Tickets are on sale for The Last Green Valley’s fund-raiser, Tastes of the Valley. It will be held at 4 p.m. Aug. 25 at The Publick House in Sturbridge. Tickets are $100 for TLGV members and $125 for non-members, which includes a year-long membership.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.thelastgreenvalley.org or by calling 860-774-3300. All funds raised are used to support the mission of TLGV.
The evening starts with a social hour featuring local wines, beers and beverages, as well as appetizers prepared by area chefs using products farmed in the 35 towns of The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor. Guests will then be invited into the main dining room where they will be treated to an amazing multi-course, sit-down, farm-to-table dinner showcasing dishes created specifically for our event by some of the area’s top chefs. Seated at each table will be a special guest – either a local farmer, vintner, brewer or agriculture expert for you to converse with as you learn more about what it takes to keep The Last Green Valley green and delicious.
The end of the evening features dessert and a live auction featuring guest auctioneer Gene Michael Deary. Silent auctions and a raffle highlighting locally-crafted items and experiences will be held throughout the evening. It’s a different spin on the area’s best farm-to-table experience and the perfect way to support the efforts of The Last Green Valley.
Tastes of the Valley is sponsored by: Host Sponsor: The Publick House; Platinum Sponsors: Rebecca Harvey, Nancy Polydys & Simonds, Inc. ; Gold Sponsors: Keith & Elaine Knowlton, Putnam Bank & UNFI Helping Hands; Silver Sponsors: Fiberoptics Technology, Inc., Groton Open Space Association, Marjorie Hoskin, Savings Institute Bank & Trust, a division of Berkshire Bank & Titan Energy; Bronze Sponsors: Cornerstone Bank, Dexter-Russell, Inc., Gerardi Insurance Services, Jewett City Savings Bank, Sturbridge Tourist Association & Village Electric.
Sponsorship Opportunities are still available. Call the TLGV Office at 860-774-3300 for more information.
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Honored
DAYVILLE — Anna Gutjahr is July’s Employee of the Month at Westview Health Care Center. Currently living in Eastford, she is a registered nurse at the Dayville facility where she has worked since 2017.
She was born in Ohio, lived in Maine briefly, spent a decade in Rhode Island, and is now in her fifth year as a Connecticut resident.
When she is not exercising the strength of her nursing skills Anna enjoys reading, playing with her cat Cal, shopping, and riding and showing horses with John Bennett Stables of Putnam. She proudly works with a horse named Jester, and both are looking forward to showing off at the upcoming Woodstock Fair.
She initially joined Westview’s staff as a Certified Nursing Assistant while she was earning her degree as a Registered Nurse from the Community College of Rhode Island. After completing this education she quickly moved into the very important role of “charge nurse,” giving her a large quantity of patient cases to oversee in a given section of the facility. Cultivating strength in this form of superintendence was important training for Anna, as it prepared her for the role she currently holds as the MDS coding nurse. The “Minimum Data Set” (abbreviated as MDS) is the federal system of analyzing patient needs and abilities in a Medicare or Medicaid setting.
Amid her evolution between roles as a CNA, a Charge Nurse, and now MDS Nurse at Westview, she always holds onto key pieces learned along the way.
“Anna demonstrates a work ethic and ambition that is such a natural fit here at Westview,” said David T. Panteleakos, administrator. “Alongside our amazing team of health care professionals, Anna is always willing to learn and lead by example.”
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Then
This is Main Street, looking toward the what would be the plaza later, after the Flood of 1955.
& Now
This is the same area of Main Street in modern times.
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THOMPSON —The following students were named to the Marianapolis Preparatory School honor rolls for the Quarter 4, Semester 2, and Full Year.
