DANIELSON — The Quinebaug Valley Community College Dean’s List for the fall 2015 includes:

Eastford: Alaina Kilburn, Michael Lavallee, Priscilla Leon, David Whittenburg, Christian Wolfe 

Pomfret Center: Alyssa Accuosti, Michelle Blain, Casey Guli, Ayla Heald, Tyler King, Cameron Lynch, Brooke Peyton, Stephanie Santos, Claire Sconzo 

Putnam : Charles Blagburn, Adam Buzanoski, Dawn Cerasiello, Scott Clohecy, Olivia Hussey, Lyubov Kustov, Mark LaMountain, Tracie Lombardy, Melanie McFadden, Adam Sansoucy, Tyler Sasinowski, Michelle Smith, Jamie Soroka, Caitlyn Sward, Justine Taylor, Alicia Troiano, Christopher Vaudrain, Kimberly Walker, Casey Watson 

Woodstock: Michelle Bouchard, Cindy Donahey, Zachary Foskett, Eric Glinsky, Kaeleigh Gould, Charles Hall, Joshua Honeychurch, Aaron Jocson, Elizabeth Navarro, Veronica Phillips, Lily Pritchard Dennison, Carissa Racicot, Jotham Reynolds, Jacob Rivard, Jacob Solomon, Megan St. Jean, Angela Stohlberg 

Woodstock Valley: Robert John, Abigail Souza

Ashford: Tiffany Gagnon, Bryan Hursh 

Brooklyn: Elaina Becher, Kyleigh Caron, Hannah Cloutier, Daniel Coraccio, Summer Coraccio, Cara Coraccio-Bellantone, Jenna Haines, Emily Hamilton, Jessica Jarrett, Gideon Matson, Sue Oleksy, Derek Olk, Patty Pescatello, Mary Phaneuf, Hannah Phelps, Devin Provost, Megan Pulver, Somsanouk Saksith-Daigneault, Arionna Thomas, Amy Turner, John Vangel, Rochelle Williams, Sarah-Rose Zorola 

Canterbury : Dylan Breton, Christopher Coury, Jonathan Coury, Amber Kelly, Joel Niemann, Denisia Veach 

Danielson: Jacob Arsenault, Stephen Chase, Judith Chatelle, Anna-Lise Forlino, Colton Fuqua, Jessica Haley, Charles Hanks, Alexander Hopkins, Steffanie Lebeau, Vieng Samay Maligna, Courtney Normandie, Thomas Phillips Jr., Damien Phongsamphanh, Ae Phongsavanh, Neil Russell, Justin Soja, Alexis Stevens, Betty Varin, Brandon Zurek 

Dayville: Karen Adams, Kimberly Beaupre, Sage Cummings, Ashley Lemery, Karlee Miller, Sheana Pimentel, Rebecca Proseus, Erik Rosati, Julianne Salliby, Austin Taylor, Patricia Thibeault 

Moosup: Sunshine Barkhurst, Samantha DelRusso Holly DeParasis, Kathryn Gibson, Edward Kraemer, Beth Rainey, Leah Rainey, Jessica Stailing, Tyson Winchell, Frank Zemanek 

N. Grosvenordale: Angela Burgess, Austin Donnelly, Kasey Marrier, Bridgette Poper, Stephanie Pratt, Erika Rooney 

Plainfield: Autumn Beavan, Payton Cooke, Jennifer Goyette, Ian LeBlanc, Amanda Mercier, Daniel Newland, Matthew Sandage 

Rogers : Rebecca Teczar 

Scotland: Lance Bojarski, Connell Quercia 

South Windham: Stephen Mooney 

Sterling: Julien Clancy, Nicole Colley, Alyssa Durrigan, Jennifer Gilmore, Rebecca Maerkle, Kimberly Popiel, Stephanie Tetreault, Johannah Thompson 

Thompson: Caleb Belt, Gennifer Berthiaume, Naomi Chappell, Daniel Cote, Amy Kingsbury, Zachary Rood, Jarrett Thomas, Stacey Zamaites 

Willimantic: Alison Adams, Kyle Austin, Jason Bachand, John Branham, Lesa Brooks, Logan Cash, Jennifer Colon, Patricia Dawson, Sarah Dean, Christina Dibala, Cheyenne Eldridge, Maryam Faghri, Ciara Federico, Shane Goodrich, Skylyn Jusino, Olivia Kurnyk, Trisha Lamot, Peter Lyon, Julianna Perez, Katherine Perez, Panayiota Roth, Sharlene Sanchez, Jessica Scrivano, Alicia Springer, Christopher Toner, Joseph White, Bruce Woodworth 

Windham: Charles Baird 

Webster: Sang Cao, Amanda Horne 

Foster, RI: Mary Kathryn Kent 

Harrisville, RI: Nathan Hoffman 

 

Legal Notice

Town of Putnam

Zoning Board 

of Appeals

The Town of Putnam Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a meeting on January 13, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. at the Town Hall located at 126 Church Street, Putnam, CT.  A public hearing will be held on each of the following:

Appeal # 2015-002;  Toutant Hydro Power Inc. — Request for a variance to each of the following:  Section 210.E.8 from the required distance to a residential dwelling in a residential district of 200 feet to 70 feet.   Section 210.F from the required minimum lot frontage of 200 feet to 92.33 feet. Section 210.F required minimum side yard setback of 50 feet to 15.93 feet.   Property located at 137 Providence Street, Assessor’s Map 007, Lot 275. Zoned Industrial.

