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| | Ridgefield (town), Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | Notable residents of the town, which is a distant New York City suburb, include Caroline Kepcher, an assistant to Donald Trump on the hit NBC Show "The Apprentice"; author and artist Maurice Sendak, best known for his "Where the Wild Things Are", and Priceline founder Jeffrey Walker. |
 | | The most notable event to occur there was the Battle of Ridgefield (on April 27, 1777), a skirmish between colonial militia (led by, among others, Benedict Arnold), and a British force returning from a raid on the colonial supply depot in Danbury, Connecticut. |
 | | As of the census of 2000, there are 23,643 people, 8,433 households, and 6,611 families residing in the town. |
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