Danbury school kids showcase inventions
Danbury Public Schools hosts its 4th annual district-wide Invention Convention March 20 at the Bill Williams gym on the Midtown campus of Western Connecticut State University, 181 White St. in...
View ArticleBlumenthal at Western Monday
— U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) will be on the campus of Western Connecticut State University at 9:30 a.m., Monday, March 24, to host an open forum on sexual assault as part of a statewide...
View ArticleExtra performance of “Meet Me in St. Louis”
There will be an extra performance of the Ridgefield High School production of ‘Meet Me in St. Louis” on March 23 at 2 p.m. The performance will replace one that was cancelled on March 15 because...
View ArticleSelectmen to meet again on Schlumberger land
The Board of Selectmen will hold a special meeting in executive session Tuesday at 6 p.m. to consider its next move in the sale of 10 acres of the Schlumberger-Doll Research center property. The...
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Will Barry Weiss find treasure in West Redding?
Dottie Earle-DeLuca of West Redding and her store, Fleur De Lis Antiques and Design, will make an appearance in Barry Weiss’ new show, “Barry’d Treasure,” a spin-off of the popular show “Storage...
View ArticleIran hostages offer great interview
Interesting book just released by the three young Americans who were imprisoned in Iran. It’s called “A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran” Here’s a new interview with them on National...
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‘Peter Pan’ on stage in Newtown, but there’s more to know
This week, Newtown High School will present the musical “Peter Pan.” The production runs Thursday, March 20 through Saturday, March 22, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 23, at 2 p.m. Tickets can be...
View ArticleSpring. Soon
Spring is less than 2 days away. The vernal equinox officially occurs on Thursday, March 20 at 12:57 p.m, Inevitably, spring will REALLY come. But right now, impatience with winter is growing – it...
View ArticleBethel ed board wants input on superintendent search
The Bethel Board of Education is asking for input to assist in the development of a candidate profile for the next Superintendent of the Bethel Public Schools. The board has posted a survey with...
View ArticleTwo music ed scholarships for Danbury area grads
The Danbury Music Centre announces the availability of the Mrs. Bernice B. Chance Memorial Music Scholarship to be awarded in June. Candidates will be graduates of Danbury High School entering their...
View ArticleRide a vintage train to visit Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny will once again pay a visit to the Danbury Railway Museum and you can take a ride in a vintage train through the historic railyard to visit him. This popular annual family event will...
View ArticleRidgefield schools benefits from science grant
or the second consecutive year, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning at Quinnipiac University, in partnership with the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of...
View ArticleBook lovers invited to chat about books at Brookfield Library
If you are interested in joining a book club discussion, visit the Brookfield Library that has several different offerings. On Monday, March 24 at 1 p.m., there will be a talk about the book, “The...
View ArticlePaperback Exchange in Brookfield to close
Winnie Mercado loves to read. Her clear preference is paperbacks - indeed, she has 35,000 titles from which to choose from at her quaint store, the Paperback Exchange, in the Four Corners business...
View ArticleFans of ‘The Great Gatsby’ will want to see this show
When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote”The Great Gatsby” in the 1920s, little did he realize that a monumental resurgence of his work would occur almost 100 years later with a series of community reading...
View ArticleRidgefield arts organizations get grants
Three Ridgefield Arts organizations have received more than $10,000 in state grants under a joint program of the state Department of Economic & Community Development and the CT Office of the Arts...
View ArticleSpring equinox
At 12:57 EDT Thursday, the sun will officially cross the equator and spring will begin – unless you live in the southern hemisphere, which means it’s the first day of autumn. The sun isn’t moving. The...
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Asteroid eclipse
If you are both enterprising, and awake at 2 a.m. Thursday morning. If you know your way around the night sky enough to find the constellation Leo. If the sky is clear. Then, you could see something...
View ArticleMalloy funds farm programs
Gov. Malloy and state Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky announced that more than 40 farms, agricultural non-profits and municipalities will receive state funding totaling...
View ArticleRidgefield Students in Hartford for Alzheimer’s Lobby Day
State Sen.Kevin Kelly, R, a ranking member of the General Assembly’s Aging Committee, welcomed a group of Ridgefield students to Hartford Wednesday as part of the Alzheimer’s Association, Connecticut...
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