TOWN OF HEBRON

WEEKLY MANAGEMENT REPORT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013

TOWN MANAGER:

Veterans Day – Monday, November 11, 2013 – IN OBSERVANCE OF THE DAY, TOWN

OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED

SELECTMEN BOARD/COMMITTEE DATES:

Special Board of Selectmen – Saturday, October 26, 2013 – 8:30 a.m. – TOB

Board of Selectmen – Thursday, November 7, 2013 – 7:30 p.m. – TOB

Board of Selectmen – Thursday, November 21, 2013 – 7:30 p.m. – TOB

LIAISON MEETINGS:

Parks and Recreation – Monday, October 28, 2013 – 7:30 p.m. – Burnt Hill Park – (O’Connell)

Historic Properties Commission – Sunday, October 27, 2013 – 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – TOB –

(Mulligan)

Commission on Aging – Wednesday, November 6, 2013 – 8:30 a.m. – Sr. Ctr. – (Mulligan)

COMMISSIONS: Charter Revision – Wednesday, November 6, 2013 – 7:00 p.m. - TOB

DEPARTMENT NEWS:

PARKS & RECREATION

Parks We will be working on the landscaping, leaf removal and cleaning up around the down town

area, the schools and the parks. The park crew will be closing down the baseball and softball

fields for the season.

Recreation

Preparation is under way for our Trunk or Treat that will be held on October 30th

(rain

date of October 31st). The location of the event will be the parking lot at Hebron

Elementary School.

The 11th

annual Ghost Run will be happening on Saturday, November 2nd

. The race will

start promptly at 9 a.m. Participants that have not signed up may do so at the door the day

of the race.

FIRE DEPARTMENT

This week the paid staff continued fire prevention education with visits to the Lutheran Church

nursery school, Hebron Center nursery school and RHAM preschool. On Tuesday, The

Discovery Center nursery school visited the fire house and was able to see the apparatus up

close.

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PUBLIC WORKS

This week Public Works worked on Hebron landing, raising catch basins and removing curbing

in preparation of grinding the road and repaving. Road grinding will be completed Saturday,

October 26th with the paving to be finished by the middle of next week. Also, Public Works

painted white lines for catch basin identification during the winter months. Congratulations to

Jeff Robitaille for his award at the Creative Solutions Award Program sponsored by UConn’s

Technology Transfer Center. Jeff designed and fabricated a heavy duty sign base carrier.

UPDATEHebron Economic Development Commission

15 Gilead St • Hebron, CT 06248 • 860-228-5971 • hedc@hebronct.com • www.hebronct.com

SundayOctober 20

Welcome to Hebron ~ Timeless Beauty ~

DECD Small Business Assistance Program October 7 - 9:00am

Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT

Mamoga Wellness, LLC is a yoga and fitness center servicing women, mothers, children and families. Director Jennifer Magnano invites you to attend their Open House which is offering free classes, a babywearing and child-carrying master class, baby yoga, community peacework via the healing room, and mother-daughter yoga. The new facility is located in the second story loft of The Sanctuary A Center For Healing at 19 Maple Avenue. Call 860-245-YOGA for more information or stop by today!

Open House TODAY at Mamoga Wellness

~ Mark Your Calendars ~Hebron Business Breakfast Networking Meeting

Wednesday, December 18, 2013Location: TBA

Time: 8:00 am to 9:00 am - no RSVP required!If you missed the breakfast networking meeting at Camp Hemlocks on October 16, then plan to attend the next one on December 18. As an incentive, we are asking businesses to donate any kind of prize or gift certificate for a free raffle drawing at the next meeting. We will give away as many prizes and gift certificates as are donated! Please send an e-mail to ranagnostis@hebronct.com indicating the prize you will donate.Below: Alycia Williams, Marketing Director at Camp Hemlocks, provided an overview of the camp’s operations and programs and conducted a tour of the facilities at the conclusion of the breakfast meeting last Wednesday.

Head On Over To Ted’s IGA TODAY!!!

Let’s get the vote out in Hebron this year!Don’t Forget To VOTE

TUESDAYNOVEMBER 5

Halloween Safety

Fire safety tips for Halloween.

Buy only costumes, wigs and props labeled flame-resistant or flame-retardant. If you are

making your own costume, choose material that won't easily ignite if it comes into

contact with heat or flame. Avoid using billowing or long trailing features. If your child

is wearing a mask, make sure the eye holes are large enough so they can see out.

Provide children with lightweight flashlights to carry for lighting or as part of their

costume.

Dried flowers, cornstalks and crepe paper are highly flammable. Keep these and other

decorations well away from all open flames and heat sources, including light bulbs and

heaters

It is safest to use a flashlight or battery-operated candles in a jack-o-lantern. If you use a

real candle, use extreme caution. Make sure children are watched at all times when

candles are lit. When lighting candles inside jack-o-lanterns, use long fireplace-style

matches or a utility lighter. Be sure to place lit pumpkins well away from anything that

can burn including trick-or-treaters, doorsteps, walkways and yards.

Remember to keep exits clear of decorations, so nothing

blocks escape routes.

Tell children to stay away from open flames. Be sure they

know how to stop, drop and roll if their clothing catches

fire. (Have them practice stopping immediately, dropping

to the ground, covering their face with hands, and rolling

over and over to put the flames out.)

Use flashlights as alternatives to candles or torch lights when decorating walkways and

yards. They are much safer for trick-or-treaters, whose costumes may brush against the

lighting.

If your children are going to Halloween parties at others’ homes, have them look for exits

and plan how they would get out in an emergency.