barfield, Jr., 57, of Bethel, formerly of Ridgefield, died on Friday, Aug. 15, at Danbury Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Kane Funeral Home, 25...
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Contemporary blues in Tuesday concert
Ruthie Foster Ruthie Foster has a voice that some have likened to Mahalia Jackson and others to Aretha Franklin. Ms. Foster, raised in rural Texas, will be performing for CHIRP’s audience on Tuesday,...
View ArticleGas prices drop 5.9 cents
Average retail gasoline prices in Connecticut have fallen 5.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.73/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,540 gas outlets in Connecticut....
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Accessory apartments: A rule that’s working
Among the projects approved under the town’s accessory apartment regulation are a couple of historic properties, like this one on the corner of West Lane and Cedar Lane. The small historic home, in...
View ArticleKeller will lead garden tour
The Ridgefield Library and the Garden of Ideas, an outdoor community center and garden sanctuary, will present a joint program on Friday, Aug. 22. The program will begin at the library at 11 a.m. with...
View ArticleCatering carries on, but not the café
Cutting Board Catering at 103 Danbury Road, will close its café, owners Rachel and Brian Bender reported on Aug. 4. “As Cutting Board Catering continues to grow and flourish, it is with bittersweet...
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Stephen Becroft, 72, data security expert
Stephen Becroft Stephen John Becroft of Douglas Lane, Ridgefield, CT died on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at his home. Death was caused by complications of advanced cancer. Born July 19, 1942 in Dunedin,...
View ArticleMarion E. Meury, 81, 50-year Ridgefielder
Marion E. Meury, 81, of Ridgefield, wife of the late George E. Meury, died on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at Danbury Hospital. Mrs. Meury, a daughter of Frederick and Margaret (Gustafson) Suden was born in...
View ArticleTheresa A. West, 84, world traveler
Theresa A. (McCaffrey) West, age 84 of Bethel, CT, passed away unexpectedly, yet peacefully, at home on August 12, 2014. Terry was born in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late Daniel and Katherine...
View ArticleGene Barfield, Jr., 57, self-taught chef
Gene Turner Barfield, Jr., 57, of Bethel, formerly of Ridgefield, died on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 at Danbury Hospital. Mr. Turner was born in Olney, Md., March 15, 1957, a son of Gene T. and Estelle...
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BBB: Buyer Beware When Signing Up for Magazine Subscriptions
Connecticut Better Business Bureau recommends consumers be very careful when signing up for magazine subscriptions. At this time of year, students looking for work to help pay for their education are...
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Selectmen select new bidder for Bailey Avenue lot work
The Bailey Avenue parking lot will have wider, but fewer parking spaces after work slated for this summer is completed. —Macklin Reid photo The selectmen have one goal in mind when it comes to the...
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Photo: On the roof
Young people from Ridgefield participated in the annual service trip to the H.O.M.E. mission in Orland, Maine — a week-long commitment — earlier this summer. This outreach ministry of the First...
View ArticleNatalie Cole performance moved to October
Natalie Cole has been moved from Thursday, Aug. 21, to Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m. the Ridgefield Playhouse due to a scheduling conflict. She will perform R&B, jazz and pop, there will be wine,...
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