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East Haven Letters

Letters • Published Dec 04, 2024 08 am

Enough is Enough

On Nov. 1, I was unfortunately behind a car on Kimberly Avenue that preceded to pull out into the intersection, did not see a car that turned from Saltonstall Parkway, an...
Letters • Published Oct 30, 2024 09 am

A Valuable Partner

In 2019, the people of East Haven granted me the awesome privilege of serving as our community’s State Representative. A year later, in 2020, I gained a valuable partner ...
Letters • Published Oct 30, 2024 08 am

An Open Mind and Steadfast Resolve

As early voting commences in Connecticut, join me in casting your vote for State Senator Christine Cohen for State Senate District 12. Christine Cohen has served in the S...
Letters • Published Oct 30, 2024 08 am

We Have to Do Better

We have to do better. The most powerful campaign slogans write themselves, and it was this moment, at the conclusion of the State Senate District 34th debate, that Democr...
Letters • Published Oct 23, 2024 08 am

Deserves a Clean Slate

I’ve never written to this paper before, but I feel I need to voice my full support for Brandi Mandato for State Senate. Over the years, I have talked to a lot of voters ...
Letters • Published Oct 16, 2024 08 am

Effective, Present, and Pragmatic

Two years ago, East Haven gained a new State Senator, Christine Cohen. In the last two years, Christine Cohen has joined the East Haven community with a warmth and eagern...
Letters • Published Oct 02, 2024 08 am

Misleading

In response to East Haven’s Democratic Board of Finance (BOF) member Chris Pedro’s letter to the editor (“Continually Impressed,” Sept. 19) supporting Christine Cohen for...
Letters • Published Sep 25, 2024 08 am

Will Protect Those Rights

Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, our reproductive freedoms have been on the ballot every November. Access to the full spectrum of reproductive healthc...
Letters • Published Sep 18, 2024 08 am

Continually Impressed

As an elected member of the Board of Finance here in East Haven, I know the importance of working together. In a time where our national politics seem as divisive as ever...
Letters • Published Aug 28, 2024 08 am

Set the Example

East Haven is an Environmental Justice town that is in the middle of development issues where private corporations and private interests leverage privilege over local tax...
Letters • Published Jul 24, 2024 08 am

Much-Needed Improvements

For years, I have led efforts at the State Capitol to secure funding to upgrade the traffic signal on Messina Drive because of safety concerns expressed by residents abou...
Letters • Published May 22, 2024 08 am

What Excuse for Next Year?

I am sure, like me, when you got up on the morning of May 9, you read that East Haven will be raising the mill rate to 33.44, up 2.24 mills. Like me, you read that all so...
Letters • Published May 15, 2024 08 am

Professional Compassion

It is with great admiration that I share how impressed my wife and I were with the two East Haven police officers in handling someone seriously impaired who was in front ...
Letters • Published Mar 20, 2024 08 am

Could We Survive?

Here's an honest question, and I would love an answer that is not purely from the selfish perspective of the opposers. Airports are necessary, as are railways and highway...
Letters • Published Feb 28, 2024 08 am

Questions Never Asked, Nor Answered

Recently, Tweed-New Haven Airport announced that it was getting a $2.5 million federal grant to go toward lengthening the runway and toward the new proposed terminal on t...
Letters • Published Feb 28, 2024 08 am

Let’s Plant Bananas

As I contemplate Tweed-New Haven Airport over all these years, it defies logic. Its property is 90% in East Haven, and we have no say over it. We get no tax money except ...
Letters • Published Feb 14, 2024 08 am

Begging for Understanding

I am feeling desperate for the Tweed-New Haven Airport expansion to stop. My husband and I have lived in our home since 1996, which is a block from Tweed on Emma Road, an...
Letters • Published Feb 07, 2024 08 am

Protect Our Communities

As a resident of East Haven, I am concerned and disappointed in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) release of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the ...
Letters • Published Feb 07, 2024 08 am

A Heartbreaking Prospect

For the people who are living the nightmare of having Tweed-New Haven Airport build a new 84,000-square-foot terminal and 4,000 parking spaces in the precious wetlands of...
Letters • Published Jan 31, 2024 08 am

Deserves the Most Attention

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the document regarding Tweed New Haven Airport expansion three days before Christmas, with over 8,000 printed pages onl...
Letters • Published Jan 31, 2024 08 am

Where’s the Appeal?

The day before Christmas weekend, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) announced they are allowing Tweed-New Haven Airport to expand without a more in-depth study of its imp...
Letters • Published Nov 15, 2023 08 am

Integral

When you are a poll worker, you really get to see the people doing the work of voting. Some persons come prepared to vote party row all the way across; others are motivat...
Letters • Published Jul 19, 2023 08 am

Flooding Continues

Anyone who uses Hemingway Avenue, Coe Avenue, and Short Beach Road during a high tide cycle combined with a heavy rain event knows they will have issues driving through t...
Letters • Published Jun 21, 2023 07 am

Session Wrap Up

On June 7, at 11:59 p.m., the 2023 legislative session in our State capitol concluded. Even after four years, the job remains a challenge, and I continue to be humbled by...
Letters • Published Jun 14, 2023 08 am

Fix It

We have an emergency problem in East Haven on High Street between Main Street and the bridge. In an emergency, police cars and fire engines cannot get across the bridge b...
Letters • Published May 24, 2023 08 am

