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Founders Hall offers residents programs for older adults

People complete a scavenger hunt in New Canaan.

Car scavenger hunt launches in Ridgefield

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.

Food pantry truck returns to Ridgefield

Patsy, a tabby cat, has cared for her kittens, and is now looking for a family of her own. She is available to be met by calling the ROAR Donofrio Family Animal Shelter, which is located at 45 South Street, in Ridgefield, at (203) 438-0158, for an appointment.

Meet Tabby cat Patsy

Mark Robinson of Ridgefield hosts the Martin Luther King Day celebration in the Ridgefield Playhouse. Monday, Jan. 20, 2014

Ridgefield’s MLK celebration goes virtual for 25th year

A horse is seen at The New Canan Mounted Troop, (NCMT), in a previous year. The Ridgefield Parks and Recreation department has partnered with Stepping Stone Farm in Ridgefield to offer beginner, and advanced horseback riding lessons to children in kindergarten through the fifth grade.

Ridgefield Parks and Recreation offering horseback riding

Sucre Sale restaurant, in Ridgefield, Conn. January 8, 2021.

New fund aims to help restaurants and small businesses

Kimmie, a cat, is still looking for her forever family She is at the ROAR Donofrio Animal Shelter, located at 45 South Street, in Ridgefield, and can be met via an appointment by calling the shelter at (203) 438-0158.

Kimmie: Sweet mama cat still looking for her forever family

First Selectman Rudy Marconi is an advocate of mask wearing. Mosst Ridgefielders do it, he says.

Ridgefield starts vaccinations, but a ways to go

Danbury Elks Lodge #120 recently presented the Ridgefield Food Pantry with a donation of $1,750 to assist in serving people in need in the surrounding communities during the current difficult times of the coronavirus pandemic. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, (BPOE), is a National Fraternal Organization established in 1868. It currently with 2000 lodges across the U.S. with a million members, whose mission is community welfare, and promoting American patriotism through local, and National programs, and grants. Pictured left to right are: Loyal Knight Alex Karsanidi, Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi, Exalted Ruler Ray Ward, and Director Social Services Tony Phillips.

Ridgefield Food Pantry receiver of $1,750 donation

Past Obituaries

Reid Johnson, 51, former Ridgefielder

The Ridgefield Press

Feb. 10, 2015Updated: June 17, 2019 10:50 a.m.

Reid Johnson, 51, of Sandy Hook, formerly of Ridgefield, died on Feb. 7.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Kane Funeral Home; 25 Catoonah Street.

—by the staff