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Jr. Black Belts
From left: Jude Sargent, Master Kristin Duethorn, Lana Powell, Chiara Rochette-Stanger.
Master Kristin Duethorn of Quest Martial Arts announced the promotion of the following students this winter term ( December-February). Special recognition to the Jr. Black Belts.
Tiger Belt: Lennox Gomes, Tony Nascimento
Orange Dragon Belt: Luke Toste, Corbin Stone, Angus Chalmers, Nolan Seney, Benjamin Hermonot,
Blue Dragon Belt: Travis Lowell, Damon Cogoli, Emma Bourbonniere, Ryken Johnson
Green Dragon Belt: Jackson Bruce, Preston Nguyen, Noah Poirier
Red Dragon Belt: Noah Lombardy
Yellow Belt: Jackson Bowen, Giana Feroce, Byrnn Campbell, Claire Donaldson, Trinity Snow, Olivia Syme, Emme Lopes, Nella Copeland, Leo Labriola, Justin Stately, Cody Zablocki, Dorothy Paul, Benjamin Wolslegal
Orange Belt: Sebastian Ong, Ruby Vose, Riley Lafleche, Christine McGovern, Olivia Bourbonniere, Mason Bourbonniere,, Gail Williams, Lorelai Fish, Nicholas Cioffi, Robyn Webster, Robert Petrwoski
Orange-Black Belt: Arizona Fish, Evoli Sweet, Annalisa Sweet, Hannah Proulx, Julian Cellucci, Mason Fish, Jude Travinski
1 Stripe Blue Belt: Natalya Benoit, Lucas Staskivitch.
2 Stripe Blue Belt: Sheena, Nevaeh Youssef, Jeremi Helwig
Blue-White Belt: Liam Marrara, Michael Marrara
Blue Belt: Asher Jarvis
Blue-Green Belt: Abigail Vose, Joshua Osborne, Addie Lopes
Blue-Black Belt: Mahalia Winsey
1 Stripe Green Belt: Blaise Bollig
6 Gup Green Belt: Dylan Lewis
Green-White Belt: Aaliyah Winsey, Grant Donalson
Green-Red Belt: Miloh Brooks
Green-Black Belt: Simon Lepino, Victoria Salley, Aiden Kilmer
3 Stripe Red Belt: Kai Frechette, Melissa McGovern
2 Stripe Red Belt: Cole Hopkins, Tyler Parkin
1 Stripe Red Belt: Damienne Orthmann
Jr. Apprentice Belt: Huxley DeSouza, Peyton Salley
Jr. Black Belt: Chiara Rochette, Lana Powell, Jude Sargent
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police pg 8 7-6-23
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The following charges were listed in the Putnam Police Department logs. The people charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. The Town Crier will publish dispositions of cases at the request of the accused. The dispositions must be accompanied by the proper documentation. The Putnam Police Department confidential Tip Line is 860-963-0000.
June 28
Ashley Printer, 35, Glen Rain Road, Dayville; sixth-degree larceny.
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valiant pg 8 7-6-23
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Valiant Effort
Putnam-Pomfret All Stars took on the Mansfield All Stars July 1. Mansfield won. Linda Lemmon photos.
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no pg 1 7-13-23
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Progress
The Cady Copp Cottage stands in the background as contractors put in a driveway from Rt. 21 to the cottage. More photos on page 8. Linda Lemmon photo.
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Driveway Underway
Left: This is the view of the driveway so far after it has crossed the field on Rt. 21 and is heading into the woods toward the cottage. Above: The Cady Copp Cottage with its new driveway partly finished in front of it. Linda Lemmon photos.
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
E. PUTNAM — This driveway will touch the past and the future. One 200-foot long ribbon of gravel will connect the historic Cady Copp Cottage to modern times.
A local contractor began work on a driveway from Rt. 21 to the 18th –century cottage about 10 days ago, according to Town Historian and Cady Copp Cottage Committee Chair Bill Pearsall.
The driveway will go all the way into the woods where the cottage, built in the late 1730s, sits. A parking lot that will accommodate perhaps up to 10 cars will be built between the first and second stone walls that are parallel to Rt. 21.
Aspinock Historical Society of Putnam President John Miller said: “We started that project up and we have funds available to put the driveway in. The outside of the cottage is basically done so then we can start working on the inside.”
The driveway/parking project will cost between $17,000 and $20,000, according to Pearsall. The driveway is being cleared right now. After that, topsoil will be put aside, then rocks will be removed and it will be leveled. Then gravel will be put in. Pearsall said at the rate the contractor is working he anticipates it will be finished within a month, weather permitting.
Miller said the project, on the wish list for many years, is funded with money accumulated from capital campaigns and annual appeals. Pearsall added that donations also helped.
Pearsall said the project will be a boost to a grant being pursued to then turn attention to revitalizing the inside of the cottage. The grant rules call for demonstrating that there is local money available for the grant to match. He added that if the grant matches the local $20,000 being used for the driveway, they should be able to complete interior renovations.
The top priority inside is the rare four-sided fireplace. According to the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office: “At the time of its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, the Cady-Copp House had not been altered since the early 19th century, except for some weathering and damage. The house follows an altered form of the Cape style: the house is place for solar gain in winter, and it has fixed pane attic fenestration, in addition to summer beams and plank sheathing. However, the corner fireplaces are unique to this style. Four of the house’s main rooms are arranged around a chimney in the center of the house, which allows for a fireplace in each room connected to only one chimney and required less structural timber.”
While the upstairs room over the front door is an important part of the building’s history (Manassas Cutler was schooled there), funding to put the stairway to the second floor is probably not in the cards right now. Pearsall called stairs “questionable.” The second floor, he added, is not level. It bows “about 2 feet and we don’t know why.”
Miller said this will be Aspinock’s third museum that will be accessible to the public. “We needed the driveway to be able to refurbish.” After that the cottage will be available for access — tours and education.
Currently Aspinock has the Gertrude C. Warner Boxcar Children Museum, its Research and Display areas inside the Municipal Complex and soon, the Cady-Copp Cottage.
Manassas Cutler was schooled in the Cady Copp Cottage and then created the Northwest Ordinance which helped settle the West, without slavery.
Both the Cady Copp and the Boxcar speak to values from the past — for the future.
Miller said the values Warner wrote about in the Boxcar Children series, “in today’s world, those values resonate.”
Cutler, he added, was another Putnam-related person “whose values were written into a document that started the young U.S. thinking about things like slavery in a different way.”
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