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The final 2022-23 honor roll is official at Tolland High School.

Patch Staff

TOLLAND, CT — The following students have been named to the honor roll at Tolland High School for the fourth-quarter of the 2022-23 academic year.

Grade 12

High Honors

Natalie Albert, Blake Alexander, Kaden Ali, Robyn Avery, Gavin Bagnall, Andrew Bedlack, Ethan Belmont, Katherine Bock, Madison Brousseau, Molly Busch, Clara Canavan, Ryan Carlson, Edith Casellini, Maria Cayward, Brooke Clapprood, Jordan Demeusy, Thomas Deshaw, Daniel Duff, Maren Dufour-Eusko, Eric Eckblom, Mitchell Enman, Olivia Erikson, Alana Flores, Alton Fontaine, Madelynn Fontaine, Avery Foster, Allison Free, Katherine Freeman, Indigo Fuhrman, Noah Gallagher, Jada Gist, Connor Graham, Anna Hekkala, Melissa Hemingway, Isabella Hughes, Kaia Joffray, Kirstin Kneller, Connor Lambert, Adam Lange, Emily Lavertu, James Leahy, Ryan Lewis, Zoe Livingston, Abigale Luetjen, Annelise Martens, Dillon McCartney, Jordan Moran, Vic Norman, Samuel Nussbaum, Justin Pavlov, Elijah Polance, Aren Popik, Jude Reagan, Antonio Rhodes, Cole Robertson, Sara Roney, Ariana Rozman, Kanwardeep Sandhu, Gabriella Santini, Casey Shorts, Liana Simmons, Kylee Sodel, Shannon Splain, Jacqueline Sterling, Katrina Tarr, Giovanni Tiepolo, Coleman Toomey, Emma Tremblay, Evan Wilson, Adriana Wright, Abigail Wry, Aidan Zahner, Ella Zmijewski.

Honors

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Kayley Artruc, Collin Bezzina, Alexandra Bos, Jared Boutin, Ty Chassanoff, Patrick Coffua, Julia Condos, Skyler Corlett, Teagan Critton, Allison Cyr, Isabella DiMaio, Natalie Dube, Owen Dupuis, Rebecca Fiddler, Tyler Fortier, Lillian Goodin, Kailyn Howe, Daniel Kennedy, Joshua Kleinberg, Cameron Kwiatkowski, Mckenna Laprade, Nathan Leensvaart, Danielle Lillis, Julieta Lopez, Luke Macaluso, Laura Maramo, Nathan Marcotte, Jarik Mojica, Antonio Morales, Sydney Nevins, Austin Nickels, Caleb Overkamp, Mollie Pacheco, Andrew Pagan, Nathan Poulos, Claire Powell, Cecelia Prior, Braeden Rossick, Andrew Singer, Reveena Singh, Caitlin Sirois, Sienna Spaderna, Rachel Taylor, Maleesone Thammavong, Emily Yudichak.

Grade 11

High Honors

Eva Andrews, Isabella Bagnall, Zachary Beckham, Alyssa Boggis, Melanie Brocious, Lillian Byam, Mya Chassanoff, Fatmah Chaudhry, McKenna Davis, Ethan Denis, Patrick Devine, Conor Grady, Lenah Hellerich, Danica Himes, Sydney Holder, Jocelyn House, Malachi Johnson, Tobin Johnson, Anna Klinowski, Maura Klinowski, Sophia Leach, Elsa Macionus, Caroline Marcroft, Erika Miller, Charlotte Pacheco, Brynn Peters, Nevaeh Polance, Joshua Reid, Clarissa Surrette, Lila Vallo, Paula Vazquez, Jarek Whitehouse, Mackenzie Wood, Varpu Ylanen, Sulan Zhang.

