Here are some of the stories and features in this week’s Ridgefield Press:

• How did an actor and singer from Ridgefield High School win $10,000 and a possible scholarship to NYU?

• Friends and family of a 24-year-old Ridgefielder gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her heart transplant.

• What lifelong Ridgefielder, former school teacher, and military veteran was named Ridgefield Rotary’s Man of the Year?

• There’ll be less mowing and cleaning in the new fiscal year as the Parks and Recreation Department adjusts to staff cuts resulting from the tight budget.

• The skate park has re-opened in a new location behind Veterans Park School while construction goes on at it’s East Ridge site.

• Lifelong Ridgefielder and local businessman Andy Montanari is the subject of a brief biography written by Ridgefield native Paul Baker.