Legal Notice
West Putnam District
Meeting Date:
Thursday, May 23, 2024
The Electors of the West Putnam District and those citizens qualified to vote in said District meetings, are hereby notified and warned that the Annual Meeting of said District will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., at the Municipal Complex Town Hall, Community Room 112, 200 School Street, Putnam, Connecticut.
The meeting is being held for the following purposes:
1. Treasurer’s Report
2. To adopt a budget for the coming fiscal year
3. To elect officers and directors for the coming fiscal year
4. To do any other business proper to come before said meeting
Michele Giorgianni,
President, West Putnam District
Roxanne Sheldon,
Clerk, West Putnam District
May 9, 2024
May 16, 2024
Town of Putnam
Zoning Commission
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission will hold a hybrid meeting on May 15, 2024 at 7:00 P. M. in Room 201 at the Putnam Municipal Complex, located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT. A public hearing will be held on the following:
Docket # 2024-02 David Perron request for a special permit for the keeping of livestock in accordance with Section 414 of the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations. Property located at 59 Sunnyside Avenue, Town Assessors Map 011, Lot 188, Zoned R-7.
Zoom meeting information will be available on the Town of Putnam website prior to the meeting date.
Patricia Hedenberg, Chairperson
May 2, 2024
May 9, 2024
Town of Putnam
Zoning Board of Appeals
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a hybrid meeting on May 21, 2024 at 7:00 P. M. in Room 201 at the Putnam Municipal Complex, located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT. A public hearing will be held on the following:
Docket # 2024-003 David Perron request for variance for rear yard, front yard and side yard setbacks for the keeping of livestock in accordance with Section 414 of the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations. Property located at 59 Sunnyside Avenue, Town Assessors Map 011, Lot 188, Zoned R-7.
Zoom meeting information will be available on the Town of Putnam website prior to the
meeting date.
Joseph Nash, Chairperson
May 2, 2024
May 9, 2024
May 16, 2024
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‘I Love You’ cast
PUTNAM — Local performers are part of the Bradley Playhouse’s “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” which opens May 10. “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” is a look at modern love in all of its forms. Kathleen Atwood and Carl Mercier direct the TNECT production with E. Justin Simone as music director and Kat MacInnes as choreographer. All the roles in this show are performed by four actors, each playing many different characters – Preston Arnold, Heather Crabbe, Paula Guilbault, and Joshua Raymond. For more information/tickets, call 860-928-7887. Front are Preston Arnold and Paula Guilbault. Back: Joshua Raymond and Heather Crabbe. Photo by Lindsay Lehmann.
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Honored
EASTON, Mass. — Three locals students were named to the Stonehill College dean’s list: Haley Lussier of Chepachet, Anneliese Curry of Chepachet, and Rachel Morin of Chepachet.
On the list
LEWISBURG, Penn. — Keenan LaMontagne of Pomfret Center, 2026, an electrical engineering major was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester 2023 at Bucknell University.
Honored
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Nicholas Betschmann of Woodstock was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at SUNY Oneonta. Betschmann is studying history.
On list
HAMDEN — Elise Boisvert of Woodstock was named to the dean’s list for the Fall 2023 semester at Quinnipiac University:
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As I pondered what to write about for this week’s column, I couldn’t help but be distracted by what was happening outside. Spring is here and the trees, grass and weather seem to be, finally, catching up to the calendar. I am not sure if it was just me, but April felt a bit cooler than what is typical. That is, it felt cooler in comparison to the past few years. At least this is what my heating bill indicated. Regardless, as if a green painted landscape is suddenly switched to the on position, from one day to the next, I notice that the landscape has changed. At least that is what my itchy nose and leaky eyes indicate.
And so, as I consider my column topic, I am drawn to wanting to write about the allergy-ridden beauty of Spring. But then I looked back over the years. It appears, around this time of year, every year, I write such a column. It has, I will admit, sort of become an annual tradition. Who am I to change it now? But rather than write about the beauty of nature or the allergy havoc it wreaks for so many, I would like to offer this year’s Spring column about a new, yet related, topic: picking “flowers”.
This past weekend, I popped in to spend some time with my young grandkids. I found them playing outside and after I received their wonderful love-filled greetings, they were excited to present me with a small bouquet of flowers they had picked. The flowers were the colorful pops of Spring weeds, but they immediately invoked a warmth and nostalgia in my heart. I remembered when my daughter, as a young child, used to pick the dandelions for me, insisting that I put them in water and arrange them as a centerpiece for the kitchen table. Further, I also remembered when I was a young child and picked these Spring-signaling flowers for my own mother.
At first, dandelions seem quite robust with a strong stem. However, the minute they are plucked, the stem seems to give way and the top droops. When a whole bouquet is picked and presented, the grasp of little hands can further compound the droopiness. As a very young child, I couldn’t tell the difference. Neither could my grandkids. They presented me with a wilted and droopy bouquet. However, their enthusiasm associated with their gift usurped the state of the bouquet. I deemed it one of the prettiest bundles of flowers I had ever received.
I certainly know that my grandchildren can pick flowers all summer long. But there is something special about picking and receiving that first Spring bouquet of flower weeds. Perhaps it’s because these ubiquitous yellow flowers are a visual reminder that Spring has really sprung. Or maybe it’s just because after Spring springs, lawn mowing erases these flower weeds, leaving behind only the fresh smell of grass… and a trail of sneezes. Rooted. Rooted.
Kathy Naumann, possessor of NATURALLY curly hair and the understanding that you can’t control everything!
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