The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Xavier High School has released the names of students named to the fourth period honor roll for the 2018-19 academic year. Each is listed by town and class year.
CHESTER
2020William Lallier, high honors 2020 Kevin Monaghan, high honors 2022 Joseph Lallier, honors 2020 Maxwell Schroeder, honors
CLINTON
2019 Benjamin Buzzeo, high honors 2020 Jonathan Ford, high honors 2022 Vincent Graham, high honors 2020 Trevor Hayes, high honors 2020 Sean Kelly, high honors 2019 Marc Lancia, high honors 2022 Dillon Luke, high honors 2020 George Luke, high honors 2021 Cole Sierpinski, high honors 2022 Marcelo Burno, honors 2019William, Eydman, honors 2021 Ryan Gazzillo, honors 2022 Matt Hynek, honors 2020 Ryan Suprin, honors 2019 MartinWall, honors
CROMWELL
2021 Jesse Frazer, high honors 2022 Sanchit Kikanamada, high honors
2022 Matthew O’Connor, high honors
2021 Trevor Religa, high honors 2022 Luke Solomon, high honors 2020 Shreyas Vasireddy, high honors
2019 Jon Kee Vose, high honors 2019 Lucas Cacace, honors 2019 Sebastian Fazzino, honors 2022 Maxwell Gonzalez, honors 2020 Liam Greaves, honors 2021 Luke Holyfield, honors 2020 Shane Mendez, honors 2019 Francisco Quintana, honors 2020 Jackson Vail, honors 2022 Sathvik Vakati, honors 2019 LiamWhite, honors
DURHAM
2019 Cade Buckheit, high honors 2020 Blake Courchesne, high honors
2020Benjamin Howell, high honors 2022 Justin Patenaude, high honors 2019 Michael Salley, high honors 2021 Jason Salley, high honors 2019 JakeWoznyk, high honors 2020 Justin Child, honors
2019 Owen Cordes, honors 2020 Joseph Forrester, honors 2022 Ryan Gerry, honors
2021 Liam Houchin, honors 2022 Joshua Lesniak, honors 2022 Anthony Morro, honors 2020 Timothy Rinaldi, honors 2021 Logan Saks, honors
2021 Ryan Solomon, honors
EAST HADDAM
2020 Seamus Hickey, high honors 2020 Ethan Kerr, high honors 2022 Thomas Lunt, honors 2020 Tyler Mathiasen, honors 2019 Anthony Saraco, honors 2022 Joseph Spurgeon, honors
EAST HAMPTON
2022 Nicholas Connors, high honors 2022 Matthew Fuffo, high honors 2022Wyatt McElroy, high honors 2022 Liam Sheeley, high honors 2019 Tyler Vitale, high honors 2022 Carson Benigni, honors 2019 Luke Brooks, honors 2020 Liam Dillon, honors
2022 Noah Howell, honors 2022 Shea Krassner, honors 2019 John O’Brien, honors 2022 Joseph O’Brien, honors 2022 Jake Oliva, honors
2021 Zhiyuan Xu, honors
ESSEX
2022 Simon Collins, high honors 2021 Zachary Dolan, high honors 2021William Heher, high honors 2022 Samuel Rector, high honors 2020 Matthew Zablocki, high honors
2020 Maxwell Gibson, honors 2019 Bryce Hammen, honors 2022 Michael McCauley, honors
HADDAM
2021 Sidney Dragoo, high honors 2019 Kevin Lynch, high honors 2021 Thomas Lynch, high honors
HADDAM NECK
2020 Kaden Powers, honors
HIGGANUM
2022 Chris Andrei Abarientos, high honors
2020 Aiden Cardozo, high honors 2020 Aidan Gillen, high honors 2020 Akshay Khunte, high honors 2022 Noah San Vicente, high honors
2021 Ethan Cook, honors 2022 Connor Jenkins, honors 2022 Guanshen Li, honors 2021 Daniel Lyons, honors 2022 Braden Pollack, honors 2021 Revanth Yalamanchi, honors
IVORYTON
2019 John Lasko, high honors 2022 Matthew Reardon, high honors
2021 Christian Clarkin, honors 2020 Sean McKenna, honors 2022 StevenWohlmuth, honors
KILLINGWORTH
2019 Luke Armenia, high honors 2022 Christopher Beaudoin, high honors
