Browse past news stories for Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, CT.

• Wave's Hopes Dashed By Wreckers (The New Milford Times)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 04:32:35 pm
  New Milford played for a state title last Saturday, but things didn't go as well as they did for the neighboring Bobcats.
• Former Ridgefielder writes book on prostate cancer (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 11:09:55 am
  Former Ridgefielder John Hallenborg has a message for middle aged men: Get tested for prostate cancer. In his new book, “Life, Sex, and Prostate Cancer Surgery: How One Man Healed and Was Made Whole,” Mr. Hallenborg tells the story of his own battle with the disease.
• Dr. Winter honored for health mission to remote Amazon (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 11:09:45 am
  Stephen M. Winter, MD, of Ridgefield recently helped move 1,980 pounds of mosquito nets with supporting medical supplies by helicopter, river launch and canoes to remote villages of the upper Amazon.
• In this week's Ridgefield Press (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 12:24:45 pm
  A study has found Lyme disease in 90% of “deer ticks” collected in the area, and plenty of disease-carrying ticks are being found in Ridgefield. Why shop in Ridgefield? As the holiday season approaches, merchants offer some thoughts.
• Brendan Butler completes Navy basic training (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 11:42:57 am
  Navy Seaman Apprentice Brendan M. Butler, son of Virginia and Michael Butler of Ridgefield, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
• Chambliss memoir includes years as student in Ridgefield (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 11:42:47 am
  Prince Caesar Chambliss, Jr., a native of Birmingham, Ala., who grew up in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement there and later graduated from Ridgefield High School, is publishing a memoir of his life, “Prince of Peace: A Memoir of an African-American Attorney Who Came of Age in Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement.”
• RHS Class of 1999 plans 10th anniversary reunion (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 10:54:56 am
  Ridgefield High School's Class of 1999 will have its 10-year reunion on Friday, Nov. 27, from 8 to 11:30 p.m. at the Italian American Club (downstairs), 32 Prospect Ridge.
• Looking Back: Rudy in the Orange Bowl; firehouse search (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 12:40:52 pm
  A group of Ridgefield women formed a committee to discuss the possibility of “historical zoning” in Ridgefield, the Nov. 19, 1959 Press reported.
• Public Meetings (The Columbian)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 09:10:15 am
  MONDAYClark County Fire & Rescue, 3 p.m., Station 21, 911 N. 65th Ave., Ridgefield, regular meeting.
• Staples Shuts Out New Milford 4-0 to Win Championship (WestportNow)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 06:13:57 pm
  UPDATE The Staples High School boys soccer team today shut out New Milford 4-0 to win its 12th state championship and first since 1993.
• Area Events (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 03:25:47 am
  BASEBALL Bobby Valentine's Sports Academy has begun their Fall Clinics. Clinics are being offered for ages 5 to High School age and will range in offerings from Pitching to Hitting and then also
• Bushel of state finals on tap Saturday (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 03:25:07 am
  Call it championship Saturday. There is a plethora of state championship finals involving FCIAC teams as well as a host of NEPSAC playoff contests on tap across the state Saturday.
• Staples Boys Soccer Championship Set for Saturday at Noon (WestportNow)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 05:28:58 pm
  The Staples High School boys soccer team shoots for its 12th state championship Saturday at noon at Ridgefield High School’s Tiger Hollow complex.
• Football: RHS now sixth in state playoff rankings after rout of Wilton (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:24:46 pm
  The Ridgefield High School football team headed into last Friday’s game with more than a little luck on its side. The Tigers hadn’t lost to neighboring Wilton in 14 years, and the reeling Warriors were 2-6 and decimated by injuries.
• National Honor Society inducts 28 at Ridgefield High School (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 11:09:56 am
  Ridgefield High School honored 28 new members of the 2009-10 National Honor Society at the society’s fall induction ceremony before a small crowd of family, friends and faculty.
• Notes from the Institution: Voter apathy (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:24:56 am
  All Ridgefield High School seniors are required to take at least one semester of government and politics.
