Country Bank Awards $80,000 in Scholarships

WARE — Country Bank recently awarded $80,000 in scholarships to 16 area high-school students at its annual Scholarship Dinner. The recipients, selected from the scholarship committees established at each location where a scholarship is awarded, each received $5,000 to help get them started in their college career and assist with the many expenses that go along with a higher education. At the event, staged this year at Teresa’s Restaurant & Alfonso Banquet Room in Ware, Paul Scully, president and CEO of Country Bank, had the opportunity to meet each of the recipients, their guests, and a representative from their high school. “It means so much to have the opportunity to meet the students and their parents when the scholarships are presented,” he said. “They have all worked very hard to get to this point, and I have no doubt that each of them will succeed in the next chapter of their lives.” The following seniors were honored:
• Jacqueline Lagasse, Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School;
• Claire Nauman, Belchertown High School;
• Ashley White, David Prouty High School;
• Austin Brouillard, Leicester High School;
• Brandon Nowakowski, Ludlow High School;
• Alla Popa, Minnechaug Regional High School;
• Katherine Sweeney, Monson Innovation High School;
• Valerie Avery, North Brookfield High School;
• Matthew Mahan, Palmer High School;
• Jamie DeLand, Pathfinder Regional Vocational-Technical High School;
• Rebekah Heath, Quabbin Regional High School;
• Paige Guzik, Quaboag Regional High School;
• Erin Murphy, Shepherd Hill Regional High School;
• Brandon Rothweiler, Tantasqua Regional High School;
• William Veith, Wachusett Regional High School; and
• Michaella Balicki, Ware High School.