A $2 Million project in Ridgefield aims to make the Branchville part of town a more pedestrian friendly community. The plan involves building a sidewalk and a re-designed Route 7 and 102 intersection. Work is now set to begin in a few months. There will be a walking bridge over a brook, and the sidewalk will continue north across the street and all the way up Florida Road. It also includes news decorative lighting. A grant to help pay for it was obtained through the Transit Alternative Program. The town had to match 20 percent… or about $400,000… and that had already been approved by voters in Ridgefield. Plans now call for the work to begin this year and continue over the next three to four years until it wraps up.
Ed Histed
Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.