Front row, from left to right, Adrian DeLeonard, Jojo Garay, Sawyer Bearce and Chase Strahorn. Middle row, Carter LePlante, Jaxon Troxell, Gabe Staffierre, Quincy Brittingham and Avery McKenna. Back, Coach McKenna and Coach Troxell (photo by Missy Brown, Central Maine Photography)
The Waterville Rotary Club raised $5,000 this year to support local organizations that address food insecurity. In the prior three years the club donated a total of $40,622 to organizations addressing hunger and basic needs.
According to club president Daniel Eccher, “Our club became aware of the intense need in our community during the pandemic. We have directed a portion of our fundraising efforts each year from 2021 to help support the great work of local meal programs and food pantries, including some housed in our schools. We know that they operate on tight budgets and are dependent upon donations to feed people who don’t have enough resources to prevent hunger.”
Donations were awarded to the following organizations: Winslow Community Cupboard; Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter; Mid-Maine Technical Center; Albert S. Hall School; Waterville Junior High School; Waterville Area Soup Kitchen; Oakland Food Pantry; and Vassalboro Food Pantry Station.
The organizations are very grateful for the funding. Bruce Bottiglierie, Operation Manager of the Winslow Community Cupboard states “We appreciate the generous donation from Waterville Rotary Club in the assistance to end hunger. It is our mission at Winslow Community Cupboard to fight hunger, not only in our community but in the surrounding areas as well. All proceeds from this donation will go directly towards making it possible to meet the growing needs of our neighborhoods. This donation will also help us expand to help more people and build our new building so we can continue to support our growing community”.
According to Carla Caron, president of the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen, “While many volunteers happily provide the labor at the Lighthouse each day, they can only do so because of the financial support of organizations and individuals within our community. It requires significant resources to provide 5,000 meals each month in a safe and comfortable location. The Rotary Club has been a stalwart backer of the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen since its beginning. Its contributions have helped us to keep the doors open and the plates full”.
The Waterville Rotary Club is proud to support these outstanding groups doing important work in the community. For more information contact Michele Prince, Community Services Committee Chairperson michelep@kvcap.org or Dan Eccher, Club President d.eccher@leveyandwagely.com.
Vassalboro Community School (contributed photo)
High honors: Abigail Prickett, and Judson Smith.
Honors: Tristyn Brown, Zoey Demerchant, Ryleigh French, Drake Goodie, Cooper Lajoie, Caleb Marden, Paige Perry, Bentley Pooler, Hannah Tobey, and Reid Willett.
Honorable mention: Gabriella Brundage, Katherine Maxwell, Kayden Renna, Brooke Reny, and Leigha Sullivan.
High honors: Zoe Gaffney, Allyson Gilman, Cheyenne Lizzotte, Agatha Meyer, Grace Tobey, and Ava Woods.
Honors: Bryleigh Burns, Basil Dillaway, Fury Frappier, Baylee Fuchswanz, Savannah Judkins, Kaitlyn Lavallee, Mia McLean, and Jaelyn Moore.
Honorable mention: Emelia Bartlett, Samuel Bechard, Peyton Bishop, Emily Clark, and Jack Lapierre.
Honors: Zander Austin, Grace Clark, Camden Foster, Aubrey Goforth, Leah Hyden, Aubrey Judkins, Isaac Leonard, Kaylee Pease, Olivia Perry, Elliott Rafuse, Juliahna Rocque, Isaiah Smith, and Charles Stein.
Honorable mention: Lukas Blais, Kaylee Colfer, Dawson Frazer, Peter Giampietro, Landon Lagasse, Austin Pease, and Jaxson Presti.
High honors: Hunter Brown, Kamdyn Couture, Cooper Grant, Sophia-Lynn Howard, Brooklyn Leach, Landon Lindquist, Simon Olson, Willa Rafuse, Alexis Reed, Jackson Robichaud, Robert Wade, Xainte Cloutier, Samantha Craig, Mariah Estabrook, Riley Fletcher, Saraina Lacroix, Cassidy Rumba, Haven Trainor, and Cameron Willett.
Honors: Alexander Bailey, Rylee Boucher, Reese Chechowitz, Braiden Crommett, Molly Dearborn, Levi Demerchant, Liam Dowe, Anthony Dyer, Chase Fay, Ashlynn Hamlin, Avery Hamlin, Tanner Hughes, Kendall Karlsson, Olivia Lane, Trevyn Pooler, Landon Quint, Keegan Robinson, Addison Suga, and Gabriel Tucker.
