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Volume 17, Number 23
Friday, June 10, 2022
Quinnipiac professor caps 51-year tenure By Jessica Simms Record-Journal staff
day to the next and it was like time was not an issue, never was.”
trustees for the Alzheimer’s Resource Center in Southington.
After 51 years at Quinnipiac Uni- While working at Quinnipiac, Woods lived in Cheshire for versity, Joe Woods has retired about 25 years and now lives in from teaching biology courses. Wallingford. Woods was a mem“Never once did it seem for a mo- ber of the Cheshire Inland Wetment like it was 50 years,” said lands and Watercourses ComWoods. “I just moved from one mission and was on the board of
Originally from New Jersey, Woods went to St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia to get his bachelor’s degree in biology. Following that, he went to Rutgers University and got his doctorate in physiology.
Clintonville students treated to a different kind of art class
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North Haven Police Department dispatcher Christine Midolo took her last radio call on May 31. After 28 years on the job, Midolo is now settling into retirement. “Blizzards, hurricanes, floods, missing children, hoarders, lives lost, lives saved, domestics, fires, car wrecks, explosions, overdoses, homicides, stolen cars, assaults, suicides, robbery these are just a small taste of the variety of calls Dispatcher Christine Midolo has taken over the last 28 years at North Haven PD,” the department stated on its Facebook page. “That last call was a collective call from North Haven PD and FD, thanking her for her dedication and commitment to the men and women of the North Haven Police and Fire Department, as well as her commitment to the residents of North Haven. Job well done, Christine! We wish you the best in retirement. Enjoy it!”
Last week, local artist Ryan Christensen worked from eight in the morning until three in the afternoon to complete a mural for Clintonville Elementary School.
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JOB WELL DONE
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Last week, Clintonville Elementary hosted local artist Ryan “ARCY” Christensen, who created and donated a mural to the school.
“I had never heard about this place called Quinnipiac College,” Woods said. “I didn’t know what I was going to do. I did know from maybe about the third year in graduate school that I was looking to teach some place because I had an experience under
The 8-by-12-foot piece which slowly came to life on June 2 will hold a prominent spot in the school, which is attended by Christensen's sons, Sean and Connor. “The mural is an extremely generous gift to our school See Art, A10
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