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Gift Local

A Curated List of Ridgefield Businesses to Shop This Holiday Season Article by Katie Parry | Photography by Various Are you hopelessly behind on your holiday shopping? Don't fret, we've put together the ultimate gift guide so you can cross off everyone on your list—and the best part? Every single business is right here in Ridgefield! So keep calm and get your local shopping on this holiday season. For the Person who Needs Serenity Now Plank Ridgefield  is now open on Main Street! Give...

Arts + Culture

Books on the Common Celebrates 40 Years

Ridgefield's Beloved Shop On the Corner Article by Katie Parry | Photography by Dariusz Terepka Photography Ridgefield’s beloved independent bookstore, Books on the Common, celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. Ellen Burns and Darwin Ellis, who are married and who run the shop together, have owned the store for the last 20 years. The story of Books on the Common began in 1984, when Bob and Sally Silbernagel first opened in the brand-new Copps Hill Common (now The Marketplace) on Danbury...

Style + Beauty

Desires by Mikolay

Experience Main Street's Newest Gem of a Jewelry Store Article by Katie Parry | Photography by Dariusz Terepka Photography It started with an Hermès scarf.  Wait, let’s back up.  It started with a meet cute.  Tara was a social worker, living in Rockland County, when she and her cousin went to Killington for New Year’s Eve. They couldn’t get into the bar they wanted—so they went to one across the street. Scott, who was living in Yorktown at the time, was also in Killington. And he couldn’t...

Arts + Culture

Nutcrackers Across Town

Three Local Girls Dance the Role of A Lifetime Article by Katie Parry | Photography by Jennifer Zarine Photography and Others Stella Tompkins took her first ballet lesson at NY Kids Club in Long Island City when she was two years old. Nine years later, Stella, who is a 6th grader at East Ridge Middle School, has been cast as the lead in the world’s most beloved Christmastime ballet— The Nutcracker . The Nutcracker debuted in Russia in 1892, and while Tchaikovsky’s score was instantly...