SHORTS: Cops, math whizzes honored/ masked intruder slain

By Timothy Page on May 16, 2024

*Police Honored: Morristown officers Brian Tomlinson (left) and Adam Werth, and VSP trooper Michelle Archer*

The Lamoille County State’s Attorney office on May 15 presented outstanding community service awards to local police, including all involved with saving the life of a girl who plunged through the ice of a pond in Cambridge in January.

This is the second year the office has presented community service awards. Those being recognized this year include:

• Officer Adam Werth, for action during a mental health crisis call that resulted in the saving of all lives involved.

• Officer Brian Tomlinson, Morristown Police Department, for his role in the three-day manhunt apprehending Henry Lovell, was was charged with shooting Tomlinson in Morrisville.

• Cpl. Dustin Pray, Stowe Police Department, for training new officers to perform traffic stops.

• Troopers Keith Cote and Michelle Archer, Vermont State Police, and Lamoille County deputies Adam Audet and former deputy Ashley Cattalona, for their roles in saving the life of a drowning girl who plunged through thin ice in January.

The awards were presented in front of the Lamoille County Courthouse.

In response to congressional pushback, the United States Postal Service i s pausing its plans to consolidate dozens of processing facilities, including White River Junction, Essex Junction, and Manchester, across the country.

In a letter, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the plans will be halted until at least Jan. 1, 2025.

“We appreciate that USPS is finally beginning to heed our calls—and the calls of the public—and has agreed to pause implementation of changes to the Manchester Processing and Mail Distribution Center,” said the four members of New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation in a joint statement.

Under a process called mail processing facility reviews, some mail sorting operations in White River Junction will be moved to Hartford, Connecticut, which, some say, will delay delivery.

In his letter, DeJoy said, however, that these changes are necessary to provide “greater service reliability in a cost-effective manner.” – Journal-Opinion

Masked intruder killed in St. J – A 47-year-old man has been identified as the masked man who died in a possible drug-related shooting in St. Johnsbury on Monday night. Matthew Lomasney died of gunshot wounds to the torso.

There have been no arrests, but police have a suspected shooter, according to a report in the Caledonian Record. Lomasney was a former West Newbury resident. – Journal-Opinion

From Left to right: Rachel Herrmann, Erica Herrmann, Alden Bond, Lucy Drury, Nathan Ellison, Jacob Graham, Elias Leventhal, Lav Patel, Yuyang Zhang, Talent Search co-chair Kiran MacCormick. Not pictured: Yiwei Zhao

Vermont Math Students Honored – On May 2, the winners of the 31st annual Mathematics Talent Search sponsored by the Vermont State Mathematics Coalition were honored at an awards dinner at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington. The winners received the highest cumulative scores on four math tests administered throughout the academic year. They will join other top math students from Vermont on the “Vermont All Stars” team at the American Regions Mathematics League competition at Penn State, May 31, and June 1. More information about the Vermont State Mathematics Coalition can be found at vtmathcoalition.org.