Wed. Jan. 18
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present a walk at noon starting at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. Free for CAS members; $3 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
Art Exhibit
THOMPSON --- The Friends of the Thompson Public Library will present an exhibit,” Art @ the Library: The Monahan Family Artwork & Paintings” until Feb. 28. Reception is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 6. www.thompsonpubliclibrary.org
Thur. Jan. 19
Library Program
POMFRET --- The Friends of the Pomfret Public Library will present The Rage of Plum Blossoms – Book Reading and Publishing Talk by Author Christine Whitehead at 7 p.m. at the library. No registration. Free. 860-928-3475.
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present "Monthly Bird Walk" at 1 p.m. starting at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. Bring your camera. Free for CAS members; $5 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present a walk at 8:30 a.m. starting at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. Bring camera. Free for CAS members; $5 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
Sat. Jan. 21
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present "Winter Wildlife Tracking Workshop" from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. Dress for weather. Bring water, lunch and snack. Registration required. $50 for CAS members; $60 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
Soup Fund-raiser
WOODSTOCK --- The Putnam Masonic Lodge 46 will present an all-you-can-eat soup dinner and made to order grilled cheese sandwiches from 4 to 6 p.m. at the lodge on Rt. 169. $10. Benefits our Woodstock Academy Educational Awards.
Workshop
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Pomfret on Day Road will present a Wildlife Tracking Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. $50 for CAS members and $60 for nonmembers. Registration required: 860-928-4948.
Supper
DANIELSON --- The Westfield Church on Main Street will host a Yankee Pot Roast Supper from 4:30 to 7 p.m. $12 for adults; $8 for kids 10 and younger. Takeout also available. WestfieldUCC.org/Eat.
Music Fund-raiser
THOMPSON --- The Real Wives of Windham County will present three great bands at the Raceway Restaurant and Golf Club as a fund-raiser for RSVP Veterans Coffeehouse. Tickets are $25 and are available at WINY Radio, Danielson Surplus Sales, The Trinket Shoppe or the Veterans Coffeehouse.
Tues. Jan. 24
Exercise Group
WOODSTOCK --- The Woodstock Senior Exercise Group will meet from 9 to 10 a.m. every Tuesday in the Woodstock Town Hall lower level meeting room. Free for all Woodstock senior citizens 60 and older. 860-974-1050.
Wed. Jan. 25
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present a walk at noon starting at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. Free for CAS members; $3 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
Thur. Jan. 26
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present a walk at 8:30 a.m. starting at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. Bring camera. Free for CAS members; $5 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
Trivia Night
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Lions Club will present a Trivia Night fund-raiser at 7 p.m. at the Crossings Restaurant and Brew Pub. This month’s charity is the Putnam EMS.
Fri. Jan. 27
Lecture
POMFRET --- Pomfret School will present Alex Ross, a Lecture on the Industries of the Future, at 7 p.m. at the school’s Parsons Lodge. Free and open to the public. This is presented under the auspices of The Schwartz Visiting Fellow Program at the school.
Fish Fry
N. GROSVENORDALE --- The Knights of Columbus Council 2087 on Riverside Drive will hold a fish fry from noon to 8 p.m. Prices vary. 860-923-2967.
Sat. Jan. 28
Baked Potato Buffet
PUTNAM --- There will be a baked potato buffet from 5 to 7 p.m. in the downstairs hall of St. Mary’s Church on Providence Street. $5. Benefits Boy Scout Troop 21.
Ham Bean Supper
E. WOODSTOCK --- The East Woodstock Congregational Church will host a Ham & Bean supper from 5 to 7 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. $10 for adults; kids 10 and younger admitted free. Take out available. Tickets: 860-928-07449 or 860-928-2731 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Supper, Music
KILLINGLY --- The Killingly Grange will present a supper and two bluegrass bands at the Grange on Rt. 101. Supper is at 6 and the show starts at 7. Call 860-774-0087 for more info.
Sun. Jan. 29
Acorn Adventure
WOODSTOCK --- The Last Green Valley Ranger Marcy's Acorn Adventure - Eagle Search & Lake Visit will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Roseland Park. Snacks, eagle info, Acorn Adventure stickers and fresh air fun included. Dress for the weather, and bring a friend. Free. All welcome. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Nature Program
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present "Winter Writing Workshop: Nature Writing - A Walk with Edwin Way Teale" from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Trail Wood off Kenyon Road. $10 for CAS members; $20 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
Mon. Jan. 30
Library Program
POMFRET --- The Friends of Pomfret Public Library will present “Creative Writing For Adults” with Christine Kalafus at 7 p.m. at the library. Free, but please register. 860-928-3475.
Sat. Feb. 4
Dinner Dance
WOODSTOCK --- The Day Kimball Hospital Woman’s Board will hold its Valentine Dinner Dance fund-raiser at The Mansion at Bald Hill. Checks may be made out to Woman’s Board Day Kimball Hospital. Please send to: WBDKH, 37 Tunk City Road, Danielson, CT 06239.
