Ridgefield News

Republican Keith Miller and Democrat Irene Burgess faced off in one election for the Board of Education on Nov.

The Lunch Ladies have a contract. The cafeteria workers in the town's schools have been at odds with the food service company Chartwells since June.

When the people at The Gilded Nest, a local gift shop, decided to send an entry to the Holiday Festival of Trees, it was a late entry, and their first idea -- some version of a tree with lighting -- wasn't working out.

Sarah Palin country, it is not. But Tuesday at the Borders bookstore on Federal Road in Danbury, the salmon-fishing, moose-carcass dressing, hockey mom from Wasilla, Alaska, was outselling Stephen King .

The message was blunt: Any increase in the town's budget next year will mean an increase in taxes.

Victor Vasile Constantin, a 23-year-old Romanian national who learned English by watching movies, scammed at least $150,000 from Bank of America customer accounts by placing a small camera and a scanning device on ATM machines in South Norwalk, Greenwich and Ridgefield branch offices.

Local school officials and teachers have agreed to a contract for the district's 270 certified staff that provides a one percent raise for 2011 and higher health premiums, recognizing the town's tough economic times.

The Ridgefield Police Department is joining other law enforcement agencies and highway safety groups in supporting an aggressive "Click It or Ticket" seat-belt enforcement mobilization Nov.

If you like the way the town schools are set up, rest easy. Nothing's going to change in the coming school year.

Joe Savoia of Ridgefield is making sure today's stars never looked better. In recent years, the former body builder-turned-celebrity trainer has helped notables such as British singer Lulu and actor Laurence Luckinbill stay in tip-top physical shape with tailored workout regimens.

Source: Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans Winning 41% of the Vote, Farokhi Set for December Runoff Amir Farokhi November 4, 2009, Washington, D.C. - Three Iranian American candidates were on the ballot on Election Day, November 3rd.

When Paul Bucha went to Vietnam, he made a promise to his men. "I told them I didn't want to get into any geopolitics,'' Bucha, then an Army captain, said.

The 10th annual Connecticut Veterans Day Parade will make its way through the city's downtown Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. as more than 4,000 marchers take to the streets near the Capitol.

Gin Blossoms go acoustic in Connecticut By KEITH LORIA Hour Correspondent For those going to see the Gin Blossoms play the Ridgefield Theatre on Nov.6, things may sound a little different than you remember.

Students at St. Joseph's School in Danbury got backpacks, new school supplies -- and a new principal -- this year.

On an empty plot of land near the northeastern corner of the Sherwood Island Connector and Greens Farm Road, some shards of artifacts excavated last month tell a story about the former site of the West Parish Meeting House.

Kevin Kinyon, 43, and Michael Caldwell, 39, feel they have a really good gig. In fact, they say they've had 80,000 of them since launching their Web site, www.GigMasters.com , in 1997.

On Halloween this Saturday, the gypsy jazz and rock band Caravan of Thieves will perform, um, dead.

The Board of Education seemed on the verge Monday of abandoning any attempt at reconfiguring its elementary and middle school classes, despite declining enrollment numbers that one board member called "pretty sobering.'' The board has been mulling over a thick book of data on its pre-K through 8th-grade classes compiled by a committee after five ...

Source: Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans Iranian American Runs for the Board of Education Nina Mohadjer www.nina4boe.com October 21, 2009, Ridgefield, CT - Born in Iran, raised in Germany, and a resident of Ridgefield Connecticut since 1995, Nina Mohadjer is a candidate for the Board of Education.