Helping Out
The Woodstock Academy girls’ basketball team took advantage of a week-off between games to help the Woodstock Recreation Department. The Recreation Department sponsored a day full of youth basketball clinics for different age groups at the Woodstock Middle School Feb. 18 and the Centaurs girls’ basketball team volunteered their time to help. It was a homecoming of sorts for Woodstock Academy freshman guard Kaylee Saucier. It wasn’t all that long ago, right, when Kaylee was a participant in the youth basketball clinic at the Middle School. Photos by Will Fleeton/Woodstock Academy
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Girl on a Train'
Above: Michael Pray (Tom Watson) and Robyn Spain (Rachel Watson). Top right: Robyn Spain (Rachel Watson) and Samantha Romero (Anna Watson). Right: Robyn Spain (Rachel Watson) and Sonya Richards (D.I. Gaskill). Photos by Ty Collige.
PUTNAM — In a change of pace, The Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut at the Bradley Playhouse presents the trilling murder mystery The Girl on the Train. It will keep you on the edge of your seat, as a young woman who watches life pass by on a train, finds her fantasy come alive in a way she never expected. The show opens Feb. 24 and runs for two weekends.
This show continues the 2023 season theme “Stage and Screen”; a celebration of plays that were also made into motion pictures.
Performances are: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, 25 and March 3. 4 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 5. Tickets are $23 for adults and $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders.
Due to content and language, The Girl on the Train is recommended for mature audiences.
Tickets: www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
The TNECT production is directed by Joshua Raymond. Robyn Spain appears as Rachel Watson. Elizabeth Decasse is Megan Hipwell, the woman who disappears, and Greg Glanville is her husband, Scott Hipwell. Rachel’s ex-husband, Tom Watson, is played by Michael Pray and his new wife, Anna Watson, is portrayed by Samantha Romero.
The cast is completed by Sonya Richards as D.I. Gaskill and Joseph Sawyer as Kamal Abdic.
The script for The Girl on the Train is adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel. It is based on the best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins and the Dream Works film.
Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.
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On His Way
Owen Bland, center, a senior at The Woodstock Academy, will represent American Legion Post #111 of Woodstock and District #4 at the Department of Connecticut Constitutional Oratorical Contest on March 4 at the State Police Academy auditorium in Meriden. Pictured with Bland are Charles Crowley, left, District Oratorical chairman, and District #4 Commander John Barry. Bland was presented an American Legion certificate in recognition for Representing District #4 in the Department competition Courtesy photo.
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Lovett to head
bank branch
PUTNAM — Brett Lovett recently joined Jewett City Savings Bank as branch manager of the Putnam office.
Before joining Jewett City Savings Bank, Lovett served as branch manager of CorePlus Credit Union’s Plainfield branch for five years, and three years before that served as a branch employee.
Lovett and his family live in N. Grosvenordale where they enjoy spending time with family and friends. Lovett is a member of the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce and continuously seeks opportunities for community involvement.
“We are delighted to welcome Brett to Jewett City Savings Bank. With his experience and strong dedication to the community, he will bring a wealth of knowledge and support to our customers,” said Michael Alberts, president and CEO.
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