Office of the Mayor PLUS

We are unable to get out or into our driveway for the third time this week. This has happened multiple times with storm clean up. You can not block both ends of the road and not allow tax paying citizens to get to their house or job. Today both my children could not get the bus because of this and were three hours late to school because my husband could not get out of the driveway. He also could not get to work. My kids have been stranded several times before this as well. One child missed a soccer tournament because the police at the end of the road told me I had to wait till clean up was done before I could drive down and pick him up for the game. There is no warning of this. We just wake up one day and cant get out of the house. We understand clean up needs to happen but both sides of the road should not be blocked and concessions made for the people who live on the street. We pay the taxes in this town. We need to get to work and our children need to get to school. It is also dangerous to not be able to get emergency vehicles through. Being a physician myself in an emergency room, I need to be able to get out of my driveway at a moment's notice.
Please rectify this inconvenient, inconsiderate situation as soon as possible.
Paula Cinti, MD

There are SEVERAL stores that I have gone in over the past two weeks where the Hamden mask mandate was not being enforced. They are *Shop Rite *Stop & Shop *Gap *Chipotle *Kohl's *Jake's Way back

Surprised the town found it unnecessary to have fireworks display this 4th of July holiday; but have scheduled summer concerts that will invite groups that will surely cause disturbances and destruction.
In light of tonight's "march", I think it would behoove the public if the Hip Hop/Rap/Urban bands were cancelled.
What happened to the easy listening music of past years?

Good afternoon, I really would like to have this addressed soon, the massive amount of SPEEDING CARS that use our street as a cut through or for what ever reason is really ridiculous... I am sure your aware of the fatal crash that happened on last Friday that involved my neighbor across from us that has lived on that street well over 40 years. I am pleading that speed bumps be put on our street and a patrol presence be posted someone to control the speeding... There have been several near mishaps this year that have increased not to mention the side swiped cars along our street. I really would like to see something be done sooner than later. Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this real concern.

The red fire department pickup truck with the siren - is it necessary for the siren to be so incredibly loud? I thought sirens were used to get cars in the immediate vicinity out of the way, but I live over a mile from the fire department and can clearly hear whenever that fire pickup has its siren blaring. I get the importance of having a siren but the whole town doesn't have to hear it right

The lattice clock structure on this greenspace intersection needs care. A wood wall is collapsing and cleaning and paint might restore this interesting [public?] structure near Town Hall.

Need to put a stop to the pan handlers. They are leaving all of our street corners a mess with all their garbage. This has gone on long enough. I'm tired of these pigs that don't want to get a job to be running a begging business and leaving all their cups, bottles, food wrappers and pizza boxes wherever they are standing making our town look like a dump. Please address this ASAP. Thanks

Dead raccoon at the curb of provided address. Been dead at least 3 days since this post is being made.