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Paving the way to Veteran’s Park commemorative brick program
PUTNAM — The Putnam Veteran’s Advisory Committee (VAC) is collaborating on the Veteran’s Park project to celebrate, bring honor and give thanks to veterans by offering commemerative bricks for sale.
Committee members said: “You can participate and help pave the way with this community commemorative brick program by having your service recognized or the service of a loved one honored. The bricks are a striking gray with black lettering. They are engraved with your choice of wording, and military logos can be added for no extra cost.”
The VAC will offer an in-person opportunity to fill out brick order forms from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 18 in the Community Room at the Municipal Complex. Each 8” x 4” brick is $100. Forms at: https://www.putnamct.us/government/commissions/veterans-advisory-committee, in the Recreation Office, from any VAC member or at their club location, and WINY Radio.
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Above: WA Football Team. Courtesy photo. Left: All the helpers. Linda Lemmon photo
Toy Drive
The Woodstock fire departments held their annual Toy Drive Nov. 11. Collections of toys and funds, held at the Woodstock Volunteer Fire Association and Thompson’s Community Fire Department, pulled in about $9,000 and 1,000 toys. Russ Downer said the effort, in its 18th year, has garnered, before this year’s tally, $127,000 in monetary donations and 43,000 toys. The donated toys and money go to TEEG, the Putnam Family Resource Center and the Eastford school system. Following tradition, the Woodstock football team members climbed off the bus on their way to Saturday’s football game to each donate a toy.
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1st responder cards
go to Putnam seniors
PUTNAM — The Town of Putnam’s Commission on Aging (COA) released the initial batch of “Life File Cards” to Putnam Seniors. The idea for these “Life File Cards”, an info card for First Responders to reference when arriving at emergency situations in elderly homes, was brought to the Putnam COA by friends in a neighboring community.
Thanks to generous sponsors, Archambault Insurance Associates and Jennifer Lehto of Kazantzis Real Estate, these valuable cards came to fruition with no cost to taxpayers or seniors.
Tammy Szpyrka, Putnam EMS Administrator, is looking forward to getting the “Life File Cards” out to the seniors in the town, and then having access to the cards, filled with medical and contact information, when they respond to calls.
Adding to the community effort on this project, Chase Graphics designed and supplied the cards, while the Relay for Life team at Putnam High School, under leadership of Shane Donahue, packaged the cards for distribution.
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Putnam farmers'
market a finalist
PUTNAM — The Putnam Saturday Farmers’ Market chosen as finalist and runner up in The Bulletin’s 2023 Community’s Choice Award Finalist Best of Eastern CT Farmers’ Market
Eastern Connecticut communities voted between July 11and 25 and the Putnam Saturday Farmers’ Market being chosen as a finalist out of five Eastern CT Farmers’ Markets in the running
Putnam’s Mayor Barney Seney recognizes the market coordinator has a big part of the market’s success: He said Emily Barnes is the reason for another successful season in her role as Market Coordinator
The 22-week market runs from the first Saturday in June to the last Saturday in October, providing locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, artisan products, and more. Barnes has run the farmers’ market for the past four years, and this was her final year as market manager. In those four years, Seney said, Barnes has strengthened the market by obtaining grants assisting with advertising and has diversified the market by drawing in local musical groups informative non- profit groups such as Senior Resource Agency on Aging, EASTConn and more. She also brought demonstrations such as wool spinning to the local community and value-added farmers from the community such as dairy from Valleyside Farms.
Barnes said she is proud of where the market stands today and said: “Our market had another fantastic season this year. The farmers and artisans are extremely resilient and have flourished over the past few years despite some difficult weather patterns and after COVID. Being nominated for this award just proves how much our community loves this market and everything it has to offer I’m thankful to have ended my time as market manager with such a great year.”
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Position Advertisement for
Economic and Community
Development Director
for the Town of Putnam
This position performs a variety of technical, administrative, supervisory, and professional work in direct oversight and control of economic development and community development activities.
Responsible for planning for development in the areas of land use, economic growth, housing, trails, and transportation. Communicates directly with the business community and potential new economic growth.
Necessary skills include grant writing, organization, project management, contract development and management, public speaking, and program development/evaluation. Full Job Posting, including requirements, and submittal details, can be found on the Town of Putnam’s website, under the Human Resources department page.”
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