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Town of Putnam
Zoning Board of Appeals
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a hybrid meeting on January 16, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. on the second floor, Room 201, of the Municipal Complex located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT. A public hearing will be held on the following:
Appeal # 2024-001 Epifani Construction LLC request for variances from the front, back, side and corner setbacks reduced to zero for the subdivision of Lot 66. Property is located at 75 Main Street, Town Assessors Map 015, Lot 66, Zoned PD.
Joseph Nash, Chairman.
Zoom meeting information will be available before the meeting.
Jan. 4, 2024
Jan. 11, 2024
Town of Putnam
Zoning Commission
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission will not be holding a public hearing on January 17, 2024, at 7:00 P. M. in Room 201 at the Putnam Municipal Complex, located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT as listed below. At the request of the applicant the application was WITHDRAWN.
Docket # 2024-01 Angela Herrick requests for a Home Occupation Permit for beauty services by appointment only for semi-permanent makeup for cancer survivors and alopecia patients in a private and personal setting. Property located at 352 Fox Road, Town Assessors Map 033, Lot 019, Zoned AG-2.
Patricia Hedenberg, Chairperson
Jan. 11, 2024
Legal Notice
TOWN OF PUTNAM
Notice is hereby given that the Town of Putnam, Connecticut Audited Annual Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023, is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Putnam Municipal Complex, 200 School Street, Putnam, CT.
Dated at Putnam,
Connecticut,
this 4th day
of January 2024.
Christine M. Bright,
Town Clerk
Jan. 11, 2024
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Wed. Jan. 10
Exhibit Extended
THOMPSON --- The Thompson Public Library’s Art @ the Library and the Display Case exhibit, the 4th Annual Textile Artists Community Show, has been extended through Jan. 27. Program sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Artists include: Alison Boutaugh, Dawn Reynolds, Gail Beausoleil, Hannah Stephens, Paula Coderre, Donna Lynch, Kathleen Herbert, Lynn Landry, Cindy Obert, Claudette Hoffman, Irene Rice, Gail Berthiaume , Linda Kaplan, Dot Casey, Chase Fontaine, Jocelyn Mathewson, Sarah Norcross.
Reception
PUTNAM --- An exhibit by Laura Salo, “The Year Through Quilts,” runs through March 30 at the Corridor Gallery in the Municipal Complex. An Opening Reception will be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4 in the Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. The show is sponsored by the Putnam Arts Council. For hours and more information please visit PutnamCtArtsCouncil.com.
Fri. Jan. 12
‘Don’t Dress for Dinner’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present “Don’t Dress for Dinner” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12, 13, 19 and 20 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 14 and 21. Adults: $23; $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Adult content: recommended for mature audiences. www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
Sat. Jan. 13
Food Drive
POMFRET --- HHelping Hands Food Drive will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp on Taft Pond Road. For the camp’s 70th year celebration, 4-H is partnering with UNFI, to collect at least 1,000 pounds of food to be donated to local food banks. You can drop food off curbside or come into the lodge and enjoy a cup of hot coffee or hot chocolate. Local businesses will be donating money towards our capital projects for each pound of food donated. www.4hcampct.org.
Sun. Jan. 14
Open House
POMFRET --- The Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp Open HHHouse will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Registration materials available. Early bird discounts. www.4hcampct.org.
Thur. Jan. 25
Bird Walk
PLAINFIELD --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present a Plainfield Fish Hatchery Bird Walk at 9 a.m. $10 for CAS members; $20 for nonmembers. Register: 860-928-4948.
Fri. Jan. 26
Lecture
POMFRET --- The Pomfret School will present the Schwartz Public Lecture, “Ndaba Mandela” at 7 p.m. in the Hard Auditorium. Free. All welcome. Register: Pomfret.org/Schwartz.
Sat. Feb. 3
Exhibit
POMFRET --- The Edwin Way Teale Artists-in-Residence Program’s “Trail wood Reflections,” written and visual works inspired by residencies during the summer of 2023, will hold its opening reception from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Pomfret on Day Road. 860-928-4948.
Sat. Feb. 10
Fire and Ice
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association and the Town of Putnam will present Fire and Ice starting at noon.
Thur. Feb. 22
Bird Walk
PLAINFIELD --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present a Plainfield Fish Hatchery Bird Walk at 9 a.m. $10 for CAS members; $20 for nonmembers. Register: 860-928-4948.
Sat. Feb. 24
Owl Walk
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present an owl walk at 7 p.m. $10 for CAS members; $20 for nonmembers. Register: 860-928-4948.
Sat. April 20
International Day
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association will present International Day.
Sat. May 18
Fairy Fest
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association will present a Fairy and Magic Fest.
Sun. Aug. 11
Pluck a Duck
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association will present Pluck a Duck Aug. 11 and 12.
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Dan Healy as the husband Bernard.
Dave Ring as the friend Robert.
Tonya Leigh Brock as the chef Suzette. Photos by Lindsay Shaw Lehmann.
‘Don’t Dress for
Dinner’ opens
on Jan. 12
PUTNAM — The Theater of Northeastern Connecticut at the Bradley Playhouse will present, as it first show of the 2024 season, “Don’t Dress for Dinner.” The fun begins Jan. 12 and runs for two weekends.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12, 13, 19 and 20 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 14 and 21. Tickets are $23 for adults and $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Adult content: recommended for mature audiences. Reservations may be made with a major credit card online at www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or by calling 860-928-7887. Tickets may be purchased at the theater box office, either before the performance, or at the door if available. Purchasing your tickets ahead of time is always a good idea.
