Legal Notice Town of Pomfret
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING – MAY 17, 2018
The legal voters and citizens qualified to vote in Town Meeting of the Town of Pomfret are hereby warned to meet at the Pomfret Community School Cafeteria, 20 Pomfret Street, Pomfret, Connecticut on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at 7:00 P.M. to act upon the following articles:
Article 1: To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
Article 2: To see if the Town will consider and act upon the following resolution:  “Resolved” that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Transportation and the Office of Policy and Management, State of Connecticut, for the expenditure of all Highway funds under the provisions of Chapter 240 and the expenditure of all Local Capital Improvement Funds under the provisions of Chapter 7-536, CT General Statutes, for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018.
Article 3: To see if the Town will consider and adopt the Five-Year Local Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2018–2019 as proposed by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4: To hear and act upon the report of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Treasurer of the Local School Fund, and Board of Education, as published by the Board of Finance, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017.    
Article 5: To see if the Town will accept the following cemetery funds for perpetual care:  Pomfret Cemetery Corporation:  John R. Rauh, Yard 3, Lots 83 and 84, $200.00; Elizabeth B. Morin, Yard 3, Lot 85, $100.00; and Robert F. Paladino, Yard 3, Lot 86, $100.00.
Article 6:   To see if the Town will approve to participate in, and serve as liaison for, the Neighborhood Assistance Act, and as such approve and support the application made by CT Audubon Society for Energy Conservation Modifications at Pomfret facility as a viable project.  Said application is on file with the Pomfret Town Clerk, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret, CT.
Article 7:  To see if the Town will approve an Ordinance establishing an additional exemption from property tax, pursuant to the authority of CT State Statute 12-91(b), for all farm machinery qualified for exemption under section (a) of said statute to the extent of an additional assessed value of one hundred thousand dollars. Proposed Ordinance approved by the Board of Selectmen, Board of Finance, and is on file with the Pomfret Town Clerk, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret, CT.
Article 8: To see if the Town will accept a Transportation Alternatives Grant in an amount up to three million five hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of completing road crossings along the Airline Trail, including bridges, culverts, and at-grade crossings.  Map indicating location of crossings is on file with the Pomfret Town Clerk, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret, CT.
Article 9: To see if the Town will adopt a total appropriation in the amount of $12,647,304 for the 2018-2019 fiscal year budget with $2,574,410 of said amount to be the General Government Appropriation and $10,072,894 of said amount to be the Board of Education Appropriation, the same to be funded by estimated revenues as recommended by the Board of Finance.  Vote to be by paper ballot as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.     
Article 10: To do any other business proper to come before said meeting.
Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut, this 9th day of May, 2018
Maureen A. Nicholson, Patrick R. McCarthy, Ellsworth E. Chase Jr.
Its Board of Selectmen
Attest: Cheryl A. Grist, Town Clerk
May 9, 2018   

The Woodstock Academy baseball team ran through the gamut of emotions last week.
The Centaurs downed rival, Killingly, and surprised Waterford but lost a heartbreaker to New London and a one-sided game to East Lyme. It left the Centaurs with a break-even record, 7-7, going into the week.
“I’m so proud of the kids,” Woodstock Academy coach Brian Murphy said after the Waterford win May 4. “We started the week on a bad note down in East Lyme (a 19-2 loss), we didn’t play well. We lost a tough one to New London in a game in which we had the lead and fought back. We played a wonderful game against Killingly. I told the kids, ‘Look, (Waterford) has the ‘W' checked off on their schedule already. Let’s go out and have fun, play the gamer and take it to them. They did.”
The Centaurs fell behind against the Lancers when pitcher Eric Preston allowed two runs in the second inning. But his teammates picked him up in the third. Luke Mathewson drove in his 16th run of the season with a single.
That brought up Zach Ellsworth with the bases full and he knocked in two more with another base hit.
Ellsworth later came around on a wild pitch. Preston did the rest.
The right-hander went the distance and allowed just six hits with four strikeouts.
Preston admitted he was a little nervous in the seventh inning when the Lancers put the tying run on second base with two outs.
He got a fly ball for the third out and the win.The win over Killingly, a 6-5 adventure won in the bottom of the seventh inning, was one that the Centaurs had to have.
The Centaurs fell behind in the fourth inning against Killingly. The Redmen broke a scoreless tie with a five-run inning but the Centaurs quickly responded. Doug Newton knocked in a run with a single and Pete Spada followed with an RBI single. The Centaurs added another run to trail by just two.
