Page 48 - North Haven Magazine Issue 39 Summer 2025

A Message From

I would like to begin by extending chance, fried dough pizza, cotton
my deepest heartfelt appreciation candy and snow cones. The football Michael J. Freda
to every one of you who reached and baseball games played with my First Selectman
out to me following my brain bleed neighborhood friends, visits to the
in April. I am pleased to share that beach and the countless bike rides, pause from the long workdays and
I have made wonderful progress board games played and visiting daily responsibilities and carve out
after having stayed in top physical my aunts, uncles, cousins and time for making those wonderful
condition all of these years. I feel I grandparents. memories with our friends, family
am back 100%. Your kindness and and loved ones.
wishes have overwhelmed me, and These memories all come flooding
I thank you. back and remind me about the My wish for each of you is to revel in
quality time spent with family. As these warm summer days, connect
I am very grateful that following this a child, those summers seemed like with your loved ones and enjoy
incident, I had a chance to pause they lasted forever, and I was never making new cherished memories.
and reflect on all of my cherished quite ready for summer to end. I
memories. Memories that have felt like the luckiest kid in the world In North Haven, we have our Music
helped shape my life and that I hold to have had those cool adventures. Under the Stars Concert Series
very dear. Growing up we didn’t always have where our residents and neighbors
the most money, but we had more come together weekly with their
If someone asks you what is one of than enough. We had wonderful chairs and blankets, meeting up
your favorite childhood memories, childhood experiences that my with friends and family while
it is likely your mind will be flooded parents created, and these positive enjoying a great evening of music.
with summer adventures, and you childhood memories still shine Perhaps it’s walking on the North
will automatically be consumed brightly in my mind. Haven Trails, visiting Wharton
by nostalgia. Summertime brings Brook, catching the latest summer
sunshine and steamy days filled I recall family trips to Savin Rock blockbuster movie, or attending a
with a sense of melancholy for where my brother and I would local carnival.
those hot days during childhood enjoy rides on the roller coaster,
when school was over and as kids a few bumper car collisions, a trip Unforgettable memories are what
we reveled in countless outdoor through the fun house and hearing summers are made for.
activities where the sun took longer our fortune from the Laughing
to set providing those extra bonus Lady. Of course, we would end up I love each and every one of you.
hours of escapades and delight. indulging in those famous Jimmies’ Sincerely,
split hot dogs followed by Terry’s Michael Freda
I can vividly remember the church Honey-Dew Popcorn.
carnivals with rides like the
“scrambler” and those games of Summer is a great time to take a

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