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3 more ribbon cuttings in Putnam
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — At yet another ribbon cutting, the three businesses in The Stacks were welcomed into the burgeoning Putnam business community.
Eric Gould, owner of Savage Systems, said for him “memories were baked into the bricks.” He remembers The Stacks was formerly the Putnam Public Library, “a place to meet up and feel safe” and he believes it’s still the same. He joked he “came a long way.” In his early years his computer/internet business was a few doors down in the Riverfront shopping plaza. “Here’s to many years of providing great service to the community.”
Economic Development Director Carly DeLuca said: “Who would have ever thought that selling computer parts on eBay out of an antique shop would lead you here! With that being said, it was very fun chatting with Eric about his path here. From starting the first internet café in the state of Connecticut to running a business that supports multiple municipalities and schools with eight employees.”
Dr. Greg Haney, owner of Quiet Corner Physical Therapy, said yet another business opening up says a lot about Putnam. “Putnam draws businesses here.” Haney, DeLuca said, “Had to increase his capacity—he needed more space and more employees. After just three years, his financial projections already hit where his 5-year projection mark was set. Now he works with 12 great employees and over 1,000 patients.”
Andrew Morrison, owner of REAL Custom Training, is the "youngest" member of The Stacks trio. “We’ve come full circle in the community,” he said. DeLuca said: “Something interesting we discussed was about his mixed workshops, where you could have a machinist and clerk, but they still deal with the same problems—what Andy calls the ‘people stuff’. Andy cares. You can tell when you talk to him—he cares. And that’s a shining quality to have in our business community. A community he has invested so much of himself in.
Mayor Barney Seney was proud of the comeback for the former library. Thomas Borner, president of the Putnam Business Association, said it was exciting to see the building repurposed.
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Wed. May 3
Art
PUTNAM --- “A 70-year Retrospective: The Works of Jerry Ferguson” will appear in the Corridor Gallery at Putnam Municipal Complex through June 30. It features the works of Gerald (Jerry) Ferguson. Free.
Art Exhibit
THOMPSON --- The Friends of Thompson Library will present, in its Art @ the Library series, the Thompson Public Schools Art Show through May 24 in the Meeting Room and in the Display Case. Reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. May 8.
Exhibit
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present an exhibit and sale by David Stumpo, artist and wildlife painter, through May 31. Fine art prints and cards are also available.
Fri. May 5
‘Into the Woods’
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present “Into the Woods” at 7:30 p.m. May 5 and 6 and at 2 p.m. May 7. Adults $27; students, seniors, 1st responders and military, $24/ www/thebradleyplayhouse.org.
Car Show
DANIELSON --- Harvard H. Ellis Tech will present a Car Show & Spring Fling from 6 to 8 p.m. at the school. $10 for adults; $5 for kids and students and veterans admitted free. Benefits the Ellis students going to SkillsUSA Nationals.
Fund-raiser
WOODSTOCK --- DKH will hold a Cinco de Mayo Beef & Wine Tasting at 6 p.m. at Mansion at Bald Hill. Tastings, entertainment, drawings, food. Benefits the NECT Cancer Fund of Day Kimball Healthcare. 45 and must be purchased in advance. daykimball.org/tasting.
Bake/Book Sale
BROOKLYN --- Our Lady of LaSalette Church on Rt. 6 (near the Rt. 169 intersection) will hold a book and bake sale from 5 to 8 p.m. May 5 and from 9 a.m. to noon May 6.
Sat. May 6
Maker Fair
THOMPSON --- The Thompson Maker Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Riverside Park.
Pomfret Tag Sale
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Proprietors Association’s 17th annual town-wide Tag Sale fund-raiser will start at 7 a.m. and run through 5 p.m. Buy a printed map for $2 at the Pomfret Community School or the Christ Church Pomfret. Then hit the road --- Popular fund-raisers include The Friends of Pomfret Public Library used book sale at the Old Pomfret Townhouse; The 4-H Camp indoor/outdoor sale from 9 to 5 May 5 and 6; The Pomfret Horse & Trail Association members at Tyrone Farm and more. Also support TEEG by dropping off nonperishables (9 to 11 a.m.) at the Pomfret Community Center.
BBQ
WOODSTOCK --- The Bungay Fire Brigade will host its spring 2023 Chicken BBQ from 4 to 6 p.m. www.bungay.com.
Thur. May 11
Theater
POMFRET --- The Pomfret School Theater will present “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at 7 p.m. May 11 and May 12 in the Hard Auditorium. Free. All welcome. www.pomfretct.org.
