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  • John Clark, president of Western Connecticut State University, during a News Times editorial board interview on Wednesday, August 19, 2015, in Danbury, Conn.
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    WCSU leader is out after university’s serious financial deficits
    John Clark will step down after seven years as president of Western Connecticut State University, with Paul Beran from University of Arkansas starting July 15.
    By Rob Ryser
  • An updated version of the district’s safe return plan was shared with Board of Education members Tuesday night, but some strategies remain in flux as officials await further guidance from the state and keep an eye on local COVID numbers. Superintendent Susie Da Silva, top right, introduced the presentation.
    Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Ridgefield school mask policy remains intact, return plan in flux
  • News
    Comparing CT’s superintendents: Who makes how much and where
  • A file photo of UConn President Thomas C. Katsouleas. He is expected to resign as the university’s president effective June 30, 2021, and return to teaching and research.
    News
    UConn announces CEO of UConn Health as interim president
  • Cheese made at the UConn creamery and sold at the iconic university Dairy Bar.
    Coronavirus in Connecticut
    How UConn’s creamery turned to cheese during the pandemic
  • Pictured (from left to right): Superintendent Susie Da Silva with Scotts Ridge Middle School students Aidan Mignano, Dakota Smith, Lloyd Mill and Naomi Vakil.
    News
    Ridgefield students recognized for outstanding achievement
  • Ridgefield student Sofia Cluney was all smiles as she prepared to return to Branchville Elemenrary School in person for the first time since last year.
    Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Full-time, in-person learning returns to Ridgefield schools
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    DPH: Here are guidelines to hold proms, graduations in CT
    Guilford, Connecticut - Wednesday, June 17, 2020: Senior Rose McDermott of the Guilford H.S. Class of 2020 listens to graduation speakers while in a car during the Covid-19 pandemic induced social-distancing drive-in movie style graduation Wednesday evening at the Guilford Fairgrounds. DPH stressed the importance of mask wearing and social distancing while suggesting schools amend schedules, limit movement and hold events outside if possible. By Nicholas Rondinone
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Schools adjust as teachers sick with COVID vaccine side effects
    Teachers and staff from all over Monroe's school system wait the mandatory 15 minutes to monitor for reactions after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine during a closed vaccine clinic for Monroe school staff at Masuk High School in Monroe, Conn., on Wednesday Mar. 3, 2021. School districts are trying to avoid the disruptions some have encountered when large amounts of teachers call out sick due to side effects from the COVID vaccine. By Amanda Cuda
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Officials: UConn students charged in party with over 100 people
    Modern LED light bar on police cruiser flashing red and blue emergency lights. State police said they responded to a complaint of a loud party late Saturday night at a home near the UConn campus in Mansfield. By Leah Brennan
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Which school & child care workers are eligible for COVID vaccine?
    Bus monitors including Tanesha Joyner help students board buses at Fox Run Elementary School Thursday, September 16, 2020. Here's who's eligible as of March 1. By Peter Yankowski
  • News
    What you need to know about new CDC school guidelines
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines, which state teachers should be considered a “high priority” for receiving COVID vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines, which say teachers should be considered a “high priority” for receiving the COVID vaccine. By Shayla Colon
Latest News
  • Ridgefield Recreational Association’s “Last Day of School” celebration
  • After 63 years, Ridgefield nonprofit kindergarten loses its lease
  • Community: Thrummed mittens workshop, other news in Ridgefield
  • Ridgefield police: Teen charged with spray-painting ‘racial slur’
  • In Photos: Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department’s annual carnival
  • Ridgefield Dad's Club puts on Strongest Dad Competition finals
  • Three new police officers sworn in by Ridgefield Town Clerk
  • Poetry series begins with reading by CT Poet Laureate
  • Photos: Ridgefield High School graduates earn their diplomas
  • Community: Ridgefield Playhouse ‘Cabaret’ screening, more news
  • News
    Some CT school employees mistakenly given COVID vaccine
    A file photo of a vial of the Pfizer vaccine, taken on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in West Hartford, Conn. Some staff members at the Williams School in New London received the COVID-19 vaccine due to an administrative error, officials said. By Tara O'Neill
  • News
    ‘A real educator:’ Cardona’s rapid rise to Biden cabinet nominee
    Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona is President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. secretary of education. Miguel Cardona became Connecticut’s commissioner of education at age 44. Now at 45, he is poised to make the leap to U.S. secretary of education. By Linda Conner Lambeck
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Official: Person ‘potentially infectious’ with COVID all week...
