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Ridgefield Parks & Rec to offer mountain biking Kathy Fassman FacebookTwitterEmail Mountain biking and hiking trails in Connecticut include clever names like "Creek Slide," "Dirt Session" and "I-95.”Peter Marteka / Contributed photo Ridgefield’s Parks & Recreation Department has teamed up with experienced staff from KC & E Adventures to offer mountain biking clinics for adults and classes/camps for children this spring. Mountain biking is a fun and exciting sport where riders can advance at a pace that is comfortable for them. Beginner and intermediate students will learn skills like brak...

Festive beach day to replace fireworks display in Darien Susan Shultz FacebookTwitterEmail Darien’s Fourth of July fireworks, shown here from 2017, are postponed another year, but the town is planning other festive events to celebrate.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut Media DARIEN — Though a light seems to be at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the glow of Fourth of July fireworks will have to wait another year to return in Darien. According to Parks & Rec program supervisor Jami Gore, the annual fireworks that the town celebrates to mark Independence Day will return in 2022. However,...

Brexit ensnares Percy Pig as U.K.-EU trade headaches multiply Deirdre Hipwell, Bloomberg FacebookTwitterEmail A truck operated by Marks & Spencer, arrives at Larne Port in Larne, Northern Ireland, on Dec. 7, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Paul Faith. Marks & Spencer Group's supply of beloved candies such as Percy Pig sweets to Ireland is under threat, as evidence mounts of the strain Brexit is placing on U.K. retailers. Deliveries to M&S stores in the European Union are facing red tape and about a third of food products it sells in Ireland may be complicated by new trade rules, Marks & Spencer said...