Community
spirit recognized
The pandemic dealt a mighty blow to the Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp, forcing it to close in-person camp in the summer of 2020. Board members, staff and 4-H friends donated extraordinary hours of service this past year to keep the camp afloat and ready to re-open for campers June 2021.
At this year’s virtual annual meeting of the Windham County 4-H Foundation, two local businesses were given Community Spirit Awards to acknowledge their extremely generous support during this difficult year.  Both businesses were recently awarded plaques to display that recognize their efforts.
Buck’s Soft Serve offered the Windham-Tolland 4-H camp the opportunity to sell water to patrons of their rich ice cream concoctions.   The $1 price was often rounded up to $10 by generous patrons.   The donations jar to support the camp was in prominent display at the check- out area and owners Judy Buell and Emilie Hebert were also frequent contributors.  
Buzzy Balogh of Mansfield Tree Service donated many hours of crews and equipment service clearing dead trees away from buildings, the ropes course and the walking paths to make the campus a safer place.  As an added bonus, volunteers and staff cut up the downed trees and sold cords of firewood to make some extra money to pay the bills.  

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Legal Notice -- Town of Putnam
The following ORDINANCE was approved at the Town Meeting held on March 25, 2021, and shall become effective twenty-one (21) days after date of publication.
Dated at Putnam, Connecticut
this 29th day of March, 2021
Sara J. Seney, Town Clerk

ORDINANCE
CREATION OF VETERANS COMMISSION
AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FOR CREATION OF A VETERANS COMMISSION
FOR THE TOWN OF PUTNAM
Be it ordained by the Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam:
Section 1. Authority
Pursuant to Chapter Six, Section Two of the Charter of the Town of Putnam and Section 27-135 of the Connecticut General Statutes, there is hereby created a Veterans Commission for the Town of Putnam.
Section 2.  Creation and Purpose
There is hereby created a Veterans Commission to assist and advise the Town and its residents on veterans’ affairs.  Pursuant the Connecticut General Statutes, the Commission may (a) act as the coordinating agency in all matters concerning veterans and their dependents, coordinating the activities of public and private facilities concerned with veterans’ reemployment, education, rehabilitation and adjustment to peacetime living; (b) cooperate with all national, state and local governmental and private agencies in securing services and benefits to which a veteran or his dependents may be entitled; (c) use the services and facilities of the veterans organizations so far as possible to carry out the purposes of state statutes; and (4) encourage and coordinate vocational training services for veterans. In addition, the Commission shall advise the Board of Selectmen on matters of concern to veterans and their families and on measures the Board of Selectmen can undertake to better serve the needs of veterans and their families.
Section 3. Membership
The Veterans Commission shall be composed of seven members appointed by the Board of Selectmen for a term of five years commencing on the first day of December.  The initial appointments to the Commission shall be staggered so that no more than two members’ terms expire in the same year.  Members shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Selectmen. Any vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall be filled by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Selectmen, for the unexpired term of such member. All members shall serve without compensation.
Section 4. Organization
The Commission will elect a chairman and adopt rules and procedures to carry out the purposes of this chapter.  The Commission shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings and provide a method for calling special meetings. The Commission shall determine its own rules of procedure. The Commission shall keep records of its meetings and activities and make an annual report to the Mayor and Board of Selectmen. It may make special reports as the Mayor and Board of Selectmen may request from time to time.
Section 5. Severability
If any section, or part of a section, of this Ordinance shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such holding shall not be deemed to invalidate the remaining provisions hereof.
Section 6. Effective Date
In accordance with the Charter of the Town of Putnam, this ordinance shall be effective on April 21, 2021.

April 1, 2021

Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Water Pollution Control Authority
Notice of Public Hearing
April 8, 2021
Town of Putnam is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: WPCA Public Hearing
Time: Apr 8, 2021, 06:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89988681867
Meeting ID: 899 8868 1867
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
A Public Hearing of the said Town of Putnam Water Pollution Control Authority will be held by Zoom meeting on April 8, 2021 at 6:15 P.M. in the evening for the purpose:
   1. Pursuant the provision of the Town of Putnam Charter, Section 2-L8
and the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes, including section 7-239, all existing water use rates, and ancillary charges for users of commercial/industrial rates are hereby increased above the existing rates set January 1, 2013.
Flow: Currently $2,382.25/Mg To: $1,681.87 per Mg
Bod: Currently $0.4846/1b. To: $0.9189/lb.
TSS: Currently $0.3043/lb. To: $0.4651/lb.
Dated at Putnam Connecticut, this 24th day of March, 2021.
Brian Lynch,
Superintendent Putnam WPCA

April 1, 2021

Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Planning Commission
The Town of Putnam Planning Commission held a meeting on March 22, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. via ZOOM.  The following action was taken:
Application # 2021-01: Sean Sullivan — Requesting a 3-lot subdivision for the construction of single-family residences.  Property located at 340 Sabin Street consisting of .94 acre. Town Assessor’s Map 10, Lot 31. Zoned R-10.  PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO APRIL 26, 2021, AT THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING TIME OF 6:00 P.M.
Application # 2021-02:  Marc B. Gissleson — Request for a resbudivision in accordance with the State of Connecticut General Statutes as defined.  No additional lots will be created.  Property located at 102 David Circle consisting of 39,623 S.F. of affected area.  Town Assessor’s Map 3, Lot 90, Zoned R-10.  APPROVED.

Edward Briere,
Chairman

Zoom information will be available on the Town of Putnam Website prior to the meeting.

