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Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BENNINGTON â When passing residents peer into the store-level windows of the historic Putnam Block buildings, the unfinished look they sometimes see might be misleading. The $31 million first phase of the Putnam Block project â to renovate the former Hotel Putnam, the old Courthouse building and the Winslow Building for new retail and residential space â is essentially complete, according to Bill Colvin, point-person for the development group overseeing the three-phase project. âThe Phase 1 contract with [project construction manager] BreadLoaf is complete with only a few punch list items remaining,â Colvin said in an email. âThat contract included the exterior upgrades to all three buildings, the site work, completion of the residential units, and the readying of the commercial spaces for fit-up by the tenants.â ....
Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BENNINGTON â For John Staley and Patti Love, the road to the Putnam Block began 18 years ago and 1,788 miles away, and ended on Dec. 1 when they moved into their new apartment as newlyweds. The couple, originally from Texas, met in 2002 at the Unity Bookstore in Houston. Love volunteered at the bookstore on the weekends and came in one Saturday to lend a hand when a man caught her eye. âI walked into the bookstore and walked up to the counter where all these cash registers were. Then I looked over there and here sat this man, and I hadnât seen him in the bookstore before. I walked over to him and said âIâm Patti Love. Whatâs your name?ââ said Love. ....