Legal Notice
Notice of Meeting
Town of Putnam
Board of Assessment Appeals

All owners of motor vehicles registered in the Town of Putnam are hereby notified that the Board of Assessment Appeals of the Town of Putnam will meet on the 1st floor of the Municipal Complex Room 109, Putnam, Connecticut, on Thursday, September 11, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The sole purpose of the meeting will be for the hearing of appeals related to the assessment of motor vehicles. All persons claiming to be aggrieved by the doings of the Assessor of the Town of Putnam with regard to motor vehicle assessments on the Grand List of October 1, 2024, are hereby warned to make their appeal to the Board of Assessment Appeals at the above stated meeting place and time. 

Board of Assessment Appeals
Lee Konicki, Chairman
Joseph Hopkins
Lauren Heidelberger

Aug. 28, 2025

Town of Putnam
Planning & Zoning Commission 
Legal Notice

The Town of Putnam Planning & Zoning Commission held a hybrid meeting on August 20, 2025, at 7:00 P. M. in Room 201 at the Putnam Municipal Complex, located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT.  The following action was taken:
Docket # 2025-06  Homes at School LLC request for a special permit for multi-family dwellings in accordance with Section 702 of the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations for the construction of 40 residential units of a previously approved site plan that expired.  The property is located at 465 School Street, Town Assessors Map 008, Lot 142, Zoned R-10. Public hearing continued to the September 17, 2025 meeting at 7:00 P.M.
Docket # 2025-10  Town of Putnam Zoning Commission proposing two text amendments to the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations Section 304 entitled “Schedule of Uses and Districts” Table III-1 category Lodging, Dining and Conference/Banquet.  The proposed text amendment would delete the use listed as hotel-no conference center, with facilities and services for hotel room guests only and remove the “N” listed under the zone PD (Putnam Downtown). The proposed new use would read; Hotel-with facilities and services for hotel room guests, options: dining facilities, lounge, bar, event facilities which would include an “S” under the zone PD (Putnam Downtown).  APPROVED 
Docket # 2025-11  Jackson Consulting, LLC request for a Special Permit for multi-family in accordance with Section 304 Table 111-1 of the Town of Putnam Zoning regulations for the construction of 2 buildings consisting of 12 units each. (24 units total)  Property located at 33, 59 & 67 Prospect Street, Town Assessors Map 16, Lots 32/35/48.  Zoned R-10. Public hearing rescheduled to the September 17, 2025 meeting at 7:00 P.M.

Patricia Hedenberg, Chairperson

Aug. 28, 2025

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Best friends take the next step to build their business
By Linda Lemmon 
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Best friends since they were kids and they’re still side by side, opening the new location of their business, Flawless Beauty.
In 2021 Jill McCormick and lifelong friend Kaila Murphy started talking about going into business together. Murphy said McCormick was with another company that never really got started and Murphy was already in the business. “So we got to talking” and Flawless Beauty was born.
McCormick said they moved from Stonewall Commons in East Putnam to 93 Front St. because the Stonewall space was actually too large and not really set up for hair salon chairs. It was a lot of space to handle and didn’t really work for their plans to expand into a hair salon.
Currently the business handles spray tanning and eyelash extensions but within the next couple months, she said, Flawless Beauty will offer nails and hair. 
The move to Front Street was official Aug. 22 as they were welcomed enthusiastically by the Putnam Business Association (PBA) and the town of Putnam. 
At the ribbon cutting attorney Kate Cerrone, PBA president, said “This new space is a true reflection of their creativity and commitment.” She added, “We are so proud to see this business grow and thrive here in our community. Their energy and passion add not only beauty to our lives but also strength to our Putnam businesses.”
Deputy Mayor Roy Simmons, speaking for Mayor Barney Seney and the town, said: “It’s always exciting when we have a new business for local people running a local business and we hope your business thrives. You have a terrific support system in this town. You have one of the most awesome business associations I’ve ever seen, and you got a great staff at the Economic and Community and Redevelopment department. This is the place to do business.”

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Flawless Beauty's New Home
Top, from left: Amanda Bartlett, Steve Bartlett, Selectman Dave Pomes, Kaila Murphy, Jill McCormick, daughter, PBA President Attorney Kate Cerrone and Deputy Mayor Roy Simmons. Right: Kaila Murphy, left, and Jill McCormick with the plaque they received from the Putnam Business Association. Linda Lemmon photos.

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Hometown Heroes 
Putnam was named after famous general
By Michael Rocchetti
With our town being the namesake of the Great General Israel Putnam, it seems fitting that we should honor him as a Hometown Hero. Israel Putnam (1718-1790) was a military veteran of both the French & Indian War (1754-1763) and the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). In this article, we are going to focus on one notable incident during his service in the French & Indian War – because it reveals a lot about his character, his fortitude, and his inner strengths.
Putnam was born in 1718 in Danvers, Mass., the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Putnam. In 1739 he married Hannah Pope, and in 1740 they bought land in what is now Brooklyn, Connecticut and settled there. In 1755, at the age of 37 he enlisted in the Connecticut Militia as a Private during the French & Indian War. He distinguished himself in action on numerous occasions, and by the end of the war he had been promoted to Colonel. 
Putnam served in one of the most elite, legendary units of the war - Roger’s Rangers – a rapidly deployable light infantry force commanded by Robert Rogers. This unit was tasked mainly with reconnaissance and conducting special operations against distant targets. In 1757, Israel Putnam was assigned as a Captain, commanding a company of Rangers. However, he did not serve with Rogers during the St Francis (Quebec) raid immortalized in the epic 1940 Hollywood movie “Northwest Passage”.
The Rangers were strong, vigorous, hearty young men, able to make long marches carrying heavy loads, endure the hardships of a woodsman’s life, and ever be ready to outwit the enemy in the primeval forests of North America. They were men who had a love of adventure, a great capacity for physical endurance, and instinctive bravery. Israel Putnam fit right in. From a description by his grandson, Judge Judah Dana, we learn that Putnam was: “in his person, for height, about the middle size, very erect, thickset, muscular, and firm in every part. His countenance was open, strong, and animated; the features of his face large, well-proportioned to each other and to his whole frame; his teeth fair and sound till death. His organs and senses were all exactly fitted for a warrior; he heard quickly, saw to an immense distance, and though he sometimes stammered in conversation, his voice was remarkably heavy, strong, and commanding.”
In August of 1758, Major Israel Putnam was commanding a column of Rangers in search of a French & Indian raiding party near Lake George in New York, when his force was ambushed and overwhelmed by a numerically superior force. He was captured by the Indians on August 8th, then he was beaten, tortured, and tied to a tree to be burned to death. However, he was saved by the kind intervention of a large and powerful Caughnawaga chief, and a French officer named Joseph Marin de la Malgue, known as “Molang”. Afterwards, Major Putnam was marched to Montreal along with other prisoners, and was held in captivity there until November of 1758 when he was allowed to return home as part of a prisoner exchange.
Ordinary men would have resigned or retired from active service after enduring an ordeal such as this – but Israel Putnam was no ordinary man. He would continue to serve honorably and heroically till the end of the war, and to play a key role in the next war – the Revolutionary War.
Hometown Heroes is a series published in the Putnam Town Crier & Northeast Ledger with this mission: We owe it to our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines to make sure that they are never forgotten, and that the memory of their service and sacrifice will forever live on in the hearts and minds of the grateful people of Putnam.
Note: The picture is the statue of General Israel Putnam that is in Bushnell Park near the State Capitol in Hartford CT.

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