Quarter 4 Honor Roll
Head of School List
Michael Acquaah-Harrison, Charlton, MA; Olivia-Mae Acquaah-Harrison, Charlton, MA; Oyetola Ajayi-Obe, Worcester, MA; Grant Alessandro, Pomfret Center, CT; Lily Alessandro, Pomfret Center, CT; Owen Alicandro, North Oxford, MA; Jill Allmendinger, Hagnau, Germany; Anna Bagley, Charlton, MA; Ryan Barnwell, Danielson, CT; Morgan Beaudreault, Dayville, CT; Cassandra Belsito, Millbury, MA; Maya Benway, Acton, MA; Keara Bluestone, Worcester, MA; Abigail Boria, Charlton, MA; Samuel Bouchard, Douglas, MA; Vincent Bourgeois, Woodstock, CT; Meghan Brooks, Worcester, MA; Jessie Calkins, Charlton, MA; Marielle Caparso, Worcester, MA; Panachai Chauychoo, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Pannawat Chauychoo, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Danielle Collette, Webster, MA; Chase Courville, Charlton, MA; Spencer Courville, Charlton, MA; Julia Crosby, Whitinsville, MA; Tara Daniels, Webster, MA; Anh Dao, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Alexandra Delano, Charlton, MA; Fiona Doiron, Charlton, MA; Khanh Dong, Hanoi, Vietnam; Xianzhou Du, Shenyang, China; Olivia Duncan, Woodstock, CT; Sebastian Evans, Glocester, RI; Chiara Faiola, Auburn, MA; Yifei Fang, Shanghai, China; Felicia Fongemie, Ashford, CT; Alexandra Giorgio, Millbury, MA; Ashley Giorgio, Millbury, MA; Madelyn Grundstrom, Moosup, CT; Timothy Hall, Plainfield, CT; Zachary Hall, Plainfield, CT; Sofia Hargrave, Charlton, MA; Kiersten Haviland, Plainfield, CT; Kelly Heney, Douglas, MA; Philip Heney, Douglas, MA; Maura Hoban, Millbury, MA; Kaylynn Horan, Putnam, CT; Tien Huynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Katelyn Jacoboski, Willington, CT; Rebecca Jalbert, Oxford, MA; Kathleen Joiner, North Grosvenordale, CT; Mackenzie Jutras, Greenville, RI; Claire Kelleher, Auburn, MA; Julia Kilroy, Upton, MA; Rosalie Laconto, Oxford, MA; Quan Le, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Abigail Leahy, Leicester, MA; Juhyoungsun Lee, Seoul, South Korea; Syhyoung Lee, Seoul, South Korea; Ke Li, Dalian, China; Hannah Lin, Norwich, CT; Qianhui Lin, Beijing, China; Eve Listerud, Uxbridge, MA; Chenxi Liu, Changzhou, China; Jessica Lorkiewicz, Webster, MA; Alana Lorusso, North Oxford, MA; Delan Luo, Yuhuan, China; Ian MacKenzie, Woodstock, CT; Linh Mai, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Lauren Makie, Webster, MA; Bartosz Mamro, Webster, MA; Szymon Mamro, Webster, MA; Ian Martin, Moosup, CT; Riley Martin, Moosup, CT; Salvatore Masciarelli, Northbridge, MA; Sydney Masciarelli, Northbridge, MA; Laurelyn Mayen, Dudley, MA; Grace McGovern, Worcester, MA; Taylor McNamara, Millville, MA; Emma McQuiston, Webster, MA; Ashlyn Mercier, Oxford, MA; Xinyue Miao, Shanghai, China; Shelton Mudzingwa, Gweru, Zimbabwe; Lily Mueller, Webster, MA; Shawn Murphy, Charlton, MA; Nhi Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Hayley