Commuter Lot Redo: Storm water handled
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Work has begun in earnest on the rehabilitation of the commuter lot off Kennedy Drive.
Currently, according to Town Administrator Elaine Sistare, the storm water management system is being installed. It involves catch basins being installed in the lot and across Kennedy Drive where a filtering system is being installed. The system operates much like a rain garden. Water is filtered naturally in the storm water infiltration basin and then moves, cleaned, into the Quinebaug River.
This project involves putting piping under Kennedy Drive and between the basins and to the filtering pond and then to the river. She said the work will probably take a couple more weeks. Plantings around the areas will come later.
When that is finished work will begin on “modest to mild grading” on the recently purchased Eversource land and the commuter lot. That will involve closing the Canal Street entrance to the lot.
Weather factors in, naturally. Officials said if there are starts and stops in this phase that the town will ask that work be “paused” for the weekend of Fire & Ice event Feb. 8. The commuter lot restrooms, recently victims of vandals, would be unlocked. If however, if they are going “gangbusters,” the town will just let the work proceed.
With several events coming up for the downtown area a couple months after that, Sistare said they town hopes they will be “first in line” for asphalt when the asphalt plants open in April.
“The big picture,” she said is that “we’d like to be ready by spring.”
The project, several years in the planning, has a construction value of $950,000 and is being paid for with federal American Rescue Plan Act funding.
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The following charges were listed in the Putnam Police Department logs. The people charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. The Town Crier will publish dispositions of cases at the request of the accused. The dispositions must be accompanied by the proper documentation. The Putnam Police Department confidential Tip Line is 860-963-0000.
Dec. 18
Jovani Santo Jr.27, Smith Street, Putnam; second-degree assault, second-degree unlawful restraint, second-degree reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct.
Dec. 20
Kayleigh Lyons, 22, North Street, Putnam; risk of injury to a minor.
Bruno B. Maluf, 28, Sunnyside Avenue, Putnam; disorderly conduct.
Dec. 21
Michael Maheu, 39, Thompson Avenue, Putnam; third-degree assault, risk of injury, disorderly conduct.
Juvenile, 17, School Street, Putnam; third-degree assault, disorderly conduct.
Dec. 27
Sonny Barber, 35, last known address - Battey Street, Putnam; three counts of sixth-degree larceny (shoplifting).
Jeffery D. Mylen, 40, South Main Street, Putnam; evading the scene of an accident, operating under suspension.
Jan. 3
Matthew Johnson, 39, Corbin Street, Putnam; operating with unsafe tires, operating with a suspended license, misuse of plates.
Jan. 4
Meghan Boylan, 40, Barber Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct.
Jan. 5
Michael Ferguson, 54, Austin Street, Waterford; disorderly conduct.
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Inducted
John Krot, center, was inducted into the CT American Legion Baseball Hall of Fame. He was honored for his long time service to American Legion Baseball, where he has served (for more than 25 years) and continues to serve as the Zone VI Commissioner. He is the former head football coach and athletic director at Killingly High School and currently serves as AD at Parish Hill High School in Chaplin. Pictured with Krot is Ronald P. Coderre, left, the Past Commander of Post #13 in Putnam and Past District Commander of CT District #4; and Everett G. Shepard III who currently serves as American Legion National Sergeant-at-Arms Shepard is the former Commander of Post #111 in Woodstock, Past CT Department Commander and Past CT Department Adjutant. Courtesy photo.
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Basketball Clinic
The Woodstock Academy boys’ basketball program hosted a youth basketball clinic on the weekend between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays which was attended by approximately 40 fourth-through-eighth graders. Photo courtesy of Donte Adams/Woodstock Academy.
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