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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 860-963-0000.
June 1
Kyle Riddick, 22, Cottage Street, Danielson; suspended registration, minimum insurance, traveling unreasonably fast.
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Heading into Commencement at The Woodstock Academy. More photos on page 6. Expanded photo gallery Wed. night on FB at Putnam Town Crier & Northeast Ledger. Mona Lee photo.
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Manchester Pipe Band and First Company Governor's Foot Guard
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Academy’s 133rd Commencement Exercises on June 10, 2023, celebrated the graduation of more than 300 students and senior class president Bryn Miller of Woodstock celebrated her classmates.
“We celebrate each and every one of you,” she said. The class has grown not only in knowledge but also in character. She said this day is a “testament to our perseverance”. She said the class learned the value of resilience, the importance of collaboration and embraced diversity.
She said: “We are the architects of our own destiny” and “Dream big. Set audacious goals.”
James D’Alleva-Bochain and Paige Owens were honored as the Valedictorian and Salutatorian of the Class of 2023.
TheYale Honor Cup, one of The Woodstock Academy’s most prestigious awards, went to Lennon Favreau and Matthew Myslenski. In addition the pair received the Donald and Hope Williams Scholarships, along with James D’Alleva-Bochain and Paige Owens.
Jaydon Deras addressed his fellow graduates with an adaptation of his first-place essay, “The Aesthetic Fallibility,” from the Kathryn Robertson Essay Contest. The award is one of the highest academic honors a writer can achieve at The Woodstock Academy and was established in memory of Kathryn Robertson, English Department chair at The Woodstock Academy from 1956 to 1963.
Aleena Jafar-DeCesare ’23, The Woodstock Academy’s second Poet Laureate, and Lilah Jafar-DeCesare ’26, the 2023-24 Poet Laureate, presented their original poem “TBD…” together as the first-ever sibling Poets Laureate duo. They said there used to be a simple answer to “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Princess, astronaut, a tree. But, “In truth, nothing is certain.”
A moment of silence was held for two lost classmates: Amanda Currie and Aiden Trevorrow.
The Woodstock Academy Class of 2023
Charlotte Adase 3, 13, 17; Noah Alimandi; Aaron Allard 4, 17, 18; Mario Alvarez Calvo; Austin Amlaw; Brady Anderson; Ella Anderson 3, 15, 16; Abigail Armstrong; Brooke Arpin 3, 10, 15; Zackery Arsenault; Kristen Ash 17; Stella Atchinson 5, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18; Cole Auker; Maxwell Auker 4; Roman Azzolino 6; Emilia Babbitt; Riley Balanovich 11; Odin Balgenorth; Marc Ballart Gisbert; Payton Barna; Trey Barrett; Ava Basak 4, 17; William Basiliere; Aldo Bastien; Noah Bastien; Vicente Bastura 3, 12, 17; Jayton Bergeron; Isabelle Bessette; Nicholas Betschmann; Yehor Bezshchasnyi 3; Lily Blair; Emma Blanchette 3, 13, 15, 17; Owen Bland 11; Morgan Bonin 3, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17; Kayanna Bourassa 3, 15; Eileen Breton; Ethan Brierley; Aidan Brown; Tessa Brown 17; Carah Bruce 3, 13, 14, 15, 17; Lauren Brule 3, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17; Sophia Bulan 4; Alyson Bunning; Italia Burgio 5; Michael Burns; Desiree Cabassa; Evy Calabrese; Zoe Calabrese; Delaney Canty 3, 13, 17; Mingyi Cao; Taisiya Chabanova 5; Summer Chaput 4; Tate Chavez 15; Jiajun Chen 4; Daniel Chenail; Mitchell Child 5, 13, 15, 16; Sooah Choi 4; Mateusz Chojnicki; Matthew Chuck; Anthony Cimmino; Alexandra Cloutier 11, 14; Avery Collin 5, 17; Brianna Connors; Rocco Corrado; Anthony Corriveau; Trevor Costa; Mykela Cote; Gabrielle Couture 3, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18; Ethan Craig 4, 13, 16; Shannon Cunniff 3, 11, 13, 16, 18; James D’Alleva-Bochain 1, 3, 12, 13, 15, 17; Alexis Danila 3, 15; Taylor Danner 4, 8, 13, 16; Jeter Darigan 19; Carolina DaSilva 3, 8, 10, 13; Bailey Davignon 11; Jesus De La Torre; Destiny Decelles; Bodie Defocy 5, 16, 17; Carson D’Elia; Kirsten Deorsey 4, 8, 13; Grant DeParasis; Jaydon Deras 3, 8, 12, 15, 17; Curtis Desabre; Jade Desmond 4, 10, 13, 15, 16; Hayden Desrosiers; Benjamin Douglas; Gavin Driscoll 3, 9, 15; Connor Dunkley 3, 15, 17; Baden Eaton 4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Jared Eaton; Ava Edwards; Logan Edwards; Ethan Ekman; Braedon Emerson 3, 17; Lex Esposito; Mariah Estabrook; Matthew Ezzell; Jingze Fang; Ella Favreau 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16; Lennon Favreau 3, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18; Tanner Favreau; Max Ferreira 5; Calvin Field; Louella Flanagan 3, 13, 15, 17; Alexandra Flint; Kyre Fontaine 19; Katie Fortin 3.