O’Connell, Webster, MA; Collin O’Connor, Sutton, MA; Kara O’Neil, Holden, MA; Rahmat Obanikoro, Ikoyi, Nigeria; Jenna Olivieri, Douglas, MA; Deandre Ortiz, Lunenburg, MA; Olivia Panagiotou, Webster, MA; Long Pham, Hanoi, Vietnam; Brendan Phaneuf, Danielson, CT; Olivia Pisegna, Oxford, MA; Sara Powers, Grafton, MA; Huan Qu, Taiyuan, China; Jill Reardon, Fiskdale, MA; Brianne Rett, Uxbridge, MA; Grace Rhoads, Stafford Springs, CT; Christopher Ringer, Old Saybrook, CT; Samuel Roy, Thompson, CT; Elizabeth Schoemer, Oxford, MA; Olivia Sczuroski, Pomfret Center, CT; Trinity Semo, Dudley, MA; Owen Soontjens, Corbais, Belgium; Alex Stawiecki, Thompson, CT; Zachary Stoddard, Pomfret Center, CT; Johanna Sullivan, Worcester, MA; Maya Summiel, Dayville, CT; Olivia Summiel, Dayville, CT; Peyton Surprenant, Dudley, MA; Alison Tourtellotte, Putnam, CT; Daniel Twohig, Douglas, MA; Rachel Ullstrom, Auburn, MA; Johann Vennink, Southbridge, MA; John Vigliotti, Worcester, MA; Tram Vo, Phan Thiet, Vietnam; Mary Wall, Northborough, MA; Yunpeng Wang, Shenzhen, China; Rose Warfield, Grafton, MA; Madison Webber, Douglas, MA; Zhenlin Wei, Shenzhen, China; Molly White, Worcester, MA; Anna Wildes, North Uxbridge, MA; Gabrielle Wood, Northbridge, MA; Kyle Woodruff, Southbridge, MA; Rui Xiao, Chongqing, China; Hehua Xu, Hangzhou, China; Mingyou Xu, Shanghai, China; Wenyang Yuan, Beijing, China; Qiyun Zhang, Kunming, China; Zihan Zhang, Jinan, China; Xingyu Zhu, Wenzhou, China.
Dean’s List
James Alves, Uxbridge, MA; Kaitlin Baca, Webster, MA; Stephon Baxter, Worcester, MA; Viacheslav Beliaev, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Lena Benway, Acton, MA; Callista Bibeau, Danielson, CT; Patrick Brooks, Worcester, MA; Tyler Burton, Uxbridge, MA; Hansen Cao, Shenzhen, China; Alayna Cashman, Charlton, MA; Jasmine Creighton, Webster, MA; Paul Davey, Oxford, MA; Eva Dellea, North Oxford, MA; Sydney Duby, Worcester, MA; Olivia Duquette, North Grosvenordale, CT; William Engle, Plainfield, CT; Lily Givner, Oxford, MA; Serena Godin, Glendale, RI; Juliette Golden, Millville, MA; Isabella Gonzalez, Plainfield, CT; Alyson Hartman, Douglas, MA; Kelsie Haviland, Plainfield, CT; Juliana Hernandez, Philadelphia, PA; Garret Hippert, Brooklyn, CT; Kira Horan, Putnam, CT; Sean-Patrick Houssan, Millbury, MA; Ge Jia, Baoding, China; Ehmil Johnson, Auburn, MA; Kualim Johnson, Auburn, MA; Thomas Joiner, North Grosvenordale, CT; Chloe Karapanos, Webster, MA; Ayana Kobayashi, Nagoya, Japan; Haruna Kobayashi, Nagoya, Japan; Luke Lageman, Thompson, CT; Ava LaRoche, Stafford Springs, CT; Ha Le, Da Nang, Vietnam; Alyssa Leveille, Thompson, CT; Kaiyin Li, Beijing, China; Sijun Li, Guangzhou, China; Alexander Litke, Brooklyn, CT; Katerina Looney, Dudley, MA; Kaya Lukasek, Webster, MA; Jocelyn Madden, Danielson, CT; Cole McGovern, North Grosvenordale, CT; Conner