Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Public Hearing
April 16, 2025
7:00 PM

The Putnam Board of Finance will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 7:00 PM in the Putnam Middle School Auditorium, 35 Wicker Street, Putnam, CT.

The purpose of said hearing will be to receive public comments on the proposed FY 2025/2026 General Government Budget, including bonded indebtedness, EMS Budget, School SRO & SSO Budget, Library Budget, Board of Education Budget, and 5 Year Capital Improvement Plan.

April 3, 2025
April 10, 2025

Town of Putnam
Legal Notice
The Town of Putnam Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a meeting on April 16, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. in the Municipal Complex located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT. A public hearing will be held on each of the following:
Docket #2025-01   112 Old Road LLC request for a zone change from residential to industrial. Property located at 112 Old Road, Town Assessor’s Map 45, Lot 39. Zoned Residential.
Docket # 2025-02  Ryan Sullivan request for a home occupation permit to operate a business for the sale of farm produce products. Property located at 727 Providence Pike, Town Assessor’s Map 29, Lot 67, Zoned AG-2.

Patricia Hedenberg, Chairman

April 3, 2025
April 10, 2025

Legal Notice
Putnam Special Service District
PUBLIC HEARING
APRIL 14, 2025
The District Authority of Putnam Special Services District will hold a Public Hearing at the Town of Putnam Municipal Complex, in Conference Room 201, 200 School Street, Putnam, CT on April 14, 2025, at 6:00 PM, in accordance with Chapter IX, Section 11 of the Putnam Town Charter.
Itemized estimates of the expenditures of the Putnam Special Services District for Fiscal Year 2025/2026 will be presented. All Legal Voters and Citizens qualified to Vote in the Putnam Special Services District shall be heard regarding any appropriation which they are desirous the District Authority should recommend or reject.

Dated at Putnam, Connecticut 
this 3rd day 
of April 2025

Normand L Perron,
District Authority Chairman
April 3, 2025

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Centaurs looking forward to 2nd season in boys' volleyball
The maiden voyage for the Woodstock Academy boys’ volleyball team last spring produced some good results.
A 10-12 record, good enough to make the state tournament and a win in the Connecticut Volleyball League tournament.
“That record was fantastic; I was happy with that,” said coach Adam Bottone.
There is another silver lining to that. Although the Centaurs lost seven players to graduation including Aiden Finch who led the team with 163 kills, the cupboard is far from bare.
That’s because four of those starters who return are just sophomores.
“This year, we have a lot more experience than we did last year,” said Libero Christian Hart. ”We don’t have as much height, but a lot more experience.”
Hart was solid in the back as he accounted for 244 digs and his classmates, outside hitter Brayden Bottone (102 kills), middle hitter Owen Budd (83 kills) and setter Jake Henderson (368 assists) also return in key spots.
The familiarity between the group members is also a plus. “It’s nice to have that friendship and come back into the sport where we can build upon it and learn from each other,” Budd said. The schedule is not as much of a hoot, however. After the Centaurs open with a league game on the road against neighboring rival, Putnam, at 11 a.m. Saturday, they have a very difficult stretch as they travel to Glastonbury and Farmington before hosting South Windsor next Friday in their home opener.
Woodstock has only two seniors this year with Nate Billings and Kevin Yu coming back.
The Centaurs also have a newcomer to the program as Chernik should find a hitter’s role. Weston Mission has moved up from junior varsity and will either relieve Henderson at setter, or one could move up to a hitter’s role or the Centaurs could elect to experiment with two setters.
The coach said the team is working most on its serve/receive. A lot of his players have been working with the jump/attack serve which can be effective but also can be a much easier ball for the defense to pass. He’s been working with the team on trying to keep up the aggression while, at the same time, keeping the ball in play.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy

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Libero Christian Hart (left) and middle hitter Owen Budd. Photo by Marc Allard. 

What's next for Putnam?
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM —Town officials are still seeking opinions on what residents would like their town to look like.
John Guszkowski, principal of Tyche Planning and Policy Group LLC, is helping the town set its future by helping write the town’s next 10-year Plan of Conservation and Development. 
State law requires every town to update its 10-year plan. Putnam’s is due in mid-2026. Key to Guszkowski’s work is a survey asking residents what’s important to them — about every aspect of the town.
The survey is online at: https://surveymonkey.com/r/PutnamPoCD
In addition, printed copies of the survey are available in the Building and Land Use office and in the Putnam Public Library in the Municipal Complex.
The survey encompasses everything from economic development, housing, open spaces, trails, transportation, infrastructure, schools, affordable housing, climate change issues and much more.
“It’s basically how the town uses its land for the next 10 years,” he said. Where should the town make its investments? It asks the townspeople to prioritize, make choices. Should the town invest in more trails and parks? Or perhaps believe in not buying more property for uses but enhance what we have? For housing should the town concentrate on single-family housing or move toward town houses or mixed uses like Cargill Falls (without the mold and lead paint)? Expand its commercial zone around downtown? He said that a good bit of commercial property around downtown is unused/underused. Some 300,000 square feet of that type of space could be revitalized. And/or expand the commercial zones in East Putnam? Consolidate the Special Service District and East Putnam? And much more.
Everyone he’s spoken with so far is “united by the idea that Putnam is a special place,” he said. Downtown is more than the heart of Putnam, it is the heart of northeastern Connecticut. It’s a regional downtown, a hub.

He expects the plan will “lean in and build on that.” How can we make downtown Putnam even better, as a regional downtown, he added.
Why take the survey? “There are real choices that the town faces in the next 10 years,” he said. 
Participation in the survey portion of the plan is essential, he said. “It’s like what they say about democracy — the most important part of democracy is showing up.” He added that input is a “critical” part of this future.
The plan is a “celebration of the last 10 years and it will be our vision of what we want our future to be,” he said.

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