As North Haven proceeds into 2011, First Selectman Michael Freda recently sat down with the North Haven Citizen.

Incumbent First Selectman Janet McCarty and her challenger Michael Freda were seated  in front of an audience of several dozen in a conference room for a debate hosted by the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce this morning.

Retaliation charges may be added to the discrimination charges outlined in a letter received by North Haven First Selectman Janet McCarty on May 11 from attorney Eugene Axelrod and town employee Leigh Gomez.

Michael J. Freda, who has served as North Haven's minority member of the Board of Selectmen, announced today that he is a candidate for the office of First Selectman in the general election of November 2009. Freda is expected to be endorsed by the Republican Town Committee at its convention to be held in July.

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The Board of Selectman took its first look this week at a $40 million budget "wish list," jump starting the town's 2009-10 budget season, which promises to be a difficult one.