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COVID-19: Former HS Football Player, Personal Trainer Dies At 30 COVID-19: Former HS Football Player, Personal Trainer Dies At 30
Covid-19: Former HS Football Player, Personal Trainer Dies At 30 A popular 30-year-old personal trainer and owner of a local gym in Fairfield County has died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Dan Spano, a 2008 Ridgefield High School graduate who played football at the school, died Saturday, April 11, at Norwalk Hospital. Spano was reportedly the city's first fatality from the virus under the age of 50.  A 2012 graduate of Coastal Carolina University, Spano was the owner and head personal trainer at GymGuyZ Norwalk. Spano, whose family said he was perfectly healthy and did not have any underlying medical conditions, began feeling ill around Ma…

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: Ridgefield Asks NYC Residents To Quarantine COVID-19: Ridgefield Asks NYC Residents To Quarantine
Covid-19: Ridgefield Asks NYC Residents To Quarantine This story has been updated. With 58 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) now being reported in Ridgefield, Connecticut, the town is asking anyone from New York City to self-quarantine for 14 days. In a statement by Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi released by the town on Saturday, March 28, the two-week self-quarantine should be done "before entering any public area in Ridgefield." An original statement identified those who should quarantine as from New York, but was later reworded to specific those as being from New York City. Ridgefield borders the Northern Westchester…

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by Joe Lombardi
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$50K Torched Baseball Field Incident Leads To Suspensions Of Three Ridgefield HS Coaches $50K Torched Baseball Field Incident Leads To Suspensions Of Three Ridgefield HS Coaches
$50K Torched Baseball Field Incident Leads To Suspensions Of Three Ridgefield HS Coaches Three varsity baseball coaches at Ridgefield High School have been placed on administrative leave after extreme measures were taken to try and squeeze in a high school baseball game. The field at Governor Park was doused with gasoline and set on fire over the weekend in an effort to dry out a playing surface that had been rained on in advance of Ridgefield’s scheduled game against Amity. The idea did more harm than good. In total, reparations are expected to cost upwards of $50,000. No one was injured and there was never anyone in danger, police said. The incident remains under investigati…

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by Zak Failla