March 4, 2009
Mystic VFW Post 3263 Donates to the 1109th AVCRAD
(l-r) Mystic VFW Post 3263 members Dan Quirk, Commander John Hartley, Ed Mitchell, post chaplain, and Bill Lewis present a $1,000 donation to Family Readiness Group members Karen Royce, secretary, Nicole Garofolo, Jacquelyn Deschamps and Julie Hinson, whose relatives are National Guardsmen attached to the 1109th AVCRAD in Groton.
Groton Lions Receive Awards
(l-r) Groton Lions, Bill Foreman, Waterford, and Hugh Casey, Mystic, were honored at a benefit on Saturday, February 21 at the Groton Inn and Suites, for exemplary service to LCIF and their local community over the years.
Grand Opening of Putnam Bank’s Gales Ferry Branch
(l-r) Lisa Balter, Branch Manager, Putnam Bank, Mayor Fred Allen, Ledyard, Tom Reynolds, CT State Representative, Tony Sheridan, President, Eastern CT Chamber of Commerce, Thomas Borner, Chairman & CEO, Putnam Bank, Dr. Grace Sawyer Jones, President, Three Rivers Community College, Office Tom Olsen, Ledyard and Bob Halloran, President, Putnam Bank, hold the blue, money-covered ribbon at a ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new Putnam Bank branch in Gales Ferry on February 25.
March 18, 2009
Brown Jacobson Grand Opening
(l-r) Karl-Erik Sternlof, director, Brown Jacobson, Jeffrey R. Godley, director, Brown Jacobson, Tony Sheridan, president, Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT, and John F. Duggan, director, Brown Jacobson, celebrated the grand opening of the new Brown Jacobson, P.C. office in Groton on March 3rd.
CorePlus Donates to Backus
Breast Cancer Awareness Fund
(l-r) Keith Fontaine, VP of Corporate Communications, The William W. Backus Hospital, Lee McLallen, Associate Director of Annual Giving, Backus, Gen Schies, Director of Planned Giving, Backus, Donna Palumbo, co-chair, Breast Cancer Survivor Committee, Warren Scholl, CEO, CorePlus Federal Credit Union, Barbara Chiangi, co-chair, Breast Cancer Survivor Committee, and David Whitehead, VP of Planning, Backus celebrate CorePlus’s donation to the Backus Breast Cancer Awareness Fund on March 4th.
Local Media Discuss Change
Members of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT enjoyed an afternoon at The Day as part of the Chamber’s Leadership Program, Thursday, March 12th. Part of the experience featured a panel of media reps discussing the changes and challenges of media today. (l-r) The speakers included Tony Cronin, business editor, The Day, the Resident’s very own, Alexis Ann, editor & publisher, Kirk Varner, VP and director of news, WTNH and MyTV9, and Harriet Jones, business reporter, WNPR (not pictured).
