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A yellow rose was placed when the name of a Connecticut service personnel was read. Linda Lemmon photos.

Tyler Eddy plays Taps

By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — As is tradition, the Mayotte- Viens American Legion Post 13 organized the Beirut Barracks Bombing Remembrance Ceremony Oct. 21.
The town of Putnam is one of only two towns in Connecticut that holds a remembrance ceremony for the 241 U.S. service personnel who died Oct. 23, 1983, when a truck bomb was driven into a barracks in the Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon.
The ceremony included the reading of the names of those who died. When the names of the six who died from Connecticut were read, a yellow rose was placed at the base of the podium.
Mayor Barney Seney, in his remarks, noted that the bombing cost the most Marine lives since prior to WWII. “The loss of a life represents somebody’s wife, or father, or child,” he said. “It affects the whole family. We forget sometimes that every person is a member of someone’s family.”
Taking part were: Christopher Steinbrick (whose father, the late Don Steinbrick organized the ceremony originally), Post 13’s senior vice commander; the Color Guard including Michael Vassar, Chas Mackenzie, Curt Prowchowski and Frank Tremont; post member Connor Vassar; Michael Rocchetti, post commander; Tyler Eddy playing Taps. The VFW Post 1523 was also present.
Those who took part in reading the names of those who died included: Rocchetti, Tina Lajoie of Post 13, junior vice commander; Brian Maynard, past post commander; and Albert Cormier, post member-at-large.

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Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Notice of Public Hearing
November 6, 2023

The public is hereby notified and warned that a Public Hearing will be held in Room 109 of the Putnam Municipal Complex at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT at 6:15 in the evening Nov. 6, 2023, for purposes of discussing the proposed disposition of surplus town real estate at 56 Groveland Avenue, 58 Groveland Avenue, 110 Groveland Avenue, 157 Black Oak Avenue and 94 Oak Street pursuant to Section 255-3 of the Code of Ordinances, and to release the temporary cul-de-sac located on property at 20 Dudley Street as approved by the Planning Commission.

Oct. 26, 2023

Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Notice of Special Town Meeting
November 6, 2023
The Electors and Citizens qualified to vote in Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam, Connecticut, are hereby notified and warned that a Special Town Meeting of said Town will be held in the Municipal Complex at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT at 6:30 Nov. 6, 2023, in the evening for the following purposes:

1.  To choose a moderator for said meeting.

2.  To consider and act upon the following resolution:

RESOLVED:  That the Board of Selectmen, pursuant to Section 255-3 of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Putnam, be authorized to dispose of surplus town real estate at 56 Groveland Avenue, 58 Groveland Avenue, 110 Groveland Avenue, 157 Black Oak Avenue and 94 Oak Street by public auction in such manner as appears to them to be in the best interest of the Town of Putnam.

3.   To release the temporary cul-de-sac located on property at 20 Dudley Street as approved by the Planning Commission.

Dated at Putnam, Connecticut
this 16th of October, 2023
Town of Putnam,
Its Board of Selectmen
Norman B. Seney, Mayor
Roy S. Simmons, Deputy Mayor
Rick Hayes
Gloria Marion
Michael Paquin
J. Scott Pempek
Jeffrey Rawson

Oct. 26, 2023

Town of Putnam
Zoning Commission
Legal Notice

The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission held a hybrid meeting on October 18, 2023, at 7:00 P.M at the Municipal Complex in Community Room 201 located on the second floor.   Approval was granted on the following:

Docket # 2023-08 Craft Group request for a Special Permit in accordance with Section 713 of the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations “Cannabis Facilities” Definition 5. “Retailer”.  Property located at 3 Park Road, Town Assessors Map 37, Lot 55, Zoned Highway Commercial.
Patricia Hedenberg, Chairman

Oct. 26, 2023

Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
MUNICIPAL ELECTION –
NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In accordance with the provisions of Section 9-226 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, notice is given that the Electors, the legal voters of the Town of Pomfret, Connecticut, are hereby warned to meet at the Pomfret Community School Auditorium, 20 Pomfret Street (junction of Routes 101 & 169), Pomfret, Connecticut, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, from 6:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. to cast their ballots for the following:

1.One Town Clerk (Vote for One); (2) Two Board of Finance (Vote for Up to Two);  (2) Two Board of Education (Vote for Up to Two, Three to be Elected); (1) One Board of Assessment Appeals (Vote for One); (2) Two Planning & Zoning Commission (Vote for Up to Two); (1) One Planning & Zoning Commission Alternate (Vote for One); (2) Two Zoning Board of Appeals (Vote for Up to Two); (1) One Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate (Vote for One); (4) Four Constables (Vote for Up to Four, Seven to be Elected); (3) Three Library Trustees Full Term (Vote for Up to Three);  (1) One Library Trustees to Fill Vacancy for Two Years (Vote for One).  

      The polls will be open for voting during said hours: 6:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. in the Pomfret Community School Auditorium, 20 Pomfret Street, Pomfret Center, Connecticut 06259.   
      
Election Day Registration/Voting Will Take Place at:  
Pomfret Town Hall, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, CT 06259
          
Absentee Ballots and EDR Ballots will be counted at the following central location:

Pomfret Town Hall, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center CT 06259
Notice to all ELECTORS, LEGAL VOTERS of the Town of Pomfret.  Under Section 9-261 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, ALL VOTERS must present to the official checkers IDENTIFICATION when they go to the polls to vote.  This may include the elector’s Social Security card, or any other preprinted form of identification which shows the elector’s name, and either the elector’s address, signature, or photograph; or on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State, the elector may write his residential address, date of birth, print the elector’s name and SIGN a statement under the penalty of false statement that the elector is the elector whose name appears on the official checklist.
Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut
this 23rd day of October 2023

Cheryl A. Grist
Town Clerk of Pomfret

Oct. 26, 2023

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