McLeod, Foster, RI; Keegan McLeod, Foster, RI; Caitlyn Miller, Webster, MA; Kylie Miller, Webster, MA; Jacob Mobley, Webster, MA; Alyssa Morrison, Oxford, MA; Kaylynn Nolan, Oxford, MA; Declan O’Connor, West Boylston, MA; Tessa O’Leary, Rochdale, MA; James Olivieri, Douglas, MA; Yasmeen Osborne, Brooklyn, CT; Dominic Penny, Worcester, MA; Linh Pham, Hanoi, Vietnam; Emmalyn Pickett, Oxford, MA; Morgan Polinski, Oxford, MA; Sophia Rabitor, Dayville, CT; Jonathan Reardon, Fiskdale, MA; Ashley Robert, Plainfield, CT; Johnna Romanek, North Grosvenordale, CT; Molly Romprey, Thompson, CT; John Sarantopoulos, Pomfret Center, CT; Hanna Scheffler, Webster, MA; Elena Spangle, Brooklyn, CT; Alex Spetseris, Webster, MA; Christopher Sullivan, Charlton, MA; Christian Terwilliger, Lebanon, CT; Hien To, Hanoi, Vietnam; Noah Trainor, Dayville, CT; Jared Ullstrom, Auburn, MA; Ashley Vandenbrouck, Oxford, MA; Jonathan Vicario, Shrewsbury, MA; Maggie Vo, Worcester, MA; Elizabeth Walker, Thompson, CT; Xuanlin Wang, Beijing, China; Haipei Yang, Nanjing Jiangsu, China; Honghao Zhang, Beijing, China; Jianghan Zhang, Beijing, China; Steven Chuanru Zheng, Wenzhou, China; Yezeyuan Zheng, Hangzhou, China.
Honor Roll
Emma Allen, West Boylston, MA; Anna Alves, Uxbridge, MA; Benjamin Daggett, Dudley, MA; Savannah Darling, Sutton, MA; Brendan Donegan, Charlton, MA; Gilbert Fournier, Putnam, CT; Caroline Gardiner, Grafton, MA; Audrey Hammond, Sutton, MA; Michael Hanrahan, Thompson, CT; Isabel Hull, Union, CT; Nicholas LaFlamme, Woodstock, CT; Evan Lundt, Woodstock, CT; Wednesday Maskova, Sestajovice, Czech Republic; Connor Murray, Southbridge, MA; Manuel Pinto Estrada, Villahermosa, Mexico; Hannah Schoemer, Oxford, MA; Owen Trainor, Brooklyn, CT; Chenxi Xie, Wuhan, China; Lucas Yash, Webster, MA; Yinning Zeng, Chengdu, China.
Semester 2 Honor Roll
Head of School List
Oyetola Ajayi-Obe, Worcester, MA; Grant Alessandro, Pomfret Center, CT; Lily Alessandro, Pomfret Center, CT; Owen Alicandro, North Oxford, MA; Jill Allmendinger, Hagnau, Germany; Ryan Barnwell, Danielson, CT; Cassandra Belsito, Millbury, MA; Maya Benway, Acton, MA; Keara Bluestone, Worcester, MA; Abigail Boria, Charlton, MA; Samuel Bouchard, Douglas, MA; Vincent Bourgeois, Woodstock, CT; Meghan Brooks, Worcester, MA; Jessie Calkins, Charlton, MA; Panachai Chauychoo, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Pannawat Chauychoo, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Danielle Collette, Webster, MA; Chase Courville, Charlton, MA; Spencer Courville, Charlton, MA; Julia Crosby, Whitinsville, MA; Tara Daniels, Webster, MA; Alexandra Delano, Charlton, MA; Fiona Doiron, Charlton, MA; Xianzhou Du, Shenyang, China; Olivia Duncan, Woodstock, CT; Sebastian Evans, Glocester, RI; Chiara Faiola, Auburn, MA; Yifei Fang, Shanghai, China; Felicia Fongemie, Ashford, CT; Alexandra Giorgio, Millbury, MA; Ashley Giorgio, Millbury, MA; Timothy