Notes From the Board Table: Calendars, renovations, grades
First things first: Last week the Board of Education approved calendars for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years. The previously approved 2015-16 calendar was reopened to move a partial professional...
View ArticleObituary: Cecilia M. Borglum, 86
Cecilia M. Borglum Cecilia M. Borglum (née Murphy), 86, wife of David S. Borglum of Wilton, died peacefully at her family home on June 7, 2015. Born Sept. 18, 1928 in New York City, and raised in...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Joe Alampi instructs a tai chi class at the Wilton Senior Center on Wednesday, Feb. 25, to a group of about 20 seniors. (Kendra Baker photo) Here’s what’s happening in town today, June 10: • Sewing at...
View ArticleWomen voters meeting looks at local business
Janeen Leppert How the public and private sectors can work together in “keeping Wilton a vibrant, attractive community” will be the focus of the Wilton League of Women Voters’ 2015 Annual Meeting and...
View ArticleWarrior Words: Re: Dear Future Tyus
Tyus Southern Dear Tyus, Thanks for your letter, haven’t gotten one of those in awhile. How’s 2010? I’m glad to see that you took Mrs. Rubin’s assignment seriously; you had a lot to say to me. You...
View ArticleEncore Club invites new members
Carol Boehly, Nancy Helmig, Mary Wagner and Donna Yellin of Potpourri staging the Wilton Encore Club’s Fall Fund-raiser last fall. Wilton’s Encore Club is in the process of renewing its membership for...
View ArticleLetter: Doing more harm than good
To the Editors: Here they are again. The Lone Rangers of poor little Wilton’s salvation — Sensible Wilton. The “Show Me the Numbers Man” was back again last week representing all those unnamed citizens...
View ArticleFeinberg Silver participates in Connecticut Open House Day
Feinberg English Silver offers a wide range of silver gifts, including holloware pieces crafter by English silversmiths. Visitors to Feinberg English Silver, 144 Danbury Road, will receive 20% off all...
View ArticleNancy Wells, 92
Nancy Wells Nancy Wells, a former Wilton resident, died June 7, 2015, at the Watermark, an assisted-living facility in Southbury. She was 92. She was born in February 1923. She attended Douglas...
View ArticleNursing agency seeks hospice volunteers
Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County is seeking caring and sensitive individuals to serve as hospice volunteers. Those who are interested may register to participate in a five-session...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Here’s what’s happening in town today, June 11: • Enhance Fitness at Wilton Senior Center, from 9 to 10. • Yoga at Wilton Senior Center, from 10 to 11. • Second Grade Picnic at Miller-Driscoll School,...
View ArticleIn this week’s Bulletin
Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Wilton Bulletin, in mailboxes and on newsstands today: News • Sharp Hill Cemetery: New sign marks town’s oldest burial ground. • Wilton author...
View ArticleSenior Center News: June 11
Leslie Hinshaw, left, and Melinda Wolcott are two of senior center volunteers from the Garden Club Hinshaw is in charge of the garden therapy with the seniors once a month. Wolcott, a long-time...
View ArticleLibrary Lines: June 11
Beating boredom with board games Girl Scout Troop 50366 is sponsoring two hours of fun at Wilton Library on Saturday, June 13, with Game Day Fun. The troop has generously donated several board games...
View ArticleNew sign marks town’s oldest burial ground
Ian Tesar’s sign with Sharp Hill Cemetery in the background. The cemetery is Wilton’s oldest burial ground. Among those buried there are many of Wilton’s founding families and veterans of the American...
View ArticleInternships in retrospect
Last month, Wilton High School seniors embarked on their internship program at local work sites. The seniors picked a wide variety of locations, from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History to the...
View ArticleNew pottery studio takes first steps
Yildiz Haberal, assistant, left, and Alla Ionescu, owner, with some of the items created at Happy Hands Art & Pottery, a new business on River Road. — Hayden Turek photo Happy Hands Art &...
View ArticleEditorial: Most unwanted
Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred, Grace, Henri, Ida, Joaquin, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor, Wanda. No one wants these characters knocking on their...
View ArticleLet’s Zumba!
A Zumba Beach Party, to benefit its chronic disease prevention programs, will take place at the Wilton Family Y Friday, June 12. Participants can Zumba for one hour ($25 donation), two hours ($50...
View ArticleSculpture fund-raiser off to a strong start
First Selectman Bill Brennan announces the newest addition to Wilton’s municipal sculpture initiative, Valley Forge Washington, by Gifford Proctor. Procter was a long-time resident of Wilton. An image...
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