PUTNAM — Melissa Hendrickson was named Putnam Bank’s Employee of the Month for September 2019. She has been with the bank since September 2007, and currently serves as Griswold branch manager.
Hendrickson said: “I was completely surprised and honored to be nominated for this award. I work with a great staff that makes coming to work easy. I love being part of an organization that gives back so much to our community.”
She is an active member of the Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce BizEd committee. She participates in community events such as the Quinebaug Valley Regional Rotaract Club’s Cornhole Tournament and Trivia Night, as well as Griswold’s Snowflake Festival & Parade and Spooktopia! Trunk or Treat. She was the team captain of Putnam Bank’s NOW Road Race & Walk team. She also served as a committee member for both the NOW Road Race & Walk, and Taste of NOW events. Melissa enjoys spending time with her husband John, her fur baby Holly May, family, and friends. She likes traveling, camping, going on adventures, and watching the Patriots win.
“Melissa is an outstanding member of our Putnam Bank Team. She exemplifies all the best in community banking with her excellent service to the bank, and the communities we serve,” said Thomas A. Borner, president and CEO of Putnam Bank.
DKH honoree
PUTNAM — Vanmaly Sangasy, registered nurse in the oncology department at Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH), has been named employee of the month for August by DKH.
Sangasy first began working at DKH in August 1993 as a member of the kitchen staff. Since then, she has worked in various departments including medical/surgical, pediatrics, the emergency department, the intensive care unit, and oncology and has over 20 years of experience as a registered nurse. In her role as a registered nurse in the oncology department, Sangasy provides care to critically or chronically ill cancer patients. Her responsibilities include intravenous starts, administering treatments such as chemotherapy, and scheduling patient appointments.
Sangasy was born in Laos but grew up mostly in the U.S. She lives in Pomfret with her husband of 20 years, Ty. She has three boys Tarsavanh, Quintavanh, and Quantiwah. Sangasy received her bachelor of science in nursing from Quinnipiac University in 1999.
She recently received her master of science in nursing from Spring Arbor University in Michigan.
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Then
This is the Union Square area, around 1890. On the left is the Union Block and on the right, behind the train, is the former Chickering Hotel. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
& Now
This is the same area today. The Union Block burned down as did the Chickering Hotel. The tavern remains.
$6.1M 'forest'
grant
available
Attention woodland landowners: Funding is available to improve your woodland habitat for important bird species and to manage your woods for wildlife and people. The Last Green Valley (TLGV), the MassConn Sustainable Forest Partnership (MassConn) and the Northern Rhode Island Conservation District (NRICD) are offering the next round of funding for woodland landowners to obtain forest management plans with bird habitat assessments.
The application deadline for Connecticut and Rhode Island is Dec. 31, but start early. Massachusetts is accepting applications on a rolling basis. Contacts: For Connecticut, Bill Reid, 860-774-3300; Massachusetts Projects, – Christopher Riely, 401-225-6135; Rhode Island Projects, Kate Sayles, 401-934-0840.
Visit www.thelastgreenvalley.org for links to the application materials, including a list of communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island that are included in this program.
The program is part of the $6.1 million Southern New England Heritage Forest conservation effort, an unprecedented three-state collaboration made possible through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The NRCS funding is being matched, bringing the economic infusion into the region to $12.2 million.
A professional forester will walk your property and coordinate with the Audubon society in your state to produce a high-quality forest management plan with a bird habitat assessment of your woods. The plan will recommend measures you can take to improve the health of your woods. The plan will meet federal and state requirements and may be used to apply for property tax reductions at the local level (where applicable).
Grant funds are available to pay for most of the forester’s costs and to completely fund the bird habitat assessments. Landowners will be responsible for choosing a forester from an approved list and paying for a percentage of the total cost of the forest management plan.
This program is ideally suited for landowners who have never had a forest management plan and own more than 10 acres of woodlands.
Supporting partners for this project include: MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Providence Water, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Hull Forest Products, Thames River Basin Partnership, New England Forestry Foundation, Eastern CT Conservation District, Norcross Wildlife Foundation, RI Division of Forest Management, RI Woodland Partnership, Harvard Forest, Yale Sustaining Family Forests Institute, Audubon Connecticut, Mass Audubon and Audubon Rhode Island.
The Southern New England Heritage Forest is a 1.49 million-acre unfragmented forest corridor stretching along the Connecticut and Rhode Island border to the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts. Bounded by more heavily urbanized areas, with more than one million nearby residents, the SNEHF has an astonishing 76 percent forest cover and offers one of the last viable wildlife corridors from southern to northern New England.
The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor is the heart of the Southern New England Heritage Forest and is the last stretch of dark night sky in the coastal sprawl between Boston and Washington, D.C. The Last Green Valley, Inc. works for you in the National Heritage Corridor. Together we can care for it, enjoy it and pass it on!
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