Sledding Day
CANTERBURY --- Laskianen/Sledding Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Finnish Hall on Rt. 169. Includes lunch of pea soup and breads. All welcome.
Dinner Dance
WOODSTOCK --- The Woman’s Board of Day Kimball Hospital will hold a Valentine Dinner Dance at the Mansion at Bald Hill. Cocktails are at 6, dinner at 7, dancing from 8 to 11 p.m. $45 and donations accepted. 860-774-5802.
Sun. Feb. 5
Exhibit
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present “Waterbirds in Love: Photography by Carol Lowbeer” through the end of February at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. Slideshow and opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 5. Free. 860-928-4948.
Mon. Feb. 6
Haircut Donations
DAYVILLE --- On Feb. 6 and 7 the Hair Cuttery will host Share-A-Haircut for the Homeless. Every time anyone receives a haircut at any of the Hair Cuttery salons in New England, including the salon in Dayville at 1109 Killingly Common Drive, a free haircut certificate will be donated to a homeless person in the community
Sat. Feb. 11
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present “Owl Walk” at 7 .p.m. at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. $5 for CAS members; $10 for nonmembers. Cancelled if rain, snow or high wind. 860-928-4948.
Fire & Ice
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association will present the 4th annual Fire and Ice festival to Putnam from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. downtown. This is the largest single ice-block competition in the U.S. www.discoverputnam.org .
Sun. Feb. 12
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present “Eagle Program by Horizon Wings” from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. $10.. 860-928-4948.
Nature Program
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present “Second Sunday Walk” at 2 p.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon Road. Free for CAS members; $10 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
Nature Program
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present “Full Moon Walk” at 7 p.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon Road. Free for CAS members; $10 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.
Thur. Feb. 16
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present “Monthly Bird Walk” at 1 .p.m. at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. $5 for CAS members; $10 for nonmembers. Cancelled if rain, snow or high wind. 860-928-4948.
Thur. Feb. 17
‘Sister Act’
POMFRET --- The Pomfret School Theater will present “Sister Act” at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Hard Auditorium on the Pomfret School campus. Free. All welcome.
Fri. Feb. 18
Game Day
POMFRET --- The Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp on Taft Pond Road will have “Camper Game Day” for boys and girls, ages 6-12 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch and snack provided with games, crafts,, etc. Bring outdoor gear and a sled if there is snow on the ground. $15. Register: 860-974-3379.
Nature Program
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present “Nature Sketchbook Journaling” from 1 to 4 p.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon Road. $10 for CAS members; $20 for nonmembers. Register: 860-928-4948.
Tues. Feb. 21
Movie, Book
THOMPSON --- The Thompson Public Library will present a movie and book discussion on “The Light Between Oceans” with movie starting at 1 and discussion following. All welcome. No registration required. www.thompsonpubliclibrary.org
Sat. Feb. 25
Historical Collaboration
SOUTHBRIDGE --- The Last Green Valley will present “Historical Collaboration in the Last Green Valley” from 1 to 3 p.m. at Optical Heritage Museum on Crane Street. Snow date is Feb. 26. RSVP: 860-774-3300.
Sun. Feb. 26
Nature Program
HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present “Stroll, Story, Stew and Song” fund-raiser. $25. Register: 860-928-4948.
Fri. March 3
Blood Drive
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Rotary Club and Matulaitis Health Care will co-sponsor an American Red Cross blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. in the Community Room at Matulaitis Rehab on Thurber Road. 1-800-RED CROSS.
Sun. March 5
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret will present “Wilderness Survival Program” at from 2 to 4 p.m. 860-928-4948.
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DAYVILLE — Westview Health Care Center announced the appointment of Joseph J. Botta, M.D., as medical director to the facility as of Jan. 1.
Botta takes over the medical director reins with the retirement of Dr. Jeffrey Howe, Westview’s previous medical director for the past 13 years.
Botta joined Westview’s medical staff in 2002 and established his current practice, Joseph J. Botta M.D. and Associates, LLC, now on South Main Street in Putnam, at the Westview facility in January 2009.
Botta is a Board Certified Geriatric Specialist whose professional memberships include: American Geriatrics Society, American College of Physicians and the American Medical Association.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychobiology from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., and a Doctor of Allopathic Medicine Degree from Sackler School of Medicine, Ramar Aviv, Israel. His professional training includes a Fellowship of Geriatric Medicine, a Residency, and Chief Residency of Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York.
With this appointment, Botta will oversee Westview’s medical staff of physicians and work directly with the facility’s health care professionals to assure the highest standards of care that Westview continually strives to achieve.
“We would like to thank Dr. Howe for his many years of dutiful service to Westview and wish him all the best in his well-deserved retirement,” said David T. Panteleakos, administrator. “We are also very excited to welcome Dr. Botta as our new medical director here at Westview. His rich educational background, experience and professional interests including chronic disease, memory disorders and medication management will undoubtedly be an enormous benefit to our patients, residents and staff.”
