Wilton News

At Thanksgiving, Wiltonians are counting their blessings for family and community, and are concerned about those less fortunate.

WILTONBy KARA O'CONNORHour Staff WriterRidgefield resident Frances Sheridan Goulart has written 16 books on nutrition, spirituality and health and says that the one thing people need to be healthy is balance.

Imagine: A plane with 24 passengers crash lands on Dec. 25 on the campus of the Westport Senior Center.

Groundbreaking took place recently for the first phase of Summerview Square, a residential rental community with 63 units in the area of West Main, Summer and Jefferson streets in Norwalk.

On the heels of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's decision not to seek re-election, town officials weighed in with regret mixed with gratitude for her 25 years of public service.

For Janine Kelly, parents of children with special needs are typically faced with a wide range of challenges in helping their children grow and develop.

WILTONBy KARA O'CONNORHour Staff WriterA special education teacher at Middlebrook Middle School has resigned from her 22-year position after being arrested for taking money from another school employee.

Attention, mad scientists and all others with an interest in cloning Elvis: The BBC is reporting that Homer Gill Gilleland, the hairdresser once charged with keeping Presley's mane black and shiny, is putting a hunk of hair up for auction on Saturday, November 14th.

A woman quit her teaching job that paid $94,996 just after she was caught in a police sting stealing $20 from another teacher's purse, according to Wilton authorities.

A Redding woman quit her job as a Wilton school teacher Monday after police said she was allegedly caught on videotape stealing $20 from another teacher's purse.

Wilton is drinking a toast. On Election Day, voters passed a ballot measure, 2,363 to 1,801, allowing the sale of alcohol in town under package store permits.

Staff Sgt. Nick Marson of the Connecticut Army National Guard gets a hug from his mother, Debbie, in front on their family home in Fairfield, Conn.

Staples junior Ryan Burke breaks away from a Wilton defender as he scores in the first quarter of today's 37-6 victory over the Warriors at Westport's home field.

The Wilton Playshop will present Stephen Swartz's classic Pippin from November 6 - November 21.

WILTONBy MATTHEW DORANHour Staff WriterSize.That's the one thing that has set Matt Reyes-Guerra-Dunn apart from most wide receivers in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference this season.Reyes-Guerra-Dunn has good speed.

City and town officials were counting votes Tuesday night across Connecticut, determining who won local leadership positions ranging from mayor to school board member, and whether referendum questions such as allowing liquor stores to operate in Wilton, had passed.

On Tuesday, in addition to choosing their town government officials, Wiltonians who go to the polls will be asked two questions: should package stores be allowed in town, and should the revised town charter be approved.

NORWALKBy MIKE MADARHour CorrespondentWith two goals in the first 2:32 of Friday's FCIAC quarterfinal, the Wilton field hockey team seemed on its way to another win over a Norwalk team it had beaten three days earlier.

On Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, Wilton firefighters will be handing out candy at both fire stations.

Tygris Commercial Finance Group Inc. is selling itself to EverBank Financial Group, but neither company is talking about the future of Tygris' Corporate Finance office in Wilton, which specializes in the energy, and aerospace and defense industries, and corporate restructuring.