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Members of the Putnam Police Department and TEEG move food collected Nov. 21 from the police pickup truct to the TEEG truck. Linda Lemmon photo.
The annual Handcuff Hunger Food Drive, hosted by the Putnam Police Department and the Connecticut State Police brought in truckloads of food and quite a bit of cash Nov. 21 and 22.
The food was picked up by TEEG and then distributed immediately. The cash was used to buy more Thanksgiving food.
The Putnam Police Department, collecting in front of the Price Chopper Supermarket on Kennedy Drive collected $3,558.84 in cash, checks and gift cards. They also collected 184 turkeys and six hams. Putnam Police said they’ve been doing this food drive “for longer than we can remember.”
TEEG officials said they collected thousands of pounds of food. They didn’t stop to weigh it — it was distributed immediately to TEEG, Daily Bread and the Pomfret Food Bank.
The Putnam Police had 7 volunteers at Price Chopper on Nov. 21 and 22 and the State Police had one representative on Nov. 21 at Stop & Shop Supermarkets in Putnam and in Killingly.
The State Police, at last count, had collected 76 turkeys.
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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 860-963-0000.
Nov. 17
Jonathan Austin, 27, Dufault Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct and criminal violation of protective order.
Nov. 21
Victoria Cusson, 20, Thompson Avenue, Putnam; three counts of third-degree assault, disorderly conduct.
Nov. 22
Michael J. Donovan, 33, Laconia Avenue, Putnam; breach of peace and disorderly conduct.
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PUTNAM --- 19th annual Holiday Dazzle Light parade this year will be dazzling --- but in reverse Nov. 29.
The floats will stand still and the spectators will drive by.
The Holiday Dazzle Reverse Invitational Light Parade is set for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at Murphy Park.
This is a drive-thru event and spectators should arrive via Wicker Street (near Cumberland Farms on Woodstock Avenue).
You will see lights at the entrance to the old National Guard Armory building on Keech Street. About 30 floats and displays will be set up in the park for a drive-thru experience and there will be a collection point for non-perishable food items for Daily Bread or toys for the Putnam Family Resource Center at the end of the display, near the bleachers. Participants are asked to remain in their cars while attending the reverse parade. No pedestrians.
You may tune your radio to 97.1 FM or 1350 AM for a special Holiday Dazzle Reverse Parade broadcast with Mike Blackmer. This is the 19th year for the Holiday Dazzle Light Parade produced by the Town of Putnam and WINY Radio.
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Window and Brick
This is the sample wall that shows the Municipal Complex brickwork and a window has been installed. The windows on the second floor will have a concrete cap on the top and the windows on the first floor will have a concrete cap underneath. Linda Lemmon photos.
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Downes Construction Company put the hammer down on getting the town’s Municipal Complex project “dried in” so work can continue through the winter.
Project Manager Tony DiMauro said Nov. 19 that the sheathing around the building should be finished next week. After that the air vapor barrier is sprayed onto the vertical walls and temporary windows are installed.
Prefacing his comments with “weather dependent,” DiMauro said the bricklayers can then get to work. Masonry work needs a temperature of at least 50, he said. Laying brick goes much faster when the bricklayers are not encumbered by the fire-rated plastic that would wrap around the scaffolding surrounding the building. Once lower temperatures demand it, the wrap will go up and the temporary heat from the two propane tanks already installed will go on, allowing work to continue indoors. The bricklayers will continue working under the wrap.
Town Administrator Elaine Sistare said “folks won’t see the building for the wrap for a few months.”
The roof should be completed the first week of December, according to DiMauro. The roof’s layers consist of a layer of metal, then sheathing, then solid insulation then an air vapor barrier and then black asphalt shingles. The shingles are already on site.
Concrete work is pretty well finished. The building committee chose a “broom finish” concrete “floor” for the arcade area just outside the main entrance. It has a “picture frame” edge, like the sidewalks surrounding the project, Sistare said. Two two concrete staircases inside are done, DiMauro said.
To the side of the building where there are samples of how the brickwork would look, a window has been installed. The windows on the second floor would have a concrete sill on the top and the windows on the bottom would have a concrete sill on the bottom.
Sistare added that the historical documentation draft report on the Aspinock building on School Street has been submitted to the state. The state will add its comments and the project will probably get the go ahead to demolish the 1890s building around Christmas. That spot is where the entrance to the complex will be constructed — two lanes in and one lane out.
The project is on budget and still on schedule to open in late summer/early fall 2021. The complex will be home to the new Town Hall, the Putnam Public Library, the Aspinock Historical Society, a senior center and a community center.
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