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Nadiia Shushura came to the United States from Ukraine in late 2019, and brought her children, Dennys, age 13, and Maryna, age 8, over this past August. Tuesday, November 29, 2022, Ridgefield, Conn.

With help and hard work, Ukrainian family makes Ridgefield home

Ridgefield Town Hall

Ridgefield pushes for affordable housing in larger developments

Eversource has closed Prospect Street between Main Street and Grove Street due to a project they are removing poles and taking lines and equipment and putting them underground. When completed, the town is expected to reduce the frequency of outages. Thursday, December 1, 2022, Ridgefield, Conn.

Eversource surprise upgrades close Ridgefield's Prospect Street

Downtown Ridgefield's "Main Street Project" is about 90 percent complete and is expected to be fully finished by the end of the year. The goal of the $4 million project, which began last year, is to improve traffic flow on Main Street. Thursday, December 1, 2022, Ridgefield, Conn.

Ridgefield Main Street rebuild to improve F-graded traffic flow

Gofer Ice Cream, at 407 Main St., and Deborah Ann’s Sweet Shop, 409 Main St., are next door to each other on Main Street in Ridgefield, Conn. Tuesday, November 28, 2022.

2 Ridgefield ice cream shops compete side by side on Main Street

Ridgefield celebrates Festival of Lights

Crowds fill Ridgefield streets for Festival of Lights celebration

Ridgefield CT Pride's LGBTQ+ Youth meet-up was held this past Saturday, Nov 19, by Wooster School's Justice and Equity Center at Wooster School in Danbury. The event was run and organized by Ridgefield CT Pride.

Ridgefield CT Pride hosts LGBTQ-plus youth meet-up

Ridgefield police

Ridgefield PD warn about rise in 'check washing' scam

Akarsh Tripathi, of Ridgefield, a senior at Ridgefield High School, released his first album, Mood Swings, on November 10th. Monday, November 21, 2022, Ridgefield, Conn.

Ridgefield teen releases 1st album from his basement studio

Silhouetted against a bank of windows, Deby Gold, 54, of Weston, leads a Tai Chi class in Qigone exercises and meditation at the Heritage Center in Redding, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. The group meets three times a week for an hour. Gold says the benefits of Tai Chi are many, including, strengthening balance and physical flexibility.

Ridgefield police: Popped bubble wrap confused as ‘shots fired’

Oct. 11, 2019

Loose bubble wrap that escaped someone’s trash on Friday morning in Ridgefield was driven over by passing cars and reported as “shots fired” to Ridgefield police officers. — Loose bubble wrap that escaped someone’s trash on Friday morning in Ridgefield was driven over by passing cars and reported as “shots fired” to Ridgefield police officers.
Carsten Reisinger

Ridgefield police received a call reporting “shots fired” on West Lane near Olmstead Lane on Friday morning.

An investigation soon revealed that the shots were in fact bubble wrap that had escaped from someone’s trash and was being “popped” by passing cars.

The responding officer apprehended the offending wrap — without need for cuffs.