Pomfret Board of Finance
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
April 24, 2023 @ 7:00 PM
Pomfret Community School Cafeteria
The Pomfret Board of Finance will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 24th at 7:00 PM in the Pomfret Community School Cafeteria, 20 Pomfret Street, Pomfret, CT. The purpose of said hearing will be to receive public comment on the proposed FY 2023/2024 General Government Budget and Education Budget.
SPECIAL MEETING
NOTICE TO FOLLOW PUBLIC HEARING
BOARD OF FINANCE, APRIL 24, 2023
AT 7:15 PM
Following this public hearing, there will be a special meeting at 7:15 PM for discussion and possible action on proposed FY 2024 BOE and General Gov’t budgets. They will also approve the use and amount of undesignated and non-lapsing funds, if necessary.
Town of Pomfret
Dated this 12th day
of April 2023
Lynn L. Krajewski,
Clerk
Board of Finance
April 19, 2023
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TJ Espinosa Headed for Nationals
Putnam Middle School seventh grader TJ Espinosa will be in Chicago from April 20-23 for the Elks Hoops Shoot national finals, where he will face off with 11 other regional winners from around the country to see who can make the most out of 25 free throw attempts. It will be the first time in the final for Espinosa, who got a huge sendoff last weekend from Putnam Elks Lodge 574, which he represents (above). Competing in the 12-13-year-old division, Espinosa will shoot 10 shots; take a break while each of the others takes their 10 shots, then step back to the line for 15 more. Any ties after the first round will result in overtime rounds of five shots. Espinosa made 23-of-25 foul shots at the New England Regionals in March to advance to this weekend. He won the local championship in January, which put him in the state championship round in February.
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Snow White Spring
This Exotic Emperor tulip shines like ... snow, heralding spring. More photos on page 4 and expanded photo page Wed. night on our FB page: Putnam Town Crier & Northeast Ledger. Linda Lemmon photo.
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Shining up
Rotary Park
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Enhancements at the Putnam Rotary Park are shifting into high gear next week, starting with the screening of the Port-A-John area at the Bridge/Kennedy streets side of the park.
Parks and Recreation Director Willie Bousquet said the creation of a concrete pad is on tap first next week. Originally the 4-inch thick concrete pad was to measure 8 feet by 24 feet and the adjacent section, 10 feet by 24 feet, was to be open with 8 inches of asphalt millings. The millings would allow the Port-A-John truck to back in easily for service.
Bousquet said the area will now be squared off with no millings, just concrete. The section the truck would be using will be sloped toward the parking lot for easy access.
In addition, Bousquet said, the sidewalk between the parking lot and the Port-A-Johns will be redone.
Following that, an 8-foot tall black chain link fence will be installed running on three sides of the concrete pad. A black privacy screen will be attached to the chain link. The Port-A-Johns doors will open toward the river, the open side.
Also, an events sign will be placed on the fence/screen.
The approximate cost of the project, $5,000, is split between the Putnam Rotary Club and the town of Putnam. Putnam is contributing in-kind labor on the project.
Bousquet is shooting for a Memorial Day finish date.
And that’s the same hope for the Bandstand painting project, he said. The new red metal raised-seam roof is installed on the Bandstand, as are the gray finials on the peaks. Scraping the ancient paint off has been underway for a couple weeks. Bousquet said he hopes the painting project will be finished by Memorial Day, also. It will be repainted the same colors. The painter is Bradley Painting.
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