• Final performances of 'Noises Off!' this weekend at RHS (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:24:47 am
  Doors will slam and sardines will fly once more as Ridgefield High School’s Visual and Performing Arts Department performs the final run of Michael Frayn’s, “Noises Off!” Friday, Nov. 13 and Saturday, Nov. 14.
• Teacher TV show tonight examines A Better Chance program (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 10:54:56 am
  Cindy Reid, a senior at Ridgefield High School, Judy Silver, a host parent with ABC Ridgefield and an RHS English teacher, and Icka Robles, an RHS sophomore, are panel guests on the second broadcast of Ridgefield: Now We’re Talking! airing live on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m., on Educational Access Channel 26.
• Police probe late-night bomb threat at Ridgefield High (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:09:48 pm
  Ridgefield Police are investigating a bomb threat at Ridgefield High School late Monday night. Police did not give many details about the incident but the report came in around 11 p.m.
• Children's Cottage expands, moves to Catoonah Street (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 11:39:57 am
  The economy hasn’t meant downsizing for Ridgefielder Maura Sullivan, owner of the Children’s Cottage — it means expanding and growing. The Children’s Cottage is a consignment shop for kids’ clothing and accessories.
• Paul Baker will speak at Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 11:24:45 am
  Paul Baker, a native Ridgefielder, veteran of World War II and the Korean War, and noted longtime area sports reporter and commentator, will be the main speaker when members of the American Legion, Marine Corps League and Veterans of Foreign Wars have a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Veterans Park Memorial Community Center.
• Six phone lines for 'swine' vaccine appointments; clinic Nov. 21 (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 12:54:46 pm
  Six phone lines will be set up to receive reservations for H1Ni vaccination appointments, starting Monday, Nov. 9, at 9 a.m., the first selectman's office reports.
• This Weekend: What's happening in Ridgefield (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 10:54:55 am
  November’s first weekend offers a variety of activities, none of them political! A wine tasting Friday will benefit the youth orchestra. Gin Blossoms will perform at the Playhouse Friday.
• The farce, 'Noises Off,' opens tonight at Ridgefield High School (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 03:54:50 pm
  “It’s all about the timing,” Ridgefield High School senior Ryan Duncan said of his role in the school’s production of the farcical comedy “Noises Off.”
• Notes from the Institution: Hazing at the high school (Ridgefield Press)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:25:00 am
  It’s very difficult, as all Ridgefield High School teachers know, to get a class excited at a time where most of them would usually be asleep. When the topic is school rules or how much money our class has made, it’s a lost cause.
• 'Noises Off' to be performed five times at Ridgefield High (The News-Times)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:28:08 pm
  RIDGEFIELD -- The Ridgefield High School production of "Noises Off'' will be staged Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and again Nov. 13 and 14, at 7:30 p.m. in high school on North Salem Road.Tickets cost $7 for opening night Thursday and $10 for the other dates.
• Staples Boys Soccer Roars Into FCIAC Finals (WestportNow)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 05:17:32 am
  Mikey Fitzgerald’s powerful second-half header tonight propelled Westport’s Staples High School boys soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Greenwich and into the FCIAC final.
• Ridgefield edges Greenwich in FCIAC girls soccer semis (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 04:31:17 am
  WILTON -- Hang the banner. From day one, that's been the mantra for the Ridgefield High School girls soccer team this season. The Tigers will get their long-awaited chance to win a league title, but getting to the FCIAC championship didn't come easy.
• Ridgefield edges Greenwich in FCIAC girls soccer semis (Greenwich Time)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 04:25:53 am
  WILTON -- Hang the banner. From day one, that's been the mantra for the Ridgefield High School girls soccer team this season. The Tigers will get their long-awaited chance to win a league title, but getting to the FCIAC championship didn't come easy.
• Ridgefield High to perform very funny farce (The News-Times)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 12:13:18 am
  RIDGEFIELD -- Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. And maybe farce is even harder.That's what the cast of the Ridgefield High School production of Michael Frayn's "Noises Off'' is learning."It's definitely hard to do,'' senior Stacey Oliver, 17, said during a rehearsal.