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Nothing beats a winter sky. This sunset in Woodstock is reflected in the water, the ice and the clouds. More photos on page 6. Linda Lemmon photo.

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WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Academy honor roll for quarter one includes:
Post Grad
High Honors: Samuel Majek, Chaylyn Martin, Ryan Omslaer, Luis Rodriguez, Tom Petrus van Westendorp, Jeameril Wilson. Honors: Elijah Buchanan, Emmanuel Joshua Dambreville IV, Gediminas Juozapaitis, Jakigh Dottin, Anthony Tyree, Elijah Winston. Recognition: Joseph Kasperzyk, Tyrone Perry II.
Seniors
High Honors: Jessica Anderson, Tristan Anderson, Haley Armstrong, Kennady Brown, Jessica Brunelle, Brendan Chapuis, Zhiqing Irene Chen, Julia Christensen, Julia Collins, Natalie Crose, Isabelle DuBois, Abigail Dustin, Griffin Edwards, Nathan Fontaine, Lily French, Corinne Guli, Nora Guszkowski, Emily Hamill, Ashley Hemphill, Thayne Hutchins, Denver Jones, Eden Law, Thong Vinh Hoi Todd Le, Zhirong Ruby Li, Yilin Nick Liu, Jared MacDonald, Hannah Matsas, Kyla McCullough-Murphy, Noah McNamara, Ciri Miller, Molly Millix, Charlotte Powell, Alexander Ramos, Julia Reilly, Jordan Renaud, Joshua Resnick, Elizabeth Roy, Stephanie Roy, Jillian Savoie, William Schad, Samantha Sheldon, Hailey Schofield, Ian Sohan, Makara Sorel, Sophia Stoll, Hannah Walley, Breana Weidele, Jacob Webber, Jamie Woods, Yiyang Ian Xu, Zachary Zavorskas.
Honors: Jacopo Ambrosetti, Abbygayle Anderson, Mary-Margaret Andrulot, Daniel Alexander Antunes, Lucia Arizmendi, Simon Becher, Julia Bibeault, Luke Bourque, Madison Brennan, Caitlin Cannon, Gabrielle Cavagnet, Mackenzie Cayer, Christopher Cheney, Christopher Childs, Dani Collins, Jordan Couture, Samantha Cudworth, Courtney Dehler, Colleen Deskus, Elizabeth Everson, Nicolas Fernandez, Julia Fox, Katherine Frankhouser, Harrison Frost, William Gajewski, Wanjiru Gatheru, Cylus Gould, Ashley Haggett, Brandon Hallene, Denali Johns, Ivan Karlsen, Robert Kralicek, Jared Law, Abigail Lefemine, Bradley Leveille, Steven Madenjian, Lillian Mandeville, Jacob McCourt, Kathryn McLoughlin, Margaret McLoughlin, Grace McWilliam, Ryan Miller, Anna Murphy, Jared Mycroft,
Stephanie Nielson, Joshua Nowak, Lindsey O’Dea, Qingyu Isaac Peng, Jordan Avery Perkins, Olivia Perry, Xinchi Cynthia Qian, Yingru Yoyo Qu, Jake Racicot, Erin Raymond, Hannah Reynolds, Kristina Rice, Naomi Rivard, Jaden Rosselli, Ashley Roy, Rachel Hannah Salmon, Michael Scott, Jared Sroczenski, Corey Stanley, Maeve Stevenson, Riley Surprise, Ruyuan Olivia Tan, Azya Thornton, Hongji Howell Wang, Dongxing Paul Wei, Ethan Werstler, Chelsea Wise, Yiyang Ryan Xu.
Recognition: Shayla Ames, Taerang Bae, Isabel B. Barrett, Madison Bazinet, Kaitlyn Bembenek, Seth Francis Benoit, Gabriella Rachelle Bessette, Aaron Blanchflower, Aidan Boisvert, Taylor Castano, Eleonora Chervenkova, Elias Child, Daniel Creme, Jennifer Curio, Kennedy Davignon, Joseph Delaney, Kalianna Dingui, Mark Dumas, Harrison Durand, Jacob Field, Selim Fofana, Jiawei Carrie Gao, Jack Gelhaus, William Grennan, Elizabeth Guillot, Carson Hadley, Dalton Hawie, Likun Linda Hu, Connor Huda, Kameron Janice, Gabrielle Larrow, Alexis Lathrop, Cameron Lotter, Kexin Maxine Ma, Julian Martin, Tyler Mathieu, Kaleb O’Donnell, Leah Randolph, Michael Rushton, Tyler Stuba, Conrad Thompson, Huanran Mars Wang, Dongchang Michael Wei.
Juniors
High Honors: Samuel Allegretti, Sophie Archambault, Hannah Bessette, Damian Bonneau-Nichols, Abigail Botta, Dominic Bove, Zachary Brown, Nguyen Thao Nguyen Cai, Summer Chaponis, Emma Ciquera, Mackenzie Eaton, Jenna Gormley, Madelyn Grube, Katherine Harrington, Erika Helmetag, Benjamin Holden, Ke Aaron Hu, Hailey Jaques, Ellie Jellison, Nathan John, Spencer Kalafus, Zachary Lee Lambert, Delaney McIntire, Emily Menard, Chloe Nolin, Zachary Paige, Alejandro Pregel–Bollman, Margaret Ritzau, Nicole Robichaud, Madison Skellett, Cheyenne Terranova, Derek Thompson, Rebekah Wesler, Mikayla Wilcox, Joseph Woronecki III, Kejian Jefferson Wu, Michael Zheng.
