Press Release from the Town of North Branford

The North Branford Town Council voted unanimously in favor of a new ordinance creating a Veterans Service Commission at their last meeting Oct. 17. The new commission will create, oversee, and support events commemorating veterans in our community and their service to our nation, including but not limited to Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Patriot Day (Sept. 11); and initiate a Purple Heart Community designation for the town, and create a North Branford Veterans Hall of Fame.

The new commission will be composed of five members and three alternates appointed by the Town Council. Members must be veterans of any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States or have a veteran in their immediate family (parent, spouse, child).

“Our veterans are an honored and vital part of our community here in North Branford, and this Commission gives us the ability to focus on their proper recognition,” said Mayor Jeff Macmillen. “We know that this town is proud of and strongly supports our veteran residents who served and sacrificed for our freedom. This new commission will provide us an organized avenue to focus on public recognitions that we as a town should be making, and I look forward to seeing this commission get off the ground and get to work.”

“Our veterans are responsible for the freedom we enjoy today, and locally, we should be doing more to recognize what they have given us,” said Deputy Mayor Thomas Zampano. “The new commission will give us the opportunity to make lasting town-wide recognitions of our veteran community going forward.”

Those interested in seeking an appointment to the new commission should submit a letter of interest and an optional CV to the Town Manager’s office at gcox@northbranfordct.gov for consideration by the Town Council.