Legal Notice
“Notice is hereby given that a Primary of the political party listed below will be held in your town on August 13, 2024 for nomination to each office indicated below.”
“Notice is also hereby given that the following are the names of the party-endorsed candidates, if any, for nomination to each office indicated, together with the street address of said candidate.  The party endorsed candidates, if any, are indicated by an asterisk.  Additionally, the following are the names of all other candidates who have filed their certificates of eligibility and consent to primary or have satisfied the primary petitioning requirements in conformity with the General Statutes as candidates for nomination to each office indicated, together with the street addresses of said candidates.”
Office                          Party         Candidate                        Address
U.S. Senator - Republican
                        *Gerry Smith                163 Laskey Rd., Beacon Falls, CT. 06403
                                                Matthew M. Corey      181 Center St., Manchester. CT. 06040
29th Senate -Republican
                                               *Chris Reddy          646 Brooklyn Tpke., Hampton, CT. 06247
                                                 Susanne Witkowski      12 Clarence Dr., Thompson, CT. 06277

Dated at Hartford, Connecticut, this 21st day of June, 2024.
Stephanie Thomas
SECRETARY OF THE STATE
“The foregoing is a copy of the notice which I have received from the Office of the Secretary of the State, in accordance with Section 9-433 of the General Statutes.  As provided such primary will begin with early voting on August 5, 2024 through August 11, 2024, and the primary of the referenced party for nomination to the state or district offices therein specified will be held on August 13, 2024.  The hours of voting during early voting and at said primary and the location of the polls will be as follows:”
Early Voting - Hours of Voting:     Location for Districts 1 and 2
“Room 101, Putnam Municipal Complex, 200 School Street, Putnam, CT “
“August 05, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm”
“August 06, 2024 -  8:00 am to 8:00 pm”
“August 07, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm”
“August 08, 2024 -  8:00 am to 8:00 pm”
“August 09, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm”
“August 10, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm”
“August 11, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm”
“AUGUST 13, 2024 PRIMARY HOURS OF VOTING:  6:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M.”   
LOCATION OF POLLING PLACES       VOTING DISTRICT
“Room 112, Putnam Municipal Complex,” “200 School Street, Putnam, CT “ District 1
“Room 109, Putnam Municpal Complex,” “200 School Street, Putnam, CT” District 2
Absentee Ballots will be counted at the following  location:
“Room 101, Putnam Municipal Complex, 200 School Street, Putnam, CT”
Dated at Putnam, Connecticut, this 24th day of June, 2024.
Christine M. Bright, Town Clerk
Town of Putnam
June 27, 2024

Legal Notice
“Notice is hereby given that a Primary of the political party listed below will be held in your town on August 13, 2024 for nomination to each office indicated below.”
“Notice is also hereby given that the following are the names of the party-endorsed candidates, if any, for nomination to each office indicated, together with the street address of said candidate.  The party endorsed candidates, if any, are indicated by an asterisk.  Additionally, the following are the names of all other candidates who have filed their certificates of eligibility and consent to primary or have satisfied the primary petitioning requirements in conformity with the General Statutes as candidates for nomination to each office indicated, together with the street addresses of said candidates.”
Office                          Party         Candidate                        Address
U.S. Senator - Republican
                        *Gerry Smith                163 Laskey Rd., Beacon Falls, CT. 06403
                                                    Matthew M. Corey       181 Center St., Manchester. CT. 06040
29th Senate -Republican
                                               *Chris Reddy          646 Brooklyn Tpke., Hampton, CT. 06247
                                                 Susanne Witkowski      12 Clarence Dr., Thompson, CT. 06277

Dated at Hartford, Connecticut,  this 21st day of June, 2024.
Stephanie Thomas
SECRETARY OF THE STATE
The foregoing is a copy of the notice which I have received from the Office of the Secretary of the State, in accordance with Section 9-433 of the General Statutes. As provided, such primary will begin with early voting on August 5, 2024, through August 11, 2024, and the primary of the referenced party for nomination to the state or district offices therein specified will be held on August 13, 2024. The hours of voting  during early voting and at said primary and the location of the polls will be as follows:           
Early Voting - Hours of Voting:
August 05, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
August 06, 2024 -  8:00 am to 8:00 pm
August 07, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
August 08, 2024 -  8:00 am to 8:00 pm
August 09, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
August 10, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
August 11, 2024 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
August 13, 2024, Primary Day:
Hours of Voting 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location of Polling Places:  
Early Voting: Pomfret Town Hall, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret, Connecticut
Primary Day:  Pomfret Community School, 20 Pomfret Street, Pomfret, Connecticut
Absentee ballots will be counted at the following central location:
Pomfret Town Hall, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret. Connecticut
Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut, this 24th day of June 2024.
Cheryl A. Grist, Town Clerk
Town of Pomfret

June 27, 2024

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Guess who came to lunch? Guests with personality and 4 legs



