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• Nathaniel Kerr of Branford was selected as the State winner for the VFW Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest on Jan. 13 at the Sheraton Hotel in Rocky Hill at the VFW Voice of Democracy & Patriot’s Pen Annual Awards Dinner.

Dean’s List

• Jessica Zumbo of Northford was named to the Dean’s List at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire for the fall semester, 2018.

• Paul Zumbo of Northford was named to the Dean’s List at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshier for the fall semester, 2018.

• Amanda D’Aniello of Branford was named to the Dean’s List at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota for the fall semester, 2018.

• Boo Kyo Sur of Branford was named to the Dean’s List at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for the fall semester, 2018.

• The following students were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island for the fall semester, 2018: Colton Brown of Northford, Deanna Heine of Northford, Alex Johnson of Northford, Kevin Odell of Northford, Liam Daley of Branford, Aliya Linder of Branford, Hailey Manware of Branford, Elena Muniz of Branford, and Evan Seward of Branford.

• Mikel and Alec Zemborain of Branford were named to the Dean’s List at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York for the fall semester, 2018.

• The following Branford students were named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Haven in West Haven for the fall semester, 2018: Michael Ardizzone, Michael Ardizzone, Carly Brow, Joshua Dimassa, Sophia Gentile, Alanna Herskowitz, Heather Pegnataro, Eimanuelle Pendon, Hayley Smith, and Isabella Venegas. The following North Branford students were named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Haven in West Haven for the fall semester, 2018: Shannon Rivera, Briana Haglund, Jordan Higgins, Danielle Ramada, Nicholas Simons, and Alessandro Tirollo.

• The following students were named to the Dean’s List at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island for the fall semester, 2018: Miles Conlin of Branford, Joseph Gaudio of Branford, Evan Cordova of Northford, Jillian Damiani of Northford, Anthony Lucibello of Northford, and Caterina Teodosio of North Branford.

• The following students were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont for the fall semester, 2018: Hudson Cassello of Branford, Skylar Sandler of Branford, and Christopher Kruglik of Northford.

• Jordyn Bureau of North Branford was named to the Dean’s List at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine for the fall semester, 2018.

• David Caron of Branford was named to the Dean’s List at Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts for the fall semester, 2018.

• Jessica Massey and Alyssa Carrano, both of Branford, were named to the Dean’s List at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts for the fall semester, 2018.

• The following Branford students were named to the Dean’s List at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven for the fall semester, 2018: Emily Keyes, Pooja Ali, Thomas Beaudin, Sukhpreet Behal, Harjot Benipal, Ian Bergemann, Melissa Burwell, Courtney Butler, Jason Carubia, Alexis Cran, Gerald Delise, Dana Deluca, Tara Dering, Giuliana Diglio, Lauren Driscoll, Danielle Elbert, Brianna Ferraiolo, Ashlie Forsberg, Antoinette Higgins, Autumn Holm, Manjot Kailey, Carissa Kamin, Rakshyak Kc, Tony Le, Joann Lehr, Allison Lemieux, Katelyn Lillquist, Conor Marlatt, Emily Masloski, Whitney Morris, Julia Munroe, Emma Norden, Louis Norman, Brittaney Nwagboli, Reitsuma Panta, Gabrielle Pantani, Holly Parker, Katelin Rowe, Elise Ryan, Jeffrey Schardt, Bhumika Shah, Richard Szeligowski, Elizabeth Taylor, Rebecca Vitale, and Therese Ziaks.

• The following North Branford students were named to the Dean’s List at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven for the fall semester, 2018: Andrew Albin, Vittoria Cristante, Sophia Didiano, Nicholas Dimaggio, Gabrielle Giammattei, Cheyenne Gibilaro, Sahdalia Goeman, Marissa Hackett, Benjamin Johnson, Erica Lleras, Kayla Metzger, Courtney Ouellet, Rachel Pierpont, Stephanie Seymour, Sarah Sportelli, and Jodi Steeves.

• Alexa Bodner of Branford was named to the Dean’s List at Emerson College in Boston for the fall semester, 2018.

Dean’s List

• The following Northford students were named to the Dean’s List at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven for the fall semester, 2018: Evangalese Calamita, Nyela Castillo, Lauren Clough, Alana Cotton, Katelyn Fillion, Mackenzie Gries, Gabriella Lavorgna, Briana Lucatino, Sean O’Connor, Daniel Pappa, and Matthew Peterson.

• Sarah Flanagan of Northford was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania for the fall semester, 2018.

• Sarah Wirtz of Branford was named to the Dean’s List at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire for the fall semester, 2018.

• The following students were named to the Dean’s List at Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts for the fall semester, 2018: Victoria Albino of Northford, David Caron of Branford, and Lindsey Gerzabek of Branford.

• The following students were named to the Dean’s List at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts for the fall semester, 2018: Luke Boyle of Branford and Nicole Bruno of North Branford.

• The following students were named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire for the fall semester, 2018: Karlee Kessler of Branford with highest honors, Victoria Donadio of Branford with high honors, Kara Nardella of Branford with high honors, Abigail Atkinson of Branford with high honors, and Evan Diaz of Northford with high honors.

• The following Branford students were named to the Dean’s List at Quinnipiac University in Hamden for the fall semester, 2018: Robert Blakeslee, Carolyn Consiglio, William Duffy, Alexis Evon, Gina Gagliardi, Giuliana Grosso, Lisa Hackley, Mark Hales, Frank Higgins, Dylan Latella, Cynthia Lerman, Jack MacNevin, Brian Nelson, Tiffany Purvis-Torello, Arlene Roberts, Konstantinos Sousoulas, and Jonathan Suda.

• The following North Branford students were named to the Dean’s List at Quinnipiac University in Hamden for the fall semester, 2018: Sydnie Bookman, Emily Dryzgula, Lauren Laudano, Patrizia Lorenti, Nicole Montalto, Joseph Murphy, Sara Olsen, Christopher Stankiewicz, and Klaudia Toma.

• The following students were named to the Dean’s List at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic for the fall semester, 2018: Stephani DeLucia of Branford, Christine Diaz of Northford, Gianna DiLustro of Branford, Holly Dulak of Northford, Maggie Dulak of Northford, Charlee Grady of Branford, Dylan Hanniford of Branford, Meagan Hanratty of Northford, Keira Integlia of Branford, Noah Lohman of Branford, Nicolette Molnar of North Branford, John Pellegrino of Northford, Angelica Reilly of Northford, and Giovannie Tirollo of North Branford.

• Luna McCulloch of Branford was named to the Dean’s LIst at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York for the fall semester, 2018.

• The following Branford students were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware for the fall semester, 2018: Casey Raczkowski, Robin Norko, Sophia Smith, James Wallace, and Jayleen Flores.

• Marie Zampano of North Branford was named to the Dean’s List at Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts for the fall semester, 2018.