Appeal # 2015-003: Toutant Hydro Power Inc. — Request for a Certificate of Approval of Location for a DMV Repairers License.  Property located at 137 Providence Street, Assessor’s Map 007, Lot 275. Zoned Industrial.

Appeal # 2015-004: Russell Realty LLC — Request for a variance to each of the following:  Section 210.E.8  from the required distance from a road intersection of 200 feet to 40 feet. Section 210.E.8 required distance to a residential dwelling in a residential district of 200 feet to 130 feet. Section 210.F from the required 1 acre to .09 acre. Section 210.F required minimum front yard setback of 75 feet to 13 feet. Section 210.F required minimum side yard setback of 50 feet to 9.8 feet.  Section 210.F required rear yard setback of 40 feet to 9.8 feet. Property located at 626-8 School Street, Town Assessor’s Map 026, Lot 050. Zoned Highway Commercial

Appeal # 2015-005  Lance W. Metzger request for a Certificate of Approval of Location for an existing Motorcycle, RV Sales and Repair Facility.  Property located at 626-8 School Street, Town Assessor’s Map 026, Lot 050. Zoned Highway Commercial. 

 

Joseph Nash, 

Chairman

 

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 7, 2016

 

Legal Notice

Town of Putnam

Planning Commission

The Town of Putnam Planning Commission held a meeting on December 28, 2015, at 7:00 P.M. at the Town Hall located at 126 Church Street, Putnam, CT.  The following was APPROVED:

Application # 2015-02 —  476 Woodstock Avenue, LLC  —  Request for a 3-lot subdivision for property located at 476 Woodstock Avenue, Town Assessor’s Map 5, Lot 4, Zoned R-10 consisting of 2.343 Acres.

 

Edward Briere, 

Chairman

 

Jan. 7, 2016

 

Legal Notice

Town of Putnam

Zoning Commission

The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission will hold a meeting on January 20, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. at the Town Hall located at 126 Church Street, Putnam, CT.  A public hearing will be held on the following:

Docket # 2016-01:  Strategic Commercial Realty, Inc. D/B/A Rawson Materials — Request for a Special Permit in accordance with the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations Section 114 Special Permit and Section 607 Excavation.  The proposed sand/gravel excavation will be on approximately 26 acres.  All excavation truck traffic will be through the adjacent property owned by Wheelabrator Putnam Inc. with no truck traffic proposed on River Road.   Property located at 300 River Road, Town Assessor’s Map 44, Lot 23, Zoned AG-2.

 

Patricia Hedenberg, 

Chairperson

 

Jan. 7, 2016

Jan. 14, 2016

 

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Completes

WORCESTER — Ashley Stanley of Thompson, a junior majoring in management information systems at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Moscow. The project was titled Identifying Moscow Students’ Career Choice Motivations.

 

Internship

WILLIMANTIC — Eastern Connecticut State University student Matthew Witkowski ’16 of North Grosvenordale is working as an intern for Cigna. Witkowski’s major is Business Information Systems.

Witkowski is functioning as an information management (IM) security analyst. He is performing security audits for IM assets and improving role-based access controls to align with the enterprise access management tool. He has also created several dashboards for security metrics for IM.

His favorite part of the internship is working with his passion, new technology. “My internship will help me build a solid foundation upon which I can build my career. It will provide me with the basics about how a large global firm does business and operates,” said Witkowski.

Witkowski has already accepted a job offer with Cigna. 

 

Service

WILLIMANTIC — Eastern Connecticut State University students are required to complete hours of service learning for their classes.

Jessica Boyle ’18 of Danielson is participating in service learning during the fall 2015 semester. Boyle’s major is Pre-Social Work and Sociology.

Amber Brunelle ’19 of North Grosvenordale is participating in service learning during the fall 2015 semester. Brunelle’s major is Pre-Social Work.

Samantha Forst ’17 of Pomfret Center is participating in service learning during the fall 2015 semester. Forst’s major is Sociology.

Johanna Kolat ’16 of Putnam is participating in service learning during the fall 2015 semester. Kolat’s major is Sociology.

Jacquelyn Orlowski ’19 of Woodstock is participating in service learning during the fall 2015 semester. Orlowski’s major is Pre-Elementary Education and Liberal Studies.

 

Takes part

WILLIMANTIC — The Eastern Connecticut State University Percussion Ensemble recently presented their fall concert in Shafer Auditorium. Mackenzie Muscara ’18 of Dayville was one of the students who performed in the concert. Muscara’s major is music.

 

Inducted

WILLIMANTIC — A number of Eastern Connecticut State University students were recently inducted into the Epsilon Nu chapter of the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education: Kelly Huhtanen ’17 of Pomfret Center, major is Elementary Education and English; Kayla Morin ’17 of Putnam, major is Pre-Elementary Education and History and Social Science; Shea Ogle ’16 of Woodstock, major is English; Ashley Taylor ’16 of Dayville, major is Early Childhood Education and English.

 

 

Inducted

WILLIMANTIC — Four local students were inducted into the Sigma Tau Delta honor society at ECSU.

Inductees include: Jessica Forst ’16 of Pomfret Center, who majors in English and Sociology; Sean Gilmartin ’17 of Eastford, who majors in Pre-Secondary Education Certification and English; Cherie Green ’16 of Putnam, who majors in English; and Kelly Huhtanen ’17 of Pomfret Center, who majors in Elementary Education and English.