PUTNAM — The Putnam High School honor roll for the second quarter of the 2020-2021 school year includes:
Seniors
High Honors: Greyson Anderson, Nathan Barylski, Johnathan Carita, Laylah Chavez, Harley Field, Alex Hutchins, Catherine LaForest, Ethan Latendresse, Haddijtou Mbye, Mackenzie Peloquin, Jamie Petre, Abby St. Martin, Haley Syrjala.
First Honors: Emma Braithwaite, Chad Flick, Anna Ionkin, Mackenzie Oleszewski, Brooke Peloquin, Emma Rudman, Maggie Wojciechowski
Recognition: Kalai Ayau, Alexandra Coderre, Randy Johnson, Cheyenne King, Jordan Levesque, Jack Lomax, Julie Morris, Abbigail Pelletier, Bethany Smith
Juniors
High Honors: Autumn Allard, Reagan Boledovic, Johnathen Brouillette, Amayah Chavez, Tyler Fullerton,Halie Reidy, Ewa Sekula, Dominic Sheldon, Connor Vassar
First Honors: Samantha Eddy, Ariana Hernandez, Avory Kelly, Olivia Labbe-Fahy, Celenia Lopez, Jack Rindge, Destiney Simas, Hunter Vanasse.
Recognition: Jamiel Andujar, Makenna Barnett, Karson Bates, Trinity Bonet Shepard, David DePari, Kandi Garcia-Morente, Ethan Gardner, Olivia Hassett-Mellen, Cody Keene, Lexie Latendresse, James Lazarou, Kayla Morrison, Benjamin Northup, Stephanie Olecki, Avery Pedersen, Nunzio Puzo, Amber Rape, Michael Roach, Ethan Rodriguez, Xander Ruggeri, Adam Tomkins.
Sophomores
High Honors: Grace Benoit, Jenny Boriboun, Elysse Britt, Allyson DiNola, Jack Garcia, Kaylee Goding, Enrico Gabriel Ong, Angelina Porter, MacKenzie Reidy, Ella Schoppe, Emily St. Martin, Alishia Thompson, Amy Vongvirath, Gabriel Weidele, Guinevere Weiker.
First Honors: Juana Ajqui Hernandez, Jillian Anthony, Abigail Fitts, Antoinette Garcia, Sara Lackey, Cooper Livingston, Jacob Mailloux, DeAnn Pringle, Bailey Touchette, Colin Wojciechowski, Brenden Womack.
Recognition: Rafaela Araujo, Jacob Benzie, Shea Bernier, Rachelle Deloge, Blake Hebert, Spencer Northup, Emerald Perry, Shaina Sudol.
Freshmen
High Honors: Melodie Anderson, Lucian Canova, Grace Collins, Lily Goyette, Grant Hart, Nathaniel Lazarou, Savannah Loiselle, Jonathan Racine, Adam Sekula, Isabel Vergoni.
First Honors: Aysaiah Chavez, Brady Devlin, Atiana Estes, Elijah Kelly.
Recognition: Destiny Beaudoin, Iesha Benoit, Raquel Calderon, Romeo Devil, Robert Dion, Travis Fredette,
Danielle Leesque, Draven Levesque, Colin Martin, Noah Rudman, Hunter Salvas, Jack Seiffert, Josephine Spalding.
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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.
Feb. 21
Elizabeth Foss, 20 Pomfret Street, Putnam; creating a public disturbance, breach of peace.
Feb. 22
Koil Holder, 55, Jefferson Avenue, New London; violation of protective order, first-degree criminal trespass, disorderly conduct.
Shane Beaudreau, 28, Boys Avenue, Rogers; third-degree assault, disorderly conduct, third-degree criminal mischief.
Feb. 26
David Hallaman, 29, Farrows Street, Putnam; two counts of failure to appear, failure to respond, fugitive from justice.
Danielle Bailey, 44, Snake Hill road, N. Scituate, RI; two counts of risk of injury to a minor, two counts of leaving a child unsupervised in a motor vehicle.
Feb. 27
Paula Long, 58, Hill Road, Thompson; two counts of breach of peace, third-degree criminal mischief.
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DAYVILLE — Dayville resident Micaeleen Lannon was recently awarded Westview Health Care Center’s Employee of the Month distinction for January 2021.
She started at the skilled nursing facility in October 2019 as one of their many essential employees as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Like so many other health care workers, Micaeleen, or “Mikey,” has dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic and all of its many discomforts and challenges with patience, grace and adaptability. Continually striving to provide the best care possible to the patients and residents of Westview, Mikey’s positive demeanor and “can do” attitude has been a strength not only for the recipients of her care but also with her many coworkers, according to David T. Panteleakos, administrator. Mikey is extremely family-oriented and can often be found surrounded by her family including: Edward T. Murphy, father; Maureen Lannon, mother; Murphy Lannon, daughter; Michele Craig, sister; and her dog, Tyson “Chalupa” Craig. Her other interests include: the Grateful Dead, car and bike racing, playing pool and following the Pittsburgh Steelers. "Ms. Lannon’s amazing work ethic is laudable and her innate ability to connect with the patients, residents and staff at Westview is to be commended,” said Panteleakos. “We’re very grateful for her high level of dedication and unyielding Westview Warrior spirit, as we have learned over the past year that when the going gets tough, you want people just like Mikey on your team!”
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Putnam Science Academy’s Elite boys’ basketball team had a couple of individual virtuoso performances last week. Unfortunately for the Mustangs, only one of them came in a win.
Alex Vertus scored 20 of his 42 points across the fourth quarter and overtime of a 104-100 loss to Notre Dame-West Haven Feb. 26; Theo Benoit had 23 of his 31 points in the second half of the Feb. 28 89-67 victory against Overwin Academy.
“I think we pick and choose when we want to compete the way we’re supposed to,” PSA coach Dana Valentine said of his team’s inconsistencies. “We can’t do that. Guys are still trying to learn how to win consistently and how to approach every day with a workman-like mentality. It’s got to be for the full game. We’re learning.”
Vertus’ huge closeout helped the Mustangs (5-4) rally from a 13-point halftime deficit.
“Alex played great,” Valentine said. “He rebounded well and competed on defense. His effort really gave us a chance to win. He was really efficient…I didn’t even realize he had anything close to 42 until seeing the box score.”
Sean McCarthy added 23 points and Edwin Linares 15 in the loss.
Feb. 28 was the Benoit Show, as he scored the team’s first 10 points of the second half, to give the Mustangs some extra breathing room.
“He’s definitely our best shooter,” Valentine said. “He hadn’t really been feeling it the last couple of games so I think for him to get the first one or two to fall really got him going. He is definitely capable of doing what he did in the second half, and getting hot real quick.”
Vertus scored 17 points, while Linares and LJ Hicks finished with 13 points each.
PSA also won a game Feb. 26, knocking off the same Notre Dame team, 67-66, as Hicks, Vertus, and McCarthy scored 15 points apiece.
Varsity Wins
PSA’s Varsity boys’ team won its lone game last week, posting a solid road win over St. Thomas More, 58-47. Jorge Trueba-Hernandez scored 24 points in in the victory on Feb. 23, while Jose Guerrero chipped in 14 points and Nathan Couhe finished with 12 for the Mustangs (4-3).
Stephen Nalbandian
Sports Information Director
Putnam Science Academy
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