We have added 125 articles about early 20th Century Ridgefield written by Ridgefield’s first town historian, Richard E. “Dick” Venus. The archive will continue to grow as Jack Sanders has time to digitize the 366 articles, which spanned more than seven years in the 1980s.
“Dick’s Dispatch” Now Online
We have added 150 articles about early 20th Century Ridgefield written by Ridgefield's first town historian, Richard E. "Dick" Venus.
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