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Ethel A. (Bowman) Narciso, 77, beloved wife of Frank J. Narciso Sr. for 55 years of Walton Street, Westerly, passed away July 12, 2010, in The Westerly Hospital..
Born in Stonington, she was the daughter of Harry and Constance (Harvey) Bowman.
Ethel was a communicant of St. Michael the Archangel Church, Pawcatuck, and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Amancio-Falcone-Gaccione VFW Post #8955. She enjoyed yard sales, bingo and going to lunch with friends. She was a very caring person who took care of family and friends.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Frank J. Narciso Jr. and his wife ,Katherine, of Baltic, Conn.,
a daughter, Ellen Regan, and her husband, Thomas; a brother, Robert Bowman, all of Westerly; a granddaughter, Mikaela Narciso; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Harry Bowman Jr. Ethel also leaves her devoted dog, Woody.
Visiting hours will be held Wednesday in Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home, 59 Spruce St., Westerly, from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated Thursday at noon in St. Michael the Archangel Church, 60 Liberty St., Pawcatuck. There is no procession from the funeral home to the church. Burial will be in St. Sebastian Cemetery.
For online condolences, go to www.gaffneydolanfuneralhome.com.

Published in The Westerly Sun on July 13, 2010

O'BRIEN, Timothy John Timothy John O'Brien, 66, of Andover, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, (July 20, 2010) at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Tim was the husband of 45 years and best friend to Georgia S. (Bruce) O'Brien. He was born in Bronx, NY, the son of the late Timothy and Ethel (Cronin) O'Brien. Tim was a 1965 graduate of Iona College and had a 45-year career in retail shoe sales working for Miles, Thom McCann and Pragues. He was an avid fisherman and a huge fan of the Yankees, NY Giants and UCONN Basketball. Besides Georgia, he is survived by his daughter, Denise M. O'Brien of Columbia; his son and daughter –in-law Christopher J. and Louise O'Brien of Andover and his grandchildren, the light of his life, Timothy and Leah. He is also survived by his siblings, Lorraine, Linda, Noreen and Stephen and their families and the Bruce families, Bob, Joy and John and his many friends, all by whom he will be greatly missed. He was also predeceased by his sister, Kathy. Tim's family would like to offer a special note of thanks to the Andover Volunteer Fire Dept. for their special efforts and assistance. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, July 24, at 10:30 at St. Columba Church, Rte 66, Columbia, followed by burial in Townsend Cemetery, Andover. There are no calling hours. Memorial donations may be made to the Scholarship Fund for Tim's grandchildren Timothy and Leah c/o New Alliance Bank, 164 Rte 66, Columbia, CT 06237. The John F. Tierney Funeral Home, Manchester has care of arrangements.

Published in The Hartford Courant on July 23, 2010

The men & women of the Baltic Fire Engine Company # 1 would like to say Thank you so very much for your support of our volunteer fire department through out the years.

Thanks to the generous donations of some local businesses and families, we have
been able to host the Halloween Program and give out a lot of candy and other Halloween items. While at our Halloween party you can have your fortune told, play games, meet your neighbors, and the party ends with the awarding of six ( 6) bikes, which are given away to six (6) youths in three different age groups for the boys & girls.

The following businesses have made it possible for the Baltic Fire Department to
hold this great Halloween Party. AMGRAPH Corporation of Baltic has been the
number one sponsor of our Halloween event for three years in a row. If it were not for
AMGRAPH’S generous donations we would have had a very hard time holding our party. Sharkey’s Pizza of Baltic has donated six bikes for the Halloween costume
judging for the A LL three years. In 2008, Walmart of Lisbon awarded a grant to the
Baltic Fire Department , which allowed us to purchase many of the Halloween
decorations, and other assorted items that were needed to hold a party such as ours. In
2009, Caraustar contacted companies that it did business with as well as all of their
employees asking them to please donate a bag of candy for our party. On Halloween,
we stopped at Caraustar Packaging and found that they had collected and were donating
six LARGE boxes of packaged candy! And for the third year in a row

Along with these four large sponsors, there are many more businesses and
families that have sent in money, which allows us to purchase close to $2,000.00 worth
of candy each year. We were a bit nervous in 2008 because we had lost two
companies who had made large donations our first year. Peter Paul Candy Company
had been bought out and moved out of state, no longer making any donations and AMD
Distributors had also been bought out and were no longer allowed to make any
donations. Somehow, the people of Baltic must have heard about this because there
were so many people stopping by at the firehouse with packages of candy and many
more were calling us to arrange for someone to pick up the candy at their home that
they were donating . The families and businesses of Baltic came through and helped
the Baltic Fire Department with the much-needed donations, which in turn allowed us
to hold the largest Halloween Party that we have ever held.

Our first party was in 2006 and we had around 125 children attend our party
which was a great turn out we thought. In 2007, we had around 250 children attend
our party. In 2008, we were very surprised by the large turnout. We were expecting to
have around 300 children attend our party BUT instead we had 500 children attend the
party who also had 215 parents in tow. WOW, we had to delay the announcement for
the winners of the bikes since the judges had not seen all of the children in their
costumes. We are so glad that the families in Baltic are making The Baltic Fire
House the place to go too for the trick or treating. We run this Halloween party so that
the children will not have to run around on the streets when it may be dark out, when
the children’s vision may be hampered by the costume, and there may be a speeding
car(s) or a driver of a car not paying attention to the roads or the children. We hold this
party as a way for everyone to come to the firehouse, meet some of the members , ask
any questions that you may have, see some of our equipment and most of all: as a way
for the children to have fun in a safe setting where parents will not have to worry about
any product that is being given to their children. We hope to see you again at the
20009 Halloween Party!!