Honorable mention: Ryder Austin, Maverick Brewer, Eli Dulac, Hunter Green, Desmond Landreth, Aria Lathrop, Owen Mayo, Christopher Santiago, Asher Smith, Mason York-Baker
High honors: Freya Caison, Tucker Lizzotte, Evelyn Meyer, Mayla Wilson, and Alivia Woods.
Honors: Olivia Booker, Camden Desmond, Frankie Farrell, Marley Field, Emma Freeman, Norah French, Henry Gray, Finn Malloy, Gage Nason, Sawyer Plossay, Allysson Portillo, Gabriella Reynolds, Wesley Stewart, Oliver Sugden, Alivia Twitchell, and Haley Witham.
Honorable mention: Parker Bouchard, Preston Richmond, Raistlyn Russell, and Sawyer Weston.
High honors: Estelle Ford, Levi Hotham, Rose Matulis, Lillian Noll, Orion Paulette, Tristan Plossay, Dominic Poulin, Sydney Suga, Anastaysha Timberlake, and Wynn Trainor.
Honors: Christopher Bourgoin, Payton Bowring, Alexander Buckley, Jaxon Crommett, Preston Dupont, Colton Fletcher, Mariskah-Avril Grant, Matthew Henrikson, Thyri Kimball, Jocelyn Parsons, Bianca Pooler, Wyatt Richard, Aria Tardiff, Quentin Tarr, Meaghan Trask, Samuel Tuttle, Jens Tyrol, and Ryan York.
Honorable mention: Airibella Bossie, Aubrey Carron, and Jackson Ingerson.
CORRECTION: Mayla Wilson, a fourth grade student at Vassalboro Community School achieved high honors for the second quarter of the 2023-24 school year. Her name was misspelled in the February 8, 2024, print edition of The Town Line. It was a source error.
The University of New England, in Biddeford, has announced the following local students who achieved the dean’s list for the fall semester 2023:
Parker Higgins, Albion; Jessica Guerrette, Molly Mercier, Daraun White and Julie White, all of Fairfield; Alonna Battis and Caitlyn Mayo, both of Fairfield; Mallory Audette, of Jefferson; Mckenzie Kunesh, of Liberty; Katrina Barney, of Madison; Mackenzie Bertone, of Norridgewock; Brady Doucette, of Sidney; Wylie Bedard, Elizabeth Connelly, Catherine Kelso, Zoe Lambke, Ashley Mason and Dawson Turcotte, all of Skowhegan; Alexis Rancourt and Richard Winn, both of South China; Adam Ochs, Vassalboro; Asher Grazulis, Nabila Harrington, Emma Michaud, Elias Nawfel, Grace Petley, Lauren Pinnette, and Emilee Richards, all of Waterville; and Willa Dolley, Juliann Lapierre, and Justice Picard, all of Winslow.
Carrabec High School
High honors: Kolby Carpenter, Devyn DeLeonardis, Molly Hay, Joyanna Jones, Alyssa Schinzel, and Hailey Wyman; Honors: Hunter Bragg, Dakota Cahill, Jayden Cates, Cooper Dellarma, Emma Junkins, Summer Lindblom, Dillon Nelson, Ryan Parlin, and Trenton Smith.
High honors: Dayna Jean Labonte, Seth Price, Desmond Robinson, and Ciarrah Whittemore; Honors: Cortney Cote, Mason Courtney, Kobi Jennings, Haley, McFadyen, Machaon Pierce, Paige Reichert, Brooks Sousa, and Joey Young.
High honors: Emma Campbell, and William Rogers; Honors: Reese Brown, Kaileigh Burnham, Zachary Davis, Patricia Hale, Jackson Newton, Peyton Plourd, Aaron Soosman, and Myah Williams.
High honors: Chandler Atwood, Kaitlin Dellarma, David Dixon, Jillian Robinson, Austin Sales, and Katie Scalese; Honors: Ashlyn Courtney, Katelyn DeLeonardis, Jordan Kramer, Leeyah Nelson, and Reed Smith.
The following area student have been named to the dean’s list at Plymouth State University, in Plymouth, New Hampshire.The following local students have been named to the Plymouth State University president’s list for the Fall 2023 semester, in Plymouth, New Hampshire:
Springfield College, in Springfield, Massachusetts, has named William Banks from Jefferson, to the dean’s list for academic excellence for the 2023 fall semester. Banks has a primary major of physical education.
Eastern Connecticut State University
Eastern Connecticut State University, in Willimantic, Connecticut, recently released its dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester, in which more than 1,300 students were recognized for maintaining high GPAs.
Jacob Bickmore, of Washington, has been named to the Commonwealth University dean’s list for the Fall 2023 semester. Bickmore is a student at the Mansfield campus.