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Listen, Learn, Volunteer — A Night To Take Action Will Be Held In Ridgefield Listen, Learn, Volunteer — A Night To Take Action Will Be Held In Ridgefield
Listen, Learn, Volunteer — A Night To Take Action Will Be Held In Ridgefield First it was New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. Then Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. And, finally, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. These three US Supreme Court decisions, among others, handed down this past June cheered many while galvanizing many others into angry action. Count Glori Norwitt and Jessica Mancini among the latter. The two Ridgefield women have been friends since their children met in preschool some 15 years ago. Mancini is a former member of the Ridgefield Board of Finance and Norwitt is an employment attorney, chair of Ridgefield's E…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
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Actor Charles Grodin, Who Dies At 86, Was Longtime Fairfield County Resident Actor Charles Grodin, Who Dies At 86, Was Longtime Fairfield County Resident
Actor Charles Grodin, Who Dies At 86, Was Longtime Fairfield County Resident Actor Charles Gordon, a longtime Connecticut resident, died at the age of 86. Grodin, who lived in Fairfield County, in Wilton, died from bone marrow cancer on Tuesday, May 18, his family announced. Grodin had numerous stage credits before he was cast in “Catch-22” in 1970 by director Mike Nichols. He then went on to star in “Heartbreak Kid,” in “Heaven Can Wait” with Warren Beatty, and with Robert De Niro in “Midnight Run.” “Chuck was as good a person as he was an actor," De Niro said in a statement issued through his publicist. " 'Midnight Run' was a great project to work on, and Chuck …

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by Zak Failla