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  • FILE - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks Sept. 16, 2021, at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. The conservative Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of trust. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP, File)
    News
    CT Supreme Court Justice calls out Clarence Thomas on Facebook
    CT Supreme Court Justice Andrew McDonald criticized Clarence Thomas for his suggestions in the concurring opinion of the case overturning Roe v. Wade.
    By Amy Coval
  • Students at Ridgefield Community Kindergarten run outside the Lounsbury House.
    News
    After 63 years, Ridgefield nonprofit kindergarten loses its lease
  • Gov. Ned Lamont speaks with Dr. Carol Fucigna, interim chair of the Department of OB/GYN at Stamford Health, during a visit to the hospital complex on June 27, 2022, three days after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overrule Roe v. Wade, as Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons and State Rep. Matt Blumenthal, D-Stamford, look on.
    News
    CT contemplates how to confront a post-Roe America
  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expanding service on the New Haven line starting on July 10.
    News
    MTA: More Metro-North trains will shorten commute for CT riders
  • Stephanie Maynard, right, from Ox Hollow Farm in Roxbury helps Carol Davis of Ridgefield as she shops at the weekly Westport Farmers Market, in Westport, Conn. June 23, 2022.
    News
    Rising fertilizer prices hitting CT farms, parks and gardens
  • Mark Howarth is the executive director of the Candlewood lake Authority. Photo Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    New Milford Spectrum
    Local organizations earn grants to tackle aquatic invasive...
  • Eighteen students from the Ridgefield Academy Class of 2022 recently graduated in a ceremony that was on Wednesday, June 15, at the school, which is located at 233 West Mountain Road in the town.
    News
    Community: Thrummed mittens workshop, other news in Ridgefield
  • News
    CT trooper stayed at party where cocaine was used, report says
    A file photo of a state police stetson hat, front, worn by all sworn troopers in Connecticut. After refusing for months to release an Internal Affairs investigation report about alleged trooper misconduct, state police sent a copy of the record to Hearst Connecticut Media Group, revealing details about a trooper who attended a party where... By Bill Cummings
  • News
    Jazz group to perform at restaurant, among Danbury area...
    The John Pettibone Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc. of New Milford announced the recipients of its 2022 scholarship awards. They are: Kelsey Steward, Laura Grasso, Patrick Fergus, Annabelle Colonna, Ngoc Nguyen, Ronan Banton, Sarah Marcos, Grace Hengel, Logan Boisvert, Broneyn Metz, Cassandra Giancaspro, Susan Hackett, Ishaani Pradeep, Kristen Taylor, Cameron Carroccio, Lucas Gustas, James Najera, Gabriella Dana, Nolan Freeman, Shane Kelly, Nicholas Peburn and Sarah Rondini. Michael Levanthal Septet to play, while Brookfield Crafts Center welcomes three Afghan artists and the Chamber prepares for a job fair. By Justin Stock
  • News
    These CT laws go into effect July 1
    The Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford, Conn. Monday, June 3, 2013. Two new laws on the books will expand the types of medical providers who can provide aspiration abortions. By Ken Dixon and Julia Bergman
  • News
    CT companies will pay for employees’ travel for abortions
    Insurers like Cigna Corp. see 'uncertainty' from the Trump administration's decision to halt federal health insurance transfer payments. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA/TNS) Overturning the law is expected to lead to abortion bans in 25 states. By Luther Turmelle
  • News
    Murphy praises gun compromise, while Supreme Court looms large
    Sen. Chris Murphy speaks to a rally of gun safety advocates Friday in Hartford, a day after helping the Senate pass the first major federal gun control legislation in more than three decades. “There’s no question that the country is a lot safer today,” Sen. Chris Murphy told advocates in Hartford on Friday after Congress sent President Joe Biden the first major gun safety bill in nearly three decades. By John Moritz
Police News
  • CT trooper stayed at party where cocaine was used, report says
  • Ridgefield police: Teen charged with spray-painting ‘racial slur’
  • Man charged in Milford I-95 wrong-way crash
  • Three new police officers sworn in by Ridgefield Town Clerk
  • Lawmakers call state police misconduct ‘a serious problem’
  • A CT trooper allegedly let someone sniff narcotics off his badge
  • CT troopers accused of wrongdoing 895 times in 6 years
  • News
    Possible new Subway HQ highlights area’s corporate appeal
    A sign at the Subway world headquarters in Milford. The company has 446 restaurants in Russia, but it has not announced any plans to suspend or reduce operations in the country in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Subway’s apparent plan to move its headquarters from Milford to Shelton would be a big economic boost to eastern Fairfield County, while the proximity between the towns would limit disruption for employees. By Paul Schott
  • News
    After Roe, could contraception, same-sex marriage be next?
