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Mailed free to requesting homes in Brooklyn, the borough of Danielson, Killingly & its villages Vol. VIII, No. 12 Complimentary home delivery (860) 928-1818/email:[email protected] Friday, March 20, 2015 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE Woodstock student heading to state geography bee “We don’t see SIXTH GRADER CALLS SUPPORT COMFORTING AS things as they are, we see HE PREPARES FOR MARCH 27 COMPETITION things as we are.” BY JASON BLEAU school-wide champion of the Woodstock NEWS STAFF WRITER Middle School Geography Bee, a qualify- WOODSTOCK — A local middle school ing event that sees students from grades Anais Nin student is preparing to represent his town, five through eight take part in several school and region in a statewide competi- Geography Bees until a school-wide bee tion putting his knowledge of worldwide decided one single winner who would geography and facts to the test. take a test to qualify for the state contest. Woodstock Middle School sixth grader Massey was that student for Woodstock. INSIDE Sam Massey has been chosen by National According to grade seven Social Studies Geographic to represent Woodstock, and teacher and current coordinator of the A8 — OPINION in turn, all of northeastern Connecticut, in Woodstock Middle School geography Bee B1-4 — SPORTS Jason Bleau photo New Britain on March 27 in the statewide Kyra Litschauer, making it to states is no Woodstock Middle School sixth grader Sam Massey Geography Bee held by the educational easy task. For Massey it involved shining EGALS B7 — L will represent the school, town and region in the organization. EAL STATE state Geography Bee on March 27, hosted by National Massey was recently crowned the B5 — R E Turn To BEE, page A11 Geographic. B6-7— OBITS B9-11 — CLASSIFIEDS School GREEN WITH PRIDE LOCAL buget hike sought BY JASON BLEAU NEWS STAFF WRITER KILLINGLY — The Killingly Auction fundraiser Public School District is looking draws support for at another substantial increase, Deary Memorial Fund with a 4.36-percent proposed increase over the 2014-15 fis- Page A3 cal year spending plan, which Charlie Lentz photos will be considered by the Town PUTNAM — The Courthouse O’Putnam 5K run kicked off the running season last Sunday, Council in the coming weeks. March 15, in downtown Putnam. Pictured, from left, Josh Poudrette, Justine Ranzoni and Sharon The plan sees a climb Bouchard, all from Brooklyn; Melanie and Scott Gancarz, from Plainfield. For more photos, turn LEARNING of $1,721,459, which to page A4, and for coverage of the race, check out Sports in this week’s B Section! Superintendent Kevin Farr said is a fair budget that is the result of significant cuts to eliminate around 2 percent (or around $700,000) of the original spend- ing plan put on the table. Farr said he feels the budget is right Mayor weighs in on Town Hall, library where it needs to be to begin discussions for the future. BY JASON BLEAU where they are and that the dren’s activities there and sell it NEWS STAFF WRITER “I would say it’s about where current facilities can be updat- to commercial people so we can we start every year,” Farr said. PUTNAM — In recent years, ed to bring them new life, and tax them,” he said. “It doesn’t “Don’t forget that this year talks have heated up about the at a cheaper cost than reloca- make sense to take that green we’re not doing a supplemental future of the Putnam Public tion. In recent weeks, Falzarano area and use it for a town hall or appropriation for special edu- Library and Town Hall, and has expressed displeasure at a library.” Ghana comes to cation. If you take into account now, Putnam’s mayor is saying the thought of building a new Falzarano said that site is Pomfret Community the supplemental appropriation he doesn’t believe the two facili- library or town hall on the site prime real estate and was a that was done last year we actu- ties need to be relocated anytime of Owen Tarr Park, and said that donation to the town that the School ally realistically received only in the near future. subject will never be brought up state has designated as space Page A6 about a 2.7-percent increase this Mayor Tony Falzarano has again, as far as he’s concerned, for educational or recreational past year over the year before. gone on the record saying he as a legitimate possibility. use. In the past, the