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9/11 Memorial Ridgefield CT Ridgefield Recreation Center 195 Danbury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 The Message - 9/11 - 2025 There is a strange message in the chilled wind…Strange and ancient, heart-touched autumn words. Asking that we listen; listen and look.   A mystery hued black by night and cloud and remembering…This memory speaks of a day and a roar and a loss. Losses.  Many. Too many. Too many losses. Where there should be none. There should be no losses.   We look for some

There will be a Special Town Meeting at 7:30 p.m. on September 17, 2025 in the Town Hall large conference room to vote on the following: The assignment of the Halpin Lane Nolan Property to Acadia Housing Inc. located in Rocky Hill CT An ordinance update to set restrictions for motorized transportation, including e-bikes and e-scooters, in public areas and sidewalks Changes to the language of the Tertiary Road Ordinance Establishment of an Affordable Housing Trust Fund Ridgefi

Origins (1934) In 1934, Russian immigrant Rudolph Kunett founded the first commercial vodka distillery in the United States at 77 South Street, Bethel . This was the humble U.S. birthplace of Smirnoff Vodka .   Smirnoff in America Kunett purchased the U.S. rights to Smirnoff from Vladimir Smirnov. Though Americans weren’t big vodka drinkers at the time, this Bethel plant laid the foundation for vodka’s rise in the U.S.   From Bethel to the World By the late 1930s, Hartford’s 

Learn more about the updated proposed Public Safety Building on Saturday, September 27, at the Ridgefield Library. There will be two presentations at 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM. Both will be followed by a Q&A session. If you can't make this one, mark your calendars for one of the upcoming sessions October! All sessions will be held at the Ridgefield Library. Saturday, October 4 - 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM Saturday, October 25 - 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM Public Safety Building Information Ses