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11 hrs ago | Thehour.com

Wilton Police Reports

On Friday, July 18 at 12:37 a.m. on 912 Danbury Road Sarah Williams, 25 of Milford was charged with a DUI, according to Wilton Police.

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Related Topix: Georgetown, CT, Wilton, CT, Drugs

Wed Jul 23, 2008

News Times

Rescue crews look for missing boater

State police and Department of Environmental Protection divers were continuing to search Pierrepont Lake at press time for a boater who was seen going under the water Monday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Wilton, CT, Boat Disaster, Danbury Metro, Danbury, CT, New Haven Metro

Tue Jul 22, 2008

WFSB-TV Hartford

Police: Kayaker Drowns At Pierrepont Park

The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection announced Tuesday that a 54-year-old man, formerly of Ridgefield, was pronounced dead after being taken from the water at Pierrepont Pond at Seth Low ...

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News Times

Ridgefield EMS goes high-tech

Fire Department paramedic Chris Sanders is looking forward to August, when the department will start electronically documenting patient information on emergency services it performs.

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Mon Jul 21, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Police searching Ridgefield lake for missing boater

Police are searching Pierrepont Pond Lake for a missing boater. Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi tells the News-Times that police are searching the waters for a missing male boater.

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Related Topix: Wilton, CT

Sun Jul 20, 2008

News Times

Ridgefield man charged in pot sale

A Ridgefield man faces drug sale charges after police broke up a gathering Wednesday night on Cattle Pen Lane.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Sat Jul 19, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Moratorium to be considered

With the high cost of heating oil, outdoor wood-burning furnaces have become more popular in Connecticut.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Thu Jul 17, 2008

News Times

Sale-a-bration set for Saturday in Ridgefield

This year's Sale-a-bration -- Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. on Main Street -- coincides with the town's 300th anniversary.

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Related Topix: Darien, CT, Wilton, CT

News Times

60 firefighters participate in Ridgefield department's drill

Duane Barney has always felt the Fire Department would be there to help if there was a fire at his home on Twix Hill.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Wildfire, Georgetown, CT, Danbury, CT

Wed Jul 16, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Ridgefield man foils robbery attempt

Police are searching for a band of intruders who forced their way into a North Salem Road house Monday afternoon and confronted the occupant with a knife.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Renegade parents teach old math on the sly

Yes, Morey teaches her son, who'll enter fifth grade in the fall, how to divide the old-fashioned way - you know, with descending columns of numbers, subtracting all the way down.

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Related Topix: The College of Wooster

Mon Jul 14, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Thumbs Up: Ridgefield housing work begins

THUMBS UP to the progress being made to renovate and expand affordable housing in Ridgefield.

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Stretching every last gallon

Peggy Presson of Ridgefield has been combining her trips lately in an effort to save money at the gas pump.

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Related Topix: Jeep, Jeep Cherokee, Danbury Metro, Danbury, CT, New Haven, CT

Fri Jul 11, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Reduce deer, reduce ticks

In response to "Spreading Lyme awareness," : Ridgefield's new "BLAST" tick awareness program is certainly commendable, filling a need in our communities.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Lyme Disease, Medicine, Health

Wed Jul 09, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

DOT considering Route 35 improvements in Ridgefield

A conceptual plan for improvements to Route 35 near Main Street is being developed.

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Tue Jul 08, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Ridgefield adds funds to FAA fight

First Selectman Rudy Marconi has received approval to pay an additional $12,154 to the Alliance for Sensible Airspace Planning.

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Related Topix: Fairfield County, CT, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Wilton, CT

Mon Jul 07, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Ridgefield expands annual deer hunt

This year's controlled deer hunt will be expanded from four to eight parcels. This will be the third year of the hunt, which was supported by a majority of voters but that still has some opponents in town.

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Related Topix: Fairfield County, CT

Sun Jul 06, 2008

WTIC-TV Hartford

A Race To Solve White-Nose Syndrome Fatal To Bats

But one recent weekday night, the group setting up their nets and high-frequency acoustical receivers near a large swamp in Sessions Woods didn't have recreation in mind.

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Related Topix: Science, Ecology, Litchfield County, CT, Redding, CT

NewsTimesLive.com

Experts to 'talk trash' at Ridgefield Library

Town resident John Papa and his family have reduced their solid waste garbage to one large trash can per month.

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Related Topix: Bridgeport, CT, New Haven Metro

Sat Jul 05, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Happy 300th, Ridgefield

Thousands lined Main Street Saturday to wish Ridgefield a happy 300th birthday. An hour-long parade had some 60 groups, ranging from traditional marchers such as the Ridgefield Police Department's Color Guard; ...

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