Ridgefield Health Department personnel are observing operations at local licensed facilities where a health permit is necessary--restaurants, barber/beauty shops, and grocery stores.  Health Director Ed Briggs says most are doing a good job protecting employees and customers because they know their economic survival depends on their customers seeing the facilities following CDC and state guidance.  Ridgefield Emergency Manager Dick Aarons says the Office of Emergency Management is working daily with the state Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to assure communication between the state and regional Recovery Steering Committees and several town agencies working on long-term recovery