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November Mist
A mist settled over the field at Fairvue Farm in Woodstock. Linda Lemmon photo.

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PUTNAM — The Holiday Dazzle Light Parade committee has named Cargill Council #64 Knights of Columbus in Putnam as this year’s parade Grand Marshal.
According to parade chairman Gary Osbrey, “The committee is proud to honor the Knights of Columbus as they celebrate 125 years of service to our community”.
The 16th annual Holiday Dazzle Light Parade will step off at 5 p.m. Nov. 26 at the Grove Street monument and will follow Grove Street merging right onto South Main Street, left on Front Street (through the center of downtown Putnam), right onto Kennedy Drive (at Cargill Falls) and will travel past Rotary Park and Riverfront Commons on Kennedy Drive taking a right onto Providence Street and will end at the Owen Tarr Sports Complex at the corner of Providence and School streets. Rain date Dec. 3.
Once again this year, the parade committee will present a “litter free parade.” Before the parade begins, an army of volunteers from High Pointe Church in Thompson will hand out trash bags donated by The Last Green Valley. At the conclusion of the parade, volunteers will walk the parade route picking up trash bags from the crowd and depositing the bags into a town of Putnam Public Works truck.
Entry forms are available at WINY Radio, the Putnam Town Hall and online at www.winyradio.com. For more information, contact parade organizer and chairman, Gary Osbrey at 860-928-1350 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Happy Gardener
Ava Mleko, granddaughter of Putnam Rotarian Pam Brown, goes at bulb planting in Rotary Park. More photos on page 6. Photo courtesy of Gary Osbrey.

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Three Woodstock Academy prep basketball teammates signed National Letter of Intent. Left to right: Chaylyn Martin, Jeameril Wilson, coach Tony Bergeron, E.J. Dambreville. The Woodstock Academy photo.)

WOODSTOCK — It was a morning of celebration for three members of The Woodstock Academy prep basketball team Nov. 11.

Chaylyn Martin, Jeameril Wilson and E.J. Dambreville took advantage of the early signing period and inked their National Letters of Intent.

Martin will be headed to Sacred Heart University in Hamden; Wilson to LeHigh University in Bethlehem, Penn., and Dambreville to Florida Southern College, a Division II school in Lakeland, Fla.

“These are the first three kids to sign from Woodstock Academy. They are carrying the flag for the Academy and they will always be a part of Woodstock Academy,” said coach Tony Bergeron.

Martin, from Hartford, who had already committed to Sacred Heart prior to stepping foot on the campus in Woodstock, but signing on the dotted line made it official.

“It’s a great feeling to get that pressure off your shoulders,” Martin said with a smile. “I’ve known for a couple of months, but to sign the papers is a relief.”

For Dambreville, from Boston, it was location, location, location. “The location was nice, the (official) visit went well. I feel like it was the best fit for me,” Dambreville said. “I could have went Division I, but it’s all about fit. Whatever fits well, where you will play a lot and that’s what I thought about Florida Southern.”

Wilson, a Chicago native, didn’t have any offers when he first arrived on campus, but the 6-foot, 7-inch forward began to accumulate them shortly thereafter. LeHigh, a Patriot League school, just felt right to him.

“I just knew it when I got on campus that it was the place for me. I have a good relationship with the coaches and bonded with the team on the weekend I stayed there,” Wilson said.

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