Eric Preston relieved Luke Mathewson on the mound and held the Redmen at bay.
His efforts allowed his teammates to tie the game in the sixth.
Newton singled and pinch-hitter Jake Black reached on an error. Nick Niemiec loaded the bases when he was hit by a pitch.
Spada brought the Centaurs within a run with a sacrifice fly and, after a walk to Preston loaded the bases ago, Nathan John just beat out a ground ball to prevent a double play and knocked in the tying run in the process.
The Centaurs scored the game winner in the seventh.
Cam Lotter was walked and advanced to second on an errant pickoff attempt.
It brought Newton to the plate.
His infield ground ball was misplayed and Lotter, who almost stopped at third, came around when the ball skipped into the outfield with the game-winning run. The Centaurs fell just short against New London, 7-6, May 1.
The Academy rallied from a two-run deficit in the first inning with four runs in their half of the frame.
Mathewson had a two-run single, Zach Ellsworth knocked in another with a sacrifice fly and John came around on an outfield error.
But the Whalers took the lead in the sixth when they scored four times on five hits.
But it was a run in the seventh that did the Centaurs in. The Centaurs did bounce back. Li singled to lead off the bottom of the seventh and scored on a Preston triple. Preston came around on a ground out by John. Mathewson and Ellsworth followed with singles, but a pop up and a ground out ended the Centaurs hopes.
Marc Allard
Sports Information Director

It was a good start to the week for the Woodstock Academy softball team.
The end could have been better.
The Centaurs downed Bacon Academy and Killingly, but lost to Waterford and East Lyme.
It left the Centaurs with a 7-6 record coming into the week with some tough games ahead. Outside of another game with Bacon Academy (2-7), the Centaurs face the likes of teams with pretty impressive records including Stonington (10-4), Valley Regional (9-4), Montville (10-3), Norwich Free Academy (10-4), Haddam-Killingworth (9-3) and Hale Ray (10-2).
They need to win one to qualify for the state tournament. The Centaurs handled the Bobcats on a chilly, wet afternoon last week, 17-6. The Centaurs scored two runs in the first inning on an RBI from Casidhe Hoyt (2-for-3, 3 runs scored, 3 RBIs) and an error.
After the Bobcats tied the game in the top of the third inning, the Centaurs went ahead by three in the bottom despite getting just one hit.
The Centaurs then prevented the Bobcats from getting on the board in the top of the fifth thanks to two plays at the plate with catcher Julianna Nuttall making the tags twice to prevent runs from scoring.
Shortstop Hannah Burgess made the second when she saw Veronica Krystofik break for the plate for the Bobcats on an infield ground ball and she threw a strike to Nuttall for the out.
“It felt so good to get those two outs and get out of the inning,” Nuttall said.
The offense did the rest, scoring 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth to put the game away. “We hit through, top-to-bottom, the subs came in and hit. What you are seeing now is what we’ve been working on for a few years and where we hoped to be a few years ago. As a group, any kid in that lineup can start to destroy the ball,” said Woodstock Academy coach Jay Gerum. Haley Armstrong added three runs and three RBIs.
In the May 1 win over Killingly, the Centaurs had to fight through eight innings for a 10-8 win. Hoyt broke an 8-8 tie with a double that scored Ciri Miller who had singled and advanced on a wild pitch.
Hoyt came across the plate on a ground out by Hannah Chubbuck for the insurance run.
Burgess led the Centaurs offensively with four hits and four RBIs. Armstrong had a hit and knocked in two. But that’s about where the good news ended for the Centaurs.
Waterford came to town May 4 and handed The Academy an 8-1 loss. The only run for the Centaurs came in the fifth when Nuttall singled and courtesy runner Naomi Rivard scored on an RBI single by Burgess.
The tough times continued May 5 when the Centaurs lost in five, 16-1, to E.Lyme. The only run for the Centaurs came in the bottom of the fourth when Hoyt singled, went to second on a passed ball, advanced on a base hit by Ciri Miller and scored on a Maia Corrado ground out.
In the lower levels, junior varsity pitcher Megan Preston had a career highlight when she tossed a perfect game in an 8-0 win for the Centaurs JV over the Wolverines JV. Preston finished with 15 strikeouts. She struck out the side in each of the first four innings.
Marc Allard
Sports Information Director