2020 Landon Ghiroli, high honors 2021 Mark Kowalski, high honors 2022 Colin Loria, high honors 2021 Andrew Mitchill, high honors 2020 Griffin Moore, high honors 2022 Julian Sicurella, high honors 2019 Dominic Anziano, honors 2021 Adam Anziano, honors 2020 Cameron Beaudoin, honors 2022 Patrick Rigg, honors 2020 Aleksander Szumilas, honors
MIDDLEFIELD
2020 Andrel Correa, high honors 2021 Ryan Frier, high honors 2019 Giulio Giuffrida, high honors 2019 Rohan Patel, high honors 2020 Nico Kulpik, honors 2022 Andrew Liptak, honors 2022 Benjamin Pitruzzello, honors 2019 Peter Schulten, honors
MIDDLETOWN
2019 Eduardo Basauri, high honors 2021 Tianle Deng, high honors 2020 Benito Elcuri, high honors 2022 Alessandro Fernandez, high honors
2022 Ryan Godburn, high honors 2020 Giovanni Imme, high honors 2022 Duane James, high honors 2019 Jinglang Jiang, high honors 2022 Kyle Kirejczyk, high honors 2019 Brendan Lenehan, high honors 2019 Jordan Leonardi, high honors 2019 Hongchen Li, high honors 2021 Qisen Li, high honors
2021 Sebastian LoGiudice, high honors
2020 Antonio Milardo, high honors 2020 Connor Mulberry, high honors 2022 Ashton Murphy, high honors 2022 Bennett Pancoast, high honors
2022 Brody Santagata, high honors 2020 Adrian Sienko, high honors 2020 Ryan Tobin, High Honors 2021 Brendan Zawisa, high honors 2019 Ramo Bajraktarevic, honors 2021 Matthew Borowitz, honors 2022 Brady Cowles, honors 2019 John Elmer, honors
2019 James Famiglietti, honors 2019 Sebastian Fazzino, honors 2019 Jonathan Fernandez, honors 2021 Benedict Fogarasi, honors 2020 Botond Fogarasi, honors 2021 Donald Frost, honors 2020 Giancarlo Genovese, honors 2021 Cameron Kuselias, honors 2019 Tyler Lemay, honors
2021 Colton Malloy, honors 2022 Dylan Misenti, honors 2022 Kyle Noska, honors
2020 Steven Pepler, honors 2022 James Ponzio, honors 2021 Daniel Puorro, honors 2019 Kevin Reagan, honors 2019 Liam Reeder, honors
2021 John Reynolds, honors 2019 Jonathan Rydell, honors 2021 Tyler Sheehy, honors 2022 Samuel Simko, honors 2022 Ben Sipples, honors
2019 Pierre Sylvain, honors 2022 Parker Vasic, honors 2020 OsiahWiggins, honors 2021 Zhihua Xu, honors
MOODUS
2020 Ryan Miner, high honors 2022 Aidan Pesce, high honors 2020 Luke Tischio, high honors 2020 Zhuocheng Sun, honors
OLD SAYBROOK
2021 Sean Collison, high honors 2022 Scott Cunningham, high honors
2020 Kevin Monaghan, high honors 2020 Santiago Pacheco-O’Donnell, high honors
2020 Alexander Pralea, high honors 2020 Zhenhai Quan, high honors 2021 Tanner Rogers, high honors 2019 Dillon Selfors, high honors 2022 James Colwell, honors 2019William Curran, honors 2020 Kevin Dardick, honors 2019 Stewart Gurnell, honors 2021 Dyllon King, honors
2020 Brendan Montano, honors 2019 Aidan O’Donnell, honors 2022 Alexander Schumann, honors 2019 Patrick Sullivan, honors 2019 Peter Sullivan, honors 2021 Sean Sutherland, honors
PORTLAND
2021 Joshua Aresco, high honors 2020 Alexander Inglis, high honors 2020 Vincent Miano, high honors 2020 Quinn Moynihan, high honors 2021 EoinWallace, high honors 2022 Ethan Belzek, honors 2020 James Dickman, honors 2019 Ryan Holgerson, honors 2020 Stephen Kohs, honors 2020 Brian Masselli, honors
ROCKFALL
2022 Aidan Higgins, high honors
WESTBROOK
2022 DavidWright Jr., high honors 2020 Luke Bassett, Honors 2021 Shane Carlson, honors 2021 Tanner Orlowski, honors 2019 Bryce Pill, honors
2021 MasonWaldron, honors 2020 CarsonWaldron, honors
