West Hartford Employees Reach Major Milestones

WEST HARTFORD, CT — The Town of West Hartford recently honored 83 town employees for reaching major milestones in service time, including several with three decades of experience.

Workers were feted at a special ceremony at the end of last month, one hosted by West Hartford Town Manager Rick Ledwith and West Hartford Mayor Shari Cantor.

Service times honored ranged from five years to 35 years working for West Hartford.

Meanwhile, the town also welcomed 80 new hires in 2023.

The following employees were celebrated by the town:

35 years

Renee McCue, public relations specialist, town manager's office.

30 years

Lisa Michaud, risk manager, financial services; and Janet O'Connor, West Hartford Police Department crossing guard.

25 years

Manuel Fraga and John Sokolowski of the West Hartford Fire Department; and Ann Marie Lund of West Hartford Public Library.

20 years

Karol Nietupski, Erin Brown, Jesse Kristoff, David Palmer, and David Santora.

15 years

Doug Boelter, Jacqueline Douglas, Bradley Behan, Brian Pudlik, Jeremy Allen, Benjamin Coker, Brandon Dudzinski, Jeremiah Gagnon, Maria Gomes, Kevin Ingraham, Loretta McMann, John Morrissey, Adam Pacheco, Arnaldo Rivera, and Jarrad Smith.

10 years

Jim Brennan, Victoria Branning, Glenn Glade, Linda Geisler, James Lamontagne, Peter Privitera, Helen Rubino-Turco, Craig Astle, Eileen Bartlett, Branden Bohan, Jay Cathcart, Luis Collazo, Brian Delgrande, Todd Dumais, Dustin Ganci, Robert Hass, Jeremy Karpuska, Lori Kearney, Nikhom Keopraseuth, Ann Kilby, Michael Kovolski, James Lamontagne, Lauren Lanza, Matthew Lyons, Timothy Nadeau, Sara Nagle, Ann Rhoades, Ryan Shea, Marie Templeton, Julie Viera and Ryan Xenelis.

5 years

Gina Varano, Deanna Deshpande, Sean Howard, Kamil Krynski, Janice Wilson, Vernon Riddick, Jr., Greg Priest, John Pitek, Robert Bona, Lamar Bowsky, Laura Cheffer, Jason Cintron, Steven Dickman, Michael Eden, Zachary Kaesmann, Kamil Krynski, Andrew Kulasenski, Peter Le, Kylee Lecchi, Carlos Marquez, Ryan McConville, Scott Padua, John Pitek, Robert Potz, Susan Reboul, Catherine Rose, Nicole Salter, Beth Scully, Victoria Teeter, Steven Teiger, and Janice Wilson.

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