town’s old believes the Putnam Public “If we’re going to do that, why Turn To BUDGET, page A11 Library and Town Hall are fine don’t we just cancel all chil- Turn To LIBRARY, page A10 WHA S T I IT? PAGE A9 TAKE THE HINT ‘The Perfect Storm’ hero to PAGE A8 speak at QVCC GREENLAW TO SHARE HER PERILOUS, INSPIRING STORY BY CHARLIE LENTZ “Andrea Gail,” disappeared in a hurri- VILLAGER STAFF WRITER cane in October of 1991. Visit our website with DANIELSON — Linda Greenlaw Greenlaw was a natural choice to your smart phone or tablet knows about overcoming formidable headline Quinebaug Valley Community device! odds. Greenlaw is immortalized in the College’s Visions in Leadership event on Charlie Lentz photo Just scan the “QR code” George Clooney movie “The Perfect April 8. 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Work on Pineview Court to commence BY JASON BLEAU Green portion of the housing “The difference is that DEF Phase three has an approx- NEWS STAFF WRITER complex, phase three will begin Services out of Griswold was imate total project cost of THOMPSON — Work on the updates on the Pineview Court the contractor for the first two $800,000, with LaRoche offering Gladys Green and Pineview side of the complex, and this phases,” Chinatti said. “LaRoche a bid of around $699,000 for the Courts will continue, as phase time a new contractor has been out of Stafford Springs was cost of their portion of the work. three of the extensive project brought in to kick things off, awarded the contract for phase The remaining $100,000 is for prepares to get underway. according to Thompson Director three. LaRoche put in a lower administration, with funding While phases one and two of Planning and Development bid than DEF by $26,000 or so for Mary Ann Chinatti. phase three.” focused mostly on the Gladys Turn To PINEVIEW, page A10 A2 • Friday, March 20, 2015 KILLINGLY VILLAGER A peek into historical scrapbooks On March 7, the Killingly instances she has been able is a native of Woodstock… of Danielson indicated that Historical Society had the to figure out where the quilts In the several years that the James K. Logee purchased pleasure of a presentation on were made by doing genea- state police department has the bakery, which had been signature quilts by Sue Reich logical research on the names KILLIngLY maintained a Danielson sta- started by John Sparks, in 1843 of Washington Depot, who is a embroidered on the quilts. She tion they have had a state (but not in that building). A member of the American Quilt explained that signature quilts at 300 policewomen on special reference to the “new build- Study Group. were made for a number of cases, but Mrs. Kenyon will ing” appeared in an 1861 entry. Amazingly, in a number of different reasons. Dating back be the first to work out of the Under James Edward Logee MARGARET local department.” the entries included the follow- WEAVER Adjacent to that article in ing: “A new, neat cart, from the scrapbook was another Logee’s Bakery, goes through article that caught my fancy. the village several times a day to the 1800’s, some of the quilts “Two women rough it on to furnish families with newly in her presentation were made Horseback to N.H. (dated 1945). made bread, rolls, cakes, etc. when someone was leaving Danielson, Sept. 23. Horseback (WCT 6/8/1876). Apparently their home area to travel to riding as a means of trans- this cart was driven by a new part of the country. portation to distant places is Albertus F. Wood from 1880- Some were made to honor and still a pleasant venture accord- 1883. ing to Miss Delia F. Norten of Reference to the door-to-door 8x7-9x7 Steel memorialize those who fought Liftmaster 1/2 hp in different wars including the South Killingly and Miss Dora wagon made me think back to 2 Sided Insulated Stewart of Foster, R.I. who my childhood in Pennsylvania Chain Drive Spanish American War in the Garage Door 1890’s. Sue brought a number recently completed a 260-mile when we had many regular 7ft Opener of quilts for display including trip. The pair started from deliverymen — milk, eggs, r-value 9.65 Inc, standard hardware & Killingly on September 19th fresh vegetables in season, track, 8 color & 3 panel design options $270 several which reportedly came from the Nathan Williams and arrived four days later potato chips and pretzels, $570 inc Installation at Henniker, N.H., suburb of dry cleaning.