The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) is gearing up for its 27th fun-filled year of Walktober.! The deadline to submit your Walktober activity for inclusion in the program this fall is June 30. Easy-to-use online forms are available at www.thelastgreenvalley.org/explore-the-last-green-valley/walktober.
Last year, volunteer leaders offered close to 300 guided walks, strolls, hikes, bike rides, paddles, tastes, sips, and events, and more than 60,000 people participated. Walktober boosts economic activity in our 35 towns not only during the fall, but all year long as visitors return to their old and new-found favorite spots in the National Heritage Corridor. This is happening right now during TLGV’s new Spring Outdoors program!
Inspire others by hosting or leading a Walktober activity. TLGV members, including nonprofit and business partners, are welcome to showcase their specialties. Need an idea? Ranger Marcy is happy to help! Call 860-774-3300 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and learn how you can connect residents and visitors alike to all The Last Green Valley has to offer.
Can’t wait for Walktober to get out and explore our region? Participate now in more than 150 Spring Outdoors choices, with more being added all the time.
Learn more about Walktober, Spring Outdoors and everything else happening in The Last Green Valley online at www.thelastgreenvalley.org and on Facebook and Instagram.
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WILLIMANTIC — Two local students were among the students from Eastern Connecticut State University who presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Memphis.
Brittany Chabot ’17 of Dayville who majors in psychology. Chabot’s oral presentation was titled “Technology Use, Attachment Styles And Relationship Satisfaction Among Dating Couples” and was conducted under the guidance of psychology professor Madeline Fugere.
Jolene Potter ’18 of Dayville who majors in psychology. Potter’s oral presentation was titled “Perceptions Of Rape Culture From Eastern Connecticut State University Students” and was conducted under the guidance of anthropology professor Mary Kenny.
WEBSTER — The countdown has begun for the 44th Annual St. Joseph Polish Festival, held on the weekend of June 16-18 on the St. Joseph School grounds on Whitcomb Street. It is a fund-raiser for St. Joseph School.
The festival hours are 5 to 11 p.m. June 16, noon to 11 p.m. June 17 and noon to 4 p.m. June 18.
Along with fresh, home-made food all weekend long, there will be games of chance, Special Gifts drawing, Money drawing, Pastry Booth, Dice Wheel, Spirits Shoppe, kids’ games , Kiddie Land, face painting, Bounce House, Snack Shack, Dunk Tank, Garage Sale, Polish Booth, Potato Pancakes (Placki), Wheelbarrow of Cheer and the 50/50 drawings.
The kitchen will feature Polish favorites like Pierogi, Golabki, Kapusta, Kielbasa and more! New this year is a Waffle booth, a Slime Booth, and will feature a Cornhole Tournament on Sunday, starting at noon. Tournament will require Advanced registration at (508) 943-0378. The Maestro’s Men polka band will perform on from 6 to 10 p.m. June 16 and 17.
On June 16 food to be featured includes: seafood specials of clam chowder and fish and chips, Polish and American foods. On June 17 PIAST, the Polish-American Folk Group, will perform at 3. The annual festival Mass will be held at 4 p.m. in St. Joseph Basilica. On June 18 Cornhole Tournament is at noon; chicken BBQ is from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and must be purchased in advance at (508) 943-0467). The St. Joseph School Talent Show will start at 2 and the drawings start around 4.
Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Inland Wetland
Commission
The Town of Putnam Inlands Wetland Commission held a meeting on May 9, 2017, at 7:00 P.M. at the Putnam Town Hall located at 126 Church Street, Putnam, CT. The following action was taken:
Application # 2017-02: Generations Family Health Center, Inc. – 5,574 S. F. Addition, parking and stormwater quality treatment measures. Property located at 202 Pomfret Street, Town Assessor Map 014, Lot 066. APPROVED
Ann Battersby,
Chairman
May 18, 2017
Legal Notice
West Putnam Tax District
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 Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Municipal Building, 126 Church Street, Putnam, Connecticut, for the following purposes:
Treasurer’s Report.
To adopt a budget for the coming fiscal year.
To elect officers and directors for the coming fiscal year.
To do any other business proper to come before said meeting.
Kelly A. Newth,
Clerk
West Putnam District
Peter G. Newth,
President
West Putnam District
May 18, 2017