Citizens
National
promotes
Hunger Action
Month
PUTNAM --- During the month of September, The Citizens National Bank will again be working with Interfaith Human Services of Putnam to promote Hunger Action Month. The Bank will be hosting a month long food drive at all of its branches and also collecting monetary donations. In addition, employees of the Bank have the opportunity to participate in multiple dress-down days during the month in exchange for the donation of non-perishable food items. The Citizens National Bank is also making a significant financial contribution to IHSP – Daily Bread.
Last year, President and CEO David Conrad said, “We are always glad to assist in community based projects and organizations. The IHSP is certainly one of these worthy causes with which the Bank and its employees are proud to be involved. And of course, as fans of Syracuse University we will do anything to ‘Wear Orange’ – the color of SU.”
Food items and donations from this campaign will benefit several organizations in the community including Daily Bread in Putnam, TEEG in Thompson, Friends of Assisi Food Pantry in Danielson, the Pomfret Food Pantry, and Project PIN in Plainfield/Moosup. To make a donation, please visit any branch of The Citizens National Bank, located in Putnam, Woodstock, Brooklyn, Thompson, and Killingly.
Sept. 4 is National Wear Orange Day for Hunger Action! Orange is the color of hunger relief. Wear orange to raise awareness in the fight against hunger!
Join Interfaith Human Services of Putnam – Daily Bread and staff of The Citizens National Bank in wearing orange on Thursday, September 4 to officially kick off Hunger Action Month!
Take a photo of you, your family, friends or coworkers wearing orange Sept. 4, and email it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for posting on their website or Facebook page.
Then
This is the boxcar being installed in April 2003. It became the Gertrude Chandler Warner Boxcar Museum. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
& Now
This is the museum today.
Senecal
named RIC
women's
basketball
coach
By Ron P. Coderre
Glenn Senecal, who has spent his entire adult life as a basketball coach, was named the women’s basketball coach at NCAA Div. III Rhode Island College in Providence. RIC is a member of the competitive Little East Conference. Senecal’s appointment, which is effective immediately, was announced by the college administration Aug. 27. Senecal replaces Kara Williamson who left to take a position as an assistant at Div. I UMass- Lowell University.
“I’m very excited to take over the women’s basketball program at Rhode Island College. I’d like to thank President Carriuolo and Athletic Director Don Tencher for giving me this opportunity. I am looking forward to meeting the team and getting ready for the 2014-2015 season,” said Senecal in a news release from Rhode Island College.
In taking the helm of the Anchorwomen’s hoop fortunes, Senecal brings a wealth of basketball knowledge as well as more than three decades of coaching experience on the college level to the position. A 1980 graduate of Nichols College with a degree in business administration, Senecal’s initial coaching experience was at his alma mater. Along the way, he’s had stints as a men’s assistant at Assumption College, College of the Holy Cross and Bryant University.
Senecal transitioned to the women’s game as an assistant at Boston University before moving on to the University of Albany. He also had a three-year stint as the head women’s coach at Mitchell College in New London. For the past seven years Senecal has served as the first assistant to coach Beryl Piper at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.
During his time at CCSU Senecal helped the Lady Blue Devils to the Northeast Conference quarterfinals once and the semifinals twice. In 2008-2009 the team earned its first postseason berth when it was selected to play in the WNIT.
Senecal has had brief coaching stops on the high school level at Marianapolis Prep and his alma mater Tourtellotte Memorial High School, where he starred in soccer, basketball and baseball for the Tigers. Senecal was a National participant in the Punt, Pass and Kick Contest as a youngster. While at Nichols College he was a standout goalie for the Bison soccer team, an opportunity he parlayed into a successful semi-pro career as the soccer goalie for the Worcester Scans. He’s a member of the Tourtellotte Memorial High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
“Taking over this program is a great opportunity for me. I’m looking forward to building a program that will make the school and its fans happy. I especially wish to thank my wife and family for their support over the years in my quest to reach this level of coaching,” Senecal told the Putnam Town Crier Sports in an interview.
Senecal and his wife Brenda, a nurse at Day Kimball Hospital live in Putnam. They have one adult son, Andrew.
Historic
preservation
grant
coming to
Woodstock
NEWPORT, R.I. — Woodstock’s Historic New England, which owns Roseland Cottage, was one of several groups that were awarded historic preservation grants from The 1772 Foundation, in partnership for a fourth year with the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.
Several other organizations also received grants. A total of $190,000 was awarded to 17 private nonprofit organizations in Connecticut. The grants ranged in amount from $3,400 to the maximum of $15,000. Each organization had to have in place a monetary match for its grant. Projects were vetted by CTHP Circuit Riders and other staff with an in-depth knowledge of the needs of Connecticut’s heritage organizations.
Grants were for exterior painting; finishes and surface restoration; installation or upgrade of fire detection, lightning protection and security systems; porch, roof and window repair/restoration; structural foundation and sill repair/replacement; and chimney and masonry repointing.
According to Helen Higgins, executive director, CTHP, “These smaller grants may not produce the dramatic before-and-after photographs seen in large-scale restoration projects, but they recognize an equally important aspect of preservation practice: the crucial importance of regular maintenance and maintenance planning.”
B. Danforth Ely, president of The 1772 Foundation, said, “While there is, relatively-speaking, a lot of funding available for programmatic grants, “bricks and mortar” dollars are harder to come by. The 1772 grants, especially since they are matched one to one, mean a great deal to the recipients. They are very much in keeping with our founder’s, Stewart Barney Kean, intent and interests.”
Other grant recipients included: Avery-Copp Museum (Groton), Charter Oak Cultural Center (Hartford), Connecticut Landmarks (New London), The Connecticut Society for Sons of the American Revolution (Lebanon), Dennison Society (Mystic), Essex Historical Society, Gunn Memorial Library (Washington), Hotchkiss Library of Sharon, Joshua’s Tract Conservation and Historic District (Mansfield/Gurleyville), Keeler Tavern Preservation Society (Ridgefield), Madison Historical Society, New Canaan Historical Society, The New Haven Museum, Simsbury Historical Society, Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum (Pawcatuck) and Wilton Historical Society.