Devon Day Boast Lots Of Kids Fun & Sunshine

Devon day was a a fun filled, hot day. The Milford Independent Party featured in the photo was fundraising by selling ice cold water bottles to thirsty festival patrons. Kids really had the best of the event as they were entertained by all the inflatable jumpers, wall climbers, and slides set up on the baseball field at the Grove Circle field.

Devon Day celebrated the 6Th annual event of community pride and festivities aimed at bringing local neighborhoods out and together. Many small businesses and local newspapers were in attendance as well as the Devon Day founder and leader Nancy Seltzer.

A sincere thank you on behalf of all of us at the MDB to all those individuals who helped organize this wonderful event.

(Photo Appearances: L-R Peter Spalthoff, Mike Konopka, Dick Sieron, Rocco Frank)

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Date Corrected, Location Corrected 9/25/09
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Today Is Devon Day, Come Show Your Support

Devon Day is a truly unique experience. Every year we gather to celebrate this great community with all its rich culture and history Devon has to offer. This year we are celebrating our 6th annual Devon Day festival. Events will be filled with fun, excitement and enjoyment for all ages! Join us on Sunday, September 13th between the hours of 11:00 am and 7:00 pm at Grove Circle Park. There will be music, food and smiling faces all around as we join together to celebrate Devon.

Devon Day Website is www.devonday.com

Devon Day Vs. Devon Revitalization Committee

Some time ago I created a post that was communicated to me as ambiguous and even was told that it did not accurately discern the difference between Devon Day, the community event, and the Devon Revitilazation Commiittee, the elected officials and influencial citizens spending the state grant money.

This post today came about in the final days of working the campaign trail, in the perils of meeting folks out in Devon I had the opportunity of speaking with a member of the Devon Day board. Needless to say she was upset with one of my posts, she felt that because Nanci Seltzer who is associated with Devon Day and is now running for state Representative has put the work and mission of the community event under fire.

First I would like to restate what I menioned in the earlier article that I wrote, that is I support not only Devon Day but any community event that brings people together in a good way. There is nothing more important to me than people and events that build community pride and help their less fortunate neighbors improve their community.

This means helping the seniors keep their yards in order, picking up trash on your street, leaving a garbage can in a park if the city has not. Doing things to show we care about the places in which we live, and keeping clean the place where kids play. This all starts in your own piece of milford, your yard.

My issues with Devon are not with the unrelated Devon Day, but the Devon Revitalization Committee who, in the past, and in my opinion has made some bad decisions with the use of the grant money they recieved. I.E. building a park on a bridge, and then putting an 80,000 clock there that now is broken.

Devon's broken clock tower the Irony of Devon Day

The clock, erected on a park located on a bridge near the Stratford line is now apparently non functional. The clock celebrating its second year cost about as much as a small condo here in town.

To the amazement of many, this clock played music. Most people were not even aware that this clock was able to do that. The failure was blamed on a lightning strike, and is now something the taxpayers, or the state, must pay to repair.

This story is much like the fictional "Back To The Future" movie where the town clock also malfunctioned from a lightning strike becomes the focal point of Michael J. Fox's time machine. With the exorbitant outrageous expense of this clock, it is no wonder a local "handiman" was trying to spare someone the agony of a pricey repair that the taxpayers are yet to understand let alone afford.

Devon Day kicks off tomorrow right at this clock, the park considered one of its greatest accomplishments, and yet some who know about it find it strange and confusing that a park was not only built on a bridge, but has no recognizable parking access for visitors.

The Irony here is that Devon Day will commences under this broken clock and under the leadership of the people who, in my opinion, wasted an enormous amount of money on its erection. This day will most likely be one the few days this park will ever be used by the public.

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CORRECTION: The leadership in question in this article is the Devon Revitalization Committee, not the organizers of Devon Day who do a great job of unifying the community.

Devon Day Arriving This Weekend

Devon Day, established a few short years ago is having a continuation of its annual celebration. This event started by Nanci Seltzer was off to a slow start. The event, of which features a family walk starting at the clock tower at the Bridgeport Ave. Stratford town line, will then continue on to the nearby park at Grove Circle and Intervale Parkway where there will be music and other activities.

The date of this event is July 19, 2008 and will begin at 9:00A.M. with the family walk. All participants will receive a free Devon Day water bottle. The family walk is 1.6 miles long and is intended to bring people out in the open air and restore community pride.

In my personal endeavors down in Devon, I believe that all politics are local and such events are a wonderful way to get people out talking to one another. This is one event I highly recommend to all Devon residents and beyond to participate in.

For More information contact Rocco Frank at frank@mycomputerfox.com or call (203) 647-0380 M-D 11:00A.M. 6:00P.M.

Patriotism Alive And Well In Milford

This weekend I went out to meet and greet the local people here in town. This has become a tradition now since I began campaigning last August. This weekend was a rather special one, as it was the 4Th of July weekend.

Going door to door it was difficult not to notice the displays of patriotic items hanging from doors, (where wreaths once were) and the patriotic displays of U.S. flags. Milford celebrated the holiday with great patriotism and It was amazing at how many people communicated with me their love of our great nation.

This intense display of patriotism was not without its reason, many folks out there are celebrating this holiday, as not only their love for America, but also as a symbol emblematic of the concern for the grave issues that face our country. To see so many people so supportive of the American way of life was invigorating to me, it reminded me of the kind of energy and enthusiasm only seen at our local sports arenas.

This fourth the city of Milford has really gone all out with their patriotism, this cheer, in my opinion, ought to be directed toward our local, national, and state leaders who are the star players on this emblematic field of freedom. The people of Milford are doing their best, to not only decorate their house but to encourage all of us, who believe and work in government, and have the power and authority to abate the challenges now imposed upon us all, to fight harder on their behalf.

To any and all local politicians who may read this blog, remember that this holiday those flags were flying in an effort to cheer you on; to go out and remember the very people who vote for you. They live under the expectation that laws will be made to solve the very problems that hinder the quality of life of so many people.