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Carolann Murphy, John P. Feragne Jr.
Carolann and John met while Carolann worked as a bartender at My Brother’s Pub in Pawtucket, RI., John worked at Rhode Island Hospital, and would dine at the restaurant for lunch everyday just to see Carolann.
One day, Carolann wasn’t there for her usual shift. John asked her coworkers, and discovered that she was home sick with a cold. Later that same day, John prepared a hot soup and brought it to her door.
They were married two years later on August 20th, 1994. Approaching their wedding day, John and Carolann hired a photographer and arranged for their wedding to be announced in the newspaper. To their dismay, their photographer didn’t show up to the photoshoot and as a result their wedding was never announced. Finally, congratulations!
This wedding announcement is twenty-eight years late, but happy anniversary Mom & Dad!
Love, your kids,
Megan, Sydney, Joshua, Jared
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My newest hobby is making berry or fruit jams. I didn’t suddenly decide that I wanted to become a hobby preserver. Rather, this hobby developed as a solution for what to do with the abundance of berries and fruits our gardens were yielding. It started with the gooseberries. To eat these plump little berries in their natural state can be a somewhat daunting culinary experience as they are quite tart. It was challenging for me to get one down, never mind the large bowls that our two bushes produced. I asked my husband if I could make a gooseberry jam and he quickly responded in the affirmative, recounting that a jam is how he enjoyed gooseberries as a child. Excellent. I looked up easy gooseberry jam recipes and was delighted to find out that I did not need to add pectin and cooking time was less than an hour.
The recipe said that the hardest part of making gooseberry jam was in picking and prepping the berries. As the berries were already picked, I thought “How hard can prepping the berries be …” It took two of us almost two hours to de-stem and prep about 8 cups of gooseberries. However, the next day I decided that the satisfaction I felt in making an amazingly sweet and tasty homegrown jam, far exceeded the tedious work required in berry prep, and I was hooked!
The currants came next. Picking the currants was a lot more work than picking the gooseberries. I also noticed that currant bushes, especially when you get your face right in there, don’t smell that great. It’s a weird, somewhat off-putting smell which is strange because currants, themselves, don’t really have an odor. Nevertheless, it took me a full week to pick all the currants which were needed to make my batch of jam. This time, the berry prep work was minimal and aside from some thorough washing, there was little else to do other than to remove a stray stem or two. Again, the jam came out tasting great and I soon set my sights on our blueberry bushes. To protect these precious, budding berries (blueberries are my personal favorite), I had my husband put nets over them to keep the birds away while they ripened. The result was 4 precious cups of blueberries and one jar of my best tasting jam to date. The blueberries, however, were the last berry crop we had…
Rather than feel disappointed that my jam making days were (perhaps) over, I realized that I could make a tomato sauce using our plentiful crop. Then I read the recipes (and the salmonella warnings) and decided that tomato canning was not going to be a part of my preserving hobby because the effort and resources involved seemed to catapult the process from that of a hobby into that of hard WORK. However, and not to fret that I am out of things to put in a jar, we have several peach trees in our orchard that have lots of orange, fuzzy fruits growing…
Ripe? Ripe?
Kathy Naumann, possessor of NATURALLY curly hair and the understanding that you can’t control everything!
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Wed. Aug. 17
Art Exhibit
THOMPSON --- The Friends of the Thompson Public Library will present, as part of its Art @ the Library series, “Women of the Northeast Celebrate Thompson, through Aug. 30. It includes artwork by three local artists, members of the Northeastern CT Art Guild Board of Directors: Elaine Turner, Pam Lee, and Angela Kasper. In the Display Case: Quiet Corner Garden Club: Growing with the Community.
Fri. Aug. 19
‘Cinderella’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19 and 20 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 21. $36 for adults; $23 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. See www.thebradleyplayhouse.org for info, tickets and specials, including the “Royal Package.”
Twilight Concert
WOODSTOCK --- The Woodstock Recreation Commission and Historic New England will present, as part of its annual Twilight Concert series, Beck N’ Call from 7 to 8:30 (rain date: Aug. 26) at Roseland Cottage. Free. 860-928-4074.
Sun. Aug. 21
Car Cruise
PUTNAM --- The Main Street Car Cruise will happen from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. around downtown Putnam and Rotary Park.
