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Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Public Hearing
June 17, 2024
The public is hereby notified and warned that a Public Hearing will be held in Room 109 of the Putnam Municipal Complex at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT on Monday, April 22, 2024, at 6:30 in the evening for purposes of discussing the proposed ordinance designating the Zoning Commission as the combined Planning & Zoning Commission. A copy of the proposed ordinance is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and is available for inspection during normal business hours.
Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Notice of Special Town Meeting
June 17, 2024
The Electors and Citizens qualified to vote in Town Meetings of the Town of Putnam, Connecticut, are hereby notified and warned that a Special Town Meeting of said Town will be held in Room 109 of the Municipal Complex at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT on Monday, June 17, 2024 at 6:45 in the evening for the following purposes:
1. To choose a moderator for said meeting.
2. To determine the wishes of those present and eligible to vote at town meetings of the Town of Putnam with respect to the proposed ordinance designating the Zoning Commission as the combined Planning & Zoning Commission. A copy of the proposed ordinance is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and is available for inspection during normal business hours.
Dated at Putnam,
Connecticut
this 3rd day
of June, 2024
Town of Putnam,
Its Board of Selectmen
Norman B. Seney, Mayor
Roy J. Simmons, Deputy Mayor
Rick Hayes
Gloria Marion
Michael Paquin
J. Scott Pempek
David Pomes
Attest:
Christine Bright,
Town Clerk
June 6, 2024
Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
A certified list of Democratic party-endorsed candidates for the Town of Pomfret for the election as Justices of the Peace is on file with the Town Clerk’s Office, Town of Pomfret, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, and copies thereof will be available for public inspection.
A certified list of Democratic party-endorsed candidates for Town of Pomfret for election, including Registrar of Voters, is on file with the Secretary of the State, 165 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, and copies hereof will be available for public distribution.
A Primary will be held August 13, 2024, if the required primary petitions(s) for opposition candidates(s) is filed, pursuant to Sections 9-382 to 9-450 of the Connecticut General Statutes, not later than 4:00 pm on June 11, 2024. Petition forms, instructions and information concerning the procedure for filing of opposing candidacies, including schedules, may be obtained from: Susan M. Devokaitis, Democratic Registrar of Voters, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, Connecticut 06259.
Dated at Pomfret,
Connecticut,
this 29th day
of May 2024
Cheryl A. Grist,
Pomfret Town Clerk
June 6, 2024
Town of Putnam
Zoning Commission
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission will hold a hybrid meeting on June 19, 2024 at 7:00 P. M. in Room 201 at the Putnam Municipal Complex, located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT. A public hearing will be held on each of the following:
Docket # 2024-03 Town of Putnam request for text amendments to Sections 301,304,305,407,412, and 714 of the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations. Copies of the proposed text amendments are available for review in the Land Use Office.
Docket # 2024-04 Lisa M. Audette request for a special permit to operate a day care center in accordance with Section 304 “Schedule of Uses and Districts” Table 111-1. Property located at 17B Kennedy Drive, Building 1, Town Assessors Map 019, Lot 076, Zoned M/OD.
Zoom meeting information will be available on the Town of Putnam website prior to the meeting date.
Patricia Hedenberg, Chairperson
June 6, 2024
June 13, 2024
Town of Putnam
Zoning Board of Appeals
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a hybrid meeting on June 18, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. on the second floor, Room 201, of the Municipal Complex located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT. A public hearing will be held on each of the following:
Appeal # 2024-004 IBIS Putnam LLC request for a variance for an additional sign to be placed closer to the building. Property is located at 62 Providence Pike Unit # 1, Town Assessors Map 026, Lot 007, Zoned HC.
Appeal # 2024-005 Karen Clark request for a side yard variance for the construction of a carport over an existing driveway. Property located at 14 Brown Street, Town Assessors Map 016, Lot 080, Zoned R-7.
Joseph Nash, Chairman.
Zoom meeting information will be available before the meeting.
June 6, 2024
June 13, 2024
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When I heard that Simone Biles was returning to gymnastics with the hope of competing at the Olympics, I was perplexed. It got me thinking and wondering why or what had changed in her life such that she felt ready to return to such a competitive and intense sport.
Of course, as I am not personal friends with Ms. Biles, I cannot ever really know the answer. But, as I am somewhat wise to the ways of human behavior in a general sense, I considered that perhaps it was the figurative achievement of the very thing the gymnast has had a lifetime in (literally) perfecting: balance.
