Death Of Wilton School Principal Tops The Week In News

WILTON, Conn. – Virginia Rico, longtime principal of Wilton's Cider Mill School, died this past week. Here’s a look at this and other top stories from the last week.

Wilton mourned the loss of Cider Mill Principal Virginia Rico this past week.
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by Vanessa Inzitari

06/30/2013 5:00 a.m.

? There was sad news Wednesday after Wilton school officials announced the death of longtime Cider Mill School principal Virginia "Ginny" Rico. She was 69. Rico spent most of her 35-year career as an educator at Cider Mill, where she became principal in 2002. A funeral mass was held Saturday.

? The owner of Toozy Patza Pizza & Jazzeria in Wilton turned himself in on a warrant charging him in connection with with illegal pumping of sewage from his restaurant into a nearby storm drain.

? Wilton's Pinocchio Pizza on Tuesday held "A Slice for the Cure," an all-day benefit for the American Cancer Society. The restaurant, owned by six-time World Pizza Champion Bruno DiFabio, is donating all of the day's sales to the nonprofit.

? Wilton Police Officer Robert Nosal made headlines after he helped safely deliver a baby boy on the side of Route 7.

? Dr. Neil A. Gordon, a Wilton plastic surgeon, was selected as the first director of head and neck aesthetic surgery at Yale University School of Medicine.

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