Volume 10, Number 12
Your Town, Your News
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Friday, June 19, 2015
Voters OK town budget By Ken Liebeskind The North Haven Citizen
The North Haven High School baseball team celebrates its Class L state championship victory over East Lyme June 13 in Middletown.
Indians claim the state crown By Ken Liebeskind The North Haven Citizen
Coach Bob DeMayo’s 57th season as coach of the North Haven High School baseball
team was one of his best, as the team overcame a mediocre regular season and righted the ship in time for the state tournament. There, the Indians hit their stride and went
on to defeat East Lyme to win cally put together a story the CIAC Class L champion- book run where everything seemed to jell.” ship Saturday, June 13. North Haven, a modest “ T h e b a s e b a l l go d s were on our side,” the veteran coach said. “We basiSee Baseball / Page 7
Energize Connecticut Center opens in town By Ken Liebeskind
and Environmental Protection commissioner Robert Klee cut the ribbon to open The Energize Connecti- the center, youngsters rode cut Center, billed as the only bikes that ignited lights to place in Connecticut where teach them about generatadults and children can expe- ing electricity, and visitors rience hands-on learning to viewed a number of exhibits discover energy-efficient and that taught about energy efrenewable energy ideas and ficiency, how to use energy solutions, officially opened wisely, how to save on energy on University Drive on Sat- costs and the environmental urday, June 13, with a ribbon impact of energy choices. Youngsters pedal bikes at the Energize Connecticut Center to cutting ceremony. As Department of Energy See Energize/ Page 2 learn about generating electricity. | Ken Liebeskind / The North Haven Citizen The North Haven Citizen
The passage of the North Haven budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 was a relief to Mike Freda. The first selectman led efforts to amend the budget after it was defeated May 19. “I’m pleased the budget passed and we’ll be moving forward in a positive fashion,” he said Tuesday night, June 16, minutes after the results were announced by the registrar’s office. The budget passed 1,412 to 1,012. Third Selectwoman Sally Buemi, who led the opposition to the budget, said, “It passed by 400 votes and I support the democratic process.” Sixteen percent of the town’s eligible voters cast ballots, the biggest turnout in years and much higher than the 9 percent who voted on May 19, when the budget was defeated 885 to 510. “The big story is the turnout,” Buemi said. “As recently as 2012 we had 6 and 8 percent turnouts, so hopefully this will be a stepping stone to getting back to 4-to-5,000 voting in our budget referendums, which occurred 10 to 15 years ago.” Chester Sawicki, one of the voters who favored the budSee Budget / Page 17