Honors

Cole Anderson, Maxwell Baldwin, Jadyn Barber, Jeremy Blanchard, Belen Bolognani, Colby Bornstein, Mia Bos, Ryan Brodrick, Garrett Bumps, Ryan Chater, Shay Coleman, Emma Condos, Leah Corne, Kaida Cote, Lauren Czerwinski, Kaleb Daun, Caden Doubleday, Quinn Ellis, Jack Fearney, Logan Flor, Robert Frazier, Anna Gerow, Emma Gibbs, Noah Giordano, Cadyn Grassi, Abigail Greene, Luke Griffin, Jasmine Haskell, Keira Hill, Nathan Howe, Madison Jenkins, Katelyn Jensen, Dorien Jorge, Julia Kohl, Madison Laplante, Amelia Luetjen, Morgan McCarthy, Brendan McCloskey, Nicholas Miller, Maximus Muhlhauser, Kaylin Necci, Caleb Patterson, Charlie Poulin, Austin Roney, Brayden Rucki, Kara Salisbury, Lindsey Savoie, Taresa Simmons, Hannah Simpson, Alaina Spadjinske, Rozanna Vicki, Ian Wright, Marleta Zidovsky, Cole Zocco.

Grade 10

High Honors

Alaina Ambrosi, Lacey Boutin, Gabrielle Bridgewater, Juliet Carey, Macy DeCarli, Niyumi Dinapala, Tobias Dooley, Julia Haberern, Charlotte Kerschbaum, Hadley Laprade, Kayla Manfre, Audrey McKown, Maryn Millington, Laura Myshrall, Brayden Necci, Caitlin O'Brien, Aiden Ouzounov, Jordan Pelland, Sara Poulin, Alexa Renduchintala, Colleen Saya, Ethan Schwarz, Lilah Simon, Whitney Singer, Christian Steiner, Dillon Stoeffler, Gabriella Trovato, Cameron Urban.

Honors

Christopher Adadjo, Kathryn Ailes, Petra Ali, Athanasios Askitis, Logan Baker, Sydney Baldwin, Eliana Barber, Caylin Blazys, Katherine Bohon, Lillian Brody, Dylan Burney, Eli Burrell, Scott Busch, Meghan Cardin, Alyssa Castagna, Evan Clark, William Cofrancesco, Trevor Coleman, Sean Collins, Cali-Dean Craft, Sophia Cunningham, Eshaal Din, Andrew Doyle, Victoria Euliano, Ryan Fantry, Mark-Anthony Flemmings, Emerson Foster, Ryan Gallichant, Dylan Goldstein, Benjamin Gordon, Cole Graham, Emercyn Hampton, Lily Hotham, Adam Hryn, Carissa Kraft, Dillion Lewis, Cameron Lumia, Nicholas Ly, Michaela Marchese, Ella Mathiau, Elsie McCaffrey, Cailin McCann, Carson Merluzzo, Daniel Mulugeta, Brandon Noophan, Amanda Pedrosa, Jacob Ross, Elizabeth Roussey, Matthew Rusnak, Meerah Shaikh, Michael Shelby, Zachary Sirois, Karter Smith, Kyler Snow, Taylor Sztaba, Frank Testa, Evan Tubbs, Matthew Tybor, John Yagmin, Cole Zabetakis.

Grade 9

High Honors

Jonathan Belair, Luke Broderick, Mason Byam, Gavin Cannizzaro, Andrew Cote, Corey Culhane, Emma Dowgiewicz, Cassidy Flor, Andrew Freeman, Penelope Harrold, Benjamin Pope, Anne Singer, Olivia Skoczulek, Jarrod Spadjinske.

Honors

Abby Abramo, Chase Anderson, Reid Babcock, Alexander Blanchard, Evan Bos, Devon Bryden, Seraphelle Burdine, Keith Carleton, Ava Culhane, Lidaou Dolou, Donald Eaton, Ella Fluckiger, Meah Frani, Reily Gaskell, Cooper Grassi, Kayla House, Halay Ingraham, Sonia Kaushal, Carter Kupferschmid, Hannah Marinaro, Cecilia Martens, Liam McCann, Isla McCloskey, Logan McGrew, Kyler Moulin, Isabella Muhlhauser, William Murphy, Camden Neyers, Alexa O'Keefe, Reese Percy, Weston Prechtl, Eoin Richardson, Angelique Rodriguez, Julia Roussey, Maria Salemi, Victoria Salerno, Daniel Santiago, Camden Soucy, Katherine Sullivan, Asha Taylor, Elisa Testa, Molly Tyler, Ximena Urbina Cruz, Racquelle Winokur, Jack Wright, Andrew Yudichak, Wilsey Zahner, Nick Zocco, Rachel Zonghetti.

A Silver Award project has enhanced accessibility awareness in Tolland.

Patch Staff

TOLLAND, CT — It's easy to notice the improved potties — and access — at the athletic fields in Tolland.

