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Shattered Pole
A Webster man was charged after the car he was driving hit a utility pole on Church Street last week, snapping it. The road was closed for hours while the pole was replaced. Courtesy photo.
Webster man cited
after car hits pole
PUTNAM — A Webster man was cited for reckless driving after his car hit a utility pole April 21. Putnam Police said Church Street should reopen later this morning or early afternoon today after Eversource finishes repairing the snapped pole.
Putnam Police Department Captain Justin Lussier said Kenneth Lippe, 21, of 98 N. Main St., Webster, received a summons for reckless driving, failure to maintain his lane and unsafe tires after he hit a utility pole near 356 Church St. Police determined Lippe was driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his car.
Lippe and his passenger, Brianna Morris, 20, of Dudley, were taken to Day Kimball Hospital for non-life threatening injuries by Putnam EMS and a mutual aid ambulance from Woodstock EMS.
Putnam Fire Department also responded to the scene.
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PUTNAM — The Putnam High School honor roll for the third quarter includes:
Seniors
High Honors: Greyson Anderson, Nathan Barylski, Johnathan Carita, Laylah Chavez, Harley Field, Emma Fisk, Anna Ionkin, Catherine LaForest, Ethan Latendresse, Jordan Levesque, Brooke Peloquin, Mackenzie Peloquin, Jamie Petre, Emma Rudman, Michayla Rugh, Abby St. Martin.
First Honors: Kalai Ayau, Emma Braithwaite, Randy Johnson, Colby Livingston, Haddijatou Mbye, Bethany Smith, Oscar Steinbrick, Haley Syrjala.
Recognition: Abigail Desrosiers, Chad Flick, Alex Hutchins, Jack Lomax, Adriana Maltias, Timothy Maryanov, Julie Morris, Mackenzie Oleszewski, Abbigail Pelletier, Tyler Shippee, Maggie Wojciechowski.
Juniors
High Honors: Autumn Allard, Makenna Barnett, Reagan Boledovic, Amayah Chavez, Tyler Fullerton, Olivia Hassett-Mellen, Amelia Labbe-Fahy, Olivia Labbe-Fahy, Lexie Latendresse, Celenia Lopez, Avery Pedersen, Halie Reidy, Jack Rindge, Ewa Sekula, Destiney Simas, Hunter Vanasse, Connor Vassar.
First Honors: Zachary Belleville, Johnathen Brouillette, Samantha Eddy, Kandi Garcia-Morente, Avory Kelly, Kayla Morrison, Iasmin Neves, Benjamin Northup, Xander Ruggeri, Dominic Sheldon. Recognition: Karson Bates, David DePari, Ethan Gardner, Ariana Hernandez, Emre Karadenez, Cody Keene, Nunzio Puzo, Amber Rape, Michael Roach, Malik Roberts, Ethan Rodriguez, Adam Tomkins, Nicholas Vagnini.
Sophomores
High Honors: Grace Benoit, Kaylee Goding, Cameron Lowell, Jacob Mailloux, Enrico Gabriel Ong, Angelina Porter, Ella Schoppe, Emily St. Martin, Alishia Thompson, Bailey Touchette, Amy Vongvirath, Gabriel Weidele, Guinevere Weiker, Brenden Womack.
First Honors: Juana Ajqui Hernandez, Elysse Britt, Cooper Livingston.
Recogntion: Makani Ayau, Jacob Benzie, Shea Bernier, Jenny Boriboun, Allyson DiNola, Michael Ellis, Jack Garcia, Blake Hebert, Rylee Houle, Sara Lackey, Emerald Perry, Daniel Pratt, DeAnn Pringle, MacKenzie Reidy, Nicholas Renshaw, Osiris Salcedo, Hailee Silveira, Shaina Sudol.
Freshmen
High Honors: Melodie Anderson, Lucian Canova, Grace Collins, CoraRose Desrosiers, Brady Devlin, Robert Dion, Atiana Estes, Travis Fredette, Lily Goyette, Grant Hart, Nathaniel Lazarou, Savannah Loiselle, Pedro Ortiz, Noah Rudman, Isabel Vergoni.
First Honors: Draven Levesque, Jonathan Racine, Adam Sekula.
Recognition: Krendin Adams, Destiny Beaudoin, Aysaiah Chavez, Christopher Denham, Romeo Devil, Katelyn Fitzpatrick, Ashley Jordan, Elijah Kelly, Danielle Levesque, Colin Martin, Kayque Neves, Hunter Salvas, Jack Seiffert, Deonte Snow, Josephine Spalding, Autumn Wisnieski.
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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.
April 22
Francis Karas, 79, Riverside Drive, N. Grosvenordale; operating a motor vehicle without insurance.
April 24
Angelica Vanzile-Perez, 21, Pomfret Street, Putnam; three counts of risk of injury.
April 25
Jordan Gannon, 29, Putnam Road, Plainfield; third-degree assault, third-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct.
Christina M. Verraneault, 23, Laurel Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct.
Crystal M. Boj, 47, Laurel Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct.
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Score
Sydney Schuler scored a season-opening win at no. 3 singles for Woodstock Academy against Montville. Photo by Keith Atchinson.
It was a long time in coming, but, the Woodstock Academy girls’ tennis team finally got to play a match this past week.
The Centaurs took to the court April 23 against Montville and captured a 6-1 win in their season opener.
First-year head coach Keith Atchinson admitted his team was getting a bit antsy after having practiced against one another for so long.
“It’s been a long preseason with the wind, rain and snow. We’ve had two league matches postponed and two other schools couldn’t get their teams together but we’re happy to be into the season now. We certainly can’t say we didn’t have time to prepare,” Atchinson said.
That preparation apparently paid off against the Indians (0-2, 0-2 ECC Division 2) who were playing in just their second match of the season.
Junior Addy Smith, the No. 1 singles player for the Centaurs, scored a straight set, 6-0, 6-2 win over Montville’s Sydney Kolz.
Jackie Trudeau, Sydney Schuler and Alexa Fernandez also scored straight set victories in singles play.
Trudeau was the only one among the three to even lose a game in a set and that type of dominant singles performances will be a help this season.
“I think so. Our strength this year is our depth. We have six to seven players who really could play anywhere in the lineup. I’m hoping we can use that to our advantage as we get into the season,” Atchinson said.
The Centaurs also took the two doubles matches that they played.
Ellie Bishop-Klee and Logan Reynolds downed Angie Bunay and Molly Chaney 6-0, 6-1 and the second Centaurs singles team of Morgan Bentley and Stella Atchinson were 6-1, 6-3 winners over Linda Ru and Allyson Boyer.
The Centaurs did not field a third doubles team and had to forfeit the match.
“We only have 11 girls on the varsity team and with 10 spots in a match lineup we don’t have room for players to miss matches. This is where commitment to your team plays a big role. We had a couple of girls decide that going away on April break was more important than the team so we had to deal with that for Friday’s match. But that’s also going to impact next week’s matches too with the quarantine rules in place. We’ll do the best we can and hope that our depth gets us through,” Atchinson said.
Woodstock Academy is scheduled to play three matches this week against Stonington, St. Bernard and Lyman Memorial.
And Atchinson hopes the season-opening win will help a little with confidence and experience for those upcoming matches.
“I’m very happy, of course, with the win. I thought all of the girls stayed focused despite the scores not being real close. We talked about working on weaknesses they have and trying to strengthen them during match play pressure. I thought they did awesome with it,” he said.
Mark Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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