Contest winners

PUTNAM — The Putnam Business Association announced its scarecrow contest winners.

The winners include 1st Place – Matulaitis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Rt. 44 in Putnam; 2nd Place trophy went to Wonderland Comics at their new location downtown Putnam; and 3rd place went to Archambault Insurance on Providence Street. Honorable Mention went to National Chromium on Senexet Road. 

Oct. 19 was a great day for the group of PBA members who walked and drove all over Putnam and the surrounding area to judge the 30 entries in the Pumpkin Festival’s Scarecrow Contest.

 It is the largest number of entries in the contest. Both businesses and individual families participated in this year’s event. 

Judges included: Amanda Bennett, Lee Konicki, Earl Rosebrooks, Kim Rosebrooks, Rick Hayes and Rhonda Wishart.

For photos and locations of all the scarecrows, visit www.discoverputnam.com