It's all due to a combined effort by two eighth-grade Girl Scouts — Kaylee Garritt and Julia Kasai — town officials and an ambitious Silver Award project.

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the second highest award in Girl Scouts. Those who want to earn it must complete a "journey" toward a "sustainable service project" in their communities.

The girls said when they were looking around their community for ideas, the girls noticed, at their weekly soccer games, that friends and family members with mobility challenges were havingdifficulty navigating the fields. Garritt and Kasai said they knew then it needed to be easier for everyone to have access to the fields.

They started working on the project right away and contacted Tolland Town Engineer Chuck Eaton for a field evaluation.

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Some of the things they looked at included handicapped parking, accessible restrooms, and how easy it was to get to the fields. After a presentation to the Tolland Town Council, town officials were quickly on board.

Garritt and Kasai said one of the main problems was that most of the fields didn’t have accessible restrooms. They met with the Tolland Soccer Club and Tolland Little League presidents, who agreed to pay the additional cost to upgrade the portable potties.

They said another concern was that not all of the handicapped parking spots were clearly marked. They alerted Tolland Town Manager Brian Foley and the Tolland Department of Public Works who agreed that this was an issue they needed to fix.

The girls have also helped raise awareness on accessibility issues townwide and are assisting with projects like a fully accessible egg hunt, a paved sidewalk on the Tolland Green and a paved path that is fully compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act at the Cross Farms baseball fields.

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TOLLAND — A recent study found that building additional multifamily housing could have a significant, positive impact on the town economically.

Director of Planning and Development David Corcoran said that the Economic Development Commission hired urban economics consulting firm Strategy 5 LLC to conduct an analysis of the town to explore the economic and fiscal impacts of additional multifamily housing after two multifamily projects were approved in recent years, the 83-unit College View Village behind Merrow Road and the 240-unit Fieldstone Ridge behind Big Y.

Both developments are currently under construction.

The study found that Tolland businesses could expect to see between approximately $2.5 million and $5.8 million per year in expenditures from residents in new multifamily housing, with 15% of expenditure potential in the transportation sector and 50% in the food sector.

It also found that the additional housing would make more construction jobs available, with wages between $47,000 to $62,000 per worker per year, based on the average construction wages in Connecticut from current data.

"The intent of this study is to be hypothetical," said Corcoran. "Part of the intent of this study was to get a feel for what the market demand might be to help inform the Planning and Zoning Commission as they make decisions on how to zone for multifamily."

The study focused on the possibility of 250 additional units in multifamily complexes in town.

Currently, there are 630 units in town at Stone Pond, Crystal Springs, Tolland Meadows, Somerset Woods, and Ivy Woods Apartments, as well as College View Village and Fieldstone Ridge.

In the study, the additional homes could include dwellings at different price points, as well as duplexes, with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Studios, live/work space, handicapped-accessible apartments, and other types of spaces could also be included.

The study estimates residents with an income between $60,000 and $140,000 per year would be most likely to reside in the homes.

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Economic Development Commission members reviewed the study at their meeting on Wednesday.

Adam Grossman said that residents would be more concerned about how much the additional homes would cost than how the town would benefit economically.

"The financial impact seems to be the concern when we talk about multifamily housing," Grossman said.

Corcoran said that the report is still being finalized, with a joint meeting of the EDC and the PZC scheduled for July 24, adding that a completed draft will be available on the town's website about a week and a half before the meeting.

NORTHERN CONNECTICUT — The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for northwestern sections of Hartford County until 5:30 p.m.

"At 248 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area," the weather service said. "Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly."

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas, according to the weather service.

Flash flood watch issued for Hartford/Tolland/Windham counties:

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A flood watch remains in effect from Sunday night through Tuesday morning, the weather service said.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS..."Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expect tonight into Monday night," the weather service said. "Storm total rainfall of 2 to 4 inches is expected across the watch area, but localized amounts in excess of 5 inches are possible especially where thunderstorms develop and move over the same areas. Thunderstorms will have the potential to produce rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, which will elevate the risk of urban and street flooding along with localized flash flooding. The greatest risk for storms will be across northern Connecticut, western and central Massachusetts."

Forecast details via the National Weather Service:

This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 84. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 1am, then showers after 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Areas of fog after midnight. Low around 70. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Areas of fog before 1pm. High near 79. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 4am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.