Rotary accepts grant applications
The Wilton Rotary Club is accepting requests for grants. The application may be found at wiltonrotaryclub.org. All applications and supporting documentation must be received by May 16, 2016. The Wilton...
View ArticleThree new Eagle Scouts honored
From left, Caleb Worley, Neil Madhavani and Stephen Batter are Troop 20’s newest Eagle Scouts. Wilton Boy Scouts Troop 20 honored three of its newest Eagle Scouts — Caleb Worley, Neil Madhavani and...
View ArticleVisiting nurses offer bereavement support groups
Wilton’s Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County will offer two bereavement support groups this month: to help individuals cope with loss following the death of a spouse and following the...
View ArticleLetter: A FUNdraiser for the community and future generations
To the Editors: On behalf of the Norwalk River Valley Trail steering committee and all our volunteers, we wish to express our gratitude to the Wilton Woman’s Club for selecting the trail as the...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Wilton High School graduate Nicholas Dehn, back row, second from right, is a member of the Williams College E-phlats, who will appear in a benefit for the Wilton Playshop April 16 at WEPCO. Here’s...
View ArticlePhi Kappa Phi inductee
Melissa Hersch Phi Kappa Phi inductee Wilton native Melissa Hersch has been initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society. The...
View ArticleColdwell Banker recognizes top agents
The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Wilton recently made an announcement recognizing sales associates for exceptional sales achievements. Bob Travers was given the President’s Circle...
View ArticleZion’s Hill offers free class
Zion’s Hill Preschool Program will have a free class — Little Artist with Miss Louise — on Wednesday, April 20, from 10 to 11. Inspired by the theme of April showers, the children will listen to the...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
573 Nod Hill Road Here’s what’s happening in town today, April 17: • Spring Antiques Show at Wilton High School Field House, from 11 to 4. • Open house: 77 Range Road, from 12:30 to 2:30. • Open...
View ArticleSTAR event raises $50,000
Deborah McFadden and Elizabeth Smart at STAR’s Fourth Annual Speaker’s Luncheon on Thursday, March 31. — Miggs Burroughs/Miggs B Designs photo Elizabeth Smart, abduction survivor and author of the New...
View ArticleThe Roost Consignments opens
A new eclectic furniture consignment shop called The Roost Consignments just opened in Wilton at 1047 Danbury Road. According to a press release, the shop specializes in “high-end designer furniture...
View ArticleDanbury man arrested for DUI, marijuana
On April 18, police arrested Sean R. Gannon, 50, of 14 Old Hayrake Road in Danbury for DUI, and then found suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his car. Gannon was seen driving his 1999 Buick...
View ArticleConnecticut ranked among least innovative states
Connecticut has some work to do when it comes to innovation, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)’s 2016 Innovation Scorecard. The CTA graded each state and Washington, D.C. in 10...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Seniors playing bridge at Wilton Senior Center. — Hayden Turek photo Here’s what’s happening in town today, April 18: • Getting Around the Internet at Wilton Senior Center at 10. • Embroider or...
View ArticleWarrior Words: College is still a potato
As many of you know, I wrote an article back in December entitled College Is a Potato, describing my reaction to being deferred from a university which was, at the time, my dream school. I wish I could...
View ArticleRubinstein wins gold
Mark Rubinstein. — Jeannette Ross photo Wilton author Mark Rubinstein’s novel, The Lovers’ Tango, won the gold medal for popular fiction in the Benjamin Franklin Awards given April 8 in Salt Lake...
View ArticleBoucher on her nicest, nastiest opponent and running again in 2016
Sen. Toni Boucher (R-26) Toni Boucher (R-26) is seated in a booth at Orem’s Diner in Wilton one weekday morning, before beginning her usual day of non-stop activity. The state senator, representing...
View ArticleWilton High School seniors will graduate on June 18
Saturday, June 18, at 5 p.m., Wilton High School seniors will receive their diplomas and say good-bye to high school. The first graduation meeting took place March 30, and the 2016 graduation date...
View ArticleWilton named among Best Communities for Music Education
Wilton High School students with music teachers Chip Gawle, John Rhodes, Marty Meade and Betsey DeGroff at a music adjudication in Philadelphia in the spring of 2015. Wilton Public Schools has one of...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Here’s what’s happening in town today, April 19: • Cider Mill PTA meeting at 9:15, Cider Mill School. • Word Graphics at Wilton Senior Center at 10. • Oil/Acrylics at Wilton Senior Center at 10. •...
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