Wed. Jan. 30
Rehearsals
POMFRET --- Rehearsals begin for CCNC's spring concert at the Christ Church. Registration is at 6:30 and rehearsal begins at 7. All welcome. 860-821-0082.

Art Exhibit
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present "Woodcuts in Winter," by Lynita Shimizu through Jan. 31 at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. 928-4948.

Fri. Feb. 1
Bradley Show
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present "No Sex Please ... We're British" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 3, 10 and 17. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. 928-7887.

Bead Challenge
PUTNAM --- The Flying Carpet Studio is hosting a Valentine Bead Challenge and Auction to benefit the Northeast Cultural Alliance. 12 local Artists signed on to create a piece of art to donate to the auction. Voting begins Feb. 1. A reception for artists and patrons is at 4 p.m. Feb. 10.

Sat. Feb. 2
Snow Ball
PUTNAM --- St. Mary's Church of the Visitation will host a Snow Ball at 5:30 at the church. Dinner and dancing. $25 per person. Ticket at: Knights of Columbus Council 64, Providence Street, the Putnam and Danielson locations of Joseph's Jewelers, St. Mary's Church and Most Holy Trinity Parish offices.

Bradley Show
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present "No Sex Please ... We're British" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 3, 10 and 17. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. 928-7887.

Art Exhibit
DAYVILLE --- An art exhibit featuring artist members of the Northeastern CT Art Guild will be held through Feb. 28 at the Sunshine Shop on Upper Maple Street. An open reception will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 2. All welcome.

Library Program
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Public Library celebrates National Take Your Child to the Library Day with Farmer Minor and Daisy the Pig at 11 a.m. 928-3475.

Sun. Feb. 3
Quilt Display
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present the Pomfret 300th Anniversary Quilt Display through Feb. 28 at the new Audubon Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. Opening Reception is from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 3. Info at www.ctaudubon.org. 928-4948.

Bradley Show
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present "No Sex Please ... We're British" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8, 9, 15, and 16 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 3, 10 and 17. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. 928-7887.

Exhibit
DAYVILLE --- The Northeastern CT Art Guild art exhibit will run through Feb. 28 at The Sunshine Shop. Opening reception from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 3.

Mon. Feb. 4
Garden Club
WOODSTOCK --- The Woodstock Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the S. Woodstock Baptist Church on Roseland Park Road. Andy Rzeznikiewicz, from the CT Audubon Society, will speak on  migratory songbirds. All welcome. Refreshments.

Tues. Feb. 5
Pomfret Seniors
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Seniors Association will have a brown bag luncheon meeting at noon at the Pomfret Senior Center on Mashamoquet Road. All seniors welcome.

Thur. Feb. 7
Library Program
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Public Library will present "Meet the Smiths of Glastonbury" at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Friends of the Pomfret Public Library and the Pomfret 300th Anniversary Committee. Register at 928-3475.

Fri. Feb. 8
Benefit Dinner
PUTNAM --- The Putnam High School Parents Music Association will be hosting an Italian Dinner Cabaret from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the PHS Cafeteria. Take out or eat in. $8 for adults; $6 for senior citizens and kids. Entertainment by students of PHS Music Department.  

History Program
CANTERBURY --- The Canterbury Historical Society will present the “Golden Age of Radio” following the 7 p.m. business session at the community Room of the town hall. Refreshments. Free. All welcome.

Bradley Show
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present "No Sex Please ... We're British" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8, 9, 15, and 16 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 and 17. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. 928-7887.

Sat. Feb. 9
Benefit Chocolate
BROOKLYN --- The Federated Church of Christ on Rt. 6 will hold a Sweetheart Chocolate Sale and reopening of the Holy Cross Thriftique Shop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Benefits the Mission Fund.

Italian Dinner
WOODSTOCK --- The Senior High Youth Group will host an Italian Dinner at the First Congregational Church of Woodstock, Rt. 169. Seating is continuous from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and takout available at 5:15 p.m. $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Call 860-928-7405 to reserve tickets.

Bradley Show
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present "No Sex Please ... We're British" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9, 15, and 16 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 and 17. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. 928-7887.

Tag, Bake Sale
ABINGTON --- The Abington Congregational Church will hold a tag and bake sale from 9 a.m. to noon at the church on Rt. 97. Snow date is Feb. 16.