Honors: Mingxin Katie An, Chase Anderson, Ashleigh Angle, Irene Askitis, Peyton Aubin, Elaina Babbitt, Morgan Bassett, Hannah Becker, Emily Belanger, Emmalee Binette, Kathleen Boshka, Adam Bradley, Brianna Bradley, Anthony Brown, III; Hannah Burgess, Olivia Burrell, Logan Burton, Thomas Catsam, Grant Cerrone, Yilin Eddy Chen, Jada Childs, Hannah Chubbuck, Lucas Couture, Julia Davis, Brianna Dennett, Haoxuan Hudson Ding, Waverly Dombkowski, Ely Driscoll, Adam Drouin, Zachary Fontaine, Julie-Anne Frechette, Aria Gianfriddo, Joseph Graley, Cole Gremo, Madeline Gronski, Cole Hackett, Chong Lucas He, Jack Hovestadt, Lauren Hovestadt, Jacob Ireland, Sofia Jendrewski, Mohammed Khan, Emma Kelleher, Kaylynn Lafemina, Jonathan Latham, Jacob Ledbetter, Rundong Kade Liu, Junyu Christy Long, Noah MacAlister, Robert Maheu, Olivia Majek, Zoe Manfredi, Jake Marsalisi, Kathryn Mason, Cole Matylewicz, Jadon Mcarthur, Aidan McCarthy, Anthony Menounos, Vincent Trevon Mitchell, Mariella Mizero, Samantha Mowry, Zachary Mowry, Kasidit Dit Muenprasitivej, Selena Muniz, Amanda Nowak, Samantha Orlowski, Tavia Orvos, Pari Patel, Ricardo Jose Perez Tovar, Holden Pimental, Eric Preston, Mariangela Ruggeri, Adam Sanderson, Maria Scandalito, Dylan Shea, Haley Short, Lydia Smith, Peter Spada, Connor Starr, Codi Staveski, Regan Stuyniski, Lydia Taft, Matthew Tiffany, Sophia Trifone, Samuel Trudeau, Ame Tsamaase, Kelsey Tyler, Abigail Vaida, Yong Jason Wang, Destiny Watkins, Jia Allen Wei, Justin Wise, Zhexuan Katrina Wu, Xiaoxia Sean Xia, Xuan Jenny You, Ivy Young.
Recognition: Renee Auger, Patrick Barrows, Owen Borski, Lisette Cantone, Shyonne Challinor, Jasmine Charland, Du Eric Cheng, Noelle Ciccarelli, Spencer Collins, Abraham Cooke, Rebecca Douglas, Angalie Elliott, Nicholas Ferrara, Faith  Fournier, Wei Andy Fu, McKenna Gagnon, Isabella Garbutt, Emma Green, Ava Hassell, Cecilia Hawkins, Ethan Holcomb, Chen-Fu Morris Hsu, Arielle Johnson, Sydney Kratochvil, Jarod Martin, Luke Mathewson, Liam McDermott, Makenzie Metivier, Sarah Naveed, Carson Pajak, Audrey Poehler, Tristan Raszka, Justin Roireau, Andrew Roy, Mason Scott, Sean Seabold, Lauren Semancik, Zicheng Abner Shen, Grace Simon, Olivia Stanikmas, Victoria Staples, Shiyun Kylin Tang, Geoffrey Vallone, Philipp Von Huelsen, Chuyi Coco Zhang.
Sophomores
High Honors: Alyssa Arends, Sabrina Bastien, Russell Beausoleil, Jacob Black, Maia Corrado, Mikayla Corriveau, Nathan Craig, Nguyen Thai Thuy Dang, Emma Durand, Elizabeth Elza, Allison Faist, Christine Faist, Anya Farutin, Eva Farutin, Caroline Frost, Megan Gohn, Diana Gonzalez, Riley Hardacker, Kathrine Ionkin, Rebecca Jarvis, Jessica Kasacek, Abigail Kruger, Rachel Lambert, Zoe Marshall, David May, Jocelyn Mayotte, Quoc Yen Khe Nguyen, Alexander Orbegozo, Jingyi Jane Pan, Katherine Papp, Alexis Parent, Haylee Renaud, Morgan Schmidt, Kayla Serafin, Kansas Sienna, Caitlyn Sroczenski, Aidan Stewart, Chloe Veilleux.
Honors: Emily Arters, Izetta Asikainen, Mackenzie Barrows, Nathan Becher, Corinna Benoit, Remi Benton, Isabelle Bergeron, Zachary Bertram, Yvonne Bessette, Alison Blair, Elise Boisvert, Maximilian Bosio, Lily Brin, Jordyn Brousseau, Jonathan Chi Weng Chan, Danielle Chaput, Yile Lucy Chen, Corinne Child, Panagiotios Chrisovechotis, Jonathan Conover, Reagan Couture, Shawna Cudworth, Jenna Davidson, Tarryn Desrosiers, Joseph Fleck, Kayla Gaudreau, Alexander Guillot, Elliot Hellwig, Paula Victoria Hernandez-Aulet, Ingrid Hobbs, Rachel Holden, Tessa Houlihan, Yiyang Memoria Hu, Avery Jones, Paige Kasacek, Carissa Kelley, Jennifer Kelley, Ash
