Personally: I have lived in Fair Haven for 49 years. My husband and I raised 4 children who all attended local public schools.
Professionally: I taught math and science at Knollwood School for 23 years. That experience gave me a unique opportunity to meet with residents and discuss the many issues which affect their quality of life in FH.
Take care of what we have. As previously stated, we need a maintenance plan to protect our open space so that future generations will enjoy our recreational facilities.
Our Master Plan is due for re-examination in 2026. This Plan is a blueprint for all future development in a community. It is a lengthy process which seeks to align business, commercial and municipal interests with the values of a community. The FH Planning Board has begun this process.
We are currently in the process of rebuilding our Police Department and Community Center and rehabilitating the DPW and Bicentennial Hall. We need to develop a plan for Phase 2 of the Community Center and provide plans for a new recreational area at the Community Center field.
We have several challenges facing our community but unfortunately the constraints placed on our operating budget by the state limit our response. Our waste management contract expired in June 2024. When the new contract went out to bid there was one response for the same services at a 97% increase. As a result, we had to make the difficult decision to reduce recycling pickup to every other week but maintain weekly trash pickup (and May to September twice a week pickup).
McCarter Pond is in desperate need of rehabilitation. We have created an interlocal partnership with the county to remediate the pond. There has also been a community group, “Friends of McCarter Pond” established to raise funds to help with the costs associated with this project.
We need to establish a vision plan for our Business District. We also need to make the application process for new business owners more manageable. I am working with Councilman LaBarbera to digitize the application process (SDL) as first of several steps to examine and amend our business/commercial ordinances.
It is no secret that there has been a dramatic rise in the usage of e-bikes and e-scooters especially by our younger residents. We are currently in the process of drafting and introducing an ordinance to regulate e-bike/e-scooter usage as well as educating riders on proper traffic safety awareness.
As a community we have an incredible amount of open space. If elected, I would like to see our council develop and propose a maintenance strategy to ensure our parks, fields and recreational facilities are available for future generations of residents.
Like McCarter Pond, the Harding Bird Sanctuary is in desperate need of rehabilitation. I have just proposed a committee comprised of representatives from the FH Garden Club, Parks and Recreation, The Environmental Commission and the Natural Area Committee to begin the process of assessing the condition of the Sanctuary with the goal of providing guidance for the rehabilitation and maintenance of HBS.
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