Community Banks More Valuable Than Ever, Say Local Presidents

Thomas A. Borner, President and CEO, Putnam Bank, insisted that “You’re not looking at the people who caused the problems in 2008—that’s not what we did, that’s not what we do.”

by John Stratton

Community banks, the locally owned and operated banks here in eastern Connecticut, are valuable for many reasons: They are the [...]

American Legion Raises Money for Apartment Building

A dinner/dance was held Friday, October 3, at the Jacques Cartier Club (French Club), Wilson Street, to help raise money for the renovation of the American Legion building on South Main Street. The building will be converted into 18 one-bedroom apartments for not only homeless veterans, but both physically and mentally disabled.  [...]