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Deck the House Contest: This House Could Win $100,000 for Hamden Schools

This Hamden house is one of the 24 finalists in Patch’s Deck the House contest. Vote now to help this entry win $100,000 for Hamden schools.

 

Could this be the best “decked” house in the country?

Possibly.

Congrats to Leshea Schaivone for being chosen as one of the 24 finalists in our Deck the House contest.

We had tons of national entries in this year’s Deck the House contest and in our quest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in the country, we’ve seen everything from a life-size Santa to holiday lights so bright they could blind the neighbors.


We loved seeing everyone’s holiday spirit, but Deck the House isn’t over yet. We’re still looking for the one home so spectacularly decorated that it could be the national grand prize winner of our contest—and it could be a home from right here in Hamden.

Until Dec. 27, vote in our contest to help this entry win $100,000 for Hamden's Public Schools. Tell all your friends on Facebook and Twitter, get the PTA involved -- just get as many people as you can to cast a vote for Leshea's house to put Hamden over the top!

All you have to do is visit this page to browse a gallery of the finalists and cast your vote. On Dec. 28, we’ll announce the grand prize winner of our Deck the House contest.

So, now’s your chance to tell us who has the best “decked” house in the country. Vote today!

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THE PATRIOT... May 25, 2013 at 10:46 am
This is a understatement!!! If americans really knew what obamas agendas are for our country, we allRead More would be in a state of PANIC!! But its all unfolding before our very eyes, we all seem toooo busy, and preoccupied to see it. Our present government is the most corrupt, unconstitutional, and criminal we as americans have ever had. So brace youselves, its gonna get a lot worse, before it gets better. Learn from the past, there is only ONE HOPE, thats GOD above. We all better get on our knees and start praying for MERCY<<!!!
cheryl May 24, 2013 at 10:37 am
Holder, BHO, IRS officials, don't knows anything about the 3 scandals- does that make AmericansRead More more or less safe?
cheryl May 23, 2013 at 04:29 pm
He (BHO) is certainly not inept. He is an agitator, creating chaos, for the smartest in the room heRead More surely doesn't know much, but does he? That is their tactic. Make him unaccountable for the future. We know about Behghazi- we know about the dinner Chris Steven had 1 hr before the attack with the Turkish diplomat we know about ship transporting weapons from Libya to Turkey into Syria to arm the rebels who are. (the enemy)..... AlQaeda, lets not forget FAST AND FURIOUS arming (the enemy) drug cartels, We know about operation castaways- arming Honduras. True. look them up. Boehner knows too, that's why he won't investigate Benghazi and this is our NATIONAL SECURITY. Its almost like they cant wait or want another 9/11. He certainly isn't incompetent- during the campaign in 2008, he said,"we're just 5 days away from fundamental transformation of the United States of America, and that is exactly what he's doing. He is making congress irrelevant, he is trashing the rule of law and our constitution, he is eliminating one by one the bill of rights, he is forming a national police force under DHS. He certainly not incompetent. He has rearranged the middle east, he has alienated our long allies England & Israel, and now is in bed with the Muslim brotherhood. His first phone call as P was to the P of Turkey. He knows exactly what he's doing. He certainly isn't incompetent - he has brought back racism, division, trashes our military, changed the engagement rules in combat, wasted more tax dollar, printed more money than anyone can imagine, giving power to the regulators w/ more regulations, relaxed immigration laws, welfare laws, letting criminals out of jail, all for what you ask? They need a crisis. As Emanule stated- never let a good crisis go to waste. Occupy Wall ST didn't do it, it must be big. This is the Cloward and Piven strategy to collapse the system, our American System- to implement something unknown, never tried, and no one will tell us.
cheryl May 23, 2013 at 04:36 pm
Get out of the Common Core mandated curriculum that's how you save our children. He's a report fromRead More Dept of Ed- DOE released a report as part of its common core standards that included technology to monitor students in the name of developing best teaching practices that could promote "GRIT,TENACITY, AND PERSERVERANCE." Behavior task performance measures are the broad set of methods used to capture behavior consistent with perseverance or lack thereof, and in many cases associated emotional experiences, physical movements or facial expressions, physiological responses, and thoughts-- that students do in response to a particular challenge, the report said. Wanting to understand a student's response in a time of stress, the dept. report went on to state its desire to analyze various metrics, including facial expression, brain waves patterns, heart rate, posture and eye tracking using facial recognition cameras, posture analysis seats, pressure mouse, and wireless skin conductance sensor ( worn around the wrist). Sensors provide constant, parallel streams of data and are used with data mining techniques and self report measures to examine frustration, motivation/flow, confidence, boredom and fatigue, the report said.
Ann Criscuolo Pari May 22, 2013 at 10:37 am
while receiving Staples Rewards does help defray the cost of supplies for the teachers, they areRead More STILL putting cash out of their own pockets! This should not be. But Kudos to the teachers who put their students above their own financial situation. The Town and parents should be footing the costs, not the teachers.
cheryl May 25, 2013 at 09:09 am
Volunteer to give $$$ for YOUR retirement to the state for SAFE KEEPING? Really? And you can't doRead More that yourself, give it to the state - they will keep it for you. The gov is here to help. BEWARE.
cheryl May 25, 2013 at 09:06 am
ONE more thing- before the gov can spend on you- it has to TAKE FUNDS away from me.
cheryl May 25, 2013 at 09:04 am
Why do you feel its the gov's responsibility to provide a retirement for you? Optimal word here isRead More dignified? What is a dignified existence for you might be different for me. If you worked all your life and your savings, investments, or SS isn't enough downsize. Evaluate your circumstances and live within your means. I know that sounds harsh, but you have a responsibility to provide for yourself, poor planning I would say on your part. But the gov doesn't owe anyone anything. That's the problem in todays America. You think the gov can take care of you better than you. They know what you need better than you, they will provide housing, food, heat assistance, cash for you to live with dignity? Think again. What the gov gives you, they can take it away. Then where will you end up? Personal responsibility that's the key.
THE PATRIOT... May 25, 2013 at 10:55 am
Cheryl. you are right!! These people are BLIND to whats really going on, they better wake up beforeRead More its tooo late.. Theres a very evil agenda behind sustainable development.OH How they try to camouflage there true agendas with these terms etc... Debt ceiling, sequester, fiscal cliff, sustainable devel.... etc what a joke,... Its all gonna come to an end when this present system of ours collapses...
cheryl May 25, 2013 at 09:19 am
UN AGENDA 21- SUSATAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT WORK. Go to the website- Democrats Against Agenda 21- ReadRead More all about these NGO's (non governmental organizations who are dictating rules and regulations to our LC- Look up ICLEI- INTERNATION COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITATIVES -- DOES THE WORD INTERNATION & LOCAL mean anything to you? This is why your tax dollars increase because in 2003 as stated Henrici signed Hamden on to this experiment. Smart grid, smart meters, all in the name of "GREEN" energy, But READ BEHND THE GREEN MASK- BY ROSA KOIRE- ITS A SHAM. All this nonsense was the brainchild of UN Mourice Strong, & billionaire George Soros who are still pulling the strings in in Rio. Bush #1 signed America on to this nightmare, Clinton solidified thru executive order, Bush advanced it, now BHO is full speed ahead. Its not good folks. Read all about it.