HADDAM — Haddam Volunteer Fire Co. personnel responded to 51 calls for emergency services in June, including a deck collapse, fuel spills, pole fires, and a fatal motorcycle accident.
Of those, six were fire/alarms, six were motor vehicle accidents, 28 were medical calls, there four downed power lines and seven other incidents, according to officials.
Firefighters were called to a motorcycle accident on Saybrook Road June 15 near the Thankful Arnold House. The operator lost control of his motorcycle, drove off the road near Field Park Drive and struck a utility pole, which ejected him from the vehicle, according to a Facebook post.
He then struck a mailbox and another utility pole. Upon arrival, firefighters and EMS personnel attempted to resuscitate the operator, but he was later pronounced dead on the scene. Firefighters blocked traffic during the incident and while police reconstructed the accident, according to officials.
Three individuals were taken to area hospitals following a deck collapse on a home located on Little Meadow Road in Haddam June 17.
At 8:10 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the scene for a reported entrapment under a deck. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered three patients near a collapsed deck, all alert. Another woman and her toddler son also had fallen from the deck but were not injured, officials said on Facebook.
The deck was located on the front of a threestory gableroofed home. A wooden support beam had collapsed and the deck broke free from the home’s third story.
Firefighters and EMS personnel quickly evaluated all three patients with injuries. One male patient and one female patient were transported to Hartford Hospital with injuries. Another male patient was transported to Middlesex Hospital, also with injuries, officials indicated.
Crews were dispatched to Sunoco Gas Station in Tylerville June 7 for a fuel spill where approximately 15 gallons of gasoline was running into a storm drain. HVFC placed absorbent material on the parking lot and absorbent mats near three affected storm drains. The scene was turned over to DEEP for cleanup.
No one was injured following a motor vehicle accident June 13
DURHAM — State Reps. Vincent Candelora (RNorth Branford) and Noreen Kokoruda (RMadison) and state Sen. Len Fasano (RNorth Haven) hosted a town hall legislative update June 25 at Durham Town Hall.
Constituents met with legislators to discuss the legislative session which came to a close June 5, and to address local issues with their legislators, according to a news release.
Of great concern to many constituents were the budget and the possibility of implementing tolls, the release said. Other topics discussed
HADDAM — The Haddam Volunteer Fire Co. recently welcomed six newly elected line officers.
They were voted in during the July 1 meeting and will serve a twoyear term, according to the station’s Facebook page.
Chief Sam Baber returns for his fourth term, joining Deputy involving a 9 Town Transit bus and car. At 12:37 p.m., Haddam Volunteer Fire Co. was dispatched to Killingworth Road near the Mobile Higganum Service Station. The transit bus struck the vehicle in front of it causing significant damage to both the car and bus, officials said. The operator of the car, the driver of the bus, one bus passenger and a child were evaluated on scene by EMS personnel and refused additional medical treatment.
HVFC responded to two utility pole incidents June 15.
