Honored
PUTNAM — Nancy L. Meade, a registered nurse for Day Kimball Medical Group, has been named the latest employee of the month at Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH).
For the last eight years, Meade has been working in the Day Kimball Medical Group Family Medicine practice in Danielson, primarily with Dr. Andrea Gutierrez, DO. She also supports four other physicians and a nurse practitioner at the Danielson practice. She is responsible for patient triage, answering phone calls, training other staff and providing care and support to patients and their families.
Meade’s career in the medical field spans some 27 years, with most of those years being spent at DKH. She began working at Day Kimball Hospital as a medical/surgical clinical coordinator in 1989. She also worked in ACU, rheumatology and plastic surgery clinics, and Orthopedic Associates, which is now The Center for Bone and Joint Care. Meade was born in Dayville and now lives in Danielson. She obtained her RN degree from St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing.
Employee of month
DAYVILLE — Dorey Reynolds of Woodstock was named May’s Employee of the Month at Westview Health Care Center.
Reynolds is a certified nursing assistant and was hired at Westview in November 2015. She graduated from Cranston High School West Vocational and subsequently achieved her nursing assistant certification from Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick.
In her spare time Reynolds is learning to fly a 1957 Cessna 172 and additionally she expects to make her first skydive this summer. “We are very fortunate to have Dorey on our team of amazing nursing assistants,” said David T. Panteleakos, administrato
Then
This is the First Congregational Church of Pomfret. The photo was taken in 2013 before a fire destroyed the church. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
& Now
This is the church last week, under construction.
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Award Winner
State and town officials, state senators and representatives and the Putnam Water Pollution Control Authority show off the WPCA's state award. Courtesy photo
WPCA gets
state award
PUTNAM — The town’s Water Pollution Control Commission received the 2016 Small Community Public Health Drinking Water Merit Award last week. The state Department of Public Health (DPH) Drinking Water Section made the award.
This award is given during National Drinking Water Week to recognize small community public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people that have made outstanding contributions to the field of drinking water in the area of water operations and administration.
This award recognizes the performance of a PWS serving less than 10,000 individuals. Award recipients are recognized for working to address issues in a proactive manner, recognizing the need to maintain and improve the water quality and quantity of their water system, and upholding public health as their number one priority.
The Putnam Water Pollution Control Commission is receiving this award in recognition of the scope of work done to the public water system, including:
Park Street Wellfield Expansion: Development of seven new production wells at the Park Street Wellfield to augment the system’s supply due to the projected reduction in use of the Little River (primary source of supply); construction of a new treatment facility at the Park Street Wellfield to serve the new production wells and three existing production wells. The treatment system is intended to provide adequate chlorination (4-log removal), corrosion control, and pH adjustment of well water to ensure the quality is safe for drinking.
Water Main Replacement: Replacement of approximately 45,915 lineal feet of water main throughout the distribution system that is 100 years old or older; cleaning and relining of approximately 8,665 lineal feet of existing water main in 15 different streets. This water main replacement/improvement project is being completed to maintain reliability of water supply to customers. and prevent the likelihood of supply disruption due to main break.
Water Main Interconnection: Completed Water Main Interconnection to Crystal Water Company that allows Putnam to provide continuous water service to its customers in the event of emergency situation.
Pilot Study of Filtration System to Improve Well Water Quality: Completed a biological filtration system pilot study to determine if such treatment is effective process to remove excess levels of iron and manganese from the production_wells at the Park Street Wellfield.
Groundwater Under the Direct Influence (GWUDI) of Surface Water Study: Completed the required GWUDI study for Wells SG-2, SG-3, SG-4, and SG-5 to determine if these sources of supply are directly under the direct influence of surface water in the area in accordance with the terms of the Well Use Approval for these wells.