Voters' Corner
Tuesday, August 10
Mark Your Calendars
& Let Your Voice Be Heard
All registered Democratic and Republican voters in Haddam
are encouraged to vote in their party primary to be held
Tuesday, August 10. Polls will be open at 6 a.m. and
close at 8 p.m All three polling places will be open for
this important voting session.
For Haddam and Higganum voters
there will be two polling places:
District #001:
Haddam Firehouse Complex, 439 Saybrook Rd. [Rt 154],
Higganum
District #002:
RSD-17 Central Office, 91 Little City Rd., Higganum
For Haddam Neck Voters:
District #003:
Haddam Neck Firehouse, 50 Rock Landing Rd., Haddam
There are voter registration deadlines for the primary.
To register to vote by mail, the voter registration card
must be postmarked by August 5. To register to vote in
person, the voter registration card must be submitted by
August 9 no later than 12 p.m. to the Registrars’ office
at Town Hall. Unaffiliated voters can enroll in a major
party by adhering to the same deadlines and participate
in this important voting session. Voter registration
cards are available at the Haddam Town Hall.
Remember that this is the first state-wide primary that
will allow 17 year olds who will turn 18 on or before the
November general election day to participate. Be sure to
help spread the word to your friends and family.
Please note that you can only vote at the polling place
assigned for your district. If you are unsure of your
voting place or if you want more information, call the
Registrars at 860-345-8531, ext 225.
Support Haddam River
Days
It is that time again for the
Haddam River Days Committee to ask local businesses to
donate to our 14th Annual event. While we know that the
economy is such that advertising budgets are tight, we
have made our rates to advertise in our booklet
affordable. Just $20 for a business card size ad! What
better way to get your name out to the residents of your
community and support a good cause! Other ad sizes are
available and priced accordingly.
The Committee has been working throughout the winter
setting up an agenda for these years’ events. Shoreline
Connection will be the featured band on Friday, September
10, for the “Concert at the Gazebo”. We will be selling
hot dogs and drinks, so pack up the family and come enjoy
the music!
On Saturday, September 11, at the Haddam Meadows there
will be live entertainment, the family tent, rock
climbing wall, crafters, organizations and food vendors
throughout the day ending with a great fireworks display
at dusk. A full schedule of events will be available as
the date nears.
If you have a talent, skill, business or organization
that would like to participate, “volunteer for the day”,
or would like to advertise in our booklet, please call
Dawn at 860-345-2211. We look forward to hearing from you
and seeing you at these years’ events!
99th Annual Haddam
Neck Fair
Rated as one of the Major
Agricultural Fairs in Connecticut, the Haddam Neck Fair
attracts over 30,000 people yet prides itself on being a
small country fair. There will be the traditional
contests and exhibits which a century ago constituted the
skills necessary to raise and preserve food and handle
the animals which did the work. Horse and oxen drawing
contests, tractor pulls, exhibits of native-grown
vegetables, sewing, quilting and many other contests
skills necessary in daily life will take place.
For more modern times there will be a 5K Road Race, Lawn
Tractor Racing, a Horse Show and two Truck Pulls. Of
course there are rides for the kids of all ages and lots
of food. Haddam Neck has never abandoned the tradition of
serving beer, and we still have shade trees.
Since it began in 1911, the Haddam Neck Fair has been a
volunteer operation, supported entirely by the funds it
raises and by the hard work of its volunteers. The Board
of Directors is proud to have maintained the friendly,
small country atmosphere and worked to avoid becoming
“too commercial.”
The fairgrounds are located on Quarry Hill Road in Haddam
Neck, which is reached from Route 151. Admission is $7
for adults and children under 12 are free. There is free
parking adjacent to the fairgrounds. Dogs and other pets
as well as bicycles are not allowed on the grounds during
the fair, and liquor and beer may not be brought in
through the gate.
While the Haddam Neck Fair is apolitical, candidates for
office are welcome to visit our fair and mix with our
crowd provided they come as members of the public and
follow our rules of consideration for others.
For information on the Haddam Neck Fair, call the Fair
Office at 860-267- 5922 or visit the Haddam Neck Fair
website at www.haddamneckfair.com.
Plan to Outsource
Public TV Access Hearing
Submitted by Robert Zavod Haddam
Representative, CATV Council
For many years Comcast has
maintained a studio in the town of Clinton to supply
public TV access to our service area (Haddam,
Killingworth, Chester, Deep River, Centerbrook, Essex,
Westbrook, Old Saybrook, and Clinton).
Recently, Comcast has been soliciting bids from third
parties (non-profit) to assume management of the facility
“in our service area” according to Comcast, but probably
not in the present studio.
At the last meeting of the Comcast Advisory Council,
several members of the public had pertinent questions
regard- ing this plan. The following statement has been
issued by our Council:
“At the June 15 Meeting the CATV Council recommended that
Comcast notify all subscribers in the nine town service
area via a notice on the next monthly bills of its intent
to transition Clinton Community Access facility to a
third party non-profit managed by Walter Mann from North
Haven who will present his proposal to the Council and
public for comments or concerns at the next regularly
scheduled meeting of the CATV Council on August 24.”
The meeting will take place on August 24 at the Teresa
Mulvey Town Hall, Boston Post Road in Westbrook at 7 p.m.
Those interested should attend this meeting to ask
questions and express concerns, if any, to the Comcast
representative, the Council and Mr. Mann.