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Honored
PUTNAM — Colleen DiColella was honored as the Citizens of the Year at the recent Putnam High School Commencement.

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Tough
stretch
for TriTown
AL teams
By Ron P. Coderre
One of the most difficult things to do each summer is to get the American Legion Baseball program off the ground.  Players face conflicting schedules that include graduations and other year end school activities, making it difficult to get everyone on the field at the same time.  Despite those inconveniences, it’s hard to fathom that the season is already approaching the mid-way point.
The TriTown Sr. team has to be the tough luck team of Zone VI.  Looking at its record of 1-11 and on a nine game losing streak the Towners look like the worst team in the Zone.  But looks are sometimes deceiving.
Wins Hard to Come By for Srs.
The team composed of players from Putnam, Tourtellotte, Woodstock , Marianapolis and Ellis Tech has been in every one of its games.  As coach Paul Faucher has been known to say, “They need to learn how to close,” the team could have more than one win if they could put the finishing touches on the game.
In recent action they started the week dropping a pair 2-1 and 10-4 to Norwich in the Rose City.  In the lid lifter Garret Ponte, who’s been stellar on the mound all season suffered the loss.  Tim Cutler delivered a double as TriTown outhit Norwich five to three.  In the second game Norwich jumped out to a 6-0 lead after three innings icing the contest.  Kyle Tyler suffered the loss.
In a game against archrival Danielson, the TriTown entry jumped out to a 2-0 first inning lead before the home team Danielson knotted the score at two apiece in the third inning.  The winning run came on a bases loaded suicide squeeze in the bottom of the seventh.  The irony of the situation is that Danielson was able to load the bases without a hit in this tough loss.  Josh Malboeuf (0-3), who has pitched well all season, suffered the loss, while Cutler once again contributed a double.
Against Waterford, one of the better teams in the Zone, the team suffered consecutive losses on two different nights.  They were shutout 5-0 after falling behind four zip in the first inning.  Ty Anderson (0-3) suffered the setback, while Cutler continued his hot hitting contributing a double along with Mike Thienel who also had a two bagger.
In its final game of the week, the Towners suffered a hard to swallow defeat at home against this same Waterford team 7-6.  TriTown jumped out to a 6-0 lead after three stanzas but lost the game when the visitors tallied four runs in the fifth and three in the seventh to go home with the victory.  Tim Cutler was the hard luck loser.  Thienel and Ryan Gadoury each had doubles for TriTown.
Jrs. Fade Following Fast Start
After jumping out to a 4-0 start at the beginning of the season, the TriTown Jr. Team suffered four consecutive losses.  The losing streak dropped the Jrs. from the top of the Zone into third place 2.5 games below Zone leader New London.
In its only game of the week the Jr. Towners were dropped by Norwich in a nail biter 2-1.  Nick Foucault was the losing pitcher despite holding Norwich to just four hits.  He aided his cause with a double.  The team is 4-4 entering the second half stretch of the season.

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Bible School
PUTNAM — The Hope Community Church on Kennedy drive will present Kingdom Rock Adventure Week, a free kids’ program for ages 3-12 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. July 15 through 19. 928-2794.

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Officials from the Charter Oak Credit Union celebrate the opening of the Charter Oak branch in Stonewall Common on Rt. 44 in Putnam. Left to right: Guy Henry, Chairman, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union; Barbara Gregg, Treasurer, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union; Mel Olsson, Vice Chairman, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union; Mike Malvinni, Director, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union; Pierre Brochu, Director and Past Chairman, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union; Paul McGlinchey, Secretary, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union; Brian Orenstein, Chief Executive Officer, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union.  Linda Lemmon photo.




PUTNAM --- Rainy skies could not dampen the exuberance July 1 as Charter Oak Federal Credit Union opened a new full-service branch in Stonewall Common on Rt. 44. The branch is  part of Charter Oak's  continuing expansion into the northern portions of Windham County.
“This new branch serves as a great launch-pad to grow our banking business throughout the ‘Quiet Corner’ area and gives us new opportunities to increase our mortgage and commercial lending there, as well,” said Brian A. Orenstein, Charter Oak’s CEO.
In addition, the Putnam branch at 7 Providence Pike will offer a host of new services for former members of the Quiet Corner Community Credit Union, Inc., which merged with Charter Oak effective June 30th. As a result of the merger, Charter Oak’s new Putnam branch has absorbed Quiet Corner’s former operations in Putnam.
David Conrad, president of the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the credit union to Putnam. In reading a proclamation, Putnam Mayor Pete Place also offered best wishes. "I'm looking forward to working with you for a long time to come," he said.
State Representative Daniel Rovero said it was a joy to see new businesses opening in northeast Connecticut. "Hopefully it'll be one busy corner here," he said.
Charter Oak’s new Putnam branch is  in a busy commercial and retail area and is the credit union’s 13th branch in New London and Windham counties. The Putnam branch is also Charter Oak’s third full-service location serving Windham County. The other two Windham County branches are in Willimantic and Dayville. In addition, Charter Oak operates a branch inside Killingly High School to increase financial literacy among high school students.
Audrey Lefevre, who served as the manager/treasurer of Quiet Corner Community Credit Union, is the new branch supervisor for the Putnam branch. Sonya Armstrong is the new Putnam branch manager, in addition to serving as branch manager for Charter Oak’s Dayville and Killingly locations.
The new Putnam branch includes two drive-ups as well as a 24/7 drive-up ATM. Lobby hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Drive-up hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.