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Recreation Services Coordinator 
 for the Town of Putnam

This position performs a variety of professional                                                administrative and program support to the Recreation Office, other departments, community, recreation and senior programs as assigned.
This full-time, hourly, union position is set for 35 hours per week with a pay range of $20.86 - $30.43. There is health, dental, and other applicable benefits available with this position.
 Pro-rated vacation, personal leave, and sick leave accruals are applicable.
Full Posting, including requirements, and submittal details, can be found on the Town of Putnam’s website under the Human Resources Department.

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Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Putnam Special Services District
Trash Installment #2
COLLECTOR OF REVENUE
(860) 963-6800
The second installment of taxes, due to the Town of Putnam and Special Service District on the Grand List of October 1, 2023 is due and payable on January 1, 2026, through February 2, 2026.
The second installment of Putnam’s trash / recycling program is also due and payable by February 2, 2026.
Payment of taxes made after February 2, 2026, will be subject to an interest charge of 3% (1½% per month) or $2.00 minimum per Town and $2.00 minimum per District (where applicable), whichever is higher, according to Connecticut State Statute, SEC. 12-146.
Late payments received for the trash / recycling program will cause an immediate disruption of service.
 Mail must be postmarked no later than February 2, 2026, to avoid interest charges.
Bills may be paid online at www.putnamct.us or at our outside drop box.
Supplemental Motor Vehicle bills will be due in full during January.
Supplemental Motor Vehicle bills are for vehicles registered between October 2, 2024, and September 30, 2025. 
If anyone is having financial problems, please contact our office anytime.  We will be glad to work with you on a payment arrangement.
Have a happy and healthy holiday season.
Tax Window Office hours
8:30am – 4:15pm Monday through 
Wednesday
8am-5:45pm Thursday
8am-12:45pm Friday
Closed December 25 & 26, January 1, 2 
and 19. 
Address:
Town of Putnam Municipal Complex
200 School Street
Putnam CT 06260

Dec. 24, 2025
Jan. 8, 2026
Jan. 29, 2026

Legal Notice
TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE
TOWN & FIRE DISTRICT 
OF POMFRET

Legal Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the Town and Fire District of Pomfret that the Supplemental Motor Vehicle and second installment of Real Estate and Personal Property tax bills on the Grand List of October 1, 2024 are DUE AND PAYABLE January 1, 2026.  The last day to pay without penalty is February 2, 2026.  Per State Statute, interest will be charged at 18% annually (1.5% per month), with a minimum charge of $2.00 per entity (the Town and Fire District are separate entities) on all delinquent payments postmarked February 2, 2025, or later. 

Make all checks payable to Pomfret Tax Collector and mail to: Pomfret Tax Collector, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, CT 06259.  If a receipt is desired, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.  For more information or to pay online, go to www.pomfretct.gov.  

Tax Office Hours are:  Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  The Town Hall is closed on Fridays.  If you have any questions, please call 860-974-0394.  The Town Hall will be closed December 25, January 1, 2026 and January 19, 2026.

Pamela N. Gaumond, CCMC
Tax Collector
Town & Fire District of Pomfret

Dec. 24, 2025
Jan. 8, 2026
Jan. 29, 2026

Legal Notice
Town of Putnam

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Putnam, Connecticut Audited Annual Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025, is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Putnam Municipal Complex, 200 School Street, Putnam, CT.

Dated at Putnam, 
Connecticut, 
this 23rd day 
of December 2025.

Christine M. Bright,
Town Clerk

Jan. 8, 2026

Town of Putnam
Zoning Board of Appeals
Legal Notice

The Town of Putnam Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a hybrid meeting on January 20, 2026, at 7:00 P.M. in Room 201 on the second floor at the Putnam Municipal Complex, located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT.  A public hearing will take place on the following:

Appeal # 2025-011  Sixty Providence Street LLC request for a variance from the required rear yard setback of 25’ down to 10’ for the construction of a 600 sq. ft. wash bay building.  Property located at 60 Providence Street, Town Assessors Map 11, Lot 80, Zoned General Commercial.
Joseph Nash, Chairman

Jan. 8, 2026
Jan. 15, 2026

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Scholarship winners excel: The future is in good hands
By Linda Lemmon 
Town Crier Editor
It seems impossible but the caliber of the Putnam Rotary Club’s scholarship winners seems to rise each year. 
At the Dec. 30 Rotary Scholarship Celebration Rachael Johnston, chair of the scholarship Committee, said she and members of the committee were “blown away by the athleticism, social, community service, and “oh yes, and they fit some academics in there, too” of the scholarship winners.
Each winner filled their high school careers and now in college, with community service, academics and leadership roles. Many are in accelerated programs. In the students’ speeches they listed off dizzying number of academics, clubs, volunteer work and more. 
This year the club and its foundation awarded $37,000 in scholarships to seven students and a second scholarship to one of last year’s winners, Eric Levesque.
Serena Smith, who is attending the University of Rhode Island, received a John O’Brien Scholarship. Susan Phaneuf, who spoke for the O’Brien family, said John O’Brien graduated from Tourtellotte Memorial High School but “needless to say, in the 1920s scholarships were not plentiful.” Scholarships, she added, are all about opportunity.
Sofia Thurber, who is attending Emmanuel College, was awarded an A. Leon Archambault Scholarship. Denise Archambault said “Our family is extremely proud to be able to carry on Leon’s name and to go ahead and foster your education. So good job!”
Pavanny Phav, who is attending the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, received the Maurice Beaulac Scholarship. Family member Maureen Beaulac said: “My dad loved being a Rotarian, the camaraderie with many of you that are here. It was something that was so meaningful for him and he really prided himself on the service that the Rotary Club performed in the community to help students.  They are so impressive; he would have been blown away by the community service, the clubs, the sports, the work and the academics that all of the scholarship recipients demonstrate year after year. He would have been very proud and honored because he was the first one in his family to go to college. So to see it kind of being paid forward in his memory would be very meaningful.”
Four students received a Raymond and Violet Brousseau Scholarship: Abigail Converse (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), Jane Ferraro (Connecticut State College Quinebaug Valley), Lucy St. Germain (Salve Regina University), and Kaelyn Tremblay (Wentworth Institute of Technology). In addition, Eric Levesque (UConn) received the second half of his two-year scholarship.
Johnston described Ray Brousseau as a true American, a veteran of WWII. Ray was a member of the Rotary Club for more than 60 years. “He was loyal and dedicated to the motto of Rotary, ‘Service Above Self’.” The Brousseaus did not have children and, according to Ronald P. Coderre, “They were such community servants that they wanted their name to continue.” When they passed they left sizeable donations to the Putnam Rotary Club for scholarships, to Day Kimball Health and to their church, the Congregational Church of Putnam.

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From left: Kaelyn Tremblay, Serena Smith, June  Ferraro, Pavanny Phav, Lucy St. Germain, Abigail Converse, Sofia Thurber, and Eric Levesque. More photos on our FB page Wed. night. Linda Lemmon photo.