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Volunteer Anita McKean, of Ridgefield, picks up bags of food to be given away as the Connecticut Food Bank returned to St. Andrew's Church on Friday after stopping for months due to the pandemic. The church has been the site for the food bank's mobile food pantry for several years, coordinating the monthly food delivery with the Connecticut Food Bank and the town's social services department. Friday morning, January 15, 2021, in Ridgefield, Conn.
News
Food pantry truck returns to Ridgefield
Volunteers gathered at St. Andrews to once again provide needed food to the community, though the process looked a bit different.
  • ‘When will I be next?’: Officials say be patient for vaccine

  • Adults over 75 can register for COVID vaccine. Here’s how.

Fall colors are reflected in the pond at Weir Farm on Nov. 8, 2020.
News
Weir Farm officially CT’s first ‘ National Historical Park’
Weir Farm in Ridgefield and Wilton is officially Connecticut’s first “national historic park.”
  • Car scavenger hunt launches in Ridgefield

  • 2 new vaccine sites to open in Shelton

Connecticut girls ice hockey teams will be permitted to start holding practices as of Tuesday.
Sports
H.S. girls hockey gets green light to start winter season
The Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Association followed the CIAC’s lead and will allow teams to begin practices next week.
Charter Oak Brewing Company in Danbury is offering local home delivery.
Entertainment
Breweries adapt to keep taprooms open during pandemic
With recent legislation forcing breweries to offer food in order to stay open during the pandemic, many are finding ways to adapt.
The 2021 Mazda6 Signature features a 2.5-liter, turbocharged engine that produces 250 horsepower.
Arts & Leisure
Drive: The 2021 Mazda6 ‘injected fun’ into tired driving routine
The Mazda6 is rated at just 23 mpg city, 31 highway, when equipped with the 250-horsepower engine —compared with the Camry’s up to 53 mpg fuel economy.
Elizabeth Page
Opinion
My Friend David
I’ve been trying all morning to remember when I met my friend Susan. And then of course David. What is it about the people you’ve known forever? Is it that they’re such a part of your life — as friends, colleagues, neighbors — that it feels like they’ve just always been there? It must have been 1986. Or 87. And I’m pretty sure we met at the Algonquin because that’s where I liked...
News
  • Acting Police Chief Rebeca Garcia is being sued to block transferring captains.
    Bridgeport Police captains sue to block transfers
    Three Bridgeport police captains who were ordered transferred this week are asking a judge to block the transfers.
    By Daniel Tepfer
  • LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 14: A flu vaccine syringe rests on a table at a free flu vaccination clinic held at a local library on October 14, 2020 in Lakewood, California. Medical experts are hoping the flu shot this year will help prevent a 'twindemic'- an epidemic of influenza paired with a second wave of COVID-19 which could lead to overwhelmed hospitals amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
    State health department: No new flu hospitalizations in CT
    By Amanda Cuda
    From left; Stratford Town Planner Susmitha Attota, and Shakespeare Property Sub-committee members Tom Dillon, Greg Reilly, and Tom Evans tour the site of the former Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Conn. on Thursday, January 30, 2020.
    Shakespeare Market debuts Sunday on former theater property
    By Ethan Fry
    Fairfield County Courthouse
    Stratford man pleads not guilty to killing his mother
    By Daniel Tepfer
    A file photo of Ridgefield, Conn, police headquarters.
    Police: Waterbury man, 20, killed in Ridgefield head-on collision
    By Tara O’Neill
Police News
  • Bridgeport Police captains sue to block transfers
  • Police: Waterbury man, 20, killed in Ridgefield head-on collision
  • Ansonia police: Toddler found wandering in California not Vanessa Morales
  • Police: Parolee nabbed with loaded gun after high-speed chase
  • Retired Bridgeport police officer pleads not guilty to rape
  • Lamont warns of COVID vaccine scams
  • Attorney: DC ban ‘extreme’ for CT woman charged in protest
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  3. Car scavenger hunt launches in Ridgefield
  4. Heavy security surrounds Capitol in Hartford as protest fizzles
  5. Police: 2 arrested after altercation leads to gunshots in Meriden
  6. When can I get COVID vaccine in CT? Find out here.
  7. ‘I’m thrilled that it’s coming back’: Food pantry truck returns to Ridgefield
Sports
  • Connecticut girls ice hockey teams will be permitted to start holding practices as of Tuesday.
    H.S. girls hockey gets green light to start winter season
    The Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Association followed the CIAC’s lead and will allow teams to begin practices next week.
    By Dave Stewart
  • CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini
    CIAC winter plan: no state championships, Feb. 8 start
    By Michael Fornabaio
    Ridgefield's Adam Karashik has been named captain of the UConn men's hockey team.
