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Friday, November 6, 2009 — The North Haven Citizen
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Rep. Fontana honored by AARP Rep. Fontana received AARP’s Legislative Achievement Award for his work on legislation championing state health care reform during the 2009 state legislative session — the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership (House Bill 6582) and SustiNet (House Bill 6600). Both bills were vetoed by Gov. Rell, but the Democrats overrode the governor’s veto on SustiNet. “We have made some real progress this year, but our current health care system still costs too much and leaves out too many people,” Fontana said. “I look forward to working with AARP in continuing the fight for lower health care costs and expanded health insurance choices for all Connecticut residents.”
Town should enforce leaf rules To the editor: Ah, Fall is here in New England. The air is crisp, the scenery is colorful. Time to prepare for Halloween costumes, Thanksgiving dinner, and dodging leaf piles in the road. In North Haven (and I’m sure other towns that pickup loose leaves), they want you to place the leaves at the curb, not in the road. But yet people blow the leaves into the road. In my neighborhood, mostly it’s not the residents I see doing it, it’s the people they hire. Why? I don’t know, I won’t speculate; but some people may possibly not be aware of the North Haven rule regarding this. This bugs me for a few safety reasons: 1. What’s under the leaves? There is one pile nearby that has bundles of branches in it. I’ve also heard (unconfirmed) reports of cars getting seriously damaged because rocks and bricks were hidden under the leaves. 2. Takes up public parking spots. 3. Makes the road that much narrower, and you have to drive into oncoming traffic to avoid it. Case in point: there is a house on Ridge Road, near the school. As we all know, Ridge is already a narrow busy road to begin with. 4. When storms come in, the wind and rain blows the wet leaves all around on the road. Wet leaves covering a road is just as bad as ice. 5. Finally, it just doesn’t look very nice. OK, this isn’t a safety issue, but the town really should start enforcing the rule. Dave Woyciesjes North Haven
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2009 Election Results Official 2009 North Haven election results * indicates seated winner
First Selectman *Michael Freda (R) – 4,873 Janet McCarty (D) – 3,232 Selectman *Tim Doheny (R) – 4,404 *Steve Fontana (D) – 3,591 Town Clerk-Tax Collector *J. Stacey Yarbrough (R) – 4,499 Brian Cummings (D) – 3,258 Treasurer *Laurie-Jean Hannon (R) – 4,274 William Gambardella (D) – 3,528 Board of Finance *James Lianos (R) – 4,276 *Dyann Vissicchio (R) – 4,392 *Michael Hallahan (D) – 3,380 Martin Piccirillo (D) – 3,236 Board of Finance two-year term *William Pieper (R) – 4,503 Dean Volain (D) – 3,162 Board of Education *Stephen DiCapua (R) – 4,494 Wesley O’Brien (R) – 4,115 *Ruth Bryant (D) – 3,198 *Alicia Clapp (D) – 3,501 Board of Education four-year term *Bert Mozealous (R) – 4,122 Carole Franceschet (D) – 3,498
Board of Education four-year term *Anita Anderson (R) – 4,494 Gerald Feinberg (D) – 3,144 Board of Assessment Appeals *Ralph Ricciardelli (R) – 4,633 Norman Juniewic (D) – 3,005 Planning and Zoning Commission *Vern Carlson (R) – 4,067 Theresa Ranciato-Viele (D) – 3,636
Planning and Zoning Commission Alternate *Curtis Andrews Sr. (R) – 4,454 *Richard Wilson (R) – 4,356 *Edward Homa (D) – 3,085 William Kohlhepp (D) – 2,969
Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals *Caren Genovese (R) – 4,461 *Robert Hannon (R) – 4,286 Alan Sturtz (D) – 3,011 *Joseph Villano (D) – 3,193 Zoning Board of Appeals *Donald Clark (R) –4,368 Michael O’Connor (D) – 3,110 Police Commission *David Monz (R) – 4,006 *Lawrence Lazaroff (R) – 4,667 Christopher Longley (D) – 3,159 *Bernard McLoughlin (D) – 3,208 Fire Commission *Pasquale Nuzzolillo (R) – 4,536 *Michael Zuccarelli Jr. (R) – 4,455 Walter Spader Jr. (D) – 2,926 *Daniel Fleming (D) – 3,045
Members needed for Board of Ethics The Town of North Haven is seeking applications for membership on the first Board of Ethics to be constituted under the newly revised Code of Ethics (Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances). Positions are open for five regular members and two alternates. Initial terms are one, two or three years. Members must be registered to vote in the Town of North Haven. No more than two regular members may be of the same political party; and the alternates may not belong to the same political party. Current town officials (or those who have been town officials within one year of their appointment) may not serve on the Board of Ethics. Members of the Board of Ethics may not hold office in a political committee. Duties of the board include: Hearing and acting on complaints that town employees and/or town officials violated the Code of Ethics; Acting on requests for waivers of the Code; Issuing advisory opinions; Implementing ethics awareness and training programs for town officials and employees as well as the general public. Volunteering to be a member of the Board of Ethics is an excellent opportunity to serve our community, and I encourage qualified, responsible people to consider applying for appointment to the Board. For more information, or to submit an application, please contact: Janet M. McCarty, First Selectman Town of North Haven 18 Church St. North Haven, CT 06473 (203) 239-5321, ext. 760