Hall, Plainfield, CT; Sofia Hargrave, Charlton, MA; Philip Heney, Douglas, MA; Maura Hoban, Millbury, MA; Kaylynn Horan, Putnam, CT; Kira Horan, Putnam, CT; Tien Huynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Katelyn Jacoboski, Willington, CT; Rebecca Jalbert, Oxford, MA; Kathleen Joiner, North Grosvenordale, CT; Mackenzie Jutras, Greenville, RI; Chloe Karapanos, Webster, MA; Claire Kelleher, Auburn, MA; Julia Kilroy, Upton, MA; Rosalie Laconto, Oxford, MA; Abigail Leahy, Leicester, MA; Juhyoungsun
Lee, Seoul, South Korea; Ke Li, Dalian, China; Hannah Lin, Norwich, CT; Qianhui Lin, Beijing, China; Chenxi Liu, Changzhou, China; Jessica Lorkiewicz, Webster, MA; Delan Luo, Yuhuan, China; Ian MacKenzie, Woodstock, CT; Linh Mai, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Bartosz Mamro, Webster, MA; Szymon Mamro, Webster, MA; Ian Martin, Moosup, CT; Riley Martin, Moosup, CT; Laurelyn Mayen, Dudley, MA; Grace McGovern, Worcester, MA; Keegan McLeod, Foster, RI; Emma McQuiston, Webster, MA; Shelton Mudzingwa, Gweru, Zimbabwe; Shawn Murphy, Charlton, MA; Nhi Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Collin O’Connor, Sutton, MA; Kara O’Neil, Holden, MA; Rahmat Obanikoro, Ikoyi, Nigeria; Jenna Olivieri, Douglas, MA; Olivia Panagiotou, Webster, MA; Long Pham, Hanoi, Vietnam; Brendan Phaneuf, Danielson, CT; Sara Powers, Grafton, MA; Jill Reardon, Fiskdale, MA; Grace Rhoads, Stafford Springs, CT; Christopher Ringer, Old Saybrook, CT; Samuel Roy, Thompson, CT; Elizabeth Schoemer, Oxford, MA; Trinity Semo, Dudley, MA; Alex Stawiecki, Thompson, CT; Zachary Stoddard, Pomfret Center, CT; Johanna Sullivan, Worcester, MA; Maya Summiel, Dayville, CT; Olivia Summiel, Dayville, CT; Daniel Twohig, Douglas, MA; Johann Vennink, Southbridge, MA; John Vigliotti, Worcester, MA; Tram Vo, Phan Thiet, Vietnam; Mary Wall, Northborough, MA; Yunpeng Wang, Shenzhen, China; Rose Warfield, Grafton, MA; Madison Webber, Douglas, MA; Zhenlin Wei, Shenzhen, China; Molly White, Worcester, MA; Gabrielle Wood, Northbridge, MA; Kyle Woodruff, Southbridge, MA; Rui Xiao, Chongqing, China; Hehua Xu, Hangzhou, China; Wenyang Yuan, Beijing, China; Yinning Zeng, Chengdu, China; Honghao Zhang, Beijing, China; Qiyun Zhang, Kunming, China; Zihan Zhang, Jinan, China; Yezeyuan Zheng, Hangzhou, China; Xingyu Zhu, Wenzhou, China.
Dean’s List
Alayna Cashman, Charlton, MA; Brendan Donegan, Charlton, MA; Khanh Dong, Hanoi, Vietnam; Zachary Hall, Plainfield, CT; Ge Jia, Baoding, China; Jocelyn Madden, Danielson, CT; Cole McGovern, North Grosvenordale, CT; Caitlyn Miller, Webster, MA; Alyssa Morrison, Oxford, MA; Declan O’Connor, West Boylston, MA; Olivia Pisegna, Oxford, MA; Sophia Rabitor, Dayville, CT; Hanna Scheffler, Webster, MA; Hien To, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Honor Roll
Wednesday Maskova, Sestajovice, Czech Republic; Chenxi Xie, Wuhan, China.
Full Year Honor Roll
Head of School List
Grant Alessandro, Pomfret Center, CT; Lily Alessandro, Pomfret Center, CT; Owen Alicandro, North Oxford, MA; Jill Allmendinger, Hagnau, Germany; Ryan Barnwell, Danielson, CT; Cassandra Belsito, Millbury, MA; Maya Benway, Acton, MA; Keara Bluestone, Worcester, MA; Abigail Boria, Charlton, MA; Samuel Bouchard, Douglas, MA; Vincent Bourgeois, Woodstock, CT; Pannawat Chauychoo, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Danielle Collette, Webster, MA; Chase Courville, Charlton, MA; Spencer Courville, Charlton, MA; Julia Crosby, Whitinsville, MA; Alexandra Delano, Charlton, MA; Fiona Doiron, Charlton, MA; Xianzhou Du, Shenyang, China; Olivia Duncan, Woodstock, CT; Sebastian Evans, Glocester, RI; Chiara Faiola, Auburn, MA; Yifei Fang, Shanghai, China; Felicia Fongemie, Ashford, CT; Ashley Giorgio, Millbury, MA; Timothy Hall, Plainfield, CT; Sofia Hargrave, Charlton, MA; Philip Heney, Douglas, MA; Maura Hoban, Millbury, MA; Kaylynn Horan, Putnam, CT; Kira Horan, Putnam, CT; Tien Huynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Katelyn Jacoboski, Willington, CT; Rebecca Jalbert, Oxford, MA; Kathleen Joiner, North Grosvenordale, CT; Mackenzie Jutras, Greenville, RI; Chloe Karapanos, Webster, MA; Claire Kelleher, Auburn, MA; Julia Kilroy, Upton, MA; Rosalie Laconto, Oxford, MA; Abigail Leahy, Leicester, MA; Juhyoungsun Lee, Seoul, South Korea; Ke Li, Dalian, China; Hannah Lin, Norwich, CT; Qianhui Lin, Beijing, China; Chenxi Liu, Changzhou, China; Jessica Lorkiewicz, Webster, MA; Ian MacKenzie, Woodstock, CT; Linh Mai, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Bartosz Mamro, Webster, MA; Szymon Mamro, Webster, MA; Ian Martin, Moosup, CT; Riley Martin, Moosup, CT; Laurelyn Mayen, Dudley, MA; Grace McGovern, Worcester, MA; Keegan McLeod, Foster, RI; Emma McQuiston, Webster, MA; Nhi Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Collin O’Connor, Sutton, MA; Declan O’Connor, West Boylston, MA; Kara O’Neil, Holden, MA; Rahmat Obanikoro, Ikoyi, Nigeria; Jenna Olivieri, Douglas, MA; Olivia Panagiotou, Webster, MA; Long Pham, Hanoi, Vietnam; Brendan Phaneuf, Danielson, CT; Sara Powers, Grafton, MA; Jill Reardon, Fiskdale, MA; Grace Rhoads, Stafford Springs, CT; Christopher Ringer, Old Saybrook, CT; Samuel Roy, Thompson, CT; Elizabeth Schoemer, Oxford, MA; Alex Stawiecki, Thompson, CT; Zachary Stoddard, Pomfret Center, CT; Olivia Summiel, Dayville, CT; Hien To, Hanoi, Vietnam; Daniel Twohig, Douglas, MA; Johann Vennink, Southbridge, MA; John Vigliotti, Worcester, MA; Tram Vo, Phan Thiet, Vietnam; Yunpeng Wang, Shenzhen, China; Rose Warfield, Grafton, MA; Madison Webber, Douglas, MA; Zhenlin Wei, Shenzhen, China; Molly White, Worcester, MA; Kyle Woodruff, Southbridge, MA; Rui Xiao, Chongqing, China; Hehua Xu, Hangzhou, China; Wenyang Yuan, Beijing, China; Yinning Zeng, Chengdu, China; Qiyun Zhang, Kunming, China; Zihan Zhang, Jinan, China; Yezeyuan Zheng, Hangzhou, China; Xingyu Zhu, Wenzhou, China.
Dean’s List
Brendan Donegan, Charlton, MA; Jocelyn Madden, Danielson, CT; Alyssa Morrison, Oxford, MA; Olivia Pisegn, Oxford, MA.
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