Notice of Public Hearing Monday October 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM in Town Hall Regarding Proposed Designation of East Ridge Road Area as a Historic District . View the agenda . Ridgefield Historic District Public Hearing

Join us in honoring our nation and community this Veterans Day. The America 250 Bethel Committee , in partnership with the Bethel Patriotic Association , is seeking Veterans  who would like to participate in a public reading of the Declaration of Independence  at the Bethel Veterans Day Ceremony . Event Details: 🌟  Date:  Tuesday, November 11, 2025🕰️  Time:  11:00 a.m.🌳  Location:  Bethel Town Green, Bethel, Connecticut Your voice and presence will help us honor the legacy of freedom,...

Learn more about the updated proposed Public Safety Building on Saturday, October 4, 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 calendar for the next one on Saturday, October 25 - 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM, also at the Ridgefield Library In addition, there is a Public Hearing on October 8 at 7:30 PM at East Ridge Middle School. Public Safety Building Information Sessions click to...

Enjoy a stroll around Main Street Fall during Love with Ridgefield, Saturday, October 11th!

Notice of a Public Hearing Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Notice is hereby given that a formal Public Hearing for residents will be held on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in the East Ridge Middle School Auditorium, 10 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 to hear comments on the following item: “Resolution Appropriating $77,400,000 For Costs Related To Design, Construction And Equipping Of A New Public Safety Building; And Authorizing The...

The Invitation   Window down.  My car glides along the street-lamp street. The night air caresses and blesses my arm reaching into the almost dark. Night blackens the leaves and the auto wind is the only music playing, the only music asking me into its soft sibilant spell. Day ends and night invites.  Ira Joe Fisher Email: irajoefisher@gmail.com Phone: 203-912-1457 Learn More The Invitation - Poetry by Ira Joe Fisher

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 Ridgefield Special Town...

This Friday (10/17), the Registrar's Office in Town Hall will be open from 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM for voter registration. The November 4th Referendum is just around the corner. If you are not yet registered to vote, get it done this week - Friday is the last day! Questions? Call the Registrar's Office at 203.431.2771 (Mon/Tues) or 203.431.2772 (Wed/Thurs). Visit the Registrar of Voters online . Registrar of Voters Office Extended Hours for Ridgefield

For homeowners concerned about drinking water quality, PFAS contamination is an issue that can’t be ignored. PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of synthetic chemicals commonly referred to as “forever chemicals.” Once they enter the environment, PFAS break down extremely slowly, accumulating in soil, water supplies and even the human body over time. This persistence is linked to a range of potential health effects , including certain cancers, liver damage,...

Imminent The sun in elder September is an insincere warm because the shade-side is chill not sooth. Frost is just a leaf-tinge away. As the tree trembles in a wind scouting lawn and field and street for banking on-the-way snow. Ira Joe Fisher Email: irajoefisher@gmail.com Phone: 203-912-1457 Learn More The Invitation - Poetry by Ira Joe Fisher

We're so thrilled to welcome Play to Grow Pediatric Therapy to the chamber with their Ribbon Cutting on Friday, October 3rd at 1PM.

NOTICE OF A SPECIAL BOARD OF SELECTPERSONS MEETING TOWN OF RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 AT 3:30 PM Notice is hereby given that a Special BOS Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Large Conference Room, 400 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877 to vote on the following: Vote to schedule a Public hearing on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. in the East Ridge Middle School Auditorium, 10 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, CT...

Bethel is preparing to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and honor the ways the founding ideals continue to effect our lives. Everyone is encouraged to contribute to our anniversary calendar. We invite you to be part of our story. Join us on Wed., October 8th Bethel Municipal Center 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Meeting Room D (next to Planning and Zoning office) Learn more at: https://bethel-ct.gov/america250 American250@bethel-ct.gov

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  Heublein, Inc. ...

Holy Joy My books breathe and glow about my rooms. They have lifted me in a little valley to a whiling away in Asia and around the south and west and north and on to now in treed New England.   My books bear the wild wonder of word – a daily gift I take in chalice-like: reverent, awed, inked, moving, and holy; passages underlined and margin-lined mystery-wisdom thrilling my thoughts.   If I may – a wish rises from my me that a daughter or a son might look upon these sacred paper pages and...

Date Night Oct 8th at Portofino 5 Course Italian Wine Pairing Dinner.

The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra (RSO) and Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center (KTM&HC) collaborate to present Heritage in Motion: Identity Through Music - a music and history-based concert series featuring exceptional musicians and dynamic performances presented in the Keeler Tavern Museum Garden House.  On Sunday October 19th at 4:00 PM, we welcome Francesca McNeeley & Friends to Ridgefield with a focus on American classical music. Francesca McNeeley Francesca McNeeley & Friends  is...

As the nation prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Town of Bethel is joining communities across the country in celebrating this historic milestone. Celebrating the Declaration of Independence The Declaration, signed on July 4, 1776, was more than a statement of separation from Britain—it was a bold commitment to liberty, equality, and self-governance. While Bethel was not incorporated until 1855, residents of the region played their...

Please join the Commission on Aging at their monthly Senior Voices forum. The event is being held on Tuesday, September 30th in the Dayton Room at the Ridgefield Library from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The presenters are Karen Gaudian, Municipal Agent for the Ederly discussing Medicare enrollment and Dr. David Shapiro discussing Preventing Medicare Fraud. Ridgefield Senior Voices Forum

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 holy light in...