Sun. Feb. 10
Grassland Birds
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present "Grassland Birds" with Jenny Dixon at 2 p.m. starting from the new Audubon Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road.  Info at www.ctaudubon.org. 928-4948.

Bradley Show
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present "No Sex Please ... We're British" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 and 16 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 and 17. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. 928-7887.

Sunday Walk
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present a Sunday Walk at 2 p.m. starting at the information shed at Trail Wood on Kenyon Road. Free for members; $3 for nonmembers.  Info at www.ctaudubon.org. 928-4948.

Thur. Feb. 14
Happy Valentine's Day

Fri. Feb. 15
Bradley Show
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present "No Sex Please ... We're British" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 and 16 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 17. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. 928-7887.

Sat. Feb. 16
Owl Walk
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present an owl walk at 5 p.m. starting from the new Audubon Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road.  $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers.  Info at www.ctaudubon.org. 928-4948.

Bradley Show
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present "No Sex Please ... We're British" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 17. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. 928-7887.

Fire & Ice
PUTNAM --- Yet another annual event is taking shape in downtown Putnam, as the 2nd annual FIRE & ICE Event has been scheduled Valentine's Day weekend. We would like to showcase Putnam as a beautiful romantic downtown by lining the sidewalks with ice sculptures, lanterns, luminarias, and white lights. We would like live music to be features in as many businesses as possible. (860)928-2600.

Winter Games
POMFRET --- The Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp on Taft Pond Road will have its “Winter Game Day” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for kids ages 6-12. Lunch and snack provided with games, crafts and winter fun. $10/child.   Pre-registration requested: 974-1122.     

Sun. Feb. 17
Quilt Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present "Pieces of Our Past" at 2 p.m. at the new Audubon Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. Woodstock resident and museum consultant Dawn C. Adiletta will give a program on "Three Centuries of Connecticut's Quilts and Quilt Makers." Sponsored by the Pomfret 300th Anniversary Committee and the Pomfret Public Library. Snow date is Feb. 24. Info at www.ctaudubon.org. 928-4948.

Bradley Show
PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present "No Sex Please ... We're British" at 2 p.m. Feb. 17. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. 928-7887.

Walk
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present a Sunday Walk at 2 p.m. starting from the new Audubon Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road.  Info at www.ctaudubon.org. 928-4948.

Tues. Feb. 19
Library Program
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Public Library will present "Meet Elizabeth Keckly" at 11 a.m. Sponsored by the Friends of the Pomfret Public Library and the Pomfret 300th Anniversary Committee. Register at 928-3475.

Wed. Feb. 20
Bird Walk
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present its monthly bird walk at 1 p.m. starting from the new Audubon Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road.  Bring binoculars. Free for members; $5 for nonmembers.  Info at www.ctaudubon.org. 928-4948.

Thur. Feb. 21
Fund-raiser
PUTNAM --- The IHSP-Diaper Bank of NECT will present a Celebrity Bartender Night from 5 to 9 p.m. at Winners at J.D. Cooper's on Park Road. Benefits the Diaper Bank. 928-0169.

Sat. Feb. 23
Conference
HAMPTON --- The 2nd annual CT Agriculture Commission Conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at EastConn. Cost is $15. To register mail check, payable to Eastern CT RC&D, to Eastern CT RC&D, 24 Hyde Road, Vernon, CT 06066.
   
Sun. Feb. 24
Full Moon Walk
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present a Full Moon Walk at 7:30 p.m. starting from the information shed at Trail Wood on Kenyon Road. Info at www.ctaudubon.org. 928-4948.

Stroll Story
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present its third annual Stroll, Story, Stew and Song at Trail Wood on Kenyon Road. Free for members; $3 for nonmembers.  Info at www.ctaudubon.org. 928-4948.

Fri. March 1
Teen Week
POMFRET --- The Windham Tolland 4-H Camp on Taft Road will hold a Winter Teen Weekend from 5 p.m. March 1 until 10 a.m. March 3. Food, games, sledding, leadership skills and lots of fun for teens 13 – 18.   $50.  Pre-registration required: 974-3379 .

Sat. March 2
'Bowl' Fund-raiser
PUTNAM --- Sawmill Pottery and the Congregational Church of Putnam on Main Street will present "Empty Bowls Project: Benefit for Daily Broad Food Pantry" from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and from 6 to 7 p.m. in the church's dining room. Bowl and dinner $15. Reservations/tickets required: 928-4405.

