Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press, out today:
- Security in the schools is causing consternation among officials trying to figure out what to pay for, and how to pay for it.
- Whatever happened to that teacher contract, supposedly settled last year?
- Two Ridgefield dogs did well at Westminster — “Grand Champion Vogelflight’s ‘Honor’ to Pillow Talk” was one of the finalists.
- A new mathematics program in the schools would set a new pace.
- The cost of an ambulance ride has gone up, but officials tell why price should not keep anyone from calling an ambulance when it’s needed.
- The first selectman was glad crews were hired to shovel off the roofs of town-owned buildings after Nemo.
- Murphy reflects on the decision, for the first time ever, to cancel the FCIAC wrestling tournament.
- A six-unit multifamily housing plan for North Street appears headed toward rejection by town officials.
- Chocolate can be good for you, notes a Ridgefield physician.
- Ridgefield ‘green’ builder Mike Trolle explains how exterior walls can be more energy-efficient.
- How did Ridgefielders in the 1800s deal with snow on the roads?
- A Ridgefield artist has won the competition to design a new logo for the Ridgefield Coalition Against Substance Abuse.
- Local amateur radio operators are stars in a training film.
- Who was the surprise guest at the Williams-Magee wedding recently?
- A former school board member and a geophysicist have been named to the Commission on Disabled.
- Meet Jane Condon, the comedienne from Greenwich who’ll be at the Playhouse next week.
- Saturday night’s snow-postponed Crystal Ball was supposed to honor Beth Yanity. Fifty years ago, Mrs. Yanity was running the 1963 Crystal Ball.
- The Boy Scouts of America have honored Bruce Bowlus with the Silver Beaver.
- You can deal with immigration this weekend at the Aldrich.
- The Keeler Tavern Museum begins a new column, Keeler Notes, this week.
- Maritza Johnson explains why the temperature is 105 degrees in her Main Street yoga studio.
- There will be BOGOs at the Thrift Shop.
- Test driver Steven Macoy takes the 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR for a spin and reports, “The pocket rocket has matured.”
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