Downtown 'Newness'
It used to be an ugly electrical box next to Union Square. With the help of artists from the Art Guild Northeast, some very handsome turtles appeared. Linda Lemmon photo.

Instant Posers, like mini billboards, were created by Jennerate with help from Sheila Frost, the PBA, the town of Putnam and Rawson Materials. A second one will go up in Rotary Park. Linda Lemmon photo.

Dave Laab from the Airbrush Shack created this mural on the side of the Hare and the Hound in downtown Putnam. Linda Lemmon photo.

'Sailing' into Fun
Visitors to Putnam's Ciao Italia had fun with the photo op gondola --- the brainchild of TEEG. Linda Lemmon photo.