waiting pg 3 3-1-23
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Crystal Pond Park Waits ...
From the top: A photo from straight above the icy water's edge looks more like it was taken from space. The dock has a coating of snow. The dining hall waits for summer. A view of the pond framed by the rocks on the shore.
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brooklyn pg 5 3-1-23
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Photo courtesy of Wyndham Land Trust.
BROOKLYN — Former Brooklyn residents, Hadi and Cheryl Bozorgmanesh, recently donated 11.5 acres along Elliott Road to the Wyndham Land Trust. Surprisingly, the couple had purchased the land in 1968 while undergraduates at UConn.
”At the time, we just felt that that we had to own land,” remembered Cheryl, “so we took out a bank loan and bought two properties in Brooklyn. We weren’t typical students of the ‘60s!”
In 2006 Hadi retired from a successful career with SAIC as a senior executive in high-tech defense and energy systems. The couple moved to Brooklyn, and Hadi returned to UConn as a professor in the Engineering School. Although Hadi’s career with SAIC had taken them around the world, their house in Brooklyn was just a short distance from the land they had purchased almost 40 years earlier.
“It was an area we had fallen in love with,” said Cheryl, “and we knew we wanted to return. We had a strong connection with the land trust while we lived there - Dick Booth [former president] lived close by and we knew Andy Rzeznikiewicz [land manager] at Connecticut Audubon, where Hadi was chair of the board. It was important for us to donate the land. It’s a small parcel that is mostly wetlands, but we’re happy to see the ecosystem and the birds protected.”
“The land is adjacent to our Sherman Preserve along Blackwell’s Brook,” said Rzeznikiewicz. “The majority of it is wetlands, but the habitat is excellent for birds and other wildlife. Otter, beaver, mink, muskrats, and bobcats are known to inhabit this area. Wood ducks, black ducks, and mallards have often been sighted along this section of the Brook.”
The Wyndham Land Trust was formed in 1975, and the work of the all-volunteer group is possible only through the generosity and dedication of its members and donors.
wyndhamlandtrust.org or follow them on Facebook.
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eagle pg 5 3-1-23
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Eagle Scout
Boy Scout Cody Bennett, third from the right, of Troop 25 Putnam was presented his Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor Feb. 19. Approximately 75 family, friends and troop members attended. Bennett, a student at H. H. Ellis Technical School, undertook the clean-up and refurbishing of the fitness trail that winds behind the Putnam Middle and Elementary School as his Eagle Scout project. His parents, Monique and Les, are on the far right. Corina Torrey, third from the left, Troop 25 Scoutmaster, served as MC for the ceremony. Second from left: Torrey is Manuel “Manny” Rodrigues, commander of Post #52 in Coventry and Boy Scout chairman for The American Legion Department of Connecticut; and far left: Ronald P. Coderre, past commander Post #13 Putnam and District #4. Bennett received numerous letters of recognition and congratulations including citations from the State of Connecticut and the Town of Putnam. Putnam Mayor, Norman “Barney” Seney declared Feb. 19 Cody Bennett Day in Putnam. Courtesy photo.
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cal pg 6 3-1-23
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Wed. March 1
Art Exhibit
WILLIMANTIC --- Eastern Connecticut State University's Art Gallery is debuting its first exhibit of the semester, "Chinatown Chronicles," in collaboration with Eastern's 2023 NEA Big Read book selection, Charles Yu's "Interior Chinatown” through March 9. Reception set for 4 to 7 p.m. March 3.
Art Exhibit
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society of Pomfret at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road will present “Trail Wood Reflections,” an Edwin Way Teale Artists & Writers In-Residence 10th Anniversary Exhibition through March 18. Snow date March 18. 860-928-4948.
Fri. March 3
‘Girl on Train’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse on Street will present “The Girl on the Train” at 7:30 p.m. March 3 and 4 and at 2 p.m. March 5. $23 for adults; $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Mature audiences. www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
Mon. March 6
Garden Club Meeting
WOODSTOCK --- The Quiet Corner Garden Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the South Woodstock Baptist Church hall, Roseland Park Road. The program, which begins at 7, is “dormant Season Pruning.” For info: quietcornergardenclub.com.
Sun. March 12
Concert
PASCOAG --- Grace Note Farm and the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council will present season six 2023 Music at the Farm concert at 2 p.m. at the farm on Jackson Schoolhouse Road. $30. www.gracenotefarmweb.com.
Sat. March 18
Comedy Fund-raiser
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Elks Lodge 574 is hosting a Scott Higgins All Star Comedy Show. For tickets or info: 860-457-8446.
Irish Dancing
PUTNAM --- For St. Patrick’s Day an Irish Dance Performance, will be held from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the Municipal Complex Community Room.
Tues. April 4
Art Show
THOMPSON --- The 19th Annual Thompson CT Community Art Show, Resilient by Nature, will open at the Thompson Public Library and run through April 29. To register to take part, go to: www.thompsonrec.org. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 4.
Sat. May 6
Maker Fair
THOMPSON --- The Thompson Maker Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Riverside Park.
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