Town and school budget hearings next week
Public hearings on fiscal year 2016’s proposed municipal and education budgets will take place on Monday, March 23, and Tuesday, March 24, respectively. Both meetings begin at 7:30 p.m., and will take...
View ArticleState champs! Wilton girls hoop rolls to Class LL title
The Wilton High girls basketball team celebrates its Class LL state title Saturday at Mohegan Sun. – Chris Burns photo The Wilton High girls basketball team picked a perfect time to play a...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
1090 Ridgefield Road Here’s what’s happening in town today, March 22: • Open house: 209 Range Road, from 11 to 2. • Open house: 20 Thistle Lane, from 12 to 3. • Open house: 30 Blueberry Hill Place,...
View ArticleBooks needed!
Books needed! Wilton Library’s hard-working book sale volunteers are preparing for the library’s annual Gigantic Book Sale Fund-raiser set for April 25-28. Donations are being accepted through Friday,...
View ArticleThe ‘right’ thing
Michele Borba Award-winning author Michele Borba, Ed.D., will give a free talk on “How to Raise Kids Who Do the Right Thing,” Wednesday, April 1, 7 p.m., at Greens Farms Academy, 35 Beachside Avenue,...
View ArticleParks and rec spring programs
Wilton Parks and Recreation is offering a number of programs for spring and summer. Some highlights: Bricks 4 Kids — Children in grades K-5 and make their own motorized models of tools of the trade...
View ArticleSeries looks at conflict and ‘broken’ situations
Dr. Kareem Adeeb and Judith Altmann The third session of the “And Who is My Neighbor?” interfaith series on Tuesday, March 24, will focus on how matters where intense conflict and “broken” situations...
View ArticleNew yoga program
Lee Ann Schneider, of Start Simple Yoga LLC, will begin a series of spring yoga classes. The series will focus on lightening and opening the mind, body and spirit with gentle Kripalu yoga that is...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Here’s what’s happening in town today, March 23: • AARP Tax Help at Wilton Senior Center, from 9 to noon. • Line Dancing at Wilton Senior Center at 10:30. • Coffee at Wilton Senior Center at 11:30. •...
View ArticleDonations sought as PGP nears
The Project 2015 committee includes, front, from left, Johnnie Harvey, Kara Williams, Kathy Shouvlin, Kendal Gaillard, Shawn Kahal, Kathleen Maloney, Chris Winrow. Back row, from left, are Jennifer...
View ArticleWilton High School gets German Honor Society
Members of Wilton High School’s newly established German Honor Society, from left, front row: Alida Schefers, Lindsay Clark, Kelly Rafferty, Sarah Magnano and German teacher Kerstin Reuther-Roché;...
View ArticleTown cleanup is March 28
Past cleanup volunteers. The Wilton Conservation Commission invites all citizens to usher in the spring season by participating in the annual Townwide Community Cleanup on Saturday, March 28, from 9...
View ArticleMarion Filley’s Closing Comments: February
Marion Filley There is little doubt the weather will be blamed for the apparent halting start in the real estate market throughout Connecticut in 2015. And while it is true that January closings were...
View ArticleYMCA encourages residents to learn diabetes risk
March 24 is American Diabetes Association Alert Day, and with millions of Americans at risk for pre- and type 2 diabetes, the Wilton Family YMCA urges residents of Wilton to learn their risk and take...
View ArticleCharles Anthony Lamb, 90; Beverly Jean Barrie Lamb, 87
Beverly and Tony Lamb, who celebrated 63 years of marriage on Feb. 2, died three days apart in Redding, Beverly on Feb. 3 and Tony on Feb. 6. Beverly Jean Barrie Lamb, the daughter of Alan and Bernice...
View ArticleYolanda Lokey, 82
Yolanda Lokey Yolanda Lokey, 82, a longtime resident of Ridgefield, died peacefully on March 20, 2015, in Bozeman, Mont. She was also a former Wilton resident. She was born Feb. 23, 1933, in Kingston,...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Dr. Susan Bauerfeld Here’s what’s happening in town today, March 24: • Yoga for Digestive Health at Wilton Senior Center, from 9 to 10:30. • Painting at Wilton Senior Center at 10. • Yoga at Wilton...
View ArticleWine and food tasting benefits library
Joan and Don Savage check the wines available for tasting at a previous benefit at Wilton Library. Wine lovers and foodies are invited to Wilton Library’s sixth annual Wine Tasting Benefit and...
View ArticleWarrior Words: Transcript of a writer’s block
Evaline Xie Like any virus, there’s a prime season for writer’s block. It prefers dim, warm environments that evoke feelings of drowsiness, lulling you softly to a state of half-sleep. Although active...
View ArticleAmy’s Kitchen recalls food possibly contaminated with Listeria
Frozen vegetarian food company Amy’s Kitchen, Inc. is voluntarily recalling approximately 73,897 cases of products after one of its organic spinach suppliers reported that Amy’s may have received...
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