Ridgefield residents pass town budget in referendum despite low voter turnout
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Ridgefield Town HallMacklin Reid / news@theridgefieldpress.com
RIDGEFIELD Of Ridgefield’s roughly 19,000 registered voters, only about 1,300 cast ballots in the town’s referendum Tuesday, but it was enough to pass the town’s proposed spending plans.
Residents voted in favor of the proposed municipal and education budgets, allotting the town about $48 million and the school board $102.26 million for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The municipal budget vote was 1,108-207 in favor, while the schools budget was 977-339.
Voters also approved spending for capital improvement projects including road repairs, turf field replacement, school building upgrades and a body and dashboard camera system for the police department.
CT s first cultural district approved for Ridgefield
Alyssa Seidman
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The Connecticut Office of the Arts announced Wednesday that it has approved Ridgefield’s bid to become the first municipality in the state to have a designated “cultural district.”Hearst Connecticut Media file photo
RIDGEFIELD The Connecticut Office of the Arts announced Wednesday that it has approved the town’s bid to become the first municipality in the state to have a designated “cultural district.”
The news follows nearly two years of meetings, public hearings and presentations to gain the designation, all of which were slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ridgefield residents approve budget for May 11 referendum
Shayla Colon
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Ridgefield residents approved next year’s budget for referendum at the annual town meeting Saturday
without a single question.
According to Cynthia Bruno, the town’s Democratic Registrar of Voters, more than 80 people gathered under a tent at the Richard Venus Complex to hear presentations from the town’s boards regarding their respective budgets for the upcoming year.
Both the Board of Selectmen and Board of Education presented their proposals to attendants and were given the green light to move their spending plans to the May 11 referendum, which was originally scheduled for May 3. Last month, Ridgefield OK’d an amendment to the town charter to give residents more time to vote this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Ridgefield closing down COVID vaccine site at Yanity Gym theridgefieldpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theridgefieldpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The clinic said all second doses originally scheduled at the gym will be honored. Those who receive the first dose of the vaccine at Yanity Gym during the month of May can do so if appointments allow, however second doses will need to be administered elsewhere, town officials said. With so many Ridgefielders already vaccinated, we feel it is time to return Yanity to the town as a recreational facility, First Selectman Rudy Marconi said in a statement. The are many other opportunities now to receive a vaccine, so there is less demand for a mass vaccination site.
Anyone 18 and up who wishes to receive the vaccine before the clinic closes can do so by scheduling an appointment. The Moderna vaccine will be administered and anyone can make an appointment by emailing pio@ridgefieldoem.org or calling the town helpline at 203-431-2718. The helpline will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.