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Election Roundup

Fishbein ‘very blessed’ to represent Middlefield

By Kate Ramunni Record-Journal staff

In the 90th Senate District, Republican Craig Fishbein won his fourth term repre senting Wallingford and now a part of Middlefield. The district previously included part of Cheshire, but after

redistricting done earlier this year, that town is no longer part of the 90th, and a part of Middlefield joined the district.

Fishbein defeated Democrat Rebecca Hyland.

It is especially sweet that he will be representing part

A TRIBUTE TO VETERANS

of Middlefield, Fishbein said as he watched the results come in at the Library Wine Bar and Bistro on North Main Street in Wallingford Tuesday, Nov. 8. His grand parents owned a business in Middlefield so he spent a lot of time there when he was younger.

Representing Middlefield residents is an honor, Fish bein said. “I’m very blessed to be representing Middle field,” he said, adding that his grandparents “are look ing down on me and smil ing.”

Fishbein graduated from Sheehan High School and earned his bachelor's degree and law degree at Quinnipi ac University. He is an attor ney at the Fishbein Law Firm in Wallingford and also serves on the Town Council.

Hochadel prevails

By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff

Meriden resident, educator and union leader Jan Hochadel is headed to her first term as state senator, af ter election tallies showed she prevailed in three of the four communities that make up the 13th District. Unoffi cial results showed the Democrat amassed more votes than her Republican opponent Joseph Vollano in Meriden, Middletown and Cheshire. Meanwhile, Vol lano did hold a two-digit lead in Middlefield.

Hochadel, in an email to the Record-Journal, described the energy during the post-

election celebration at Dawg House Bar & Grill on Broad Street in Meriden as “elec tric.”

“The general theme was very, very encouraging … There was a lot at stake, and this race was hard fought from the beginning,” Hochadel said. “I wouldn’t have been elected without the help of the individuals who volun teered, donated, or put up a yard sign.”

Hochadel, the current presi dent of the Connecticut chapter of the American Fed eration of Teachers, especial ly thanked those she called “my union brothers and sis ters.”

Cicarella re-elected

Town Times report

While Election Day, Tues day, Nov. 8, proved to be a good one for Connecticut Democrats, North Haven Republican Paul Cicarella managed to cruise to reelec tion. The sitting state sena tor easily bested his Green Party opponent David Be dell in the 34th District.

“I am honored to earn an other term as your state sen ator,” Cicarella stated on so cial media. “I’m excited to continue my work to repre

sent all families in the 34th as your voice at the capitol. To the many supporters, thank you for getting out to the polls yesterday to make your voices heard. To all the tremendous volunteers: my thanks and sincere appreci ation for your hours spent making calls, knocking on doors, and putting up signs to spread our message.”

The 34th Senate District in cludes Wallingford, North Haven, Durham and East Haven. Cicarella first claimed his seat in 2020.

Scouts from Pack 33 in Middlefield and Troop 27 in Durham prepare to raise the flag at Memorial School on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11. Samuel Janis, Eric Giammatteo, William Putnam, William Ziegler and Zoe DiPietro are pictured. The flag-raising kicked off a full day of events at Memorial centered around the meaning of the holiday. See Page 6.

Rep. Candelora reelected House Minority Leader

Press Release

Republicans elected to serve in Connecticut’s House of Representatives have select ed state Rep. Vincent Cande lora to serve a second term

as House Minority Leader. He was the unanimous choice of more than 50 Re publicans who attended a Thursday, Nov. 10 leadership caucus at the State Capitol.

Obituaries

Candelora represents the 86th House District, which includes the town’s of North Branford, Durham, East Haven and Guilford.

Virginia Olsen Bush

DURHAM- The teacher, writer, poet, mother, and grandmother Virginia Olsen Bush, 78, of Durham, CT, passed away peacefully at home on November 2nd, 2022 after a battle with cancer.

Virginia was born on October 6th, 1944 to the late William and Virginia Olsen in New Haven, CT, and moved several times with her family to Guilford, CT, Clinton, CT, Gary, IN, Westport, CT, and then to Redding, CT.

As the editor of her high school newspaper, she drew national attention by writing a powerful editorial calling for humanitarian aid to the Chinese who were dying of famine. Showing wisdom far beyond her years, she advocated for us to go beyond nationalism and find a higher purpose, because even though the famine victims were communist, they were also human.

After graduating from Joel Barlow High School in Redding CT in 1962, she went to the University of Michigan, meeting her future husband Milton W. Bush Jr. in a class on the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (where the professor announced his reputation for match-making on the first day), and receiving a B.A. in English in 1965. Virginia went on to get a M.A. in English from Indiana University in

1966, and her intellectual curiosity led her to study French, German, Latin, Persian, and Arabic.

