New Fairfield voters have spoken: they like what John Hodge is doing, and they want him to keep doing it.
First Selectman: Hodge: 2336 (65.3%), Thiel: 1242 (34.7%)
On a three person Board of Selectmen, you need two votes to get anything done. Or, you need two votes in order to block progress. Let’s see whether the [...]
Category Archives: New Fairfield
The Mandate
04-Nov-09The Vote That Matters
21-Oct-09I have lived in New Fairfield for ten years. And I love it here. Every so often I am reminded that it is not a perfect place, but that doesn’t change how I feel.
One of the things I love about this place is our form of government. It’s simple: we make big decisions together. Everyone [...]
The Great Chili Debate
07-Oct-09Last Saturday I won the Candlewood Lions annual Chili Contest (individual category). This is a big deal for me and makes up for my lack of a Nobel Peace Prize for now. If you missed it, you missed a lot of great chili.
The Chili Contest is an annual event. Every two years it’s a little [...]
Anniversaries
09-Jun-09“Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.”
– Oscar Wilde
Six years ago a snapping turtle walked across my lawn and inspired the inaugural edition of this column.
I don’t expect anyone to care because six is not a [...]
Democracy in Action
21-May-09Congratulations and thank you to everyone who came out to vote at our annual town meeting/referendum for the budget and the school construction project.
Once again we have set our own course to the future with the purest form of democratic government practiced on this continent or anywhere else. William Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth [...]