Also: Asher Gagnon; Jackson Gallagher 3, 13, 17; Antoinette Garcia; Yunlei Ge; Grace Gelhaus; Zachary Gessner 3, 14, 17; Nolen Gilbert; Maximiliano Gonzalez; Emily Goodell; Matthew Gouin; Chance Graley; Kylie Gregory 16; Hadley Grether 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17; Lucas Gustafson; Collin Hamilton 4, 17; Taylor Hardacker; Teofila Hardy; Magnolia Hart 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17; Caira Hassett 4, 6, 8, 13, 15, 16; Olivia Haynes 11; Cameron Heath; Joshua Hernandez; Keynila Hochard; Anna Hryshchenko 3; Jeong Yeon Hwang 3, 12, 15; Carly Ignacio; Aleena Jafar-DeCesare 3, 8, 17, 18; Brian Jameson 3, 12, 13; Olivia Jendrewski 4, 13; Ricky Jessurun 5, 6, 18; Guanyu Jiang; Hannah Johnson 5, 8, 13, 16, 17; Donovan Joseph; Nathan Joseph 5; Jacob Jurnovoy 9, 14; Esmeralda Kasneci; Mario Kasneci; Molly Katkaveck; Kaiden Keddy; Jeremiah Keller; Le-Minh Khieu; Samuel Kim 3, 7, 12, 15, 16; Emma Korsu 3, 15, 17; Landen Kuchy; Evan LaBounty; Ella Ladd; Lance LaFemina; Ava Lanoue 18; Max Larkin; Caitlin LaVallee 3, 17; Khang Le 4, 8, 12, 13, 15; Annika LeBoeuf 3, 6, 13, 17; Curtis Lefebvre; Quinn Lefevre; Jacob Lidonde; Joanna Lin 5, 7, 13, 16; Rain Lin 7; Xiaohan Lin 5; Alexis Lisee 4; Anthony Listro; Peishi Liu 3, 12, 16, 17; Sydney Lord 4, 14, 17; Zirui Lu 5; Rori Mackenzie 4, 13, 17; Leila MacKinnon 3, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; Carter MacNeil; Reed Magnan 19; Elizabeth Mard; Taylor Markley; Trinity Marrier; Jack Marshall; Madison Martinez 11; Anna Masan 3; Olivia Mawson 3, 13, 15, 17, 18; Dylan Mayo 3, 13, 16, 18; Kaden McCullough-Murphy; Makala McDermott 5; Marcus McGregor; Jacqueline Medeiros; Jayden Meier; Javier Menendez Gutierrez; Juan Jose Menendez Gutierrez; Alexis Mercado; Kamden Meyer 3, 8, 12, 18; Bryn Miller 3, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; Anthony Mitchell; Nicholas Montanez; Adam Morales; Nadalie Morales; Elizabeth Morgis 3, 8, 14, 15; Abigail Morin 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Carter Morissette 4, 13, 17; Abigail Morse 6, 16, 17; Ainsley Morse; John Murray 5, 17; Ella Rose Musumeci 8, 16; Magdalena Myslenski 3, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18; Matthew Myslenski 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16.
