A View From Glen Hill: And the beat goes on…
So, on goes the Miller-Driscoll matter with “Sensible Wilton” now threatening litigation since the Board of Selectmen hasn’t acceded to its demands based on legal advice to the contrary from our town...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Here’s what’s happening in town today, June 1: • Blood Pressure Screening at Wilton Health Department, from 9:30 to 11. • Digital Photo Book at Wilton Senior Center at 10. • Introduction to 3D Printing...
View ArticleSons take 99-year-old mother to Paris
Peter, left, Louise, and Jim Shea share a meal at a Paris restaurant. The two men brought their mother to Paris for her 99th birthday. Louise Shea, who lives in Ogden House and will turn 100 on Nov....
View ArticleWarrior Words: A last cadence
Evaline Xie I fell in love for the first time when I was about 4 years old — with the piano. Even now I struggle to describe its sound — deeply resonant and full, percussive yet smooth — that...
View ArticleLetter: Barn Raising Day was not to be missed
To the Editors: Saturday, May 16, along with our daughter and three-and-one-half-year-old grandson, we participated in the Wilton Historical Society’s “Barn Raising Day.” It was an experience not to be...
View ArticleMother of Sandy Hook victim talks ‘choosing love’ Tuesday on the HAN Network
Jesse Lewis, a victim of the 2012 Newtown school shooting, with his mother Scarlett. Scarlett Lewis, founder of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation, will be a special guest on Tuesday’s Coffee...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Here’s what’s happening in town today, June 2: • Fire Commission special meeting at 8:30, town hall Room B. • Yoga at Wilton Senior Center, from 11 to noon. • Food Lit Book Group at Wilton Library,...
View ArticleDrum Hill chapter names DAR Scholar
Ellen Uzenoff presents Wilton High School senior Darden Livesay with the Drum Hill DAR Scholar Award. Uzenoff is the scholarship chair of the Drum Hill chapter. Darden Livesay, a senior at Wilton High...
View ArticleUPDATE: Miller-Driscoll no longer in lockdown
Miller-Driscoll School, 217 Wolfpit Road. UPDATE: 12:35 p.m. — The Miller-Driscoll website reports that the school is out of lockdown and there was no intruder. “The person running through the hall...
View ArticleFinding joy despite cancer
Maria Sirois. — Rick Bern photo Stamford Hospital will welcome inspirational speaker Maria Sirois, PsyD, who will discuss ways to cope with the emotional stress of a cancer diagnosis during the 6th...
View ArticleLetter: Turnout rule is an insult to democracy
To the Editors: What happened earlier this month was an insult to democracy. The school budget was defeated in a vote yet passed due to some arbitrary rule implemented by our leaders. The rule as it...
View ArticleMitchell recertified
Bo Mitchell Bo Mitchell, a Wiltonian who runs 911 Consulting, has been recertified as a Certified Emergency Manager, a press release said. “This is the most difficult and prestigious certification in...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in Wilton?
Andrea Faulkner with Dash & Dot, the library’s new robots for youngsters. Here’s what’s happening in town today, June 3: • Sewing at Ogden House at 9:30. • Comstock Writers at Wilton Senior...
View ArticleLibrary’s innovation is rewarded
Dawn LaValle, director of library development at the Connecticut State Library, left, presents the Connecticut Library Association’s 2015 Excellence in Public Library Service award to Wilton Library’s...
View ArticleRotary seeks host families for students
The Wilton Rotary Club will sponsor an exchange student from Japan during the 2015-16 academic year. Seventeen-year-old Elise will attend Wilton High School and live with three Wilton families while...
View ArticleTalking Transportation: Summer getaways without the traffic
Watching the Friday afternoon traffic crawling up I-95, I was struck with a thought: There has got to be a better way to get to the Cape and Islands than playing Mad Max on the bumper-to-bumper...
View ArticleStepping up
Stepping up The Kiwanis Club of Wilton recently elected its new officers for the 2015-16 year, who will take office in October. From left in front are immediate past President Paul Hannah, Director...
View ArticleLetter: Gregory and Adams supports Young Yankees
To the Editor: Approximately 400 Wilton fourth graders came home from school the week of May 11 chattering about the exciting day they spent at the Wilton Historical Society’s Young Yankees Colonial...
View ArticleA fresh coat of paint
A fresh coat of paint The 18th- and 19th-Century structures at the Wilton Historical Society’s Museum Complex, which have been looking rather weather-beaten, will be repainted with the help of a...
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 • Wilton wins first FCIAC baseball title in 20 years. • Sensible Wilton sues the...
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