ley LaFramboise, Bryce Lambert, Madelyn Lecuyer, Grace Leite, Ru Bella Liu, Jack Lotter, Han Lu, Mary Lucier, Justin Marcotte, Sean McCusker, Luis Miranda, Tristan Monahan, Aidan Morin, Douglas Newton, Quinn Ottilige, Amelie Pressel, Zachary Radcliffe, Anna Raymond, Emma Redfield, Lucas Renaud, Emma Rhynhart, Rachael Roberts, Christopher Rossi, Susan Round, Andrew Salmon, Hallie Saracina, Julia Schad, Ashley Scott, Stephany Senecal, Zail Shamoyan, Adam Shinkiewicz, Carla Simal Gaytan de Ayala, Addison Smith, Linda St. Laurent, Jacob Starr, Daniel Suitum, Isabella Symington-St. John, Judy Thavone, Austin Varrieur, Grayson Walley, Taylor Watson, Ian Welz, Aleya Wesler, Melissa Wishart, Evelyn Withers, Evan Wood, Harold Wotton IV, Nicholas Zagrodny.
Recognition: Paige Audet, Isabella Azzolino, Lillian Bates, Tatum Bentley, Addie Bouten, Jack Butler, Jackson Chambers, Talia Dazy, Connor Downing, David Fleck, Lingxiang Tom Gao, Evan Gianfriddo, Anthony Girard, Chad Graley, Jennifer Hobbs, Sierra Jerz, Alexander Jezerski, Qipeng James Jin, Nathaniel Johnson, Nicholas Kelley, Hali Lyn Korsu, Abigail LeBlanc, Audrey Ledbetter, Austen LeDonne, Seth Libby, Nicole Maxim, Anna Millix, Brooke Nagle, Kelsey Oloff, Cameron Palmerino, Jaida Pearson, Destiny Pompeo-Geremia, Lily Quinn, Sophia Rakovan, Sophia Randolph, Matthew Roethlein, Natalia Ruiz Garrido, Ashley Smith, Julia Theriaque, Nghia Trong Marcus Tran, Sarah Tuttle, Gregory Weber, Travis White, Alan Whitehead Jr., Chengcheng Zhang, Xinhe Cecilia Zhao.
Freshmen
High Honors: Alexia Adams, Livia Armstrong, Logan Brock, Sydney Cournoyer, Cody Currie, Julia Dearborn, Stella DiPippo, Estella Douglas, Zhiyan Stella Du, Jocelyn Foisey, Gabriella Garbutt, Gabriel Geyer, Grace Gronski, Ashley Guillot, Bridget Horst, Emma Hovestadt, Andrew Johnson, Brynn Kusnarowis, Caitlin LeSage, Avery MacNeil, Sophia Mawson, Joey Mink, Karissa Minkema, Bailey Mitchell, Ashley Nunes, Meaghan O’Brien, John Peabody, Dylan Ponkala, Ida Sanders, Maria Santucci, Alexa Schimmelpfennig, Heather Schofield, Madeline Silbermann, Mya Symington-St. John, Nicole Terjesen, Alexandra Vaida, Rockwell Valentine, Caroline Wilcox, Lily Wilcox.
Honors: Emma Anderson, Ethan Aspiras, Trey Ayotte, Iris Bazinet, Kathleen Ben, Aden Berthiaume, Kaitlin Birlin, Ethan Bove, Katelin Briere, Isaac Budd, Nicholas Caggiano, Rachel Canedy, Demosthenes Chrisovechotis, Sydney Couture, Christian Cudworth, Emma Curtis, Hannah Darigan, Alexander Dehler, Andrew Dilko, Riley Douglas, Oliver Driscoll, Eliza Dutson, Bethany Feen, Huck Gelhaus, Colby Groves, Amanda Hair, Cierra Heersink, Jacob Hernandez, Juliana Hobbs, Keegan Kelleher, Hailey Klar, Dominick Kollbeck, Kelsey Kosior, Jadyn LaFlamme, Amelia Large, Aochen Daisy Li, Skyla Lindell, Hanna Longwell, Jason MacDonald, Brandon Maciolek, Ciara MacKinnon, Harriet Majek, Electra Migneault, Nathaniel Majewski, Marco Maluf, Emily McClure, Lucy McDermott, Gavin Miller, Carly Millette, Salwa Naveed, Giovanni Nuccio, Alissa O’Connor, Molly O’Connor, Evan Odorski, Olivia Ott, Avery Pajak, Lily Patenaude, Melanie Pazienza, Dante Thang Poth, Megan Preston, Connor Quinn, Maxwell Racicot, Brandon Richards, Owen Ritzau, Jeremy Romano, Elijah Saine, Noah Salsich, Adam Schimmelpfennig, Suzanne Silbermann, Clayton Singleton, Emily Skellett, Meghan Slate, Colin Smith, Sybaljan Tahirova, Eli Werstler, Alexander Williams, Alise Yonush, Emily Zmayefski.
Recognition: Brian Antunes, Nicholas Apley, Nicola Bastien, Amanda Bond, Matthew Brady, Abigail Brown, Jacob Brown, Emmalyn Bunker, Yuxin Cindy Cao, Justin Cave, Amanda Cerrone, Stefan Chervenkov, Nickolas Chubbuck, Camille Corrado, Jackson Dias, Adam Exley, Guerin Favreau, Kileigh Gagnon, William Gaug, Ryan Hansen, Richard Hickson, Kellen Horst, Travis Jewell, Hailey Kerouack, Kaily LaChapelle, Hannah Laurens, Samuel Massey, Joshua May, Stephanos Menounos, Alina Michalski, Chuer Ming, Alyssa Patel, Eric Phongsa, Nicholas Round, Avery Sabrowski, Peyton Saracina, Alyssa Sharrow, Natalie Syphers, Sarah Tavares, Mallory Tyimok.