Also: Brandon Nagle 9; Chloe Nason; Elias Newall-Vuillemot 4, 11, 15; Angela Newell 5; Andrew Newton; Cormac Nielsen 3, 8, 12, 15, 17, 18; Alyson Niemiec 3, 8, 10, 15, 16; Cashel Noel 19; Ellie Nunes 5, 13, 17; Lindsay Nuttall 3, 8, 12, 15, 17; Branden Nystrom; Maya Orbegozo 3, 12, 13; Abigail Owens; Paige Owens 2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17; Noah Page 3; Mavin Palmerino; Nikolina Pandurevic; Natalia Pavia Zarate; Ashley Payne; Carter Payne; Jeffrey Phongsa; Jillian Plouffe 8, 16, 18; Garrett Poitras 19; Ethan Pokorny; William Price; Kylie Quercia 3, 13, 16; Sophia Quinn 3, 13, 18; Austin Quinney; Amelia Racicot 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17; Seamus Raftery; Randall Rawcliffe; Sarah Richards; Fiona Rigney 5, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Wyatt Robbie 3, 8, 12, 13, 15, 17; Celeste Robbins; Alexa Rock;l Destiny Rock; Diego Rodriguez; Jose Rodriguez-Otero; Israel Rodriguez-Otero; Adriana Rojas; Natalie Romano 3, 8, 16, 17; Steven Rondeau; Lillian Rossi 5, 17, 18; Evan Roy; Aubrey Rumrill 3, 6, 8, 13, 15, 16; Pol Saiz Barbancho; Parker Sallum; Jordi Sanabra Porti; Quintavanh Sangasy 15; Emma Santos; Aiyana Sarabia; Brandin Sarabia; Carter Saracina; Nathaniel Sarette 5; Jakub Sarzynski 5; Braiden Saucier 3, 8, 12, 14, 17; Trevor Savoie; Adele Schmidt 5, 9; Jonathan Sebastian 4, 17, 18; Kenzie Sellers; Lillian Sharpe 3, 16; Davis Simpson 5, 13, 14, 15, 16; Caza Slauenwhite 4; Gianna Smith 17; Grace Smith; Aidan Soderman; Isabella Sorrentino 4, 6, 13, 15, 16, 17; Madison Souvigney; Mackenzie Starr 18; Oleksandr Stasovskyi 3, 12, 13; Cameron Stevens; Cooper Stewart 19; Concetta Sumner 8, 16; Isabel Sumner 3, 13, 16, 17; Linzhuoran Sun 3, 12; Xin Sun 3, 12; Allison Surprenant 4.
Also: Wyatt Thienel; Adam Thompson 4, 8, 15, 16, 17; Alexandra Thompson 5, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16; Alyssa Thompson 16, 17; Antonio Thorstenson; Sebastian Tivnan; Dominick Tocci; Owen Tracy 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; Rhett Tucker; Jack Tyler; Jacob Vadeboncoeur; Dylan Veilleux; Adrianna Veloce; Gabriel Viau; Kylie Wakely 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17; Weiqi Wang; Xiaodan Wang; Nicholas Webster 4, 11, 18; Patrick Webster; Lauren Weidele; Liam Wilcox 5; Cameron Wood; Renata Yasynska 4; Xiangyang Ye; Roodney Yee; Cooper York; Violet Young 3, 8, 13, 15, 17, 18; Colin Zavorskas; Melissa Zea; Yue Zhang; Wenjie Zheng; Zimo Zheng; Linsijing Zhi; Alex Ziarko;
***Honor Codes: 1Valedictorian; 2. Salutatorian; 3. Summa cum laude; 4. Magna cum laude; 5. Cum laude; 6. Art National Honor Society; 7. Chinese National Honor Society; 8. English National Honor Society; 9. German National Honor Society; 10. Italian National Honor Society; 11. Latin National Honor Society; 12. Math National Honor Society; 13. National Honor Society; 14. Scholar-Athlete Honor Society; 15. Science National Honor Society; 16. Social Studies Honor Society; 17. Spanish Honor Society; 18. Tri-M Honor Society; 19. Military.
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Waiting to go get the diploma June 8 at Putnam High. More photos on page 6 and expanded photo gallery Wed. night on our FB page: Putnam Town Crier & Northeast Ledger. Linda Lemmon photo.
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The class rock
Left: Waiting until the end for loved one graduating
Below: Mortarboard creativity
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — The theme for the speakers at the 146th Commencement of Putnam High School gravitated toward community.
Superintendent Steven Rioux told graduates that it is a team effort that “helps you cross the finish line. “He told graduates two things are important: Friends and finding your passion. “I hope this is a springboard into your future.”
