Page 48 - North Haven Magazine Issue 31 Holiday 2023

A Message From

s I begin another term in office, I am grateful for the Michael J. Freda
Aopportunity to continue serving the fine people of First Selectman
North Haven, and I thank you for your overwhelming
support to have me continue to serve. I have been your
chief elected official for 14 years and together we have bringing commercial realtors, developers, and business
accomplished a great deal. owners together to create positive outcomes. I did this
in my business career and I will continue my mission
As I look to this next term, I am focused on several to bring new development with new businesses and
priorities. I am committed to supporting and enhancing new retail to North Haven. I can guarantee that there
public safety. We will be addressing the rising level of will be many new businesses coming to North Haven
crime we have seen that is unfortunately also happening in 2024-2025.
all over the state. We must have a society that has the
ability to deliver consequences to criminals so we will It has been my great honor and pleasure to serve you,
be proposing adding additional police officers in this and I continue to be energized to get better personally,
coming budget to help address the increase in crime. professionally and to do better for our wonderful
We will continue to support our Fire Department to community.
be responsive to our businesses and residents in the
unfortunate event of a fire, or with unfortunate 911 I truly appreciate your confidence and I will continue
call in a continued effort to provide timely and skilled to put my energy into representing the interests of ALL
emergency fire and medical response times. our residents and businesses to the best of my ability.
My heartfelt wish for all of our families in town is that
Providing a rewarding and quality education for all our your holidays are joyous, spent with friends, families
students is essential to maintain and attract families and loved ones, and that the New Year will bring health,
to North Haven. I will continue to work closely happiness, and prosperity.
with our superintendent and Board of Education to
appropriately fund our school system. So as the cold weather settles in, I continue to have a
loving and warm place in my heart for each of you, and
We are committed to continue to deliver and I care deeply about each of you and your families.
enhance our services with our Public Works, Library, Sincerely,
Community Services and Recreational Departments Michael Freda
in 2024. You will see the improvements in our town
that will enhance the quality of life for our residents.

As many of you know, I have worked very hard over
the years to grow our grand list and bring many new
and exciting businesses to town. I have a passion for
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