Bird Walk
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society will present “Trail Wood Bird Walk with Andy” at 8 a.m. at the Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary on Kenyon Road. $10 CAS members; $20 nonmembers. Register: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Fri. May 12
Ballroom Bash
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will hold a Big Band Ballroom Bash benefit concert and dance lessons from 7 to 10 p.m. Flamingo Big Band and Kelly & Paul Wybieracki dance instructors.
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Wyndham Land Trust will host a Gellert Preserve Bird Walk at 8 a.m. $10 CAS members; $20 nonmembers. Register: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sat. May 13
Ham and Bean Supper
THOMPSON --- The Thompson Lions Club will hold a ham and bean supper from 5 to 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post 67. $15. Eat in or take out. Drawings.
Plant Sale
WOODSTOCK --- The Quiet Corner Garde Club’s annual plant sale will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Agriculture Building, Woodstock Fairgrounds, Rt.169.
Sun. May 14
Bird Walk
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present a Mother's Day Bird Walk at 8 a.m. Bring your mother or grandmother to see the colorful birds of spring. $10 CAS members; $20 nonmembers. Mom’s admitted free. Register: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Bird Walk
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon society will present a Mother's Day Walk
Sunday at 2 p.m. at Trail Wood off Kenyon Road. Heavy precipitation or high winds will cancel. CAS members free; $5 for nonmembers. Register: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Thur. May 18
Program
PUTNAM --- The New Roxbury Land Trust will present a program on beetles, borers and worms and other villains in the garden at 12:30 p.m. in the Putnam Municipal Complex. Free.
Sat. May 20
Shred Days
THOMPSON --- bankHometown will host a free Shred Day from 9 to 11 a.m. at its Thompson branch on Riverside Drive. No appointment needed. A professional document destruction company will be in the bank’s parking lot and can accept up to two boxes of documents per person.
Author Series
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Library Author Series will present author Christopher Torockio at 1 p.m. at the Municipal Complex. Free. All welcome. The next event in the Putnam Library Author Series will be in October.
Rabies Clinic
DANIELSON --- Pet Pals Northeast is holding a low-cost rabies clinic at from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Quinebaug Valley Veterinary Hospital on Rt. 12. $15 cash. Preregistration and appointment is required. No walk-ins. 860-317-1720.
Sun. June 4
Fishing Derby
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Recreation Department's 23rd annual Fishing Derby will begin at 8 a.m. at the Pomfret Rod & Gun Club. For boys and girls ages 5-15. $5. Register at www.pomfretct.gov/recreation.
Sat. June 17
Art Festival
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Arts Council (PAC) will be hosting the Putnam Fine Arts and Crafts Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 17 and June 18 at the Municipal Complex. It includes all the arts plus live music. Rain or shine. Free.
Sun.. July 9
Touch-A-Truck
WOODSTOCK --- The Bungay Fire Brigade will host Touch-A-Truck from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Roseland Park.
Sun. Aug. 27
Cruise Fund-raiser
THOMPSON --- DKH will hold its Cruise, BBQ & Brew - Motorcycle & Car Cruise at 10 a.m. at the Thompson Speedway and The Black Dog Bar & Grille in Putnam. Benefits the NECT Cancer Fund of Day Kimball Healthcare. $35 registration. daykimball.org/cruising.
Fri. Sept. 8
Golf Classic
PUTNAM --- The Day Kimball Hospital Centreville Bank Golf Classic will set off at 7:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Connecticut National Country Club. For info: daykimball.org/golfclassic.
Sat. Sept. 30
BBQ
WOODSTOCK --- The Bungay Fire Brigade will host its fall 2023 Chicken BBQ from 4 to 6 p.m. www.bungay.com.
Sat. Nov. 11
Dueling Pianos
THOMPSON --- The DKH Dueling Pianos fund-raiser will be held at 6 p.m. at the Raceway Restaurant and Banquet Hall. Benefits Day Kimball Healthcare At Home services of HomeCare, HomeMakers, and Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Connecticut. Food, drawings and more. Tickets $45, must be purchased in advance. daykimball.org/pianos.
Sun. Dec. 3
Tree of Life
The DKH 34th Annual Hospice Tree of Life Ceremonies will be held at 5 p.m. in 11 towns throughout northeastern Connecticut. The purchase of memorial lights on each community's Tree of Life benefits Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Connecticut. For info: daykimball.org/treeoflife.
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Going fishing ...
Rotary style for nearly half a century
The Putnam Rotary Club is celebrating, this year, its 100th anniversary. And one of its more popular events is the Noe Poulin Youth Fishing Derby, started almost 50 years ago.
The derby is May 13 at the Putnam Rotary Park. Free registration begins at 8 a.m. and the event ends at noon. There are four age groups: 5 and younger, 6-9, 10-12 and 13-15.