He added they should never forget their community. “Your community believes in you. Give back to your community as your community gave to you.”
Principal Heather Taylor recounted the unique events for the class and made community tangible reminding the class that the class has left its mark on the newly minted “class rock.” She called the Class of 2023 a “selfless and generous group” and noted they performed more than 1,000 hours of community service.
Valedictorian Guineverve Weiker urged her classmates not to get locked into a box. She quoted Harry Chapin: “But your youth is no handicap it’s what makes you thirsty.”
Two students lost during the year were honored: Tyshon Harper and Makayla Requeno.
Award winners: Educator of the Year, Natalie Dash; Citizen of the Year, Shane Donahue; Student of the Year, Emily St. Martin.
Valedictorian: Guinevere S. Weiker
Salutatorian: Alishia L. Thompson
Graduates: Jayden Aites, Rafaela Pinto Araujo (H, NHS), Makani Ayau, Samantha Bennett, Jacob Benzie (HH), Shea R. Bernier, Jenny Boriboun (HH), Elysse Christine Britt (HH, NHS), Cheyanne Debold, Rachelle Deloge, Cole Digname (HH), Allyson Michelle DiNola (HH, NHS), Michael T. Ellis (H), Abigail Marie Fitts (HH), Andrew Gabbard, Jack Garcia (H), Kaylee Goding (HH), Alonzo Henries, Rylee Jean Houle (H), Christopher Jones, Naysa Christianna Jones, Raymond Jordan, Sara Mackenzie Lackey.
Also: Dorian Keane Larose, Robert Leo LeBlanc II (HH), Cooper Livingston (HH), Cameron Lowell (H, NHS), Sullivan Xavier MacDonald (H), Jacob Paul Mailloux (HH, NHS), Jason Jomar Negrón Encarnación, Spencer E. Northup, Enrico Gabriel Ong (HH, NHS), Emerald Skye Perry, Angelina Elizabeth Porter (HH, NHS), Daniel Edmund Pratt (H), DeAnn Amber Pringle (HH), Elijah James Prochowski, MacKenzie Reidy (HH), Nicholas Renshaw, Osiris Salcedo, Ella Madison Schoppe (HH, NHS), Hailee Silveira, Kevin William Sirois, Emily Kathleen St. Martin (HH, NHS), Shaina R. Sudol (H), Alishia L. Thompson (HH, NHS), Bailey R. Touchette (H), Hannah Towne, Jacob P. Tremblay, Amy Vongvirath(HH), Eli Wagley (HH), Jayden Walker, Guinevere S. Weiker (HH, NHS), Colin Wojciechowski (HH), Brenden Womack (H), Vincent Young.
H = Cumulative average of 85% and above
HH = Cumulative average of 90% and above
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Track team's
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State Open
There was only one top-10 performance but overall, Woodstock Academy girls’ track and field coach Josh Welch was satisfied with his team’s performance in the State Open track championship last week.
Sophomore Juliet Allard was the top finisher for the Centaurs as she finished seventh in the 300-meter hurdles in 46.15 seconds.
The top six qualified for the New England championship in Bangor, Maine, Saturday and, while Allard did not immediately qualify, she was the first alternate and accepted an invitation to compete when an opening became available.
Allard finished 19th in the New England Championship in 47.86 seconds.
Allard, as she seemingly does just about every meet, also bettered one of her school records in the State Open championship as she finished in 25.94 seconds in the 200-meter.
Bella Sorrentino failed to advance into the finals of the 100-meter hurdles but there was a reason for that.
“Bella fell a little short from where she wanted to be. She had a great start in the hurdles but got spiked pretty badly which messed up her day quite a bit,” Welch said.
Sorrentino also finished 19th in the shotput.
The 4x800-meter relay team of Talia Tremblay, Julia Coyle, Olivia Tracy and Isabel D’Alleva-Bochain finished 13th.
Jillian Edwards equaled her career-best as she cleared 4-feet, 10-inches in the high jump.
The State Open generally concludes the track team activities for the season.
“We had some personal-best performances and it was a great way for some of the kids to wrap their seasons up. It’s winding down but we’re now hitting some of the things that are most fun for me. I love working with the heptathletes and decathletes that I get to play a role with,” Welch said.
