Page 40 - North Haven Magazine Issue 23 Spring 2022

A Message From

s an unpredictable winter slowly turns into spring, there becomes a time for
Anew beginnings and fresh starts.

With new beginnings and fresh starts, there also comes our athletic fields all
a new sense of energy, positivity and exhilaration that across our town as the
begins to emerge in our daily lives. number of children Michael J. Freda
and teenagers playing First Selectman
Here in North Haven, there will be that same sense of sports and recreating
energy and exhilaration starting as spring converges at all levels at our schools or youth sports programs
into summer with the number of improvements and continues to rise.
additions that we will be making for our town residents.
Already, we are upgrading our town green with new For our seniors, we will also be purchasing two new
park benches all across our green replacing the old and buses at our senior center to help improve the level of
worn out ones. Plans are also being made to install a transportation for our seniors who do not drive and
new bandstand at some point in time to replace the who need transportation to go shopping or to attend
existing showmobile. medical appointments.

On our town green this summer, we have added From a public safety standpoint, we will be adding 3
additional concerts for a now total of 14 different bands additional police officers and 2 additional firefighters
and musical events. This year’s concert series will start and we will continue to enhance services at our library,
a week earlier this year, on May 31st, and will end one support educational needs and we will be enhancing
week later this year on August 30th. services in our public works department.

We have an exciting list of performers with such new As the seasons change, and as we as a community burst
bands this year as: into a feeling of invigoration, I wanted to let each of
you know that the high level of energy and positivity
1. A Jimmy Buffet Tribute Band that I have will never diminish. As a result, I am
2. A Steely Dan Tribute Band never satisfied in my own perpetual search of how to
3. An Eagles Tribute Band improve and to get better personally, professionally
4. A Doobie Brother’s Tribute Band and to improve our town.
5. A Bon Jovi Tribute Band
I hope you will agree that many of these improvements
And, we will also be featuring……… and additions that will be made this year are all
designed to improve our town and to create a positive
Avenue Groove, the Classics, The Coyote River Band, quality of life for all of our residents.
Juke Box 45 Oldies, Timmy Maia, Primetime, Rich
DiPalma, 8 to the Bar, and the Signature Band. Sincerely,
Michael Freda
I am also on a mission to improve all of our parks and
recreational facilities in town. We will be building new
playscapes in many of our parks, adding 2 additional
pickle ball courts at Canna Park, and improving

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