Senator Norm Needleman

Norm Needleman serves as a Democratic Senator for District 33 in the Connecticut state legislature.

Prior to being elected First Selectman, Needleman served on Essex’s Board of Selectmen since 2003, the Zoning Board of Appeals from 1997 to 2003 and the Economic Development Commission from 1995 to 2003. Needleman’s business career started on a small scale early in life, when he worked at his father’s neighborhood grocery store in Brooklyn. Needleman lives in Essex with Jacqueline Hubbard, the Executive Director of the Ivoryton Playhouse. Bio & Committees - Needleman - Connecticut Senate Democrats. Needleman additionally served on the Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments, and on the Valley Shore Emergency Communications board, on which public safety professionals handle emergency response and dispatching needs for communities in the region.