The following charges were listed in the Putnam Police Department logs. The people charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. The Town Crier will publish dispositions of cases at the request of the accused. The dispositions must be accompanied by the proper documentation. The Putnam Police Department confidential Tip Line is 963-0000.
May 21
Chavel Headley, 28, Van den Noort Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct, threatening, strangulation, third-degree assault, unlawful restraint.
May 23
Richard Ryan 3rd, 20, Laurel Drive, Dayville; speeding.
Brendan Shunaman, 23, Lebanon Hill Road, Southbridge; sixth-degree larceny.
John White, 45, Whipple Street, Putnam; first-degree failure to appear.
Birthday Celebration
Gary Osbrey and Karen Osbrey, owners of WINY Radio, at the celebration of WINY's 60th birthday bash at Rotary Park last weekend. Linda Lemmon photo.
St. Joseph High
reunion/event set
The Class of 1963 of St. Joseph High School will host a school reunion on Oct. 20 at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Rt. 12, N. Grosvenordale.
This is the 50th graduation anniversary. The gathering will also bring together former students and graduates of the high school for an afternoon of sharing memories and stories of its history.
If you attended, but did not necessarily graduate from St. Joseph High School between the years of 1948 to 1968 and are interested in helping/attending, please contact Yvette (Beaulac) Brisette at 860-792-1009 or Lucille Langlois at 508-789-9874.
A planning session will be held in the near future.
Roseland
Cottage
opens its
200th year
WOODSTOCK — This year Roseland Cottage celebrates the 200th birthday of its builder and Woodstock native son Henry Chandler Bowen. A season of special commemorative programing is planned, beginning on June 1, with complimentary tours of Mr. Bowen’s remarkable summer home, now a National Historic Landmark.
To insure that this special season begins on an appropriately festive note, Historic New England and Woodstock Recreation will sponsor a Twilight Concert at 6 p.m. June 1. Classic Brass will perform a free concert. Guests are encouraged to tour the house, bring a picnic dinner, relax on the grounds, and enjoy the show.
Historic New England’s Roseland Cottage once again participates in the Blue Star Museum initiative, a partnership program between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Blue Star Families and more than 1,300 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families Memorial Day through Labor Day 2011.
Roseland Cottage, a Historic New England museum, is open regularly Wednesday through Sunday, June through Oct. 15. Guided tours are offered on the hour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 1 is Open House Day at all 36 Historic New England house museums, and all 36 will offer complimentary tours on that day.