By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Well those were interesting “guess who’s coming to lunch” guests.
David Pietrowski brought two of his 10 goats to the Putnam Public Library, adding a bit of entertainment for the kids at the town’s outside Summer Lunch Program.
Visiting kids hung out around the fence under the big tent and peppered Pietrowski with questions. Many kids had never seen a goat up close and personal.
The adventure began in 2020, he said, when his wife said she wanted a goat. They found four through Instagram. His wife, Monica Pietrowski, loves goats so much, she was fully prepared, having researched everything about goats.
So during a blizzard she noticed that one of the goats was making “funny noises,” Monica knew what that meant. Boom, baby goat.  Their stable of goats went from four to six and now 10.
Sometimes the baby goats would come into the house. Sometimes they wear diapers, sometimes not. Goats like to climb but they hate rain or wet things, he said.
He called it goat math which is kind of like “chicken math” when you have five and then suddenly you have 50. “Yes, it’s a lot like chicken math,” he said.
Besides providing entertainment with their antics, goats are great at clearing land. They eat most weeds and little trees and even poison ivy. One adult asked if they rented out the goats to get rid of poison ivy and Pietrowski said no “because then we can’t hug them” when they come back.
Even the names are fun. They have a “funny mix of names.” He said his wife gives the goats French names like Jacques, Celeste and Gigi and he gives them names like Spike and Vader.
Even their eyes are interesting. They have horizontal pupils which caught the eyes of many of the kids. Interesting, but also useful. The horizontal pupils allow the goats to check a wider horizontal range for predators.
“They’re big loveable doofuses, basically,” he said.

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Legal Notice
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A COMBINED
PLANNING AND ZONING 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 8-4a of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Zoning Commission is hereby designated to be the combined Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Putnam.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of the Planning and Zoning Commission is to discharge the duties specified in Chapters 124 and 126 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Section 3.
Organization/Terms/Membership
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Putnam shall consist of five (5) regular members and three (3) alternate members who shall be electors of the Town of Putnam and shall hold no salaried municipal office. Members shall commence to serve their terms immediately upon appointment and shall serve until their successor has qualified or they have been reappointed or removed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Selectmen. Following the expiration of the terms of the initial members of the Planning and Zoning Commission, members and alternates shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years.
Regular members and alternate members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall not be regular or alternate members of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Appointment and removal of any regular member or alternate member of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be as provided for in Chapter Six, Section Three of the Charter of the Town of Putnam.
Section 4. Alternate Members
Such alternate members shall, when seated as herein provided, have all of the powers and duties set forth in the Connecticut General Statutes or any special act relating to the Planning and Zoning Commission and its members.
If a regular member of the Planning and Zoning Commission is absent or disqualified, the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall designate an alternate to so act, choosing alternates in rotation so that they shall act as nearly equal a number of times as possible. If any alternate member is not available in accordance with such rotation, such fact shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
Section 5.
Duties
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have all of the duties as specified in Chapter Six, Section Two of the Charter of the Town of Putnam for the Planning Commission and the Zoning Commission, in addition to any powers previously granted by resolution or ordinance to either the Planning Commission or the Zoning Commission of the Town.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall also be empowered to act as the Aquifer Protection Agency of the Town of Putnam upon the effective date of this Ordinance.
The Zoning Regulations of the Town of Putnam, as adopted and made effective January 1, 1957 and as thereafter amended, shall remain in full force and effect except as they may be further amended by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Putnam by procedures established in the Connecticut General Statutes.
The Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Putnam, as adopted and made effective June 15, 1956 and as thereafter amended, shall remain in full force and effect except as they may be further amended by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Putnam by procedures established in the Connecticut General Statutes.
Section 6.
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 7.
Effective Date
In accordance with the Charter of the Town of Putnam, this ordinance shall be effective twenty-one (21) days after publication.

June 27, 2024

Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
Planning &
Zoning Commission
At the June 12, 2024, meeting of the Pomfret Planning & Zoning Commission, the following legal action(s) was taken:
1. H. Doug Porter for Plan Well, LLC, 697 Pomfret Street, application for a proposed addition to an existing building containing a non-conforming commercial/office use along with the associated site plan alterations to the site located at same address.  DENIED for non-compliance with the Town’s Zoning Regulations.
Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut
June 24, 2024
Lynn L. Krajewski, Clerk, Planning & Zoning Commission
June 27, 2024

Town of Putnam
Zoning Commission
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission held a hybrid meeting on June 19, 2024 at 7:00 P. M. in Room 201 at the Putnam Municipal Complex, located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT.  The following action was taken:

Docket # 2024-03 Town of Putnam request for text amendments to Sections 301,304,305,407,412, and 714 of the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations. APPROVED

Docket # 2024-04 Lisa M. Audette request for a special permit to operate a day care center in accordance with Section 304 “Schedule of Uses and Districts” Table 111-1.  Property located at 17B Kennedy Drive, Building 1, Town Assessors Map 019, Lot 076, Zoned M/OD.  APPROVED

Patricia Hedenberg, Chairperson
June 27, 2024



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