To the editor:

Bill Harkins is a long-time Westport resident who serves all of Westport with his leadership on the Westport Water Resource Management Committee and is now a candidate for the Board of Health.

Waste management, affordable means to update septics to reduce the total daily maximum load, and setting regulations for population growth while protecting the character, fragile and vulnerable rural environment of Westport are just a few of the issues on the agenda.

A solid Board of Health whose course is set to protect our town and ensure its ability to prosper is key.

Electing Bill Harkins to the Board of Health will compliment the existing strengths of a dignified board whose tasks determine our future. This election is incredibly important to the future of Westport. The difference between urbanization or protecting and prospering in our beloved rural town hangs in the balance.

If we don’t begin protecting all the resources that are the attraction, we will be just another town.

Please join us April 12 and vote for Bill Harkins Board of Health.

Samuel Riley, Kristie Furrow

Westport