“A republic, if you can keep it.”

- Benjamin Franklin, at the Constitutional Convention, 1787

Hello, fellow Suttonites.

Our town faces a crisis: preserving rural character while avoiding fiscal collapse.

But HOW? This was the heart of our discussion at the 2025 Candidate Forum. The path forward requires flexibility, creativity, cooperation, math—and your engagement!

 Our unofficial Town Crier Paul Schaefer expertly led a discussion where candidates outlined both problems and potential solutions. Watch on Youtube. Also coming soon to local TV.

2025 Candidate Forum

Submit a Candidate Question

We are unable to host an open mic event, but we will facilitate as many questions from the public as time allows.

What People Are Saying

"Join, or die."

— Benjamin Franklin

"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."

— Thomas Paine

“And once in a great while, someone will light a lantern—or even two—that will shine forth for democratic principles that are under siege, and set the world ablaze."

— Heather Cox Richardson, Commenting on the relevance of Paul Revere's Ride then and now, Old North Church, April 2025