    East Ridge Middle School in Ridgefield sent "multiple" students and staff home Friday after a person tested positive for COVID-19 who had been in school 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
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    CT could be first to meet tech needs of at-home learners
    Some of the computers the Bridgeport Public Schools has received to allow students to learn from home Connecticut has helped get learning devices into the hands of 142,000 students since the spring. By Linda Conner Lambeck
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Lamont reiterates support for in-person learning
    West Rocks Middle School principal, Adam Reynolds, and the staff welcome and check in students including Erick Valdovinos either through a questionnaire or smartphone app as the kids arrive Wednesday, November 25, 2020, in Norwalk, Conn. Schools go through a process when a students return after testing positive for COVID. Lamont’s continued support came after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the nation’s largest public school system will reopen beginning Dec. 7. By Peter Yankowski
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  1. Some say Ridgefield can’t meet state’s affordable housing goal. Others don’t want to.
  2. Bethel, Ridgefield attorneys running to represent four CT towns as probate judge
  3. Ridgefield wins ‘principal jackpot’ in hiring Darien educator for Ridgebury Elementary School
  4. 5 cute CT towns with unique experiences to explore this summer
  5. CT’s Middlesex County ranked among top 100 healthiest in the U.S., report shows
  6. After nine years, owner of Yuan Asian Cuisine to close Ridgefield location: ‘Like family’
  7. After 63 years, Ridgefield kindergarten loses its lease at Lounsbury: new property ‘is not easy to come by’
  • News
    Symposium looks at education post-pandemic
    The Bridgeport Public Education Fund and Connecticut Education Association team up to hold a Zoom-based symposium for parents, educators and others. By Linda Conner Lambeck
  • News
    Jonathan Steckler new chairman of Ridgefield school board
    The Ridgefield school board’s new leadership includes vice chairman, Ken Sjoberg, left, and chairman Jonathan Steckler. Sjoberg, and Steckler are in this photo after the Democratic caucus during a previous summer. Jonathan Steckler has been elected the chairman of the Ridgefield school board, following being nominated by outgoing chairwoman Margaret Stamatis. By Macklin Reid
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Lawyers fighting CT school mask mandate: What’s next, ‘space suits?’
    A teacher puts on a child's mask upon his arrival at Stark Elementary School on September 16, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. The lawyers claim the state Department of Education does not have the authority to require all students to wear masks in schools. By Hugh McQuaid
  • News
    Ridgefield High School first quarter honor roll released
    Elias Lichten, a 12th grade student at The Harvey School in Katonah, N.Y., has earned a Cavalier Scholar certificate from The Harvey School. Conrad Breede, a seventh grade student at the school has earned a place on the school’s honor roll. The list has students in all grades at the school along with high honors, and also honors at the start of the 2020-21 school year. By Staff
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    New Ridgefield High COVID case among 371 quarantined
    Ridgefield High School announed another COVID-19 case Friday. The person is among 232 students and 24 staff at the high school in quarantine. Ridgefield High students had already switched to remote learning through the Thanksgiving break. By Macklin Reid
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Former FDA head: Closing schools before restaurants is...
    A file photo of Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner. The Westport resident and former FDA commissioner said officials should keep schools open for as long as possible. By Tara O'Neill
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    Map: These CT schools have closed due to COVID
    Religious leaders from Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven are calling on top Democratic legislators to rethink the “racist and classist” way they fund schools. As COVID cases continue to climb in Connecticut, more school districts are switching to distance learning for an extended period. By Shayla Colon
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    COVID causes staff shortages as cases rise in Ridgefield schools
    Barlow Mountain Elementary School in Ridgefield, Conn. Ridgefield High, Farmingville and Barlow Mountain schools announced COVID-19 cases as Scotland and Scotts Ridge go remote. By Macklin Reid
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    300K CT residents sign up for COVID app on first day
    Nurse Practitioner Julianna Barresi, APRN administers a Rapid Oral Covid-19 test to Greenwich resident Walter Aucay, 36, at a testing site set up at the Family Center at Wilbur Peck Court in Greenwich, Connecticut on May 1, 2020. Some 60 Rapid Covid-19 test were performed, yielding results in less than a day. The daily positivity rate reached 6.37 percent. By Peter Yankowski
  • Coronavirus in Connecticut
    UConn places entire Storrs campus under quarantine
    University of Connecticut Campus “We don’t have the COVID spread under control,” a UConn administrator wrote to the school community in announcing the quarantine, which takes effect at 5 p.m. Friday. By Shayla Colon
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