Fri. March 16
Health Fair
DANIELSON --- The Danielson Martial Arts Academy & Quiet Korner Health and Wellness are co/sponsoring a Free Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Some vendors include: The new Regional Community YMCA, Harvest Moon , Day Kimball / reflexology and massage therapy Brooklyn & Killingly parks and rec Key Gyms. 779-0699.

Sat. March 16
Conference
POMFRET --- The First Congregational Church of Pomfret will present six sessions of Free Answers in Genesis Conference March 16 and March 17. Speaker is James Gardner. To register go to: fccpomfret.org or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mon. April 8
‘Bach to Future’
WOODSTOCK --- The Performing Arts Northeast Connecticut will present a free children’s education program, “Bach to the Future” at 10:15 a.m. and noon at the Hyde Cultural Center. New Haven Symphony Orchestra. www.performingartnect.org

Tues. May 14
‘Cinderella’
WOODSTOCK --- The Performing Arts Northeast Connecticut will present “Cinderella” at 10:15 a.m. and noon at the Hyde Cultural Center. Salt Marsh Opera Co. www.performingartnect.org

Sat. May 18
Relay For Life
WOODSTOCK --- Relay For Life of Northeastern Connecticut will be held May 18 and 19 at the Woodstock Fairgrounds.

Fri. May 31
Rotary Golf
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Rotary Club will present the Putnam Rotary Club Ronald P. Coderre Golf Tournament at Connecticut National Golf Course.

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Winning Project
Woodstock Building Associates won "Best of Houzz" with this remodel of a basement in Putnam. Courtesy photo.


WOODSTOCK --- Woodstock Building Associates, LLC won "Best of Houzz" 2013 by Houzz, the leading online platform for residential remodeling and design.
The design/build remodeler was chosen by the more than 11 million monthly users that comprise the Houzz community. The award is given in two categories: customer satisfaction and design.
Doug Porter, the managing partner, was pleased with the award.
The project selected was a basement remodel in Heritage Pines condominium Project in Putnam. WBA built bookcases to divide the living spaces.
Liza Hausman, vice president of Houzz community said, "We're delighted to recognize Woodstock Building Associates among our 'Best Of' professionals for design as judged by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts who are actively remodeling and decorating their homes."
WBA, a design/build firm, has been active in remodeling for the last 35 years. The company's on-staff architects, estimators, project managers, carpenters, plumbers and cabinet makers are committed to completing all projects to client's satisfaction while meeting the budget expectations, said Porter. The company works in northeastern Connecticut and south central Massachusetts. Other awards received by WBA include Remodeler of the Year, HOBI Award and Remodeling Magazine's Big 50 Award.

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Birthday
Members of the Putnam Bank family recently celebrated a bank birthday bash. Courtesy photo.


PUTNAM — Putnam Bank held a Birthday Breakfast Bash Jan. 17 at QVCC, marking the end of their year-long 150th anniversary celebration. Each week for the past year, the bank has chosen an employee to honor for their commitment to the bank and community, and they have made a $150 donation in their name to the charity of their choice with donations exceeding $7,500.  Every donation recipient was invited to attend the breakfast.
Thomas A. Borner, president & CEO, said, “Last year, when we gave thought to how we would recognize our 150th anniversary milestone, several staff members suggested we express our thanks to the community by dedicating $150 in our employee’s names to a charity significant to their lives.  Over 90 percent of our staff volunteers their time and donates personal funds to the local community.  So, while it’s our anniversary, it’s not just about Putnam Bank, but about all of us and the important roles we play in helping others.”
Putnam Bank donated another $2,400 that morning.  In recognition of their community outreach, the bank donated an additional $150 to each organization attendance including: Access Agency, Alzheimer’s Association, Community Kitchens, Daily Bread, Danielson Rotary Dictionary Fund, Day Kimball Hospital, Habitat for Humanity of NECT, NEPS, Northeast Department of Health: Follow the Fifty, Project Pin, QVCC Foundation, Safe Futures, St. Francis Assisi Food Pantry, TEEG, The ARC of Quinebaug Valley and the Northeast Connecticut Relay For Life.
Borner said, “While Putnam Bank is 150 years old ... and counting, we remain 100 percent local in almost every aspect of our existence. I believe that aside from our mission to be a leader among community-based banks, it is our employees’ volunteer efforts and the efforts of organizations such as yours that keep us together as a community and to a larger degree as Americans.”