Drunk driver gets cell phone violation
An allegedly intoxicated motorist caught swerving on Danbury Road, Feb. 3, got another charge after admitting she’d been on her phone. Officers stopped the northbound 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek around...
View ArticleThomas and Pak named Merit finalists
Derek Thomas and Rachel Pak. Wilton High School students Rachel Pak and Derek Thomas were named finalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program on Tuesday, Feb. 16. The seniors are two of the...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Here’s what’s happening in town today, Feb. 18: • Middlebrook PTA meeting at 9, Middlebrook Media Center. • Enhance Fitness at Wilton Senior Center, from 9 to 10. • Yoga at Wilton Senior Center, from...
View ArticleSenior Center News: Feb. 18
Dialogues with an elder law attorney On Feb. 24, attorney Christine Tenore will conduct the second presentation in this four-part series at 1:30 in the senior center. This session will address the...
View ArticleLibrary Lines: Feb. 18
Culture class comedy The New Perspectives Film Series takes a look at a clash of cultures in Meet the Patels on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Siblings Geeta and Ravi Patel direct this...
View ArticleNew deputy fire marshal trainee
New deputy fire marshal trainee Town Clerk Lori Kaback swore in Firefighter Kevin Plank as the Wilton Fire Department’s new deputy fire marshal trainee on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Upon completion of five...
View ArticleBoys hoop: Wilton tops New Canaan, helps FCIAC chances
That energy that went missing in its last game, a loss to sub-.500 Staples on Monday afternoon? The Wilton boys basketball team rediscovered it on Wednesday night at the Zeoli Field House. The Warriors...
View ArticleEditorial: The more the merrier
All too often we get into a groove and forget there is more than one way of doing things. This appears to have happened with minority representation of political parties on our town boards,...
View ArticleDouble DUI
A Redding man was arrested for DUI on Feb. 13 after pulling over at the scene where his wife was in the process of being arrested for the same charge. Sophie M. Mond, 36, of 66 Drummers Lane, Redding,...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Viola Galetta, left, admires the necklace she helped Sharon Powers make in the jewelry design workshop at the Wilton Senior Center last week. — Jeannette Ross photo Here’s what’s happening in town...
View ArticleTeen with marijuana and passengers, no license
Police referred a 17-year-old to juvenile court after pulling his car over around 1 a.m. on Feb. 15 for a moving violation on Route 7 and finding marijuana. The car was seen by police making an illegal...
View ArticleMiddlebrook culinary arts teacher named Outstanding Green Teacher
[ Heather Priest. — Jeannette Ross photo Middlebrook culinary arts teacher Heather Priest was named Outstanding Green Teacher 2015 by Wilton Go Green for her work in leading the middle school’s efforts...
View ArticleAssisting New Canaan
Wilton police on Feb. 10 detained individuals suspected by the New Canaan Police Department of committing a larceny in New Canaan. Around 10 p.m., New Canaan police reported to area police agencies...
View ArticleDunlop leads art event
David Dunlop The Friends of CPFA-Artsplace, Inc. are sponsoring a weekend featuring Wilton artist David Dunlop at Artsplace, 1220 Waterbury Road, Cheshire, Conn., Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 27-28....
View ArticleLetter: Class Project 2021
To the Editors: Attention 7th Grade Parents: Orientation meetings for Class Project 2021 will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Please plan on attending the meeting at either Trackside at 10 a.m. or at...
View ArticleA visit with Reza
From left, Keith Gardner, pulmonary technician; Alona Bagual, cystic fibrosis nurse coordinator ; Dr. Golnar Raissi, integrative doctor; Reza AliAkbari, Dr. Hossein Sadeghi, Aziz AliAkbari, and social...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Here’s what’s happening in town today, Feb. 20: • Minecraft Club at Wilton Library, from 10 to noon. • AARP Driver Safety Class at Wilton Library, from 10 to 2. • New Perspectives Film Series at...
View ArticleCool sweets
The weather certainly has been wacky this month, with about a 50-degree spread in temperature from Sunday to Monday this week. But as long as the night temperatures stay cold, those of us with a sweet...
View ArticleSeniors hear about flower arranging
The Norwalk-Wilton chapter of AARP will meet Thursday, Feb. 25, at 12:30 p.m. at Gallaher Mansion in Cranbury Park on Grumman Avenue in Norwalk. The florist from Stew Leonard’s will demonstrate how to...
View ArticleParent support group
No one would dispute that being a parent can be challenging. But parents whose children display particularly challenging behavior may feel they have no one to talk to or no access to help. In Wilton,...
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