Stevens Zelman attended Pownal Elementary when Hubert Humphrey was a big name in politics and then moved to Glastonbury, CT upon the advent of the Nixon administration. He returned during the summers and remembers how “irksome” is was when Watergate interrupted his viewing of “Batman” on his aunt’s color TV. Glastonbury had plenty of stations so this, he felt, could only happen in Pownal! He helped out in his family’s gift and antique store in Pownal Center. He returned to Pownal to live post-graduation after graduating from Sterling College with an Associates Rural Resource Management in 1984.

He has always been an animal draft enthusiast and interested in amateur firewood production. He turned to ACO work upon the earnest appeal by Don Prouty. Here was a job for the town that needed to be done and would align with his interests!

He proceeded to get the training needed and with the opportunity and challenge of success in the long term being key, he was re-appointed in April 2016. He was sold by Don on the notion that “an officer can’t let anything color their decisions” and likes to keep it simple and stick to response vs. reaction and serve the animals as well as he can.