The following charges were listed in the Putnam Police Department logs. The people charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. The Town Crier will publish dispositions of cases at the request of the accused. The dispositions must be accompanied by the proper documentation. The Putnam Police Department confidential Tip Line is 963-0000.
No police logs were available by press time.
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This metal sculpture, named Flames of Hell, graces a property in Pomfret. Linda Lemmon photo.
DANIELSON — The Last Green Valley Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program is recruiting new and returning volunteers to help us learn about water quality in small streams. Using a process known as “Riffle Bioassessments for Volunteers,” the program trains ordinary people to become citizen scientists. “This program uses underwater bugs to identify high quality stream habitat. The bugs are much easier to catch than fish,” said Jean Pillo, TLGV’s water quality monitoring program coordinator. “Certain types of may flies, stone flies and caddis flies need colder water with a high dissolved oxygen level and minimal turbidity. These bugs can’t live in polluted streams. Too often, stormwater runoff goes into these streams and degrades that habitat.”
The program is specific to Connecticut, and the data (sample bugs collected by volunteers) are sent to the CT DEEP for positive identification. If the results show four or more of the “most wanted” species from a select list, DEEP can report that stream as meeting water quality goals in its biannual report to the US Congress.
Required annual training for both new and returning volunteers will take place from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 9 at the USDA Service Center in Norwich or 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 10 at the Ashford Town Hall.
The three-hour training will include an indoor classroom introduction to the program, immediately followed by a field trip to a nearby stream to practice collecting and identifying the bugs using simplified field cards to guide you. Please come prepared to wade in a stream that is below knee level.
Pre-registration for either training program is required. Please call Jean Pillo at 860-928-4948 or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . After the training, volunteers will be assigned streams to assess at their convenience between September and November 30. All equipment and field cards will be provided.
“If you have said to yourself that somebody should do something to protect the water quality in your neighborhood, this is your chance to be somebody,” said Pillo. “And it’s fun, too!”
Learn more about The Last Green Valley and TLGV’s programs and events online at www.thelastgreenvalley.org and on Facebook.
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DANIELSON — Band Northeast brings music to Danielson, Connecticut’s Killingly Community Center with a performance by the Top Brass Quintet at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16.
A favorite of community music centers as well as students and Veterans’ organizations, the Top Brass Quintet performs popular standards as well as marches and classical repertoire. This concert is free and open to the public.
Navy Band Northeast’s Top Brass Quintet performances are appreciated by audiences of all ages. The Top Brass Quintet performs a wide range of musical styles encompassing traditional and modern brass literature to Dixieland and patriotic marches.
Quintet performances range from public concerts and educational clinics to small military ceremonies and receptions.
Navy Band Northeast Director Lieutenant Gregory Fritz is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a 1995 graduate of the University of Akron where he received a bachelor’s of music education degree, and a 2002 graduate of the University of New Orleans where he received a master of education administration degree.
Fritz enlisted in the Navy in 1998 and served 12 years as a percussionist. His duty stations included U.S. Navy Steel Drum Band, Navy Band New Orleans, Navy Band Great Lakes, and 6th Fleet Band. He was commissioned in 2010 after completing the Limited Duty Officer/Chief Warrant Officer Academy at Newport, R.I. His initial officer assignment was to U.S. Navy Band Washington, D.C.
His personal awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards) and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards).
Established in 1974, Navy Band Northeast is based on board NAVSTA Newport and is one of 11 official U.S. Navy bands worldwide, providing musical support for military ceremonies, recruiting, morale and retention programs, and community relations. This group of 30 professional Navy musicians supports more than 300 engagements annually throughout an 11-state area.
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