The first occurred on Saybrook Road, where a tree had fallen, taking down primary wires. HVFC assisted Connecticut State Police in rerouting traffic while Eversource secured the power.
The second occurred on Killingworth Road, where a tree branch had fallen across the primary wires, causing one wire to snap near the side of the road. HVFC closed a short section of road helped reroute traffic during the incident officials said.
HVFC responded to another utility pole incident on Foot Hills Road June 24. A tree had fallen onto utility wires and was burning. Damaged wires energized the metal in neighboring guard rails, causing more multiple wooden rails to ignite and smoke. Once Eversource secured the power, firefighters used a hose line off Engine 313 to extinguish the fires, according to the Facebook post.
HVFC was dispatched to Hungerford Road in East Haddam as part of a mutual aid Tanker Task Force June 21. A propane truck had collided with a car, causing the truck to overturn and leak fuel. Both vehicle operators were taken to the hospital. Only one home in the area was evacuated. Members used Tanker 213 to block and reroute traffic during the sixhour incident, officials said. included forced immunization, staterun pensions, union contracts, marijuana and education.
“I really appreciate these opportunities to have oneonone conversations with my constituents,” Kokoruda said in a prepared statement.
“Sharing our opinions in this type of open forum helps me to more effectively be a voice for the towns I represent at the Capitol in Hartford. I agree with my constituents that ultimately we need to focus on government efficiencies and do our best to have bipartisan cooperation in order to make good decisions to accomplish what is best for our state and the Chief Peter Brown, Assistant Chief Jamie Kuchyt, Capts. Ed Adametz and Tony Lafo, and Lt. Richard Zanelli.
Firefighter Ej Adametz will continue his role as quartermaster, support members Mary Adametz as company secretary and Michelle Lafo as company treasurer; fire police member Malcolm Meyer as building engineer, firefighter Scott Larson as radio
Four members of Haddam Volunteer Fire Co. completed a 10hour Hurst Qualification Class June 6 that focused on the proper use of Haddam’s hydraulic Hurst tools including a spreader, cutter, ram, and combination tool. The class also covered stabilizing vehicles, technical rescue, vehicle structure and anatomy and patient care.
Haddam firefighters and East Haddam Fire Department members gathered at Haddam Meadows State Park June 17 to participate in a marine drill. They focused on how to respond to a water search and recovery mission near the park’s sandbar where two 18yearold men drowned in the area in 2017 and 2011.
Members of Haddam Volunteer Fire Company’s Junior Division participated in a drill June 27 at the company’s training building. They practiced using selfcontained breathing apparatus and hose line advancement techniques. Members also learned how to properly use radios, checked apparatus, and participated in a live burn in New Haven.
Fire crews and Haddam Volunteer Ambulance personnel attended the Kids RunaMuck at Haddam Meadows State Park June 9. Firefighters used water from Tanker 213 to create a slip n’ slide, which was used as part of the course. EMS personnel also were on standby in the event of any medical emergencies.
Members of the auxiliary announce Junior Division member Sierra Statkiewicz received its $500 scholarship. She graduated from HaddamKillingworth High School in June and will attend the Simmons School of Nursing in Massachusetts this fall. people in it.”
“I know that I speak for all of the legislators here when I say that we get a lot of phone calls and emails, especially during the legislative session,” Candelora said in the statement.
“We do our best to make sure we always get back to our constituents, but there’s nothing like facetoface, oneonone personal interaction with the people we represent. I’ve always tried to hold these types of meetings to hear from people first hand.”
For information, Candelora and Kokoruda can be reached at 8008421423 and Fasano at 8602400022. engineer and Greg Duval as mechanical engineer, the post said.
Firefighter Dan Casey was elected to serve as the representative to the board of directors for the Haddam Volunteer Fire Department. Firefighters John Boothroyd, Rick Annino, Scott Larson and RichWilliams will also serve on the board, along with Baber, Ej and Mary Adametz, and Lafo.