New Milford Lights Up For The Holidays As Santa Comes To Town
The town comes out for the annual lighting of the Christmas Tree and the arrival of Santa by firetruck.
Councilman-elect Michael Putrino summed up the evening best, "If there was snow on the ground, this would be a Norman Rockwell painting." With Borough Hall lit up like a building in a Christmas Village display, Mayor Ann Subrizi welcomed the hundreds gathered together on the lawn of borough hall to be entertained by the New Milford High School Band and holiday carols by the Girl Scouts before the lighting of the tree and the arrival of Santa. This year's honorary Tree lighters were Ray Cottiers with the students who traveled with him to New Orleans, and Kaitlyn Carberry. Cottiers, NMHS 2004 who now teaches Social Studies at David E. Owens Middle School, organized a trip for eighth graders and NMHS Juniors to New Orleans to help rebuild …