Prizes for the young participants will be awarded in several categories including: biggest fish, smallest fish, most caught, youngest fisherperson and most unique fish. There will be games, snacks, beverages, drawings. It is a catch-and-release derby.
Fishing is a skill, and Putnam is a fun place to start. Good anglers learn to read the water, to choose the right lure, to share the ponds and streams, keep an eye on weather and outside conditions, each other and to treat the outdoors with respect. ….as well as how to brag, according to committee member Woody Durst.
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection website’s interactive map shows two spots near the park were stocked March 29. By May 13, fish will have dispersed widely from those two points, ready to be caught.
Durst said: “Our river, in its past, was industrial and gave us its hard-working years. It may now be giving Putnam and surrounding towns its most enjoyable years. Be outside and be part of the fun.”
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Senior pitcher Lexi Thompson displays the form that garnered her career-high 19 strikeouts against Killingly last week. Photo by Marc Allard.
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Freshman pinch-runner Campbell Favreau slides under the tag of Killingly third baseman Hannah Cozza in the Centaurs’ 12-1 victory last week. Photo by Marc Allard.
Really rocky.
That’s how Woodstock senior softball pitcher Lexi Thompson described the beginning of her effort in the circle against Killingly last week.
It ended in much better fashion.
Thompson finished with a career-high 19 strikeouts and allowed just one hit in a 12-1 victory for the Centaurs over their nearest rivals.
“(Woodstock Academy catcher) Maddie (Martinez) and I were just humming it in there. I love pitching to her. We have a chemistry. I don’t know how to explain it but she is somebody that I trust. She calls the pitches and I trust her more than anyone I know,” Thompson said.
Thompson struck out two in the first inning and then went on a tear.
She retired the last hitter in the first swinging, struck out the side in the second and third innings, got two strikeouts each in the fourth and fifth and then struck out the side again in the sixth and seventh innings.
“That’s definitely her high (for strikeouts in a game). Two years ago, as a sophomore, she had 18 in a game. She got it done (Tuesday). She was rolling and she was feeling good,” said coach Jason Gerum.
But it took just a moment to get that motor started.
Thompson walked the leadoff hitter, Jayden Durand, struck out the next hitter, and then Hannah Cozza delivered an RBI double to left.
“I wasn’t really feeling my pitches at all. There was one pitch that I could honestly throw for a strike and I was like ‘OK, that’s the way it will be (Tuesday).’ But we turned it around, we started to hit and it turned out OK,” Thompson said.
It was not unexpected.
“She takes a long time to warm up in warmups and then she, generally, takes a little time to warmup into the game, that’s very normal. Most of the stuff we give up in games is usually early when she is getting warmed up but once she is on all cylinders, if she is on, she’s on,” Gerum said.
Thompson took care of the early deficit by herself. She jacked a long fly ball to center that easily cleared the fence. It was her sixth home run of the season.
She has driven in 23 runs for the Centaurs this season.
“I’m loving it. I’m feeling it. We’re spending a lot of time on batting practice. (Monday) we did an hour and a half off the machine and we can’t go until everyone is finished,” Thompson said.
An oddity for Thompson.
She also added a single against Killingly.
“That was just her second single (of the season),” Gerum said with a laugh. “Now, it’s like seeing if we can get some singles because she has so many extra-base hits this year. Another bomb, her sixth in 11 games, we will take that.”
Thompson also had five doubles coming into the game.
Her team backed her up in the third inning when it scored eight runs.
Martinez had the big blow with a two-run double while Ainsley Morse added an RBI single and Mia Pannone knocked in a run with a groundout. The Centaurs also benefited from a pair of Killingly errors which resulted in four Woodstock runs.
Martinez added a home run of her own; a frozen rope that just cleared the left field fence height-wise but would have kept going for a long time if a stone wall had not got in its way.
“We always notice kids like Lexi who is really crushing the ball but we have a lot of hitters who have a lot of singles and doubles and Maddie has a lot of key hits in big games. She drives the ball, line-drive doubles, and got one to go out (Tuesday). I’m happy for her,” Gerum said.
The win improved the Centaurs’ record to 4-0 in Division II of the Eastern Connecticut Conference.
The Centaurs did see their eight-game win streak end in an 11-4 loss to Fitch on Friday.
Woodstock is now 9-3 overall.
The Centaurs spotted Fitch a 2-0 lead but quickly rebounded to take a 4-2 advantage in the bottom of the first inning.
Avery Collin had a two-run single and both Pannone and Delaney Anderson added run-scoring singles in the rally.
Unfortunately, the Falcons scored five times in the second inning, three times in the third and once in the fourth to claim the victory.
Martinez finished with three hits in the loss. Sarah McArthur, Pannone, Thompson and Collin all had two hits each.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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