Monday, October 31, 2016
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Wyton founded the Church Music Department at the Manhattan School of Music in 1984, serving as chairman until 1990. He had also been adjunct professor of sacred music at Union Theological Seminary from 1956 to 1973.
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Saturday, October 29, 2016
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Labels: baseball, Little League, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield history, sports, William W. Allen
Friday, October 28, 2016
“Certainly many of the doctor’s wares brought happiness to the housewife and efficacious remedy,” wrote historian George L. Rockwell.
Gov. Lounsbury lived there till the 1890s when he decided to build a bigger, more majestic home — today’s Community Center or Lounsbury House — and moved his old house to Governor Street where it became a boarding house, called The House of Friends, for many years.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
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Labels: builders, Casagmo, Justice Court, labor, Peter A. McManus, Ridgefield history, state representative
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
“Jerry Marcus was truly one of America's funniest cartoonists,” Busino said after Marcus died. “He had a genuine sense of humor, and his drawings and captions were superb.”
Marcus died in July 2005. His former wife, WMNR radio broadcaster Delphine Marcus, had died just two months earlier.
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Labels: actor, author, cartoonist, Jerry Marcus, Ridgefield history
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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Labels: artists, Harry Anderson, magazines, Ridgefield history
Monday, October 24, 2016
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Labels: Clare Boothe Luce, editor, Henry R. Luce, magazines, publisher, Ridgefield history, Wadsworth R. Lewis
Sunday, October 23, 2016
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Labels: African Americans in Ridgefield, NAACP, racism, Rev. William Webb, Ridgefield history
Saturday, October 22, 2016
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Labels: electricity, Frederic E. Lewis, Henry B. Anderson, Port of Missing Men, Ridgefield history, Ridgefield Manor, Ridgefield Water Supply Company, Upagenstit, water, West Mountain, World War I
Friday, October 21, 2016
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Labels: American Women's Volunteer Service, artists, Geraldine Farrar, Louise Davidson, New York, Ridgefield history, World War II
Thursday, October 20, 2016
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Labels: author, books, Glenna Welsh, Hauley House, historians, Keeler Tavern, Main Street, Ridgefield history
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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Labels: Boys Club, Governor Street, Ralph B. Crouchley, Ridgefield Boys and Girls Club, Ridgefield history
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
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Labels: editor, Gordon Carroll, magazines, Main Street, Ridgefield history, The American Mercury
Monday, October 17, 2016
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Labels: Glidden Doman, helicopters, Ridgefield history, Sikorsky
Sunday, October 16, 2016
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Labels: Holy Ghost Novitiate, religion, Ridgefield history, St. Mary Church
Saturday, October 15, 2016
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Labels: Ferdinand Bedini, Kiwanis Club, Knights of Columbus, Red Cross, Ridgefield history, Silvio Bedini
Friday, October 14, 2016
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Labels: composer, education, George B. Leeman Sr., music, Ridgefield history, Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra