'Unsnowed' Winter Scene

These fields and stone walls lost their white snowy coat ... briefly in Pomfret. The snow returned. More photos on page 6. Linda Lemmon photo.

 

 

 

WOODSTOCK — The honor roll for the second quarter at Woodstock Middle School includes: 

Grade 6

High Honors: Corinne Child, Emma Durand, Allison Faist, Jessica Farrell, Anya Farutin, Megan Gohn, Tessa Houlihan, Vivien Mark, Emma Redfield, Hallie Saracina, Ashley Smith, Daniel Suitum, Evan Wood.

Honors: Nicholas Bedard, Sarah Blake, Jordyn Brousseau, Jonathan Conover, Hannah Cowdell, Nathan Craig, Hannah Dean, Christine Faist, Rachel Lambert, Madelyn Lecuyer, Justin Marcotte, Tristan Monahan, Teagan O’Hara, Sophia Randolph, Haylee Renaud, Emma Rhynhart, Lauren Shutts, Caitlyn Sroczenski, Julia Theriaque, Aleya Wesler, Brian Woz.

Recognition: Sabrina Bastien, Alison Blair, Elise Boisvert, Kylie Casey, Zachary Collins, Reagan Couture, Chandler Creedon, Tarryn Desrosiers, Alexander Dilko, Josephine Dlugosz, David Fleck, Joseph Fleck, Basia Gotsis, Elliot Hellwig, Rebecca Jarvis, Azalei LaBonte, Joshua Lavitt, Abigail Leblanc, Caleb LeBoeuf, Audrey Ledbetter, Tanner Littmann, Jacob Longe, Jack Lotter, Nicholas Majewski, Aidan McDowell, Justin McGroary, Morgan Mowry, Eric Nocera, Natalie Paul, Luke Prouty, Sean Rearden, Emily Ross, Christopher Rossi, James Silvestri, Jacob Starr, Jared Tetreault, Chloe Veilleux, Grayson Walley, Gregory Weber, Harold Wotton.

Grade 7

High Honors: Summer Chaponis, Heather Converse, Olivia Duncan, Rachel Durand, Liam McDermott.

Honors: Owen Borski, Kathleen Boshka, Killian Braegelmann, Erika Helmetag, Jack Hovestadt, Lauren Hovestadt, Nathan John, Justin MacCormack, Emily Menard, Amanda Nowak, Mariangela Ruggeri, Rebekah Wesler, Hannah Wotton.

Recognition: Chase Anderson, Dominic Bove, Adam Bradley, Julia Davis, Brianna Dennett, Ivy Gelhaus, Madeline Gronski, Ethan Holcomb, Parker Kalafus, Spencer Kalafus, Emma Kelleher, Blake Kollbeck, Jacob Ledbetter, William Loftus, Jarod Martin, Samantha Orlowski, Eric Preston, Nathan Price, Adam Sanderson, Derek Thompson, Ethan Thorpe, Sara Ziegerhofer.

Grade 8

High Honors: Aaron Blanchflower, Caitlin Cannon, Haley Carr, Brendan Chapuis, Eleonora Chervenkova, Denali Johns, Eden Law, Heidi Lotter, Ciri Miller, Kiara Monahan, Duun O’Hara, Olivia Perry, Leah Randolph, Hannah Reynolds, Naomi Rivard, Hailey Schofield, Samantha Sheldon, Maeve Stevenson, Janel Syriac, Hannah Walley, Ethan Werstler.

Honors: Tristan Anderson, Graham Arthur, Madison Bazinet, Evan Benoit, Julia Bibeault, Abigail Brousseau, Kennady Brown, Christopher Cheney, Jordan Couture, Samantha Cudworth, Kennedy Davignon, Mya Deshaw, Jake Farrell, Katherine Frankhouser, Harrison Frost, Ashley Hemphill, Mikayla Jaques, Jared MacDonald, Jacob Mainhart, Lillian Mandeville, Hannah Matsas, Joshua Nowak, Natalie O’Connell, Jillian Savoie, Ian Sohan.

Recognition: Haley Armstrong, Tanner Bentley, Aidan Boisvert, Ryan Bonin, Trinity Clark, Nicolas Fernandez, Nathan Fontaine, Jared Law, Kyla McCullough-Murphy, Lindsey O’Dea, Jake Racicot, Steven Rainville, Joshua Resnick, Scott Selmecki, Jared Sroczenski, Krista Wolslegel.

 

Y ready 

to break

ground in

4 months

PUTNAM — The YMCA of Greater Hartford officials said they anticipate starting construction of the 40,000-square-foot Regional community YMCA by mid-summer.

The town of Putnam will shortly gift 15 acres to the YMCA of Greater Hartford for the new YMCA. Wheelabrator of Putnam Inc. recently donated 62 acres to Putnam for a regional high tech park and Putnam is gifting 15 acres of that to the YMCA of Greater Hartford.

 “These are exciting times, with dramatic steps being taken toward making the Regional Community YMCA a reality.  It is anticipated that the YMCA will receive 15 acres of land from the Town of Putnam on or before June 30 and that we will begin construction thereafter.  The land in question is currently being cleared and gravel removed in preparation for construction.  Once construction begins, we are hoping to open your YMCA in late 2015,” says James Morton, president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Hartford.

Included in the construction plans for the facility are two swimming pools, a lap pool and a warm-water pool, which will be used for recreational and competitive swimming, as well as YMCA swimming and water safety instruction. 

And as part of the YMCA’s commitment to fighting childhood obesity and encouraging the lifestyle choices that lead to healthy families, the facility will host a state-of-the-art health and wellness center, gymnasium, group exercise studio/multi-purpose room, and cycling studio.  Amazing kids and child watch rooms (babysitting while in the facility), will allow adults to access YMCA services while their children are cared for in a safe on-site environment. 

“We look forward to welcoming the YMCA as our Technology Park’s first tenant,” said Putnam Mayor Tony Falzarano.

Putnam Bank President and CEO Tom Borner and Pomfret resident Betty Hale have both been instrumental in garnering community support for the new Y. “I am excited for northeastern Connecticut.  It is good to see progress being made,” said Borner.

Hale is already prepared for the grand opening. “I’ve just bought a new bathing suit and I’m ready to swim.  I am happy to see us moving forward.”

The new Regional Community YMCA a branch of the YMCA of Greater Hartford will serve residents from the towns of Putnam, Killingly, Eastford, Thompson, Brooklyn, Pomfret, Woodstock and Plainfield.

 

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The following charges were listed in the Putnam Police Department logs.  The people charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. The Town Crier will publish dispositions of cases at the request of the accused. The dispositions must be accompanied by the proper documentation. The Putnam Police Department confidential Tip Line is 963-0000.

March 17

Paul Almeida, 37, Providence Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct, unlawful restraint

March 18

Lynwood Pipkin, 55, no certain address; first-degree assault, second-degree assault.

March 20

Carlos Roberto, 22, Woodstock Avenue, Putnam; third-degree burglary, sixth-degree larceny, interfering with police, disorderly conduct, third-degree assault, unlawful restraint.

Tyrone Harper, 28, South Main Street, Putnam; first-degree assault, second-degree assault.

March 21

Jennifer Perry, 38, no certain address; third-degree assault, use of motor vehicle without permission, sixth-degree larceny, disorderly  conduct.

March 22

George Melendez, 54, Mill Brook Lane, Woodstock; operating under the influence, failure to obey traffic signal.

Daniel Hartman, 31, Wilkinson Street, Putnam; two counts of violation of probation.

Donald Lima, 48, Battey Street, Putnam; third-degree assault, disorderly conduct.

March 23

Shaun Currier, 34, Woodstock Avenue, Putnam; evading responsibility, failure to drive right, operating without a license.

Jason Kennett, 32, Cottage Street, Putnam; third-degree failure to appear.

Casey Bokman-Janton, 22, Green Avenue, Plainfield; failure to obey traffic control signal, operating motor vehicle without a license.

March 24

Kyle Jackson, 29, Brooklyn Road, Canterbury; possession of narcotics, operating under the influence, traveling too fast, failure to drive right, reckless driving.