PUTNAM — The Holiday Dazzle Light Parade committee has named former Brooklyn superintendent of schools Louise Berry, Ph.D., as this year’s parade grand marshal.

According to parade chairman Gary Osbrey, ’’The committee is proud to honor such a distinguished, longtime educator and role model who has served her community selflessly for decades.” 

The 15th annual Holiday Dazzle Light Parade will step off at 5 p.m. Nov. 27  at the Grove Street monument 

The parade 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 by 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 is Dec. 4.

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.