Helping the helpers
Helping the helpers Harry Carey, left, AT&T Connecticut director of external affairs, presents a check for $5,000 to Person-to-Person Executive Director Ceci Maher for the P2P Scholarship Program....
View ArticleWilton will light a giant menorah on Dec. 6
Rabbi Levi Stone, of the Schneerson Center, lights the menorah during last year’s ceremony in Wilton Center. — Christopher Burns photo In celebration of Hanukkah, Rabbi Levi Stone of the Schneerson...
View ArticleNewcomer spirit
The Ambler Farm Carriage Barn, where the Newcomers Club will hold its annual barn party on Dec. 5. — Kendra Baker photo The Wilton Newcomers Club is in the holiday spirit. Recently, Wilton Newcomers...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Wilton Library’s Holiday Book Sale offers books, CDs and other treasures for all age groups. — Kendra Baker photo Here’s what’s happening in town today, Dec. 3: • Enhance Fitness at Wilton Senior...
View ArticleLibrary Lines: Dec. 3
Breaking code is a family affair for the Kauh family, (from left), Sienna, mom Christine, and Evan who learn how to code at Wilton Library’s Breaking Code event held last year. Holiday happenings With...
View ArticleSenior Center News: Dec. 3
Play reading Play Reading takes place on Monday, Dec. 7, at 12:30 in the Senior Center Lounge. This month’s play is Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball. Set in Knoxville, this comedy...
View ArticleHappy Elf
Happy Elf Deborah Runestad of Wilton, center, plays Mrs. Claus in the Town Players of New Canaan’s presentation of Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf. The musical, which features more than a dozen...
View ArticleDouglas Smith exhibit up at Trumbull Library
A Douglas Smith original cartoon that plays on this summer’s high volume of animal sightings in Wilton, printed in The Wilton Bulletin in July, 2015. The original artwork of Douglas Smith, HAN...
View ArticleLive animals at congregational church on Sunday
The Wilton Congregational Church’s Live Animals at the Creche event returns Sunday. This popular tradition takes place from 11 to noon after a worship serivice at the church, at 70 Ridgefield Road....
View ArticleRetired flags
Retired flags American Legion Post 86 had its annual flag retirement ceremony earlier this fall when members burned worn or faded flags no longer suitable for display. The local Children of the...
View ArticleEditorial: Happy holidays!
December is another of those misnamed months, remnants of an ancient Roman calendar that split the year into 10 parts and placed December last. The name is from the Latin for “10th month,” though, of...
View Article12 Days of Christmas
12 Days of Christmas The Wilton Playshop’s presentation of The 12 Days of Christmas, opens Friday, Dec. 4, at 7:30, and continues Dec. 11 at 7:30, and Dec. 5, 6, and 12 at 2. The comedy by Renée...
View ArticleHoliday art show
Holiday art show Wilton artist Justin Wiest, whose painting of oranges is above, will participate in Silvermine Arts Center’s annual Holiday Sale and Artisan Trunk Show, Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 to...
View ArticleDedication ceremony in honor of Walter R.T. Smith Saturday
The late Walter Smith A memorial will be dedicated to Walter R.T. Smith on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. at the historic Comstock barns located on the corner of Belden Hill and Ridgefield Road. Walt...
View ArticleWesty supports Toys for Tots
For the 17th year, Westy Self Storage in Wilton will serve as a designated drop-off location for donations to the Toys for Tots donation drive. Wilton Westy is open for drop-off at 65 Danbury Road from...
View ArticleWaterbury woman arrested for identity theft
Sequan Monice Francis A Waterbury woman was detained in Southbury by state police on Nov. 29 around 6:30 p.m. after a traffic stop for suspected larceny revealed her, a passenger in the car, to have...
View ArticleVanderslice: A weekend you’ll want to spend in Wilton
Lynne Vanderslice As I take office this week I bring with me the same energy and enthusiasm I had when I spoke with many of you throughout the campaign. I am anxious to work on the ideas we discussed....
View ArticleWoman’s Club donates, preps Thanksgiving meals for homebound
Cindy Waters, Nancy Swenson Dalldorf, Deb Miller helped prepare and package meals for delivery to more than 40 homebound residents last month. Several Wilton Woman’s Club members, with help from their...
View Article‘Painting En Plein Air’ opens Saturday
Sheffield Light by Sergey Stepanenko. “Painting En Plein Air,” a landscape art show featuring original canvases by Connecticut artists Anda Styler and Sergey Stepanenko, will open at the River Road...
View ArticleStudents use fire truck for art
Nicole Cudzilo, an artist-in-residence working with art teacher Sue Brandt this fall, models on the fire truck. Students photograph Wilton Fire Department’s Engine 1 truck for an art project at the...
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