Kaitlyn Shake

In this week's email, you can read about my visit to the Baldwin Center in honor of National Senior Center Month, learn more about the vaccine update from the Connecticut Department of Health, and find information on other state and local resources I hope are useful to you and your family. If you have any questions, concerns, or my office can be of assistance to you, please call my office at anytime or email me at kaitlyn.shake@cga.ct.gov.

I hope you and your family had a relaxing Labor Day Weekend! This week, on Tuesday, September 2nd, and Thursday, September 4th, I was in Hartford at the State Capitol for meetings and hearings about federal funding cuts and how they will impact Connecticut. In this week's email, I'll share some of the information I received during the meetings in addition to state resources you and your family members may find useful. As a friendly reminder, if my office can be of assistance, please don't hesitate to email me.

Happy Back-to-School Week to all our Stratford students, families, teachers, and faculty! I was honored to attend the Stratford Public Schools Convocation on Monday, August 25th. It was a truly inspiring event! All of the speakers emphasized a consistent theme: creating and fostering an environment to help our children find and use their voice.

As summer is winding down, I hope everyone is able to enjoy the last few weeks enjoying our beaches and awesome parks! In this week’s email, you will find local and state updates from several state and local agencies that may be helpful for you and your family. I want to extend a thank you to everyone who joined me this week at my first Pizza and Policy constituent event at the Parlor! Over the course of the summer, I’ve sincerely enjoyed hosting in-district office hours and speaking with many of you about the issues that matter.

It was a busy week here in Stratford, filled with updates from the CT DOT on the extensive road work and repairs happening around town, to visiting local community organizations, meeting with local leaders, and hosting my summer in district coffee hour at the Blackbirds Nest.

Happy first day of August! There are several state and local announcements in this week's email that you may find helpful. CT DOT milling and resurfacing along Main Street (Rt. 113) continues and is estimated to be complete by August 6th. I will be announcing additional community office hours in next week's email in an effort to provide in-person opportunities to meet with constituents here in Stratford.

I hope you are all keeping cool in this heat and enjoying summer! If you or anyone you know is in need of a cooling center, please call 2-1-1 or go to 211.ct.org to find the updated published list of cooling locations. In this week's email you will find information about new bills signed into law, local and state resources, and more.