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Objectives of the Woodbury
Democratic Town Committee are:

  • To seek out and support qualified Democratic candidates for local office

  • To improve communication about matters of importance concerning Woodbury

  • To increase community involvement

  • To provide a forum for the constructive exchange of ideas, opinions, and information

  • To promote and support the state and national Democratic Party

2010 DC Intern Trip
DC Intern Trip 2009
2009 participants, pictured from left to right: Laquisha Springer, Kaley Belval, Victoria Stratton, Nakia Mulvey, Brandon DaCosta, Congressman Chris Murphy (CT CD 5), Ben Dwyer, Lesa Peters (Woodbury DTC Chair, chaperone), Mike Sturges (Woodbury, chaperone), Shelby Burnett

The Democratic Town Committee Consortium of the 32nd State Senate District invites interested 32nd District students who will be entering their senior or junior year of high school in fall 2010 to apply for a Washington, D.C. Internship Program to be held June 27-30, 2010. The 32nd State Senate District includes the towns Woodbury, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston and Watertown.

Highlights of the trip will include visits to the office of Congressman Chris Murphy and other Connecticut lawmakers and the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Sightseeing will include monuments, the national museums, The Library of Congress, and other points of interest. Applications are available by download or by calling 203-263-5136. The deadline for completed applications is April 15, 2010, and selections will be made by May 1.


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A Letter to Senator Harry Reid
The Woodbury DTC approved this letter on November 14, 2009. It was sent to Senator Harry Reid, Senator Chris Dodd, Senator Joesph Lieberman, and CT State Central Chair Nancy DiNardo 

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This site is paid for by the Woodbury Democratic Town Committee,
Andrew H. Sherman, Treasurer

 

About the Woodbury Democratic Town Committee

The Woodbury Democratic Town Committee (DTC) can have up to 18 members and 4 alternates; members of the DTC are elected to two-year terms at a bi-annual caucus of all town Democrats. Any registered Democrat who is a resident of the town of Woodbury is eligible for membership on the Democratic Town Committee. Those elected or appointed to town offices, boards and commissions are ex-officio, non-voting members of the Town Committee. Click here for the current bylaws of the DTC (in PDF format).

Regularly scheduled meetings are held at 7:30 pm on the first Thursday of the month in the Town Annex, 297 Main Street South. All Democrats are welcome — and encouraged! — to attend. Meetings for 2010 will be held on:

  • January 7, 2010
  • February 4, 2010
  • March 4, 2010
  • March 25, 2010 (Convention delegate selection and April DTC mtg)
  • May 6, 2010
  • June 3, 2010
  • July 1, 2010
  • August 5, 2010
  • September 2, 2010
  • October 7, 2010
  • November 4, 2010
  • December 2, 2010

The Woodbury DTC sponsors or participates in a variety of community-wide programs, including the Woodbury Scholarship Fund, Adopt-a-Road Cleanup, speakers' forums, and the Memorial Day Parade.

Current members of the Democratic Town Committee:

  • Lesa Peters, Town Committee Chair*
  • Sharon Botelle-Sherman, Vice Chair*
  • Martha Sherman, Vice Chair*
  • Andrew Sherman, Treasurer*
  • Pam Dorgan, Secretary*
  • D. J. Arneson
  • Cynthia Bennett
  • Reed Bertolette (alternate)
  • Robert F. Clarke
  • Dolores (Dee) F. Daley
  • Pam Dorgan
  • Kris Geddes
  • Marion Griswold (alternate)
  • George W. Hale, III
  • William A. Hubert
  • Cheryl Kohler
  • Frederick C. Leavenworth (alternate)
  • George M. Madsen
  • Rose Manzi-Platt
  • John McCarthy (alternate)
  • Kathleen B. Sobolewski
  • Robert Taylor

    (*denotes members of the Executive Committee)

Standing Committees include the Elections Committee, Fund Raising Committee, Nominating Committee, Program/Special Events Committee, Publicity Committee, and Website/Outreach Committee.

We encourage you to attend our monthly meetings — and we welcome your participation. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns, or if you'd like to volunteer your experience, talents and energy. Together, we can make a difference.