    Ridgefield’s Karashik leads UConn hockey into unknown season
    By Jim Fuller
    In their final game together, sisters Riley (left) and Mackenzie Peters scored goals to help the Ridgefield field hockey team win its first postseason title.
    Sisters share championship memory for Ridgefield
    By Tim Murphy
    Darien's Colleen Cassidy (2) pressures the net while New Canaan goalie Blythe Novick defends during a girls ice hockey game at the Darien Ice House on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.
    Girls hockey follows CIAC’s lead, delays season
    By Dave Stewart
Opinion
  • Op-Ed: The vaccine challenge ahead
  • My Friend David
  • Letter: Holiday Gift Fund gives thanks for helping local children
  • RVNAhealth honors inaugural ‘Directors Emeritus’
  • Founders Hall offers wide variety of learning opportunities
Business
  • Van Hurd, a "Hell's Kitchen" alum who moved to Connecticut 12 years ago, is heading up Citizen Chicken and Donuts in West Hartford.
    Former ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ chef takes on fried chicken and doughnuts
    Citizen Chicken & Donuts, by the owner of Hartford Baking Company, will replace the original bakery cafe location on New Park Avenue in West Hartford.
    By Leeanne Griffin
  • People line up to register for interviews for positions at Amazon's North Haven location at a job fait in New Haven in 2019.
    Analyst: CT ‘facing worst job declines since World War II’
    By Luther Turmelle
    'Unleashing your inner beast': Smash Avenue is Connecticut's first 'rage...
    By Lisa Backus
    U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Ricky Evans, the owner of  Ricky D's Rib Shack in New Haven, talk with reporters Wednesday about the federal Payroll Protection Program. Blumenthal visited Evans' restaurant in an effort to urge that the $130 billion that remains in the program be focused on small and minority owned businesses.
    More than 600 CT restaurants have closed during pandemic
    By Alexander Soule
    A file photo of a Stop & Shop sign in Connecticut.
    Stop & Shop hiring for more than 5,000 jobs, including in CT
    By Tara O'Neill
Entertainment
  • Charter Oak Brewing Company in Danbury is offering local home delivery.
    Breweries adapt to keep taprooms open during pandemic
    With recent legislation forcing breweries to offer food in order to stay open during the pandemic, many are finding ways to adapt.
    By Ashley Winchester
  • The Durham Farmers Market  is open Saturdays from 10 to 1 p.m. at Durham Activity Center, 350 Main Street, above the Core Club Gym.
    Winter markets offer farm fresh products
    By Ashley Winchester
    Construction on the "New Bruce" expansion and renovation continues at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich has caused the museum to temporarily close.
    ‘Growing pains’ lead Bruce Museum to temporarily close
    By TinaMarie Craven
    The Ridgefield Playhouse is located at 80 East Ridge Road in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Here is a list of the events that are going to take place at the venue in the town from Jan. 14 through Feb. 1.
    Here’s what’s happening at the Ridgefield Playhouse, Jan. 14 through...
    The Ridgefield Playhouse is located at 80 East Ridge Road in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Here is a list of the events that are going to take place at the venue in the town from January 7 through January 31.
    Here’s what’s happening at the Ridgefield Playhouse, Jan. 7 through...
Real Estate
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  • Real Estate New Canaan home sells for more than $6M
    A home at 141 Briscoe Road in New Canaan has sold for $6,162,300. It is on the latest list of property transfers that were reported in the town clerk's office between August 17, and August 22, 2020.
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    Beige colonial at 20 Tuckahoe Road, Easton.
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Arts and Leisure
  • The 2021 Mazda6 Signature features a 2.5-liter, turbocharged engine that produces 250 horsepower.
    Drive: The 2021 Mazda6 ‘injected fun’ into tired driving routine
    The Mazda6 is rated at just 23 mpg city, 31 highway, when equipped with the 250-horsepower engine —compared with the Camry’s up to 53 mpg fuel economy.
    By Steven Macoy
  • Looking to try something a little different? A pear flatbread makes for a light and refreshing dish.
    Recipe: Pear flatbread offers a fancy alternative to pizza
    By TinaMarie Craven
    Check out the movies playing on your television Jan. 15-17.
    Movie Menu: Check out the films airing on cable this weekend
    By Mark Schumann
    "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" wraps up the series with a sense of finality after four seasons.
    Review: ‘Sabrina’ ends Netflix run with bittersweet finality
    By TinaMarie Craven
    The Fairfield University Art Museum director teamed up with the school's biology department to create the "Birds of the Northeast: Gulls to Great Auks" exhibit.
    Bird exhibit takes flight at Fairfield University Art Museum
    By Keith Loria
Politics
  • News ‘Hit the floor:’ Himes, DeLauro were in House chamber...
