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Community news: Town named City of Compassion; true justice, photography Feb. 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 Jessica Spears, Melissa Woodhouse and Danielle Taibi of RVNAhealth StayWELL Services with their most recent award.RVNAhealth / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Photography classes scheduled The Photography: Camera Settings and Features Beyond Auto Mode, available through Ridgefield Continuing Education, is for beginner and intermediate photographers using a DSLR camera (no point and shoot) and explores the key DSLR camera features and settings so you learn how and when to use them and take the camera off Auto. Learn about the shooting, focusing and metering modes, as well as depth of field, motion blur/freeze/pan, exposure compensation, histograms, and bracketing. ....
Community news: Ballroom dance, German genealogy, buy & sell on eBay Feb. 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 The Ridgefield Continuing Education program has previously offered online photography courses. It currently has additional technology classes scheduled for the future, along with an eBay workshop, Ballroom Dance, and German Geneology, and a “True Justice” documentary screening.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 3of3 An informative German Genealogy workshop, taught by Francoise Lampe, who has extensive experience doing genealogical research in the U.S. and abroad, is available through the Ridgefield Continuing Education program Feb. 25 (12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; $31) or Thursday, March 11 (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; $31) live, interactive, and online on Zoom. ....
Community news: Heroes of Ned s Mountain webinar and more Staff FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 On Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 4 p.m., a Former Editor of The Ridgefield Press, Jack Sanders, will share recent research that reveals that the Armstrongs not only operated a Ridgefield station on the Underground Railroad, but that shows that their grandsons were among the many Black soldiers who fought and died in the Civil War. He will introduce other Black families who lived on Ned’s Mountain and also sent sons to the 29th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers. Two heroes of the Underground Railroad, Edward and Betsy Armstrong, are buried in Ridgebury Cemetery, located in the Ridgebury neighborhood of Ridgefield. Their home on Ned’s Mountain provided refuge for people making the dangerous journey to safety from enslavement in the South. Pictured is a photo of the Armstrong tombstones in the Ridgebury Cemetery.Sally Sanders / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less ....