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COVID test site at the blue building at Murphy Park. Free. All welcome. Linda Lemmon photo.
Free COVID-19 tests
at Murphy Park
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Progressive Diagnostics started its first day of COVID-19 PCR & Antibody testing Jan. 21 and were swamped from the beginning.
The Trumbull company will be providing the tests “free and we turn down no one,” according to staffers at the site. All welcome.
Testing is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday inside the blue Murphy Park building. Signage directs that you enter on the road next to the former armory and leave going by the Little League bleachers.
Appointments are required. Go to progressive-diagnostics.com to make an appointment.
Staffers said they were “swamped earlier but it settled out”. She added that the company “is going for” adding Saturdays on Feb. 5.
Two CT National Guard members were there assisting.
According to the Progressive Diagnostics website, the company is offering “same day results.”
“Same day results if tested by noon. Next day results if tested after noon. Samples collected Saturday or Sunday are reported Monday.”
The site added: “Turnaround times are on average and are not a guarantee. Holidays may also affect turnaround times.”
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POMFRET — The Pomfret Green Team will be hosting its winter 2022 series of thought-provoking movies starting Jan. 24. All movies will be shown via a Zoom meeting starting at 7 p.m. and a short dialogue will follow. To register for the Zoom meeting, visit the Green Team web site at https://www.pomfretct.gov/green-team/pages/winter-film-series and click on the Zoom Meeting registration link. Co-sponsors include the Pomfret Library and the Connecticut Audubon Center at Pomfret.
Jan. 24: “Extinction: The Facts” (With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.)
“Feb. 28: “The Nature Makers” (In a world increasingly dominated by humans, three teams of wildlife conservationists go to extraordinary and seemingly unnatural lengths to try to save threatened species and habitat in the American heartland.)
March 28: “2040” (2040 is a hybrid feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important NOW! Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream. )
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Legal Notice
Tax Collectors Office
Town & Fire
District of Pomfret
Legal Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the Town and Fire District of Pomfret that the Supplemental Motor Vehicle and second installment of Real Estate and Personal Property tax bills on the Grand List of October 1, 2020, are DUE AND PAYABLE January 1, 2022.
The last day to pay without penalty is February 1, 2022. Per State Statute, interest will be charged at 18% annually (1.5% per month), with a minimum charge of $2.00 per entity (the Town and Fire District are separate entities) on all delinquent payments postmarked February 2, 2022, or later.
Make all checks payable to Pomfret Tax Collector and mail to: Pomfret Tax Collector, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, CT 06259. If a receipt is desired, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. For more information or to pay online, go to www.pomfretct.gov.
Tax Office Hours are: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Town Hall is closed on Fridays. If you have any questions, please call 860-974-0394.
Pamela N. Gaumond, CCMC
Tax Collector
Town & Fire District of Pomfret
Dec. 23, 2021
Jan. 6, 2022
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Town of Putnam
Putnam Special Services District
COLLECTOR OF REVENUE
(860) 963-6800
The second installment of taxes, due to the Town of Putnam and Special Service District on the Grand List of October 1, 2020, is due and payable on January 1, 2022, through February 3, 2022.
Payments made after February 1, 2022, will be subject to an interest charge of 3 percent (1½ percent per month) or $2.00 minimum per Town and $2.00 minimum per District (where applicable), whichever is higher, according to Connecticut State Statute, SEC. 12-146.
Mail must be postmarked no later than
February 1, 2022, to avoid interest charges.
Bills may be paid online at www.putnamct.us or at our outside drop box
Supplemental Motor Vehicle bills will be due in full during January.
Supplemental Motor Vehicle bills are for vehicles registered between October 2, 2020, and July 31, 2021.
If anyone is having financial problems, please contact our office anytime. We will be glad to work with you on a payment arrangement.
Have a happy and healthy holiday season.
Tax Window Office hours:
8:30 am – 4:15 pm Monday through Wednesday
8 am-5:45 pm Thursday
8 am-12:45 pm Friday
New Address:
Town of Putnam Municipal Complex
200 School Street
Putnam CT 06260
Dec. 30, 2021
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Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Inland Wetland
Commission
The Town of Putnam Inland Wetland Commission held a meeting on January 8, 2022, at 7:00 P.M. via Zoom. The following action was taken:
Application # 2022-01: Adam Paquin – 70 Aldrich Road – Single-Family Residence and Driveway Construction. APPROVED
David Pomes,
Chairman
Jan. 27, 2022
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POMFRET CENTER — Kaulman Lengyel, son of Kevin and Michelle Lengyel from Pomfret Center, graduated from the Connecticut Fire Academy Recruit Firefighter program on Dec. 10, 2021.
He is a 2014 graduate from Woodstock Academy. In 2012, at the age of 16, he started his career in public service by volunteering with the Pomfret Fire Department as a junior volunteer and worked his way up to Firefighter 1 and EMT.
In 2014, he was awarded Firefighter of the Year by the Pomfret Fire Department. Kaulman graduated from Manchester Community College in 2016 with an associate’s degree in criminal justice. From there he worked with Ambulance Services of Manchester as an EMT. In January of 2021, Kaulman graduated from Capital Community College as a licensed paramedic.
In August of 2021 he started 15 weeks of training at the Connecticut Fire Academy where he earned many certifications such as Firefighter 1, Firefighter 2 and Hazmat. The rigorous Recruit Firefighter program is a 70-day, 14-week, resident course that focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and abilities needed for the newly hired career firefighter. The training consists of theory and practical skills development as well as physical fitness training. The recruits are expected to satisfactorily perform both academically and physically to established standards while strictly adhering to and maintaining decorum of conduct, discipline and mutual respect. He works with the Town of Manchester and the Manchester Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic.
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