April 1, 2021

Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
The following ORDINANCE was approved at the Town Meeting held on March 25, 2021, and shall become effective twenty-one (21) days after date of publication.

Dated at Putnam, Connecticut
this 29th day of March, 2021.
Sara J. Seney,
Town Clerk

AN ORDINANCE
PUTNAM MUNICIPAL
  COMPLEX
ORDINANCE REGARDING
THE TOWN OF PUTNAM
MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
Be it ordained by the Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam:
Section 1. Naming of Putnam Municipal Complex
The municipal complex located at the corner of Providence Street and School Street in the Town of Putnam shall not be named in commemoration or in honor of any individual or group of individuals, nor shall any room, section, area or portion of the interior or exterior of the municipal complex be named in commemoration or in honor of any individual or group of individuals.
Section 2. Severability
If any section, or part of a section, of this Ordinance shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such holding shall not be deemed to invalidate the remaining provisions hereof.
Section 3. Effective Date
In accordance with the Charter of the Town of Putnam, this ordinance shall be effective on April 21, 2021.
April 1, 2021

Legal Notice
Request for Proposals
The Town of Putnam, CT, requests proposals for real estate brokers licensed in the State of Connecticut to market the properties of the current Town Hall building and property, located at 126 Church St, Putnam, CT; and the current Putnam Public Library building and property located at 225 Kennedy Dr., Putnam, CT, and to represent the Town in the sale of these properties. Proposals are due by 3:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021. Submittal requirements and the full request for proposals document is available on the Town website at www.putnamct.us.

April 1, 2021

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There was no national championship game, no net to cut down, no wild celebration.
But when Bryce Harris drained a 3-pointer from the corner in front of his bench, giving Putnam Science Academy’s boys’ prep team a four-point lead that it would not relinquish March 27, it was a fitting end to the Mustangs’ stop-and-go season.
“I told the kids Friday how proud I am of them,” PSA coach Tom Espinosa said after his team beat St. Thomas More 100-98 to finish the season 18-3. “A lot of teams I’ve had in the past couldn’t have done what they did in terms of dealing with COVID, having a closed campus, not being able to go home on the weekends, the temperature checks every morning … just everything. They did a fantastic job. They were here on campus and they couldn’t get off.
“It isn’t the most talented team we’ve ever had but I give them so much credit for being a team. Guys were team players. Guys weren’t selfish. Guys who didn’t play were still on time and worked hard in practice. This is a special group, a group I’ll always remember.”
Harris typified the group. When the season began in October, he was a starter. After just two games, PSA had to pause its season. And when the team reconvened in January for the restart, there was massive roster turnover with five guys gone and eight new guys in. Harris lost his starting spot and became a back-of-the-rotation piece. There was a game in which he made a comment upon being subbed out that Espinosa didn’t like and resulted in Harris being benched for the remainder of that game and finding himself in the doghouse.
“Bryce could’ve cracked, and he didn’t,” Espinosa said. “He didn’t say anything. And I definitely challenged him. The next day, I still remember, he was the first guy working out in the morning, he was the first guy in the gym for practice that afternoon. That’s been Bryce.
“That shot he hit at the end, that sums it up. What he went through, what the team went through, it was a perfect ending to our season. There’s no way a lot of other kids could do that, or would do that.”
Harris’ 3-pointer March 27 gave him 22 points in the game; he finished the year averaging 12 points and 5.6 rebounds. That included a couple of monster performances, most notably a 10-point, 17-rebound effort against Canterbury and a 21-point, 18-rebound showing against Bridgton Academy.
Because of COVID restrictions, PSA played mostly in-state schools, as opposed to the national schedule it would typically play. The Mustangs lost twice to South Kent (they also beat the Cardinals twice) and once to St. Thomas More (in their penultimate game of the season). Everything else was a win.
Postgrad player Nana Owusu-Anane, one of the eight new players in the second half, led the team in scoring (14.6 per game) and rebounding (8.4). Darryl Simmons Jr., a member of the Class of 2023, stepped into a major role as the starting point guard when University of Miami-bound Bensley Joseph broke his ankle. Simmons proved to be more than capable, finishing fourth in scoring (12.1), first in assists (4.4), and first in steals (1.7). C.J. Anthony, a postgrad player who is still being recruited, led the team in charges, drawing an eye-popping team-record 18 in the 21 games. As a point of reference, Hassan Diarra led the Mustangs in that category last year; he drew six charges in 40 games.
In addition to Joseph going to Miami, 10 other PSA players have already committed to play Division I basketball: Josh Bascoe (Bucknell), Sean Durugordon (Missouri), Isaiah Folkes (Charlotte), Harris (Howard), Elijah Hutchins-Everett (Penn State), Nic Louis-Jacques (Colgate), Owusu-Anane (Brown), Alexis Reyes (East Carolina), Mohamed Sanogo (Florida International), and Leon Williams (Gardner-Webb). Durugordon, Folkes, and Louis-Jacques enrolled early at their respective colleges while Joseph and Bascoe only played three games between them because of injury.
All in all, Espinosa said, it was another successful season for the powerhouse Mustangs. It was just different.
“I feel bad for them,” he said, “especially the kids who did just one year of prep school. They’ll never experience the real season here with the schedule and our home crowd, or a league tournament, or the real competition like St. Thomas More and us when the gym is packed and you can’t get in, or playing for a national championship. They missed out on so much unfortunately.
“But it was a real good group and I’m thankful I had the opportunity to get to know them and coach them. I’ll be their biggest cheerleaders next year when they go on to college.”
Stephen Nalbandian
Sports Information Director
Putnam Science Academy

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