    FILE - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks Sept. 16, 2021, at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. The conservative Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of trust. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP, File) The U.S. Supreme Court was not unanimous in its assertion that overturning Roe won’t put a landmark Connecticut ruling on contraception in jeopardy. By Jordan Nathaniel Fenster
  • News
    Charter Communications found negligent in customer’s murder
    Charter Communications, the provider of Spectrum services, is headquartered in this new two-building complex at 400 Washington Blvd., next to the downtown Stamford Metro-North Railroad station. Spectrum services provider Charter Communications has been found negligent and ordered to pay nearly $340 million in a civil case focusing on its hiring and oversight of a technician who murdered a customer in Texas in 2019. By Paul Schott
  • News
    Ridgefield police: Teen charged with spray-painting ‘racial slur’
    Ridgefield High School The 17-year-old resident of Brewster, N.Y., was charged with third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree intimidation based on bigotry/bias, police said. By Sandra Diamond Fox
  • News
    Experts: Abortion ruling won’t change law in CT, yet
    People protest about abortion, Friday, June 24, 2022, outside the Supreme Court in Washington. Connecticut lawmakers this year approved an expansion of abortion rights aimed at making the state a safe harbor for women seeking reproductive care — and medical personnel — from other states. By Staff reports
Most Popular
  1. After 63 years, Ridgefield kindergarten loses its lease at Lounsbury: new property ‘is not easy to come by’
  2. Community: Thrummed mittens workshop, other news in Ridgefield
  3. After nine years, owner of Yuan Asian Cuisine to close Ridgefield location: ‘Like family’
  4. Ridgefield police: NY teen charged in connection with ‘racial slur’ found spray-painted at high school field
  5. Bradley David Lord, 30, grew up in Ridgefield, RPI graduate
  6. Three new police officers sworn in by Ridgefield Town Clerk
  7. 8 new Connecticut restaurants to try in July
  • News
    In Photos: Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department’s annual carnival
    Sally and Teddy Price, 8 and 5, at Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department’s carnival The volunteer fire department carnival was packed as hundreds of people came out to East Ridge Middle School. Still to come: a parade and fireworks. By Sandra Diamond Fox
  • News
    Bipartisan gun violence bill passes in Senate, heads to House
    Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who has led the Democrats in bipartisan Senate talks to rein in gun violence, talks to reporters, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Senate bargainers reached agreement on a bipartisan gun violence bill yesterday, with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer predicting Senate approval later this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) After nearly 30 years, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill to combat gun violence. The bill now heads to the House of Representatives. By John Moritz and Liz Hardaway
  • News
    Former UConn quarterback, White House official in Jan. 6 hearing
    Connecticut quarterback Johnny McEntee throws during the first NCAA college football practice of the season at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn., Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. McEntee, a former White house official, was seen briefly in the House Jan. 6 committee hearing Thursday. Former University of Connecticut quarterback and White house official John McEntee was seen briefly in the House Jan. 6 committee hearing Thursday. By Liz Hardaway
  • News
    CT woman can sue Harvard for using photos of enslaved ancestors
    Tamara Lanier holds an 1850 photograph of a South Carolina slave named Renty, who Lanier said is her family's patriarch, on July 17, 2018, at her home in Norwich, Conn. Lanier, who says she's descended from slaves portrayed in widely-published, historical photos owned by Harvard, can sue the Ivy League university for emotional distress, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Thursday June 23, 2022. The Massachusetts Supreme Court decided Thursday that a Norwich woman can sue Harvard University for using photos of her enslaved ancestors. By Liz Hardaway
  • News
    Metro-North had its highest ridership day since pandemic began
    Commuters board the train during the morning rush hour at the South Norwalk Train Station in Norwalk, Conn. Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Starting March 28, Metro-North will return to a nearly-full train schedule to complement the recent return of peak fares in an effort to get its service back to normal. Metro-North’s New Haven Line recently had its highest ridership day since the pandemic began. By Tom Condon
  • Hartford
    CT to share COVID numbers only once a week moving forward
    State Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, left. Beginning next week, Connecticut will significantly pare back its reporting of COVID-19 data, the state has announced, sharing numbers only on Thursdays. By Alex Putterman
  • News
    Gun legislation nearly unraveled over definition of ‘boyfriend'
    U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, right, in a file photo with Gov. Ned Lamont, left, and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy. Connecticut has one of the nation’s leading red flag laws, allowing many people to request police and courts take away firearms from people deemed a threat. By Ken Dixon
  • Hartford
    Data: 17 schools have violated CT’s racial balance law since 1999
    New Lebanon School in the Byram section of Greenwich, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. A complete list of schools that the State Department of Education has characterized as in imbalance or impending imbalance at least once since the 1999-00 school year. By Alex Putterman
  • News
    Federal lawmakers reach agreement on bipartisan gun safety bill
    US Senator Chris Murphy speaks during the dedication of The Dodd Center for Human Rights on the campus of UConn in Storrs, Conn., on Friday October 15, 2021. Murphy honored former commissioner of aging and state lawmaker Edith Prague on the Senate floor Friday. The federal act, if passed, would strengthen background checks for young gun buyers, intensify penalties for gun traffickers, protect domestic violence victims, invest in mental health and more. By Liz Hardaway
  • News
    Ridgefield Dad's Club puts on Strongest Dad Competition finals
    Strongest Dad’s Competition Ridgefield’s Father’s Club held its Strongest Dad Competition on June 18. Many dads participated and got a lot of exercise in the process. Events included gas can carry, wheel barrow station, Lego walk of death, and brain games.... By Staff Reports
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