Liam Wilcox will compete in the CIAC boys’ decathlon event this week while Sorrentino and Edwards will compete in the CIAC girls’ heptathlon.
Coyle, D’Alleva-Bochain and Tracy will compete in the CIAC Steeplechase also this week.
In addition to Allard competing in the New England championship, Magdalena Myslenski has qualified for the Nationals in both the javelin and discus and that takes place on Saturday in Philadelphia.
“It’s been a fantastic year,” Welch said. “Looking at the state championship, we could have almost won it but not everyone had a perfect day, not everyone was firing on all cylinders and that’s the luck of the draw. Seeing our seniors not be our leading scorers, most of our points were put up by sophomores and juniors, means next year we have a really good chance of developing along those lines. I think we could be a top contender at States and in the (Eastern Connecticut Conference) again next year. I don’t know if we will be as dual meet strong, but we will look like a very strong team in the championship season.”
The Centaurs will lose nine seniors from this year’s roster.
“Bella and Magdalena were huge standouts, they filled up a lot of space in the dual meets. I just knew that there were four or five events that we would dominate because they were there. Abby Morin was coming on, getting a lot of seconds and thirds. Sydney Lord was a big part of the 4x800 relay early on. Sophia Quinn was in the shadow of Magda a little, but was a major point scorer in several meets. We’re going to miss them a lot. The points are one thing but it’s the leadership out of Bella, Magda and Sophia really changed the culture of the team. We have to find some people to carry that weight,” Welch said.
Boys’ track
It wasn’t what he had hoped.
Woodstock Academy senior Jared Eaton finished fifth in the shotput at the State Open track championship.
“I will be honest, I wasn’t happy (with fifth-place),” Eaton said. “I had an unmarked 56-foot throw that would have won the meet so I was a little disappointed. I can’t complain. Fifth in the state is more than I could imagine.”
Eaton said the 56-foot throw was not marked because the throw went about 2 inches outside of the sector line -a foul.
The senior settled for a 51-foot, 8-inch throw and the fifth-place finish which did qualify him for the New England championship.
He did not compete there as there was the little matter of graduation ceremonies at Woodstock Academy to take care of.
“It’s the day of graduation and I tried but my Mom and my family want me at graduation and that’s a big day so I suppose I should be there,” Eaton said.
Eaton’s high school career is not technically over.
He will compete in the shotput at the High School National track and field championship in Philadelphia on Saturday.
“I’m so ready. I’m pumped. I’m ready to try and get another medal,” he said.
Boys’ Golf
The Woodstock boys’ golf team went in as a 14th-seed and that’s where it finished at the Division I state tournament golf championship.
“I thought our seeding was appropriate and so was the finish,” said coach Rich Garceau. “I always like to finish, at least, one ahead of where we were seeded but I think the guys learned a lot this season.”
Woodstock was paced by senior Davis Simpson who finished with a six-over par 78 as it finished with a team score of 358.
“Davis is an exceptional leader on and off the golf course and in school. He took that leadership role when he was a sophomore, stepped into it really quickly so I thought we had something special there. I think there is a certain level of his charisma that is going to stick with us and I really think that will impact the young kids moving forward,” Garceau said.
Logan Rawson finished with a 90 and Don Sousa added a 93.
“I had a little coaching session with Don during the tournament and I think he had an epiphany and things started to turn around towards the end,” Garceau said.
The Woodstock Academy coach was also happy to get some of his younger players involved in the tournament season.
“I have a really talented pool of freshmen that, if they practice and get a few tournaments under their belts over the summer, I think they could really do a lot of things in the future,” Garceau said.
The nice part about that is it means he is looking forward to the 2024 season.
“Usually at this point, I’m really tired at the end of the season and I am really tired but it has been a long time since I’ve been this excited about next year this year. I think we’re in a good place moving forward,” he said.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
Freshman Isabel D’Alleva-Bochain takes the handoff from Julia Coyle.
in the 4x800-meter relay event at the CIAC State Open track championship at Willow Brook Park in New Britain last week. The Centaurs relay team finished 13th overall.
On her way to breaking her own school record, sophomore Juliet Allard (second from left) competes in the 200-meter race at CIAC State Open.
track championship at Willow Brook Park in New Britain last week
Senior Isabella Sorrentino concentrates before throwing the shotput.
at the CIAC State Open track championship at Willow Brook Park in New Britain last week
Photos by Michelle Verrilli/Woodstock Academy
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