Putnam businesses get ready for Fire & Ice Festival

Putnam businesses get ready for Fire & Ice Festival

Connecticut’s “Quiet Corner” is gearing up for a busy Saturday. Saturday is Putnam’s annual Fire and Ice Festival, a winter event that brings tens of thousands of people to the small town. Friday, small businesses were getting ready for the big day. “It is months of planning,” said Kayla Trant, of Bear Hands Brewing Company. “More than 20,000 people visit all these small establishments.” The Fire and Ice Festival is known as the largest ice bloc…