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Community Market
TEEG employees Cathy Smith, Haylee Olson, Jenni Fountain, Chelsea French, Executive Director Anne Miller, Allison Rich and Pomfret Community Market volunteers Marilyn Mancini and Jan St.Jean. Courtesy photo.
Pomfret
Community
Market reopens
POMFRET – The Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group (TEEG) and the town of Pomfret celebrated the grand reopening of the Pomfret Community Market June 1 adding a new satellite location to TEEG’s food security programs.
Plans for the Pomfret Community Market began in February of 2021 when longtime volunteer Garry Brown decided to retire after 13 years of operating a food pantry in the basement of the Pomfret Senior Center. Pomfret First Selectwoman Maureen Nicholson reached out to TEEG, a social service agency serving Pomfret, Thompson and Woodstock, to keep the pantry in operation. Over the next few months TEEG remodeled the pantry into the new Community Market, a name that is also being adopted by TEEG’s primary pantry at the agency’s Thatcher Road campus in N. Grosvenordale.
“We are moving to a community market because this is a place where our neighbors can get what they need, and we can share with our neighbors some of our additional items and resources,” said TEEG Executive Director Anne Miller.
The Pomfret Community Market is an addition to TEEG’s growing food security program.
TEEG also began a mobile pantry at the Woodstock Town Hall during the pandemic serving clients on the first Tuesday and third Thursday of each month.
Together these programs offer completely cost-free food security services in all three towns served by the agency including access to dairy, meat, protein, fresh and frozen produce, hygiene products and more.
Chelsea French, TEEG’s Community Development coordinator, said the new format adopted by TEEG is called “S.W.A.P” which stands for "Supporting Wellness at Pantries".
She said: "That's why we changed our name to a community market. We want to break the stigma behind the term ‘food pantry’. We want to make healthy options available to everyone."
The grand opening ceremony also included comments from Pomfret town officials. Selectman Ellsworth Chase presented a donation to the community market from he and his wife and First Selectwoman Maureen Nicholson offered remarks thanking TEEG for their effort to bring new life to the market.
“When I got the call from Garry that he was ready to retire I was really concerned because it was a bad time not to have a food pantry in town,” Nicholson said. “I’m so impressed with the vision that (TEEG) had to redo our basement that we’ve been working out for years, to reintroduce the food pantry and to come up with the community market. It’s a very exciting thing. The new options and better choices for our residents from Pomfret and other communities is really exciting.”
Those seeking assistance at either of TEEG’s community markets in Pomfret or Thompson can call 860-923-3458 to schedule an appointment.
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Legal Notice
Public Hearing Notice
Town of Pomfret
Planning and Zoning Commission
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
The Pomfret Planning & Zoning Commission will hold the following Public Hearings at its hybrid meeting on June 16, 2021, starting at 7:00 PM.
1. Lance Sistare for Big Boy’s Toys, LLC, 341 Orchard Hill Road — Special permit application for a 30’ x 60’ addition to match existing building
2. Jason & Kristin Allard, 12 Putnam Road — Special permit application for therapist office on 1st floor of building and residence on 2nd floor
3. Woodstock Building Associates for Peter Trudo, 2 Evelyn Circle — Special permit application for an in-law apartment
A copy of the applications is on file in the office of the Planning and Zoning Commission, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, Connecticut.
Town of Pomfret
Dated this 24th day of May 2021
Lynn L. Krajewski,
Clerk
Planning & Zoning Commission
June 2, 2021
June 9, 2021
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Honored
BROOKLYN — Alyssa Claire Arends of Brooklyn was named to the spring 2021 Dean’s List at Quinnipiac University.
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Taking a Pause
A Putnam High School graduate pauses after taking her seat at commencement exercises held June 7, 2021, at the St. Marie Greenhalgh complex. More photos on page 4. Linda Lemmon photo.
Captions on page 4:
top: Performance and Pride
Brenna Fowler, left, performs "Rise Up" by Andra Day at the Putnam High School commencement June 7. Above, her aunt, Lachanda Jones, who traveled here from Chicago, videoed her performance, brimming with pride.
Above: It was 91 degrees and there were plenty of umbrellas scattered across the St. Marie Greenhalph field. Right: A toddler spotted someone familiar and waved.
On their way in
PHS class conquers
extraordinary
challenges
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Proud family and friends seemed to scarcely notice the scorching 91-degree temperature as Putnam High School celebrated its 144th commencement June 7.
COVID-19 permeated schooling for the last year and one-half but this class persevered — and stunningly, according to Principal Jacqueline Vetrovec. She said the class was kind, honest, humble and resourceful in the face of the last 15 months.
Brooke Peloquin, valedictorian, said the class faced all the “typical issues — but on steroids.” Issues classmates never had to worry about before, like “will the Wi-Fi go out during the remote exam?” and “will there be a prom” were always challenging, and overcome.
Resourcefulness and perseverance will serve this class as they go into the future, said Board of Education President Jill Zangerl.
And Emma Fisk, reciting the Class Ode, reminded her classmates that they might be “6 feet apart but they’ll never be apart.”
Superintendent of Schools Daniel P. Sullivan III encouraged the graduates to stay open minded.
Awards given included: Educator of the Year: John Allen; Citizen of the Year: Laurie Bernier; Student of the Year: Haddijatou Mbye.
Graduates
Randa Tamima Aldarawcheh, Greyson M. D. Anderson (HH, NHS), Abbigail M. Anthony, Elijah Antonelli, Kalai K. Ayau, Joe Barnett, Nathan Donald Barylski (HH), Duston T. Bonin, Emma R. Braithwaite (HH, NHS). Christian Breton, Johnathan Carita (HH), Laylah J. Chavez (HH, NHS), Alexandra G. Coderre, Samantha Dempsey, Abigail L. Desrosiers, Samantha Eve Enders, Harley L. Field (H), Emma Dawn Fisk, Chad Robert Flick, Brenna Fowler (H), Nicholas Fredette, Mary Hicks, Alex Marie Hutchins (HH, NHS), Anna Alexandra Ionkin (HH, NHS), Randy E. Johnson, Chloe Marie Kerr, Cheyenne King, Alexis B. Kurtyka (H), Catherine LaForest (HH), Ethan Latendresse (HH), Jordan Levesque, Colby M. Livingston (H), Jack E. Lomax (H), Adriana L. Maltais (HH), Timothy Maryanov, Haddijatou Mbye (HH), Dylan J. McCaughey, Lesbia Yojana Morente Mendez (H), Julie Ann Morris (HH). Mackenzie Oleszewski (HH), Abbigail I. Pelletier (H), Brooke Anah Peloquin (HH, NHS), Mackenzie Alexis Peloquin (HH, NHS), Jamie Victoria Petre (HH), Emma Kate Rudman (HH, NHS), Michayla Rugh (H), Tyler Everett Shippee (HH), Bethany F. Smith (HH, NHS), Abby Lynn St. Martin (HH, NHS), Oscar H. Steinbrick (H), Haley Syrjala (HH, NHS), Alexis Rena-Jean Thompson (H), Morgan Toutant (H), Devan Edward Velie, Maggie A. Wojciechowski (H).
Valedictorian: Brooke Anah Peloquin
Salutatorian; Mackenzie Alexis Peloquin
(H) = Cumulative average of 85% and above
(HH) = Cumulative average of 90% and above
(NHS) = National Honor Society