Pluck-A-Duck
PUTNAM --- Pluck-A-Duck Extravaganza will be held at the Hale YMCA pond from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be games for kids, face painting, create-a-card for veterans and seniors and more in the Kid Zone.
Sat. Aug. 27
Yard Sale
CANTERBURY --- A yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Finnish Hall on Rt. 169, Canterbury Road.
Sat. Sept. 10
Historical Program
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Historical Society will present “Common Sense: TLGV Town Commons and Greens” by Bill Reid at 10 a.m. at the Pomfret Community & Senior Center on Rt. 44. Free. More info on the town’s website.
Sun. Sept. 11
Fund-raiser Jazz
WINDHAM --- The Windham Free Library presenting Jazz in the Garden from 3 to 6 p.m. Music, food, drinks, auction. $60 presale/$65 at event. Benefits the library. https://thewindhamfreelibrary.org/jazz/
Fri. Sept. 16
Circle of Fun
PUTNAM --- St. Mary Church, Putnam will be holding its 50th Circle of Fun Sept. 16, 17, 18. The 49th was delayed by the pandemic. There will be free entertainment, great food, beverages, games and rides, as always.
Circle Taking Part
PUTNAM --- The Daughters of Isabella is taking part in the upcoming Circle of Fun at St. Mary’s Church Sept. 16, 17 and 18. They will have a large basket raffle, bake sale, tag sale and more.
Sun. Sept. 18
Lap the Lake
DAYVILLE --- The 10th annual NOW ~Lap the Lake~ Road Race & Walk fund-raiser. It’s a scenic 5K run and walk along private roads surrounding Alexander’s Lake. There is also a kids run. For info, to register or to be a sponsor, go to: nowinmotion.org
Sat. Sept. 24
Wee Walk
WOODSTOCK --- The Wyndham Land Trust’s family-friendly Wee Wander Walk, “Leaves and Mushrooms at Rapoport Preserve” will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dress appropriately and bring your camera. www.wyndhamlandtrust.org
Sun. Sept. 25
Car Cruise
BROOKLYN --- The Brooklyn Business Association and the Tri-State Cruisers will present the Brooklyn Car Cruise 2022 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Brooklyn Walmart.
Sat. Oct. 8
Historical Program
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Historical Society will present Connecticut State Historian Walter Woodward at 10 a.m. at the Pomfret Community & Senior Center on Rt. 44. Free.
Thur. Oct. 27
Pumpkin Decorating
WOODSTOCK --- The Senexet Grange will hold a Pumpkin Decorating Contest from 5:30 to 7 p.m. There are three categories: Up to grade 4, Grades 5-8 and high school and adult.
Sat. Nov. 5
Dueling Pianos
PUTNAM --- Day Kimball Healthcare will present Dueling Pianos Presented By Foxwoods Resort Casino at 7 p.m. at Connecticut National Golf Club. Benefit: Day Kimball Healthcare At Home. More Info: daykimball.org/pianos.
Sat. Nov. 12
Historical Program
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Historical Society will present “The Last Green Valley Notables & Notorious” by Bill Reid, TLGV chief ranger, at 10 a.m. at the Pomfret Community & Senior Center on Rt. 44. Free.
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legals pg 2 8-18-22
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Town of Putnam
Zoning Commission
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission will hold a hybrid meeting on August 29, 2022 at 7:00 P.M. in Room 201 located on the second floor of the Municipal Complex located at 200 School Street, Putnam CT. A public hearing will be held on the following:
Docket # 2022-04 Town of Putnam request for a proposed text amendment regarding Cannabis Regulations to the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations creating a Section 713 entitled Cannabis Facilities for a micro cultivator, and retail sales of Cannabis by Special Permit in specific zones. Cannabis Micro-Cultivator-proposed zones-Industrial Heritage Overlay District, Quinebaug Technology Park and Industrial Zoned properties. Retail Sales – Industrial Heritage Overlay District and Highway Commercial Zoned properties. The application can be reviewed in its entirety in the Town Clerk’s office or Building Official/Land Use Department during normal business hours.
Patricia Hedenberg, Chairperson
All meeting information will be available on the Town of Putnam Website prior to the meeting.
Aug. 18, 2022
Aug. 25, 2022
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