police pg 8 7-21-22
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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.
July 11
Roger Rioux, 55, Powhattan St., Putnam; sixth-degree larceny.
July 13
Sandra Davino, 26, Old Turnpike Road, Quinebaug; operating unregistered motor vehicle, insufficient insurance, failure to display plate, misuse of plates.
July 14
Adam Eldib, 40, Sylvan Avenue, New Haven; first-degree failure to appear, second-degree failure to appear.
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quinebaug pg 8 7-21-22
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DANIELSON — EASTCONN’s Quinebaug Middle College (QMC), a regional, public magnet high school, has released its Semester 2 Honor Roll.
High Honors: Grace Benoit (Putnam), Claire Bonafine (Windham), Matthew Bradley (Griswold), Gabrielle Breault (Sterling), Meadow Bulan (Eastford), Sophie Caron (Plainfield), Marisa Chappell (Killingly), Alannah Coutu (Plainfield), Chloe D’Andrea (Pomfret), Kaleb Dansereau (Sterling), Jaida DeBruycker (Killingly), Rachel Gagliardo (Plainfield), Katrina Imre (Killingly), Nevaeh Ivory (Hampton), Emily Leclerc (Plainfield), Yareni Mendez-Hernandez (Windham), Janette Morales-Monzon (Windham), Mercer Neff (Tolland), CJ Orthmann (Canterbury), David Palmisciano (Killingly), Elsie Peterson (Plainfield), Ella Poppleton (Mansfield), Cassandra Reynolds (Killingly), Lianna Rivera (Plainfield), Ninoshka Robles Solano (Windham), Lourdes Sanchez Rodriguez (Windham), Michaella Tetrault (Plainfield), Marylynn Whitfield (Plainfield)
Honors: Jason Adjei (Plainfield), Cameron Barber (Plainfield), Abigail Bates (Killingly), Damarqus Battle (Windham), Madison Briquier (Killingly), Gabriel Brisson (Killingly), Phoenix Carosi (Thompson), Zoie Castillo (Plainfield), Madison Chaplin (Plainfield), Karina Clavell (Griswold), Miangeliz DeJesus (Windham), Daniel Edelman (Windham), Ryan Fantoli (Sterling), Trinity Garceau (Putnam), Darren Gravel (Plainfield), Kailey Hamel (Sterling), Abby Homen (Plainfield), Lacie Horton (Eastford), Nakari Madison (Plainfield), Gavin Martell (Plainfield), Jasmine McKalin (Plainfield), Melany Mendoza (Windham), Kairi Moore (Putnam), Harrison Moss (Mansfield), Joseph Muscara (Killingly), Marisely Ramos Ortiz (Windham), Tristanie Sweet (Plainfield), Ramaya Talabert (Putnam), Zachary Underwood (Brooklyn), Kaydin Valdes (Canterbury), Rheilley Vegiard (Plainfield), Kyla Vezina (Plainfield), Abbey Washburn (Killingly).
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verraneault pg 8 7-21-22
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Jason Verraneault, center, was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow by the Putnam Rotary Club. At left is Paul Pikora, chairman of the club’s Paul Harris Committee, and at right, Missy Meyers, Putnam Rotary Club president. Linda Lemmon photo.
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
“It is said that when asked to help out, Jason just can’t say no. I would say, it’s not that he can’t, it’s more that he just doesn’t want to. It’s not in his nature.”
These were the words written about Jason Verraneault, the Putnam Rotary Club’s most recent Paul Harris Fellow honoree. He received the award at the Putnam Rotary Club’s July 12 meeting from Missy Meyers, the club’s recently installed president.
In her nomination of Verraneault for The Rotary Foundation’s highest award, Meyers, recounted only part of a list of Verraneault’s involvement in the community — from Little League to Daily Bread to schools and beyond. Meyers said “Jason’s volunteerism is spread across our entire region.”
She added: “Jason also extends himself to many local Board of Director groups, and currently serves on the board for Northeast Placement Services and Quiet Corner Cares. As the owner of NorthStar Home Loans LLC, he is very active in promoting local business and is the vice president of the Killingly Business Association and on the Executive Committee of the Putnam Business Association. In addition to all of these ongoing commitments, Jason also responded during the COVID pandemic and became very engaged for an extended time in the Food Distribution Drives hosted by the Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse and Town of Putnam.
“Jason is clearly a very busy guy, but he always makes time to give of himself to his community. He puts the virtues of volunteerism front and center, and models this ethic to his children and employees, often getting all of them to join him in whatever the latest task is to support our region. His altruism and enthusiasm are infectious.”
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Miller pg 1 7-28-22
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captions, page 4, clockwise from top left:
Joe Gonsalves
Brandy Hapgood
Workers
Seated: Eva-Marie Robert from Chace Building Supply. Front row, from left: John Miller; then from Centreville Bank: Deb Tavernier, Ryan Kania, Mary Murphy and Melissa Hendrickson. Back, from Centreville Bank: Brian Carillon, Brandy Hapgood, Heather Berard, Theresa Wosencroft, Joe Gonsalves, Justin Bissanti and Shana Silveira. More photos Wed. night on Facebook: Putnam Town Crier & Northeast Ledger.
Heather Berard sanding
Miller Park
revived:
'Many
hands ...'
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — It’s a park that sits quietly in the middle of all the hub-bub. Across from Around 1998, the space at the Belding intersection was dedicated to Robert Miller, former town historian. And then … not much happened.
Until last week.
The park was in search of some help, and Centreville Bank, was in search of a project to help the community. Dovetail.
July 19 a crew of Centreville Bank managers descended into the park and in blistering heat, made quick work of reviving the park. They trimmed and trimmed out brush, scraped the huge kiosk and painted.
Brandy Hapgood, one of two bank district executives, said every quarter the managers get together. “We do business training in the morning and then we do a community project in the afternoon,” she said.
John Miller, Miller’s nephew, a strong community member and a member of the bank’s board, had talked to Putnam’s Economic Development Director Delpha Very about reviving the park. Very, head of the Putnam Business Association’s Beautification Committee, was looking for volunteers for Beautification projects at a PBA meeting. She said Hapgood told her the bank needed a community project. And Eva-Marie Roberts, the paint studio manager at Chace Building Supply, offered her services (and she joined the committee right then and there, Very said).
All the informational plaques, maps and the bronze plaque dedicating the park to Robert Miller, were removed and Very said Joe Deery of Powerful Improvements power washed the large right-angled kiosk.
Roberts brought the exterior latex paint, lots of supplies and her expertise. The crew set about scraping and then, painted the white background and the red edge of the top of the kiosk.
Very said the bronze plaque will go back up. The maps and the information on the mills and the River Trail would be revised and then may go back up. “There’s lots of opportunities,” Very said. It’s a big space. Possibilities range from signage, announcements, general information, historic relevance and storytelling, just to name a few.
She said she expects the shining “new” Miller Park will be all put together within the next three to six months.
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