When I have balance in my own life, I tend to have a better wellbeing. In any given day, I like to feel like I was both productive as well as relaxed. Some days, I work more and relax less, but I am okay with that. Because when this happens, I know that my inner scale will switch to the auto setting and, eventually, start dumping some of the workload. I know that this is happening because it gets harder and harder to produce quality work. As a writer, my sentences simply stop making sense. This is my internal signal that it is time to take a break and reboot. Simone Biles expressed the same sentiment, but in her line of work, she quite literally, lost her balance.
Constructive and positive balance is as unique as we are. What serves as balance for me may not be balance for another. In addition, as we grow and change, so too, does our formula for balance. When I was 23, balance for me consisted of a very active social life to offset my stressful job. If I worked long hours Monday through Friday, then I needed Saturday and Sunday to be equally socially intense. At 43, my balance looked very different. As an empty nester, I required more active engagement in outside-of-the-house purposes to feel fulfilled. Now, a decade later, a better-balanced diet and exercise plan has become essential for my physical and emotional health. Yet, at this age, I am also quite fortunate as I am abundantly balanced in my personal life. I feel much more love than I do criticism.
In thinking back to Ms. Biles, I considered what happens to our inner auto-balance adjuster when the criticism becomes too heavy. It can get stuck. And when this happens, we don’t just write bad sentences or feel wobbly; we may actually fall down and get hurt. But whatever the balance-achieving formula is for Ms. Biles, I am sure she has found it because she is back to perfecting her physical balance. And I will be rooting for her. We all should, because in one way or another, we have all been there.
Steady. Steady.
Kathy Naumann, possessor of NATURALLY curly hair and the understanding that you can’t control everything!
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Tennis courts,
plus, will
be redone
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — In late summer or early fall, depending on the Highway Department’s schedule, residents will see the rebirth of the town’s tennis court complex.
Town Administrator Elaine Sistare said the Board of Finance recently approved spending $160,000 on the project.
She said one of the three tennis courts will become a pickle ball court. The basketball court will also be redone.
She said the Highway Department will do the asphalt part of the project. Fencing will be replaced, as will the nets. And there will be painting. The materials and some of the work and the disposal will cost about $160,000.
The pickle ball court will be closest to Church Street.
She believes that the courts have been there for decades. She said some folks remember the courts being flooded for ice skating.
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... and personal. The kickoff of the Putnam Saturday Farmers Market June 1 was a success. More photos on page 6. An expanded photo array Wed. night on our FB page: Putnam Town Crier & Northeast Ledger. Linda Lemmon photo.
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Welcome, EV Chargers
The town of Pomfret cut the ribbon on two of its 10 EV chargers last week. From left: Charlie Tracy, chair of the Economic Development Commission; Elle Sherman, executive director of the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce; First Selectman Maureen Nicholson; Joe Carlone, president of the chamber; Andi Laemmel and Don Potter from Titan Energy and Mark Scribner, Pomfret resident and EV expert. Linda Lemmon photo.
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
POMFRET — Pomfret cut the ribbon and took a step into the future last week.
Ten EV chargers were recently installed in Pomfret, all along main roads. Last week EV experts, town officials and more cut the ribbon at the two fast-chargers at Town Hall.
First Selectman Maureen Nicholson said it was a “very steep learning curve” for her but she’s glad Pomfret now has a huge EV charging program. Mark Scribner, a Pomfret resident and EV expert who helped the town’s program, said it’s not really complicated — “ a kid goes to put gas in a car and the first time it seems complicated.” This is the same thing — just the first time.
There are two at the Pomfret Community Center and two at the Pomfret Public Library. There are also four at the Pomfret Community School. The two at the town hall are the only fast chargers. Nicholson said she felt lucky — 24 hours after the town was awarded an Eversource grant for the fast chargers, the program was canceled.
Scribner said key to a successful EV charger program are the four “P’s”: People, place, product and price.
The all-important price setting, he said, is a lot like a “Goldilocks” approach. The price can’t be too high nor too low. The prices set at Pomfret’s are just right in his estimation. Apple to apples, he said the equivalent in “gasoline language” would be around $2 per gallon.
Northeastern Chamber of Commerce president Joe Carlone said the chargers will draw people to Pomfret. It will help promote commerce. “This is building commerce.”
Andi Laemmel and Don Potter from Titan Energy New England thanked Pomfret for shepherding EV chargers into the area.
Recalling the old signs at gas stations on the way to the Cape, Nicholson joked that she should put up a sign “Last EV charge before the Cape.”
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