The Ridgefield Press is an American weekly newspaper published each Thursday for Ridgefield, Connecticut. The newspaper was established in 1875, and has a paid circulation of about 6,250 copies. It is currently owned by Hersam Acorn Newspapers, a family-owned newspaper company which produces 16 other weeklies in Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York.
The fictitious film critic David Manning was supposedly writing for The Ridgefield Press.