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Tree of Life
raises
$31,000+
PUTNAM — Day Kimball Healthcare’s 28th annual Tree of Life Ceremony Dec. 3 raised more than $31,000 to support hospice and palliative care services in the region according to the Day Kimball Healthcare Development Office, with some donations still coming in.
“It was such a beautiful event, as it always is, at all eleven sites across the region,” said DKH Development Director Kristen Willis. “We had a very nice turnout, including in the town of Eastford, which hosted its first Tree of Life this year. This event is just such a special tradition for so many families in northeastern Connecticut. It’s an opportunity to not only honor and remember loved ones who have passed during the holiday season, but to support the providing of hospice and palliative care for other individuals and families who are in need today.”
The purchase of memorial lights on each community’s Tree of Life benefits the work done by Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Connecticut, a service of Day Kimball Healthcare at Home, to enhance the lives of seriously and terminally ill patients and their families. Ceremonies were held in the towns of Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Griswold, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson and Woodstock. Activities at each location included holiday-themed musical entertainment by local chorus groups and the sharing of personal stories about the impact of hospice and palliative care on the lives of those served, culminating with the lighting of the ceremonial Tree of Life.

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Town of Putnam
Zoning Commission
The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission held a meeting on December 20, 2017, at 7:00 P.M at the Putnam Town Hall located at 126 Church Street, Putnam, CT.   The following was APPROVED
Docket # 2017-08: Robert Fournier — Request for a special permit for accessory living quarters in accordance with the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations Section 304 Schedule of Uses & Districts, Table III-1.  Property located at 533 Five Mile River Road, Town Assessor’s Map 34, Lot 26. Zoned Ag-2.

