Rotary giving goes on for weeks
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — The Putnam Rotary Club had so many donations to make that it went on for weeks. And still continues into April!
More than a dozen deserving organizations were invited to the Putnam Rotary Club meetings to receive donations to their organizations.
February and March donations were made to:
The Arc ECT, Community Café, Northeast Placement, American Red Cross, United Services, NOW, TEEG, the Pomfret-Eastford Little League, the Putnam Little League, Woodstock Little League, the Thompson Little League and Tri-Town American Legion baseball.
Putnam Rotary Club President Doug Porter said: “The Putnam Rotary Club donates to more than 40 organizations, including social services groups, youth-focused groups, community projects, international projects and our main focus, local scholarships. During these months the club is pleased to honor these groups at our weekly meetings.”
President Porter said he was honored to present checks to these groups — and there are more coming in April. He also thanked the club members who work to raise the money for these donations and the local community members who support the Rotary Club fund-raising efforts.
He added that the local community has been “very supportive” of the club’s two main fund-raising events, the Ronald P. Coderre Golf Tournament and the club’s 2/20 drawing.
“All the money from these events goes to support our donations and scholarships. Last year the club provided $32,500 in scholarships to local high school students. In addition the club provided almost $24,000 total for community projects, international projects, social service groups and youth groups,” he said.
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Service Organization group: Porter, Diane Manning (United Services), Carl Asikainen (TEEG), Tayler Shea (NOW), Tim Kettle (NEPS). Linda Lemmon photo.
Little League Group, from left: Everett Shepard (Tri Town), Josh Kinsella (Thompson), Eric Mauer (Woodstock), Putnam Rotary President Doug Porter, Christin Martin (Putnam), Jill Olsen (Pomfret-Eastford). Linda Lemmon photo.
Interactors help at special swim meet
PUTNAM — March 29 was the first time the Putnam Rotary Club’s Interact Club volunteered at the Special Olympics swim meet, but it won’t be the last.
Sofia Thurber, co-president of the Interact Club, said, “They were paired up with an athlete from different teams. Their job was to hang out with the athletes and make sure they got into the pool on time for their event. When the athletes weren’t swimming the Interact volunteers did arts and crafts and other activities in the gym with them.”
There were approximately 100 volunteers from all over Windham County and more than 100 athletes.
It was a good experience for the Interact Club and Thurber said she hopes the Interact Club will continue to volunteer at this event next year.
The club thanked Paige Perry and Gabriell Cerasiello from Putnam High School and Sofia Thurber, June Ferraro, Isabelle McGlynn and Pavanny Phav from Tourtellotte Memorial High.
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Helpers
From left: Gabriell Cerasiello, Paige Perry, Sofia Thurber, Pavanny Phav, Isabella McGlynn and June Ferraro.
Honoring Vietnam vets
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
The Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse last week honored Vietnam veterans on a 50th anniversary of the war’s end, complete with a cake, patches, pins and a program on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
More than 100 attended, served breakfast by the Putnam Lodge of Elks.
Veteran Ron Pariseau’s program on the Vietnam era started with the start of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. He explained how Maya Lin, a 21-year old Yale University architecture student won the competition with her black granite memorial design. It was dedicated in 1982.
The design is meant to symbolize the closing and healing of a wound.
The granite came from India and was cut in Vermont. At its highest point the monument is 10 feet tall. It’s 246 feet long on each of its two sides with 70 separate inscribed granite panels. There are four panels on each end without names. The land given for the monument could not support the weight of the stone, he said, so there are 140 concrete pylons that go down into bedrock to support the monument.
The casualties — the youngest was 15 and the oldest was 63. One-hundred twenty listed its foreign countries as their home of record. Veterans killed on the first day numbered 997. Veterans killed on the last day of the conflict were 1,448. The total number of names on the memorial is in the mid-58,000s.
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Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Public Hearing
April 16, 2025
7:00 PM
The Putnam Board of Finance will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 7:00 PM in the Putnam Middle School Auditorium, 35 Wicker Street, Putnam, CT.
The purpose of said hearing will be to receive public comments on the proposed FY 2025/2026 General Government Budget, including bonded indebtedness, EMS Budget, School SRO & SSO Budget, Library Budget, Board of Education Budget, and 5 Year Capital Improvement Plan.
April 3, 2025
April 10, 2025
Town of Putnam
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a meeting on April 16, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. in the Municipal Complex located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT. A public hearing will be held on each of the following:
Docket #2025-01 112 Old Road LLC request for a zone change from residential to industrial. Property located at 112 Old Road, Town Assessor’s Map 45, Lot 39. Zoned Residential.
Docket # 2025-02 Ryan Sullivan request for a home occupation permit to operate a business for the sale of farm produce products. Property located at 727 Providence Pike, Town Assessor’s Map 29, Lot 67, Zoned AG-2.
Patricia Hedenberg, Chairman
April 3, 2025
April 10, 2025
Legal Notice
Putnam Special Service District
PUBLIC HEARING
APRIL 14, 2025
The District Authority of Putnam Special Services District will hold a Public Hearing at the Town of Putnam Municipal Complex, in Conference Room 201, 200 School Street, Putnam, CT on April 14, 2025, at 6:00 PM, in accordance with Chapter IX, Section 11 of the Putnam Town Charter.
Itemized estimates of the expenditures of the Putnam Special Services District for Fiscal Year 2025/2026 will be presented. All Legal Voters and Citizens qualified to Vote in the Putnam Special Services District shall be heard regarding any appropriation which they are desirous the District Authority should recommend or reject.
Dated at Putnam, Connecticut
this 3rd day
of April 2025
Normand L Perron,
District Authority Chairman
April 3, 2025
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