Associate Editor

Macklin Reid

Macklin Reid is an associate editor with Hearst Connecticut Media and has worked as a reporter and editor at The Ridgefield Press for more than four decades, covering everything from town budgets to murders to lost cats.

Stories By Macklin Reid

Macklin Reid thanks town, colleagues and metnors for rewarding career By Macklin Reid

19th-century explorer inspires Ridgefield author David Rich

Ridgefielder David Rich was fascinated by explorer and adventurer Sir Richard Francis Burton long before he began writing his novel “The Mirrored Palace.” By Macklin Reid

Disinfecting robot is Ridgefield partners’ COVID solution

Three business partners invented the robot as a tool to help businesses meet demands for sanitized surfaces. By Macklin Reid

A tough year behind, Marconi has hopes for 2021 in Ridgefield

Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi looks at a tough 2020, and sees potential for a better 2021. By Macklin Reid

All Ridgefield schools return to hybrid model

The superintendent said the policy shift didn’t result directly from the cluster of COVID-19 cases at Farmingville Elementary School, which reached 20 cases just before vacation. By Macklin Reid

COVID cluster at Ridgefield’s Farmingville school reaches 20

A COVID-19 cluster at Ridgefield’s Farmingville School reached 20. Officials closed the building and recommended anyone who’d been there since Dec. 7 get tested. By Macklin Reid

Ridgefield plans testing for Farmingville students and staff

With 10 recent COVID-19 cases at Farmingville School, Ridgefield’s testing site will be open to Farmingville students and staff Monday afternoon. By Macklin Reid

Farmingville COVID cases prompt Ridgefield question session

With a cluster of 10 COVID-19 cases at Farmingville Elementary School, Ridgefield school officials are planning and question and answer session for school families on Monday. By Macklin Reid

COVID cluster at Ridgefield school prompts call for testing

Ridgefield’s Farmingville Elementary School reports eight recent COVID-19 cases. Officials recommended that anyone who’s been in the building since Dec. 7 be tested. By Macklin Reid

COVID-19 cases at Farmingville School worry Ridgefield officials

Withh two new COVID-19 cases announced, Ridgefield might have closed Farmingville School for two weeks due to concerns about possibility of in-school transmission, but it’s not due to reopen until Jan. 4, anyway. By Macklin Reid

Fundraiser for Ridgefield’s Founders Hall lights up the town

Founders Hall senior center in Ridgefield has a “Light Fight” fundraiser that involves driving around looking at 32 holiday displays and then voting for a favorite. Viewing is free and contributions are optional. By Macklin Reid

Ridgefield COVID-19 update Thursday; testing available

Ridgefield leaders will share an update on COVID-19 via Zoom Thursday, and drive-thru testing is available weekday mornings outside Yanity Gym. By Macklin Reid

Snow day! Da Silva makes an early call for Ridgefield’s kids

Ridgefield Superintendent of Schools Susie Da Silva declared Thursday a snow day, with no in-person or remote learning. Friday will be remote learning or no school. By Macklin Reid

Light and joy: Ridgefield temple lights menorah

Ridgefield’s Congregation Shir Shalom is celebrating Chanukah with online Menorah lightings and appearances by its ‘menorah mobile’ around town. By Macklin Reid

Researchers looking to solve riddle of old bones found in Ridgefield

Researchers are still waiting to discern the stories behind four skeletons found in a Ridgefield basement in 2019, which may be the remains of soldiers killed in the Battle of Ridgefield during the Revolutionary War. By Macklin Reid

Official: Person ‘potentially infectious’ with COVID all week...

Some East Ridge Middle School students and staff were sent home early Friday when the COVID cases was reported, a district official said. By Macklin Reid

Ridgefield’s St. Stephen’s sticks with plan to sell South Hall

Leaders of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Ridgefield say they’re committed to selling South Hall, and a proposal to make the building a group home for disabled adults did not meet the church’s needs. By Macklin Reid

Farewell, Biscuit: Ridgefield’s Main Street will miss a dog

Biscuit, a faithful even-tempered dog, will be missed as companion to “the flower lady” of Ridgefield, Spencer Moore. By Macklin Reid

‘Desegregate Connecticut’ still has suburban zoning officials talking

The ‘Desegregate Connecticut’ has support in Hartford, but suburban zoning officials in Southwestern Connecticut see problems as complex and not easily solved. State Sen. Will Haskell is trying to facilitate discussions. By Macklin Reid

Ridgefield businesses are hurting, but help is coming

A member of Ridgefield Economci anad Community Developmeth Commission discusses the tight situation loocal businesses are in, and the slow progress of efforts to help. By Macklin Reid