The TNECT production of Don’t Dress for Dinner is directed by Kathleen Atwood. Mastermind Bernard is played by Dan Healy and the clueless Robert is Dave Ring. Dan’s real-life wife, Christine Healy, appears as Bernard’s wife, Jacqueline. Alison Wiza is his mistress, Suzanne, and Tonya Brock plays the chef, Suzette. Of course, nothing can go wrong with two Suzies in the mix. William Corriveau appears as George, chef Suzette’s confused husband.
Many of you will remember a few years ago when TNECT presented the hilarious Boeing Boeing. Join us as Bernard and Robert continue their adventures, still trying to sort out the women in their lives and causing mayhem along the way. The same actors are on hand to continue the chemistry they started in Boeing Boeing.
Don’t Dress for Dinner was written by French playwright Marc Camoletti and was adapted for the English-speaking stage by Robin Hawdon.
Marc Camoletti’s Don’t Dress for Dinner is the wildly funny sequel to the Broadway hit Boeing Boeing. Bernard’s plans for a romantic rendezvous with his mistress are complete with a Cordon Blue chef and an alibi courtesy of his friend, Robert. But when Bernard’s wife learns that Robert will be visiting for the weekend, she decides to stay in town for a surprise tryst of her own … setting the stage for a collision course of hidden identities and outrageous infidelities. The cook is Suzette, the lover is Suzanne, the friend is bewildered, the wife is suspicious, the husband is losing his mind, and everyone is guaranteed a good time at this hilarious romp in the French countryside.
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Sr. Jeannette Richard, Daughters of Holy Spirit
WINDHAM — Sr. Jeannette Richard, 97, a member of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, died Dec. 31, 2023 at St. Joseph Living Center, Windham.
Born Jeannette Rose Richard in Reading, Penn., on Aug. 18, 1926, she was the daughter of Napoleon and Rose (Noël) Richard. The family moved to Connecticut when she was a young girl. She entered religious life in 1946 at Holy Spirit Provincial House in Putnam and made her religious profession there in 1949. She was then known as Sr. Rose Felix.
Sr. Jeannette held a bachelor’s in accounting from Annhurst College in South Woodstock and a master’s in business education from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Her first assignments were as a teacher in Hartford, Swanton, Vt., and Putnam until being appointed the Provincial Treasurer for the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Putnam in 1971. From 1980-83 she served as the office manager at a legal clinic for rural poor and migrants in Federalsburg, Md. Returning to Connecticut, she became the secretary at Roncalli Institute in Cromwell then in 1985 the administrative assistant at Center City Churches, Hartford until her retirement in 1999. Throughout her career, Sr. Jeannette participated on numerous boards and committees throughout New England. She joined the community at the Provincial House in Putnam in 2011 and then the community at St Joseph Living Center in 2018.
She leaves the Daughters of the Holy Spirit spiritual family – her Sisters in community, the Consecrated Seculars and the Associates; her sister-in-law Ann-Marie Richard of North Dakota; nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Edgar Richard and her sister Gloria Whittles.
A Mass of Christian Burial was Jan. 5 at Corpus Christi Parish / St. Joseph Church, Willimantic, with burial in St. Mary Cemetery in Putnam. Donations: DHS Retirement Fund, P.O. Box 497, Putnam, CT 06260. Gilman Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Church St., Putnam.
Alan A. Sheldon, U.S. Air Force veteran
PUTNAM — Alan A. Sheldon, 75, of Putnam died Jan. 3, 2024, at Day Kimball Hospital. He was born March 28, 1948, in Putnam, the son of the late Alfred Sheldon (who died in 2008) and Helen (Gibson) Sheldon.
Alan served his country in U.S. Air Force and was a member of both the American Legion Post 13 and the VFW Post 1523 of Putnam. He was a long-haul trucker with over 4 million miles with no violations. He loved to tinker in his workshop and loved going ice fishing. He also enjoyed his mornings at Marika’s with the Guys.
Besides his mother, Helen, he leaves his children, Jason Sheldon of Putnam, Jeffrey Sheldon of Putnam, Angela Sheldon, of Putnam; three grandchildren Alexis Sheldon of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Gianna Sheldon of Putnam and Abigail Browne of Putnam.
Visitation is from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 13 at Smith and Walker Funeral Home, 148 Grove St., Putnam. Donations: Paws Cat Shelter, 240 Rt. 171, Woodstock, 06281.
Walter James Bessette
DANIELSON — Walter James Bessette, 72, of Danielson died Dec. 31, 2023, after a brief illness
He was the son of Herbert Albert Bessette Jr. and Helen (Corcoran) Bessette of Woodstock.
He worked at Linemaster Switch before driving tractor trailer for Superior Bakery.
Walter enjoyed playing chess, camping, cycling, woodworking and collecting toy cars.
He leaves daughters Helen Bessette and Mellissa Bessette; granddaughter Zoey; former wife Bonnie Banning; sister Cindy O’Brien; brother Thomas (Robert Dunn); nieces and nephews.
He is predeceased by his maternal grandmother Emma (Meyer Corcoran) Groux and paternal grandparents Herbert Albert Bessette Sr. and Mary (Vincent) Bessette.
There will be a private graveside service Jan. 12, 2024, followed by a Celebration of Life at 2 p.m. at the home of family (278 Providence St., Putnam) for anybody who wishes to pay their respects. Donations: St. Philip the Apostle Church, 64 Pompey Hollow Road, Ashford, CT 06278. Smith and Walker Funeral Home, Putnam.
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