PUTNAM — Borner, Aleman and Davis, LLC announced the addition of two new partners to the firm, Paul M. Smith and Frank G. Herzog. The principal partners are Thomas A. Borner, Paul M. Smith, Alyson Aleman, Frank G. Herzog and Jamie C. Davis. The firm name will be Borner, Smith, Aleman, Herzog and Davis, LLC. The firm will have two offices with one in Putnam at 155 Providence St. and the other in Killingly on Rt. 12 in Jolly Commons.
The two new members, Paul M. Smith and Frank G. Herzog bring with them extensive legal experience and will broaden the firm’s practice in the areas real estate closings, business representation, elder care, Wills and estate planning and probate.
“Our new attorneys have an excellent and established reputation in these areas of practice” said attorney Thomas A. Borner. “They will allow us to expand our practice in these areas as both are seasoned attorneys very familiar with and to eastern Connecticut with demonstrated abilities to provide excellent service to our clients.”
The firm will continue its full line of practice: wills and trusts, Title XIX (Medicaid), divorce, personal injury, real estate, civil litigation and corporate law. The firm is an outgrowth of that originally established by the late Arthur S. Kaminsky and has been in continuous practice in eastern Connecticut since 1946.
Paul M. Smith is a graduate of UConn, with a law degree from George Mason University of Law. He has practiced in Windham County since admitted to both the Connecticut and at the Federal Bars in 1984 and is a member of the Windham County Bar Association. He is a lifelong resident of Windham County with extensive involvement in local government and civic organizations and currently is a member of the Plainfield Rotary Club.
Frank G. Herzog is a graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, N.Y., and earned his law degree from Massachusetts School of Law.
He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NABLA), Windham County Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association and Elder Law Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association.
Prior to becoming an attorney, he held executive positions in Risk Insurance Management for several multinational corporations.
Attorney Herzog has practiced law in Danielson for 10 years.
He has worked with clients and their families in a wide-range of long-term care issues, including Estate Planning, Elder Law, Probate and Estate Administration, Conservatorships and Guardianship matters, Special Needs Trusts, Real Estate matters and Title XIX (Medicaid).
He is very active in civic events and is a frequent guest lecturer at elder law events, healthcare facilities, and senior centers discussing the significant effects estate planning can have on families.
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Winners
Grant awardees hold their checks high during the Founders Celebration Event held by the Northeast CT Women and Girls Fund. Courtesy photo.
NEW LONDON — The Northeast Connecticut Women and Girls Fund recently awarded $11,500 in grants to six local non-profit organizations.
The NECT Women and Girls Fund is an endowed fund of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut (CFECT). It was established in 2012 to build financial resources to fund non-profit agency programs that support women and girls in need in northeast Connecticut.
2016 Northeast CT Women & Girls Fund Grant Awardees:
• Arc of Quinebaug Valley, Inc. Positive Choices/Healthy Relationships - To offer a Positive Choices/Healthy Relationships curriculum to women with intellectual disabilities. $2,400;
• Girl Scouts of Connecticut 2017 Campership Program - To offer scholarships so that girls whose families may not otherwise be able to afford it can enjoy a positive camp experience. $500;
• Northeast Opportunities for Wellness NOW Safe Coaching Program - To train youth coaches in child abuse prevention. $600;
• Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group (TEEG) Someone To Look Up To - To provide one-to-one female mentors for girls involved in the Juvenile Review Board. $3,600;
• United Community and Family Services, Inc. (UCFS) Plainfield Area Women’s Parenting, Depression and Substance Use Support Groups - To alleviate transportation barriers and to provide attendance incentives for female participants in three behavioral health therapy groups. $1,400;
• Westcott-Wilcox Elderly Residential Housing, Inc. Strength in Movement - To offer education and physical activities to elderly residents to help them make positive choices about exercise in order to age in place safely. $3,000.
“We are delighted to award grants to deserving non-profits for the third year in a row,” said Pam Brown, a founding donor and chair of the grants committee. “Every year, we see the difference that we are making in our local communities and are grateful to the many generous donors who make our grant-making possible. "
This year, we extend a special thank you to an anonymous donor who provided a $10,000 contribution to our grant-making efforts.”
Grant awardees included the ARC of Quinebaug Valley; Girl Scouts of Connecticut; Northeast Opportunities for Wellness; TEEG; United Community and Family Services; and Westcott-Wilcox Elderly Residential Housing.
The event, which celebrated the company and contributions of fellow founders, visionaries and donors, also announced the appointment of three new tri-chairs of the Fund – Laura Moorehead, Paige Billings Mador, and Tonya Brock. Laura Crosetti, a founder and original tri-chair, was lauded for her support and commitment to the Fund.
New tri-chair Laura Moorehead thanked attendees and awardees for their support and community work; and announced plans for 2017, including the return of the Fund’s premiere fund-raising event, The Sassy Chapeau Fashion Show, in May, 2017; a robust schedule of educational programs; and a new awareness-raising event, Communities Standing Strong, planned for a future date.
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