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Letter: Reid retiring the end of an era Thomas Nash FacebookTwitterEmail Ridgefielders letters to the editor should be emailed to: [email protected]. A former editor, and publisher writes this letter with compliments about an editor of the town of Ridgefield s newspaper’s print, and online editions, The Press.Macklin Reid / Hearst Connecticut Media The news of Macklin Reid’s retirement represents the end of the last remaining connection to the Press’s golden years (roughly 1960-2010) under the ownership of Karl S. and Betty Grace Nash, and then the editorial leadership of Jack Sanders, a town treasure still today. ....
Letter: Mack FacebookTwitterEmail Ridgefielders letters to the editor should be emailed to: [email protected]. The writers of this letter, who are also residents of Ridgefield, write this letter with compliments about an Editor of the newspaper in the town.Macklin Reid / Hearst Connecticut Media Letter to the Editor: More than 40 years ago, a young man who had grown up in Ridgefield joined the staff of his hometown newspaper and began a long career of telling countless stories about his town. When Macklin Reid started as a reporter in the 1970s, he wrote on an ancient typewriter, and then set about perfecting each piece with a scissors and a gluepot, cutting paragraphs here, pasting them there. By the time he turned in a story, his “copy” looked like a complex, pieced-together puzzle, but it read like a masterpiece. ....
Letter: End of an Era Tom McCarthy FacebookTwitterEmail Ridgefielders letters to the editor should be emailed to: [email protected]. The writer of this letter, who lives in another town in Connecticut, Guilford, writes this letter with compliments about an Editor of The Ridgefield Press newspaper print, online, and online editions.Macklin Reid / Hearst Connecticut Media Readers of The Ridgefield Press over the years have had a special gift, Macklin Reid. His well-deserved retirement signals the passing of an era when community journalism meant comprehensive, sensitive, and balanced coverage of all things local. Macklin Reid had a gift for explaining things clearly and colorfully, whether it was a zoning variance, a political scrap, or a board of education discussion over test results. A Ridgefield native, Mack understood nuance and the essence of presenting both sides of the story. Mack was more than a local reporter, he was and is a gifted writer wh ....
Ridgefield official: Person was potentially infectious with COVID all week at middle school Macklin Reid FacebookTwitterEmail East Ridge Middle School in Ridgefield sent multiple students and staff home Friday after a person tested positive for COVID-19 who had been in school all week.Macklin Reid / Hearst Connecticut Media RIDGEFIELD Two new COVID cases including one person who was “potentially infectious” each day this week at East Ridge Middle School were reported on Friday, district officials said. Some East Ridge students and staff were sent home early Friday as a result of the case, according to Aaron Crook, the district’s COVID-19 liaison. ....