Legal Notice
Public Hearing Notice
Town of  Pomfret
Planning and
Zoning Commission

The Pomfret Planning & Zoning Commission will hold the following Public Hearing(s) at its meeting on December 17, 2025 starting at 7:00 PM.

1. Lance Sistare, 43 Wolf Den Road, special permit application for the construction of a 40’x100’ pole barn.
2. Lance Sistare, 357 Orchard Hill Road, special permit application for the construction of a 60’x80’ pole barn.

A copy of these applications are on file in the office of the Planning & Zoning Commission, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, Connecticut. The files are available for review during normal business hours.

Dated this 24th day 
of November 2025
Town of Pomfret

Lynn L. Krajewski, 
Clerk
Planning & Zoning Commission

Dec. 3, 2025
Dec. 10, 2025

Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
Inland Wetlands and
Watercourses Commission
At the December 3, 2025, meeting of the Inland Wetland and Watercourses Commission, the following application(s) were acted upon:

1. Rebecca DiVirgilio, 80 Covell Road, application to construct a 2-car garage. APPROVED: with conditions.
2. Edward Pellegrino, 66y Swedetown Road, application to construct new home, attached garage, and pool.  APPROVED: with conditions.
3. Bob DeLuca for Donald Haskings, 50 Wrights Crossing Road, new home, well, septic system, driveway, and associated grading in the regulated area.  APPROVED: with conditions.
4. Maureen Nicholson for State of CT, Pomfret Street, application for Airline Trail Reconstruction and Accessibility.  Will entail grading/excavation, watercourse alterations, wetlands impact, and swale design.  DEEP and DOT will have oversight of the project.  APPROVED.

Town of Pomfret
Dated this 8th day 
of December 2025

Lynn L. Krajewski, 
Clerk
Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission

Dec. 10, 2025

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'Smiley' & Santa unite for kids
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Recently passed veteran “Smiley” Rivera would have been overjoyed, in his element, among the kids at the Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse’s Breakfast With Santa event.
The coffeehouse decided that given Rivera’s love of children, naming the Breakfast With Santa after him was the best way to honor him.
Kids attending the breakfast packed the community room at the Municipal Complex. A reindeer and the Grinch held sway for a while with the kids but the room exploded with excitement when Santa and his elf came in. 
Santa talked to each child and had a special gift for each one. 
Rivera’s family, looking on, probably felt Ismael “Smiley” Rivera was there in spirit.
“He would be so honored with this. He would be eating this up.”
The family brought coloring books for all the kids in attendance Dec. 6.
All the family members agreed that Smiley and his wife adored children. Son Wayne Rivera said his mom and dad had five children and a foster child and they were foster parents their entire lives. And now there are grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Why do they think he liked kids so much? Wayne Rivera said, “Well, he was one of 18 kids himself.” 
Children were definitely important to Smiley and his wife. Family members said when they cleaned out the house they found four cribs in the basement. 
Mrs. Rivera loved kids and whenever anyone had a baby she brought something over to them “even if she didn’t know who they were. They were a neighbor down the street; she’d bring a gift over. She’d just knock on the door and say ‘I see you had a baby.’ And give them a gift.”
Rivera, a U.S. Army veteran, was one of the charter members of the Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse, according to coffeehouse president Fred Ruhlemann. “This (breakfast) is the perfect way to honor his memory,” Ruhlemann said.
Bet Santa felt Smiley there.

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Bright Lights & Music
A trumpet player in the 24th annual Holiday Dazzle Light Parade was decked out in lights. More photos on page 4. Expanded photo array Wed. night on Wed. night on our FB page. Linda Lemmon photo.

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