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PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 155 East Haddam DEEP RIVER, CT Moodus, Hadlyme, Millington, Lake Hayward Town of East Haddam 7 Main Street, PO Box K East Haddam, CT 06423 eventseventsVOLUME 11 • QUARTER 4 • 2018 POSTAL CUSTOMER Found a House? Apply Online or In Person. essexsavings.com October is Breast Cancer month October is ort the An pp nu Su a Breast Cancer l month Go Pink Project Essex, 35 Plains Road, 860-767-2573 • Essex, 9 Main Street, 860-767-8238 • Chester, 203 Middlesex Avenue, 860-526-0000 O Madison, 99 Durham Road, 203-318-8611 • Old Lyme, 101 Halls Road, 860-434-1646 • Old Saybrook, 155 Main Street, 860-388-3543 h c t t n o Toll-Free: 877-377-3922 • www.essexsavings.com o be r r m is B ce Member FDIC Equal Housing Lender reast Can DELIVERING TOWN NEWS TO EVERYONE IN TOWN EH 4q18 cover.indd 1 10/17/2018 1:47:37 PM THE SMARTER CHOICE FOR Job Seekers! Have Business Are you ready for the Needs? CT’s Only Accredited Comprehensive Perfect Job? We deliver results Breast Care Center Offering Dual-head We are your connection by finding you to the best employment the best talent Molecular Breast Imaging opportunities in the in Connecticut! Connecticut area! middlesexhospital.org/breastcare Recruiting | Staffing | Payrolling Westbrook Middletown Wallingford Watertown 860.399.9995 860.347.1626 203.949.4242 860.417.6900 www.armazzotta.com 7.5x9.75_Womens_Health_Ad.indd 1 9/22/17 3:35 PM EH 4q18 cover.indd 2 10/17/2018 1:47:50 PM First Selectman’s Corner As I wrote this, we were are all struggling to recover from a Education and the Board of major storm. September ended with a massive rain event, over 6 Selectmen, in early December. inches fell in less than four hours. This makes it a 100-year storm Its purpose is to seek public (a storm of this magnitude has only a 1% chance of happening input and to familiarize every- in any given year). The evening of Tuesday, September 25th one with how the budget started with the prospect of a fairly normal rainy evening with comes together. The ongoing 2 or 3 inches of rain expected. Wet, but nothing exceptional. By process will be highlighted the time it ended we had seen a four-hour torrential downpour. with repeated efforts to en- THE Roads were washed away, endless basements had been flooded. sure that the public is kept Goodspeed Opera House properties were in serious disarray. informed, their comments Our swing bridge had been briefly closed and Neptune Avenue considered and that all ques- SMARTER Emmett Lyman had suffered a major washout. Our Fire Department and Public tions are clearly answered in a First Selectman Works Department were on scene as quickly as the problem timely fashion. Our goal will CHOICE became apparent and worked all night and the following day be that the proceedings be open and clear to our citizens, enabling until legal limits were reached. Over time, most roads became them to monitor what happens from start to finish. In the end the FOR passable and most basements dried. What remains to be done is Board of Finance will present a balanced budget which meets the nonetheless very extensive. Rebuilding damaged roads and infra- needs and expectations of our Town and is fair and balanced to structure will take time and be costly. Homeowners will need to taxpayers. check their homes to ensure that they are ready for the upcoming winter season. We all need to inspect our properties for hidden We have long awaited the installation of lights at Heritage Park. damage and dangers. This past summer they were installed. Their addition makes the walking/running path at Heritage Park far more attractive to We are now preparing for our upcoming budget season. Once users. The lights are automatic and face inward. When they sense again the work begins earlier than in the past. 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Connecticut area! middlesexhospital.org/breastcare Recruiting | Staffing | Payrolling Westbrook Middletown Wallingford Watertown 860.399.9995 860.347.1626 203.949.4242 860.417.6900 www.armazzotta.com 7.5x9.75_Womens_Health_Ad.indd 1 9/22/17 3:35 PM East Haddam Events • Quarter 4 • 2018 www.eventsmagazines.com 1 EH 4q18 cover.indd 2 10/17/2018 1:47:50 PM CONTENTS First Selectman’s Corner .........................................................................................................1 events goPINK Project Supports Women Facing Breast Cancer this October ..................3 TM Ventures, LLC A Note from the Assessor ......................................................................................................4 dba Essex Printing & Events Magazines Tax Collector ...............................................................................................................................4 18 Industrial Park Road, P.O.Box 205 Holiday Closings .......................................................................................................................6 Centerbrook, CT 06409 Registrar of Voter News ..........................................................................................................7 860-767-9087 Fax 860-767-0259 email: [email protected] Town Clerk - State Election Information ..........................................................................8 www.essexprinting.com Polling Location Notice ..........................................................................................................8 PUBLISHER William E. McMinn It’s Back! (Snow, that is) ..........................................................................................................9 Sand for Winter Ice ...................................................................................................................9 LAYOUT & AD DESIGN Kathy Alsop Economic Development ......................................................................................................10 Lynne Hardt East Haddam Library System .............................................................................................12 COVER EDITOR Friends of East Haddam Free Public Library - Annual Auction ..............................12 AC Proctor 860-767-9087 Parks & Recreation .................................................................................................................13 SALES REPRESENTATIVES East Haddam Ambulance Association 50th Anniversary .........................................14 ESSEX • WESTBROOK CLINTON • MADISON East Haddam Police Department/Resident Trooper ..................................................14 Ward Feirer Family Night on the Moodus Green ................................................................................15 914-806-5500 [email protected] Early Childhood Council ......................................................................................................15 OLD SAYBROOK East Haddam Elementary School .....................................................................................16 OLD LYME • EAST LYME Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School’s Wingman Program ..............................................17 Betty Martelle 860-333-7117 [email protected] East Haddam Youth & Family Services Holiday Campaign ......................................18 CHESTER • EAST HADDAM East Haddam Local Prevention Council .........................................................................19 EAST HAMPTON • HADDAM East Haddam Community Lions Club .............................................................................20 John P. Sullivan 860-662-9664 [email protected] East Haddam Leo Club .........................................................................................................20 GUILFORD Old Lyme Holiday House Tour ...........................................................................................21 Essex Printing 860-767-9087 Diabetes and the Eye ............................................................................................................22 [email protected] East Haddam Fire Department - Help Us Help YOU! ..................................................22 STONINGTON • EAST LYME Middlesex Hospital: Detecting & Treating Breast Cancer.........................................23 Kelly Harper 860-391-5534 Rep. Ziobron Invites Residents to Celebrate the Holiday Season [email protected] at Gillette Castle ......................................................................................................................23 Cover Photo The East Haddam Lions Club .............................................................................................24 Dorothy Scott Gibb East Haddam’s Open Space - It's More than Hiking Trails & Nice Views ..............24 East Haddam Garden Club ..................................................................................................27 www.eventsmagazines.com I-Park Foundation Hosts Open Studios in East Haddam ..........................................28 Over three quarters of a million readers. Lake Harvester Needs Your Support ................................................................................29 13 towns every quarter. National Audubon Society Annual Christmas