NOW offers training
PUTNAM — Northeast Opportunities for Wellness, Inc. (NOW) will offer free training to local youth sports organizations in the Darkness to Light Stewards of Children program over the spring and fall sports seasons. The program, which teaches adults how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse, is designed for individuals concerned about the safety of children as well as organizations that serve youth. The training is supported by grant funds NOW received from the Northeast Connecticut Women & Girls Fund with the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut. For info go to: www.NOWinMotion.org or call 888-940-4669.
NOW is a non-profit human services organization focused on youth wellness. Serving the 10-town area of northeastern Connecticut, NOW provides children with the opportunity to participate in athletics programs and other activities, offering scholarship assistance as well as nutrition and fitness training. In July of 2016, NOW merged with the Exchange Club of Northeast Connecticut, a long-running youth serving organization focused on the prevention of child abuse and creating safe communities. The merger allowed NOW to include child abuse prevention as a new branch of the organization’s mission
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.
April 29
Stormy Guillen, 32, Sabin Street, Putnam; operating without a license.
May 1
Zachary Kennett, 23, Cottage Street, Putnam; insufficient insurance.
Payton Livingston, 19, Chapman Street, Putnam; possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of narcotics.
May 2
Eric Sheridan, 36, Smith Street, Putnam; theft of a credit card, three counts of illegal use of a credit card.
May 6
Joseph Norman, 26, Stanley Avenue, Berkley, Mass.; failure to drive right.
May 7
Joseph Lachappelle, 23, North Road, Ashford; operating without a license, operating an unregistered motor vehicle.
Honored
RIPON, Wisc. — Gillian Jackson of Putnam was recognized for membership in the Ripon College Laurel Society and Psi Chi honor society in Psychology at Ripon College’s 2017 Awards Convocation. Jackson, class of 2018 at Ripon College, with a major in Psychology and minors in Biology and Ancient, Renaiss, Medieval Studies, is the child of William and Linda Jackson of Putnam.
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Middle School honor roll for the third quarter includes:
Grade 6
High Honors: Charlotte Adase, Maxwell Auker, Jayton Bergeron, Morgan Bonin, Carah Bruce, Gabrielle Couture, Ethan Craig, Shannon Cunniff, Amanda Currie, Carolina Da Silva, Alexis Danila, Baden Eaton, Lennon Favreau, Magnolia Hart, Kara-Lynn Hebert, Bryn Miller, Ella Rose Musumeci, Paige Owens, Kylie Quercia, Wyatt Robbie, Braiden Saucier, Alexandra Taylor, Adam Thompson, Nicholas Webster, Liam Wilcox
Honors: Aaron Allard, Ava Basak, Summer Chaput, Jeter Darigan, Bailey Davignon, Bodie Defocy, Kirsten Deorsey, Jade Desmond, Antonina Dinges, Katie Fortin, Brian Jameson, Olivia Jendrewski, Clinton Kallgren, Annika LeBoeuf, Dylan Mayo, Makala McDermott, Abigail Morse, Elias Newall-Vuillemot, Ellie Nunes, Carter Payne, Garrett Poitras, Sophia Quinn, Amelia Racicot, Lillian Rossi, Nicholas Simonelli, Wyatt Thienel, Bella Webb, Abdullah Zameer
Recognition: Brady Anderson, Abigail Armstrong, Zoe Bellanceau, Brooke Bergevin, Lily Blair, Owen Bland, Tessa Brown, Ella Chabot, Brianna Connors, Jared Eaton, Emily Goodell, Jacob Jurnovoy, Jacob LiDonde, Adam Morales, Ainsley Morse, Mavin Palmerino, Austin Quinney, Randall Rawcliffe, Carter Saracina, Kenzie Sellers, Kate Stone, Matthew Wasielewski, Patrick Webster
Grade 7
High Honors: Jai Abrams, John Armstrong, Morgan Bentley, Skylar Dodge, Olivia Grant, Liam Hagan, Dhruvi Patel, Lucas Reardon, Mia Ruggeri, Vincent Tocci
Honors: Annarose Avery, Carleigh Boisvert, Ethan Campbell, Dylan Chamberlin, Ava Coutu,
Nicholas Dahl, River Favreau, Scout Favreau, Madelyn Groves, Samuel Hagan, Gwenith Hendrickson, Cassandra Klingensmith, Sarah Lucas, Layla Manis, Jillian Marcotte, Lauren Medeiros, Isabella Miller, Thomas Musumeci, Ryan Odorski, Marissa O’Sullivan, Tegan Perry, Hans Rhynhart, Morgan Rice, Robert Saraidarian, Lily Schofield, Sydney Schuler, Kadin Shepherd, Ainslie Tschamler
Recognition: Hamilton Barnes, Liam Bates, Emily Blake, Eli Felt, Lindsey Gillies, Kyara Harper-Zulli, Grace Herindeen, Madison Malboeuf, Peyton Manis, Javien Marrero, Lemell Marshall, Emma Millix, Lily Pierce, Logan Reynolds
Grade 8
High Honors: Livia Armstrong, Emma Auker, Sierra Bedard, Ethan Bove, Matthew Brady, Riley Chapuis, Stefan Chervenkov, Sydney Cournoyer, Sydney Couture, Hannah Darigan, Alexander Dehler, Andrew Dilko, Riley Douglas, Sloane Downing, Grace Gronski, Emma Hovestadt, Brynn Kusnarowis, Kaily LaChapelle, Hanna Longwell, Evan Lundt, Marco Maluf, Samuel Massey, Marissa Mayhew, Emily McClure, Karissa Minkema, Ashley Nunes, Molly O’Connor, Evan Odorski, Avery Pajak, John Peabody, Megan Preston, Connor Quinn, Maxwell Racicot, Heather Schofield, Meghan Slate, Sarah Tavares, Maeve Taylor, Rockwell Valentine, Eli Werstler, Alise Yonush
Honors: Emma Anderson, Rianna Bessios, Zachary Brody, Emmalyn Bunker, Rachel Canedy, Cody Currie, Julia Dearborn, Eliza Dutson, Aiden Franklin, Huck Gelhaus, Colby Groves, Ann-Marie Hebert, Dominick Kollbeck, Hannah Laurens, Mackenzie Leveille, Colin Liscomb, Nathaniel Majewski, Christina Mark, Lexi McCullough-Murphy, Lucy McDermott, Ella McMahon, Francis McNerney, Alina Michalski, Salwa Naveed, Payton Peterson, Violet Pietrowski, Peyton Saracina, Damien Schofield, Alyssa Sharrow, Alex Wojciechowski
Recognition: Liam Blanchflower, Charles Burrows, Nicholas Caggiano, Charles Dimock, Ethan Dinges, Guerin Favreau, Hailey Klar, Cassandra Leighton, Jason MacDonald, Carly Millette, Ian Nielson, Nathan Olson, Gillian Price, Emily Zmayefski.