Vol. IV No. 9 5/1/2023
SU FYI
1. Thank you!
To all who became volunteer subscribers in just two weeks. We are honored by your support and flattered by the notes you attached. Join us — the volunteer subscriber campaign continues until August 2023 and then not until next year. We are grateful to all new subscribers, and to all future subscribers.
On August 6, our third anniversary, we will launch our Sponsor's campaign. Sponsors will be listed in SU and will have a chance to "Lunch with a Local Luminary".
2. Congratulations Maria Carr!
...on the competition of your book, Marking Stockbridge's Past. Maria tells us, "It is a compilation of the monuments, plaques, and markers in memory of the events and people within the town and the history behind them. I started it in 2010 and it took me until 2022 to locate, photograph and research everything and then another year to get it published. It is now available."
3. Vote!
Select Board - Patrick White*, incumbent vs. Roxanne McCaffrey
Parks and Rec — Michael Nathan vs. Joanna Lenski
Unopposed
Planning Board — Wayne Slosek, incumbent
Sewer & Water - John Loiodice*, incumbent
Board of Health - Elias Lefferman*
Board of Assessors — Brandi Page
Asterisk * indicates endorsed by the Democratic Town Committee
Vote! Request a No-excuse Vote by Mail Ballot until 5 pm on Wednesday, May 10:
Vote! The deadline for Absentee Ballot Application is also May 10 at 5 pm
Vote! in person on Election Day, May 16!
Vote! Every vote counts.
4. Meet the Candidates - Joanne Lenski, Parks and Rec
What prompted you to run?
Being a Mom to a wonderful 6-year-old kindergarten student at Muddy Brook, we spend ALOT of time at the town playgrounds. While there I have noticed some need for improvement, and it got me thinking about what I could do to make our town playgrounds and parks more enjoyable for my son and I, as well as any other families who visit them. In 2020 during the COVID pandemic, I founded a tenant union for Pinewoods, which now represents 21+ of my fellow affordable housing tenants and voters in Stockbridge. Through my advocacy work on their behalf at the municipal level, my sense of civic duty was dually inspired by wonderful folks like Patrick White and Ranne Warner of the Affordable Housing Trust Committee, who have dedicated their time and effort to making Stockbridge a better place to live for ALL people in Stockbridge. I hope to be blessed with the opportunity to do the same.
If elected, what would be your primary focus?
- Creating more community engagement through increased recreational opportunities in our town
- Fundraising for new, additional playground equipment features and recreational activities
- Building a network of volunteers to help facilitate recreational activities; i.e - cleaning a skating rink at the park, trash clean up parties, etc
What would you like voters to know about you?
I am a hard worker and very passionate about the causes I care about. I genuinely care about raising up my community and the people in it, and about making Stockbridge a more enjoyable place for us all to live. Unlike some others, I am not running for this position simply for status, but because I have a strong desire to serve the people of this community, and to create more opportunities for people to enjoy a more rich recreational life here. To this end, I am putting together a voter survey that I will be sending out via social media (and Stockbridge Updates) to ask you the voters, what you would like to see more of in the way of our parks and recreation. This will help me to gain valuable information to better serve the people of Stockbridge in a more direct and personal way! Thank you for considering me for your vote for the Stockbridge Parks and Recreation Commission!
Meet the Candidates Q&A — Patrick White