Patricia Hedenberg,
Chairman

Dec. 28, 2017

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Town of Putnam
Notice is hereby given that the Putnam Special Services District Audited Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2017 are on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, 126 Church Street, Putnam, CT.

Dated at Putnam,
Connecticut,
this 21st day
of December 2017.

Sara J. Seney,
Putnam Town Clerk

Dec. 28, 2017

Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Putnam Special
Services District
East Putnam
Fire District
West Putnam District
 COLLECTOR
OF REVENUE
(860) 963-6800
The second installment of taxes, due to the Town of Putnam, Special Service District, East Putnam Fire District, and West Putnam District on the Grand List of October 1, 2016, is due and payable on January 1, 2018, through February 1, 2018.
Payments made after February 1, 2018, will be subject to an interest charge of 3% (1½% 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, 2018, to avoid interest charges. Current bills may be paid online at www.putnamct.us
Supplemental Motor Vehicle bills will be due in full during January. Supplemental Motor Vehicle bills are for vehicles registered between October 2, 2016, and July 31, 2017.
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.
Office hours:
8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday through Wednesday
8 am-6 pm Thursday
8 am -1 pm Friday
The Collector’s Office will be closed  January 15th
For your convenience, the Tax Office is always open during the lunch hour

Dec. 28, 2017
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Town of Putnam
WPCA
WATER/SEWER
COLLECTIONS
The January 2018 billing of water and/or sewer taxes for the Town of Putnam WPCA is due and payable on January 1, 2018, through February 1, 2018, without penalty.
Payments made after February 1, 2018, will be subject to an interest charge for both water and sewer of 3% (1.5% per month) or $2.00 minimum whichever is higher, according to Connecticut State Statute SEC. 12-146.
Mail must be postmarked no later than February 1, 2018, to avoid interest charges.
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday through Wednesday, 8:30 AM — 4:30 PM
Thursday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Holiday Schedule: We will be closed on Monday,  January 15th

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