Ridgefield organizations raise thousands on record-setting Giving Day
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The Iris Fund’s 2019 running team, long before then pandemicContributed photo / Brittney Crystal
RIDGEFIELD Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Giving Day set a record this year in online donations, coming in a year when nonprofits are especially in need due to COVID.
This year’s Giving Day raised more than $2.25 million from more than 14,800 donors. That money benefits the nearly 400 organizations that participated, including some in Ridgefield.
“While the pandemic made it impossible for nonprofits to raise funds in traditional in-person events, thousands responded to the call on Fairfield County’s Giving Day, contributing critical funds at a critical time for hundreds of local nonprofits,” said Juanita James, the foundation’s president and CEO. “The Community Foundation is honored to help make this truly momentous day of compassion, kindness, and goo
Ridgefield could be the first town in CT with an official cultural district
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Peter Authier, President of the Board of Directors, in the lobby of the Ridgefield Theater Barn. Ridgefield could be the first town in the state to receive a cultural district designation from the state. Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Ridgefield, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum on Main Street. Ridgefield could be the first town in the state to receive a cultural district designation from the state. Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Ridgefield, Conn. K.359 , 2014, by Frank Stella, on display in the lobby.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Red Cross: 5.5% of CT blood donations tested positive for COVID
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A map showing the prevalence of antibodies in Red Cross blood donations in the northeast.Submitted/Red Cross
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About 5.5 percent of all the Red Cross blood donations from healthy, unvaccinated Connecticut residents since June have tested positive for COVID antibodies, the organization said this week.
Overall, the Red Cross tested 3 million blood donations, including 82,353 in Connecticut, between mid-June 2020 and mid-February.
The national positivity rate was 6.6 percent over that time, higher than Connecticut’s average, suggesting the spread of the coronavirus was better contained in this state than in others. In fact, the Northeast had a lower positivity rate than other U.S. regions.
Construction begins on missing link of Norwalk River Valley Trail
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Norwalk River Valley Trail Executive Director Beth Merrill chats with Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling during the ground breaking for a new mile long section of the trail, known as the Missing Link, in Norwalk Conn. on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. The new section connects Union Park to New Canaan Avenue.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Construction of a new section of the Norwalk River Valley Trail is set to begin in Norwalk Conn. on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. The new section connects Union Park to New Canaan Avenue.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less