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 963-0000.

Nov. 23

David Miller, 47, Route 169, Woodstock; failure to wear seatbelt.

Robert Poissent, 26, David Circle, Putnam; failure to wear seatbelt.

Adam Michaud, 25, South Main Street, Putnam; failure to wear seatbelt.

Nov. 26

William Peabody Jr., 39 Laurel Street, Putnam; failure to pay or plea.

Jeremy Lee, 32, Main Street, Kensington; speeding.

Nov. 28

Erin Szela, 21, Taft Pond Road, Pomfret; operating under the influence, failure to drive right, possession of less than ½ ounce of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia.

Jaylin Greene, 20, Woodstock Avenue, Putnam; operating a vehicle while registration is suspended.

 

 

Donation

WATERFORD — Charter Oak Federal Credit Union has donated more than 700 pounds of food and $3,000 in funds to the Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Center in New London to assist the center with its Thanksgiving holiday food distribution efforts.

Charter Oak donates to the food center at Thanksgiving in memory of the credit union’s former CEO Larry Hertell. The annual “Turkeys for Larry” fund-raising efforts began seven years ago, and since then those efforts have grown into a joint effort of the credit union’s Community Giving Program and its nearly 200 employees who collect food to donate to the New London-based food center.

This year, more than 700 pounds of food was collected from Charter Oak employees as part of the credit union’s annual “Fixins’ Food Wars,” which challenges each department to collect nonperishable food items that can be paired with a traditional Thanksgiving meal, such as stuffing, cranberry sauce, canned goods and other holiday food items.

Since the inception of Charter Oak’s Community Giving Program in 2009, the Waterford-based credit union has awarded in excess of $1 million to non-profits, charitable groups, and scholarship recipients in New London and Windham counties.

 

First-time robotics team

scores well in tourney

PUTNAM — Two teams from the Putnam Middle School competed in the FIRST LEGO League Robotics competition Nov. 21 in Tolland and placed 12th and 18th out of 24 competition teams.

Sixteen students, led by teachers Angeline Kwasny and Susan Donnel, represented Putnam Middle School in this competition.  

These were very respectable finishes for a first-year robotics teams at the competition.    Putnam Middle School students demonstrated a high level of collaboration and dedication in preparing for the competition.

The multi-part competition required students to research and develop a project to identify a problem with the way we make or handle trash, design an innovative solution to the problem selected, and present the problem and solution to others.  Teams also participated in Robot Games throughout the day-long event during which they had to complete various missions.

Superintendent William Hull said, “This is  a  just another example of our schools preparing students with 21 century skills with fun personalized learning.”