Garden club scholarships available
Applications are now available for the 2025 Quiet Corner Garden Club’s annual scholarships. They are awarded to local high school seniors or current college students pursuing a major in an agriculture/ horticulture-related field of study such as: Agronomy, Botany, City Planning, Conservation, Environmental Studies, Floriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Land Management, Landscape Design, Plant Pathology, Aquaponics, Natural Resources and/or related subject.
Applications are available at local high school and college guidance offices or at the Quiet Corner Garden Clubs’ website: QuietCornerGardenClub.com. The application deadline is April 10.
Applicants must live within the Quiet Corner Garden Club’s service area of northeastern Connecticut and south central Massachusetts. More than one scholarship may be awarded.
Scholarships will be awarded based on a combination of academic achievement, leadership qualities, community service, letter of recommendation and student essay. Proceeds from our Annual Plant Sale — always the Saturday before Mother’s Day — are used to fund these scholarships. For more scholarship information or questions, please email
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Job Posting
Town of Pomfret
PART-TIME ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK
The Town of Pomfret seeks to hire a pt (up to 25 hrs/wk) Assistant Town Clerk responsible to assist the Town Clerk in the administration and management of the municipal records of the Town, its minutes, agendas, licenses, and permits as required by CT General Statutes and to perform all duties for elections, primaries and referenda.
Must assist the general public and work in cooperation with municipal officials. Must be able to work independently.
A minimum of a high school diploma required. Efficient knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel and Word. One or two years of office or secretarial experience, or one year of office administration. Bookkeeping experience and previous CCMC certification or experience helpful but not necessary. CCMC certification would be required within 4 years of employment if not currently certified.
Salary commensurate with experience. Full job description available on the Town website: www.pomfretct.gov. Submit letter of interest, application and 3 letters of reference to: Selectman’s office, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, CT 06259. Application deadline March 24, 2025. EOE/AA
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Putnam Elementary/Middle
Monday - Wolf Meal: Beef burger with cheese, sherbet. Tuesday: Chicken sandwich, fruit. Wednesday: Mac and cheese, broccoli, fruit. Thursday: Fiesta beef nachos, corn, fruit. Friday: Stuffed-crust pizza, salad, fruit.
Putnam High
Monday: Orange chicken rice bowl or spicy chicken sandwich. Tuesday: Beef taco pasta or bacon cheeseburger. Wednesday: Chicken Alfredo bake or chef special wrap. Thursday: Nachos Grande or "Wild Mike's" cheese bites. Friday: Stuffed-crust pizza or buffalo popcorn chicken basket.
Woodstock Public Schools
Monday: Cheeseburgers or hamburgers. Tuesday: Bosco Stix, marinara sauce, fruit. Wednesday - elementary: Chicken nuggets, brown rice, carrots, fruit. Wednesday - middle: General Tso's chicken, brown rice, carrots, fruit. Thursday: Beef and bean nachos, refried beans, fruit. Friday: Pizza, zucchini, fruit.
Pomfret Community
Monday: Bosco sticks with marinara, carrots. Tuesday: Beef and cheese soft taco supreme, refried beans. Wednesday: Chicken tenders and waffles. Thursday: Sweet chili chicken rice bowl, broccoli, fortune cookie. Friday: Stuffed-crust pizza, salad.
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Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Zoning Board of Appeals
The Pomfret Zoning Board of Appeals will hold the following Public Hearing at its meeting on March 17, 2025, starting at 7:00 PM at the Community Center:
1. Paul Archer for Michael & Paula Raymond, 186 Babbitt Hill Road, application for a variance of Section 10.4.1 of the Regulations, for reduction of side-yard setback.
A copy of this application is on file in the office of the Zoning Board of Appeals, 5 Haven Road Pomfret, Pomfret Center, Connecticut. The file is available for review during normal business hours.
Dated this 26th day
of February 2025
Town of Pomfret
Lynn L. Krajewski,
Clerk
Zoning Board of Appeals
March 5, 2025
March 12, 2025
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