An influencer who bought a California ghost town is ready to die there
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This is a story about the history and future of an evil town.
Cerro Gordo is a settlement of bloodstained brothels, skeletons and busted up pianos on the wind-battered southern slope of the Inyo Mountains, overlooking Death Valley. It was once the most violent town in America.
Into this haunted high desert comes an interloper, an entrepreneur, an adventurer or a TikTok star, depending on who you ask.
“I don’t have an exit plan. Dying here is the exit plan,” Brent Underwood tells me from somewhere above the accidental tomb of 30 immigrant miners.
Community news: Town named City of Compassion; true justice, photography
Feb. 22, 2021
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Jessica Spears, Melissa Woodhouse and Danielle Taibi of RVNAhealth StayWELL Services with their most recent award.RVNAhealth / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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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.
Thrown Stone plans roving summer show around Ridgefield
Feb. 2, 2021
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Thrown Stone Theater Company co-artistic directors from left to right Jason Peck and Jonathon Winn eating ice cream at Ridgefield s, CT, famous Deborah Ann s Sweet Shoppe.Christopher Setter
In a world where nothing has been typical due to the COID-19 pandemic, Thrown Stone Theatre Company announced that the company will be operating differently for their 2021 season.
“With all that’s happened this past year, we felt a palpable need as citizens and neighbors to come together to write our next chapter,” Thrown Stone s co-artistic director Jason Peck said. “We enlisted the support of our local partners to create a theatrical experience that will be 100% compliant with public health guidelines.”
$5,000: Keeler in Ridgefield receives project sponsorship
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Antony Tokarr, who is the branch manager of Ridgefield’s M&T Bank location in the town, recently presented the Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center s Executive Director Hildegard Grob with a $5,000 sponsorship of the Museum and History Center’s history programs for a Title 1 School Students project. Pictured are: Tokarr, and Grob.Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center / Contributed photo
Antony Tokarr, Ridgefield M&T Bank branch manager, presented the Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center executive director Hildegard Grob with a $5,000 sponsorship of the Museum and History Center’s history programs for a Title 1 School Students project Dec. 3.