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Protesters gather inside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
  • Politics Lamont quarantined as spokesman tests positive for COVID-19
    FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2020, file photo, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont addresses the media in Westport, Conn. Despite Connecticut's increasing virus rates, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, Lamont continued to urge school districts to keep in-person learning at least for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. He said data show young children are not a major contributor to rising virus rates, and long-term isolation can harm students socially and emotionally.
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Shopping
  • Filson Original Briefcase in black for $178.99.
    The buy-it-for-life Filson Original Briefcase is $179 right now
    On my iPhone, I have a list of "wants," and a Filson Original Briefcase has lived on that list for a while.
    By Ryan Craggs
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    Fake N95 masks are rampant. Here's how to spot one.
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    The best crates for crate training a new puppy
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    Forget your kids: buy this orthopedic dog bed
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    Deals round up Friday, Jan. 15
    By The Buy Area Staff
Nation & World News
  • Asian shares mostly lower, China gains on GDP rebound
    A woman walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Shares fell Monday across most of Asia following a retreat on Wall Street, but benchmarks in Hong Kong and Shanghai rose after data showed the Chinese economy grew a solid 2.3% in 2020.
  • Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81
    In this handout photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), inmate Phillip Spector poses for his mugshot photo on June 5, 2009 at North Kern State Prison in Delano, California. Spector was received by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from Los Angeles County with a 19-year sentence for second-degree murder for the February 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. He is currently at North Kern State Prison, a reception center in Kern County. The reception center process is used to make housing determinations. (Photo by CDCR via Getty Images)
  • Phil Spector's death resurrects mixed reaction from skeptics
    FILE - In this March 19, 2007 file photo, music producer Phil Spector and his attorney, Roger Rosen, right, leave Los Angeles Superior Court for a break during the start of jury selection in Spectors' murder trial. Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his "Wall of Sound" method and who was later convicted of murder, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, at age 81.
  • Heavily fortified statehouses around US see small protests
    Martin Szelag stands outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021.
  • Twitter suspends US congresswoman over election fraud claims
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.
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    A woman doesn't want her husband's ex-wife to carry his surname.
Politics
  • Kremlin critic Navalny detained after landing in Moscow
    In this photo taken from video, Alexei Navalny kisses his wife Yulia as he is detained by police at the passport control after arriving at Sheremetyevo airport, outside Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. Russia's prison service says opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany. (AP)
  • Vice President-elect Harris to resign her Senate seat Monday
    FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 file photo, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks as she and President-elect Joe Biden introduce their nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts at The Queen theater, in Wilmington, Del. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, a history-making event in which the first Black, South Asian and female vice president will take her oath of office from the first Latina justice.
  • Decision on Belarus hockey worlds near amid sponsor pressure
    Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, greets International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)
  • Actions by GOP attorneys general could damage credibility
    FILE - This Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump. In December, Paxton filed legal papers attempting to overturn the results of the presidential election based on unfounded claims of election fraud in four states that supported President Donald Trump in 2016 but elected Joe Biden president in 2020. The Republican attorneys general for 17 other states made legal filings supporting his effort, which was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • 'Little old West Virginia' sets pace on vaccine rollout
    Pharmacist Ric Griffith stands in his family's business Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Kenova, W.Va. Griffith & Feil is among 250 mom-and-pop pharmacies in West Virginia helping to vaccinate residents in the quest to banish the coronavirus pandemic.
Health
  • Asia Today: Philippine cases hit 500K amid vaccine struggles
    Children ride a bike past markers placed outside the Santo Nino Parish at Tondo district, Manila, Philippines on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The Manila city government said that the usual festivities are prohibited during the upcoming feast day of Santo Nino or Baby Jesus in Tondo and Pandacan to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. Masses will be held at the church under strict health protocols this weekend.
  • China economy grows in 2020 as rebound from virus gains
    FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2020, file photo, women eating snack walk by a Chanel cosmetic shop at the capital city's popular shopping mall in Beijing. China's economy grew 2.3% in 2020 as a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic accelerated while the United States, Europe and Japan struggled with disease flare-ups.
  • Aid effort intensifies after Indonesia quake that killed 81
    Motorists ride past buildings collapsed in Friday's earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed a number of people in the province where rescuers intensified their work Monday to find those buried in the rubble.
  • Mexico says it's OK with getting less Pfizer vaccine for now
    Medical workers are registered to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, outside a vaccination center at General Hospital on the first day of coronavirus vaccinations in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.
  • Guatemala forces stall migrant caravan with tear gas, batons
    Honduran migrants clash with Guatemalan soldiers in Vado Hondo, Guatemala, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. Guatemalan authorities estimated that as many as 9,000 Honduran migrants crossed into Guatemala as part of an effort to form a new caravan to reach the U.S. border.
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