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🌱 Patch AM: Ridgefield P&Z Approves Railroad Safety Work, Boehringer Storage Structure

And check out Moving Sale - Greenwich on the Ridgefield Patch calendar

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Hi Ridgefield! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Railroad safety, golf range debate and new public safety site advance
  • How Ridgefield schools turned a deficit scare into a year-end surplus
  • Where Ridgefield police handled two injury crashes and a 72-mph speeder

Also on today's calendar: Moving Sale - Greenwich and 13 more events.

Today's riddle: Riddle: David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Very windy; rain at times, with a high of 61 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rain; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 59, low: 55.
  • Monday: Rain most of the time, with a high of 62 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Ridgefield P&Z Approves Railroad Safety Work, Boehringer Storage Structure (patch.com) — Ridgefield's Planning and Zoning Commission just approved safety-related floodplain work at the Branchville railroad crossing and a new salt-storage structure at Boehringer Ingelheim, while continuing debate on a proposed Ethan Allen Highway golf driving range. Commissioners also weighed a possible public safety complex at 221 Danbury Road, heard early plans to bring Mavis Tire to Route 7, and backed an open-space park donation on Mamanasco Road.
   

2. 'It Shouldn't Be A Circus': Ridgefield School Board Approves Revised FY26 Report Showing $37K Surplus (patch.com) — Ridgefield's Board of Education has finalized its fiscal 2026 books with a revised $37,072 surplus, after a deeper review uncovered additional E-Rate revenue, nutrition reimbursements, and legal costs. Officials acknowledged confusing swings from surplus to deficit and outlined new financial controls, audits, and communication steps aimed at preventing similar accounting turmoil in future Ridgefield school budgets.
   

3. Ridgefield Police Report 2 Crashes With Injuries, Speeding Summons (patch.com) — Ridgefield police are reporting two recent two-car crashes with injuries on Ethan Allen Highway, Cains Hill Road, West Mountain Road, and Oscaleta Road, with all drivers taken to Danbury Hospital for evaluation. Officers also clocked a Camaro at 72 mph in a 35 mph zone on Danbury Road, issuing the Bethel driver a misdemeanor speeding summons and a court date in Danbury.
   

4. Plea deal offered to CT woman accused of poisoning ex's wine, falsifying paternity tests (news12.com) — A former Ridgefield resident has been offered a plea deal that could mean 12 to 15 years in prison after being accused of poisoning an ex-partner's wine at his Ridgefield home and falsifying paternity evidence in a separate case. She remains on home confinement while deciding whether to accept the offer at a November court date.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

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