Not There Yet

East Haven Public Schools has less of a money problem and more of a leadership problem. With over 33 open jobs, the students are falling behind in math, reading, and scie...
Letters • Published May 10, 2023 08 am

Support Our Public Education

On April 25, the East Haven Town Council convened to vote on the adoption of our Town and Board of Education budget. Since I was elected to the council in 2019, I’ve been...
Letters • Published May 03, 2023 08 am

A Sustainable Airport Expansion

When my daughter was younger, she was hospitalized with asthma; it was terrifying. I've seen a map of pediatric hospitalization rates from asthma, and the highest inciden...
Letters • Published Mar 29, 2023 08 am

Our Concerns

We are writing to voice our concerns about Application 23-06 by Robinson Aviation requesting a variance to Section 44.7 of the East Haven Zoning Regulations to add a 20,0...
Letters • Published Mar 15, 2023 06 pm

Share Concerns

““Tweed Talk in Public Spaces” celebrates one year of advocacy, and you are invited! Neighbors from East Haven, New Haven, Branford, and more will gather on Tuesday, Marc...
Letters • Published Mar 01, 2023 08 am

Forever Grateful

Our husband and father passed away in January. We chose Clancy-Palumbo Funeral Home. We can’t say enough about Chris Palumbo. We were all so devastated, but Chris did eve...
Letters • Published Feb 08, 2023 08 am

Not in the Best Interest

There are two plans on the drawing board facing East Haven residents that are capable of threatening the existing quality of life in this small shoreline community. The f...
Letters • Published Feb 01, 2023 08 am

Build a Better Town

Nothing in life is free. Of course, children need learning opportunities. If Mayor Joseph Carfora and Superintendent Erica Forti can accept an airport partnership in the...
Letters • Published Nov 02, 2022 08 am

An Awesome Privilege

On Election Day, the residents of East Haven in the 99th District are going to see something a little unfamiliar on the ballot. While I am seeking re-election as our stat...
Letters • Published Oct 26, 2022 08 am

Passion for Education

This year, parts of East Haven will have a different incumbent senator on our voting ballot. In the past, most of East Haven was one district and we had one senator to re...
Letters • Published Oct 19, 2022 08 am

Good News for East Haven

District 2 of East Haven is now part of the 12th State Senate district, which is represented by Senator Christine Cohen. This is very good news for East Haven to have her...
Letters • Published Oct 19, 2022 08 am

Defending the Coast

If you know me, you know how dearly I love my beach house. After working in special education, I was lucky enough to stumble upon the house of my dreams. Even more fortun...
Letters • Published Sep 28, 2022 08 am

A Strong Advocate

District 2 of East Haven has become part of the 12th State Senate District, which is represented by Senator Christine Cohen. I’ve met Christine on the campaign trail and ...
Letters • Published Sep 28, 2022 08 am

Willing to Fight

I am writing to you in support of Senator Christine Cohen, who is running for election as a Connecticut State Senator in my district, District 12 in East Haven. Christine...
Letters • Published Sep 28, 2022 08 am

A Proven Track Record of Delivering

In an effort to let voters in my district become better acquainted with the incumbent senator for Senate District 12, to which parts of Momauguin and Morgan Point have be...
Letters • Published Sep 21, 2022 08 am

Fighting for My Autonomy

In our rapidly-changing society, there are few moments when the world stands still. Technology, globalization, and the rise of connectivity have created a fast-paced and,...
Letters • Published Sep 14, 2022 08 am

Worked Across the Aisle

As many of you probably know, after the 2021 redistricting, the southern portion of East Haven is now part of the 12th state senate district, currently represented by Sen...
Letters • Published Aug 17, 2022 08 am

Take the Blinders Off

There were several meetings of the Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) that had short-term rentals (Airbnb, VRBOs) as topics for public discussion and Commission educati...
Letters • Published Jul 06, 2022 08 am

The Burden with Little Benefit

If Tweed New Haven Airport expands into East Haven I believe the negative impact will be the most destructive issue in our history. We will be the people who take on the ...
Letters • Published May 25, 2022 08 am

A Unique Collection

I want to thank everyone who made it to the May 7 Art Reception for Robert Brennan, our featured artist at the Hagaman Memorial Library. It was a fun event for all. Rober...
Letters • Published May 18, 2022 08 am

The Job Doesn’t End

On May 4 at 11:59 p.m., after months of marathon hearings and late nights in Hartford, the 2022 legislative session concluded. As I write this on May 5, I desperately nee...
Letters • Published May 11, 2022 08 am

Put a Plan Together

Okay, here is my last word on the HVN airport: I am not against airports. I love airports. I love airplanes. Years ago we always took our kids to Tweed to watch the plane...
Letters • Published Apr 27, 2022 08 am

Always the Stepped On

The small creek that runs parallel to Burr Street is the town line between New Haven and East Haven, so only the present Tweed-New Haven airport terminal and some parking...
Letters • Published Apr 13, 2022 08 am

Not Too Late

Tweed-New Haven airport expansion is the most transformative issue for our Town of East Haven. While the politicians have sat on their hands, tongue-tied, or done a compl...
Letters • Published Apr 13, 2022 08 am

Standing Up to Bullies

I’m old and can attest to the fact that if you live long enough, everything comes around again. I’m watching it happen here in my home town, East Haven. When I lived in N...