Virginia and Milton married in 1966, and moved to Detroit, MI, where she taught English at Wayne State University. In 1969, they moved to Port Huron, MI to raise a family, including Adam, born in 1971, and Ryan, born in 1973. They moved to Durham CT in 1983 and stayed the rest of their

forthcoming book Talking with Chaucer: A Parrot’s English.

Virginia was an equally talented poet, finding beauty hidden in everyday things, like the ‘radiant stillness’ hidden in a thorny

“I remain humbled by the faith my caucus colleagues have placed in me to lead them in our shared effort to make the state a better place to live for all Connecticut residents,” said Candelora, 52. “From rehabilitating our state’s economy to address ing the affordability crisis that’s hurting so many peo ple, there’s little doubt that all of us serving in the Gen

eral Assembly will face criti cal tasks when our new terms begin.”

A graduate of the Dickinson School of Law at Penn State University, Candelora lives in North Branford and has three children.

Outside of the legislature, Candelora helps run two family-owned businesses.

In Brief

Holiday fest

St. Colman Church, 170 Hubbard St., Middlefield, will host a “Country Christ mas Bazaar and Children’s Festival” Saturday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring crafts, jewelry, knitted items, baked goods, plants, and much more. San ta will make an appearance at 1 p.m.

Tree lighting

Middlefield's annual tree lighting will take place Sun day, Dec. 4 on the Town Green. This magical com munity event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with music led by the CRHS band. Santa will arrive at 6 to help light the tree and will be available for photos until 6:30. The Mid dlefield Volunteer Fire De partment will provide warm beverages and holiday re freshments. Levi E. Coe Li brary will host guests prior to the tree lighting.

Holiday concert

The Middlesex Hospital Vo cal Chords will present its annual holiday concert, “Let’s Have a Music Celebra tion,” Sunday, Dec. 11, 2 p.m., at Portland High School, 95 High St. Tickets are $20 and can be pur chased from members of the Vocal Chords or by calling Joyce at 860-342-3120 or Di ane at 860-347-2787.

Food bank

The Middlefield Food Bank is in need of the following: peanut butter, jelly, jam, sandwich/freezer bags, cof fee, tea, crackers, snacks, laundry detergent, dish soap, cleaning supplies, toothpaste, tooth brushes, pasta, pasta sauce, tuna, and grocery store gift cards.

GED classes

Classes are offered in Mid dletown and Old Saybrook, and registration is ongoing. Call 860-343-6044.

My bank of 35 years is gone

I’m sad. I’m sad because the bank that I have been going to for the past 35 years the Durham branch of Citizens is closing. I feel like I am los ing a treasured friend. Which I am. These people, all of them, for the entire 35 years, have become part of my circle, and I will miss them dearly. It’s such a love ly thing to walk through the door and be greeted by name; to be able to talk about our day or our lives with each other. When I had bruised my ribs, they cared, and every time I went in I

was asked, with genuine concern, how I was feeling. They really wanted to know.

Memories of our time to gether are front and center these days. Like when my boys, my little dog, and I would go through the drivethru and be treated to lol lipops and milkbones. (The kids got the lollipops!) Back in those days I was driving a monster of a car that sound ed like a turbo engine, so that they could, probably lit erally, hear me coming a mile away. Her name was

Nellybelle, and somewhere along the way she had man aged to part with the side mirrors she was born with, and had acquired make-shift mirrors that were attached with a bar and jutted out in to the next county. I always had to make sure I didn’t take out half of the bank with them.

See Carr, A8

Democrat Christine Cohen, who represents state Senate District 12 (Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford), was reelected Tuesday, Nov. 8. In a social media post that night, Cohen, pictured with her family, stated: “Although numbers are still coming in, my opponent has conceded and we can confidently say that I will continue representing all of you in Hartford for another term! This job has been the honor of a lifetime and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have the opportunity to bring your voices to the senate chamber again. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to the many volunteers and supporters who helped make this possible, we couldn’t have done it without you.” State Senator Christine Cohen, Facebook

In a social media post early the next morning, Parker, pictured on the left, thanked his opponent and stated: “Thank you to my beautiful family and our incredible campaign team (all the door-knockers, phone-callers, postcardwriters, and more) for making this possible. And thank you to the voters of Madison and Durham for showing up and making your voices heard. I’m so proud to serve as your State Representative, and grateful for the chance to keep fighting for our future. Onward!”

Voters in Connecticut’s 101st House District (Madison, Durham) reelected Democrat John-Michael Parker on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

John-Michael Parker, Facebook

GLASSES DROP BOX

CAT compost program update

Press Release

With the cooperation of DMIAAB transfer station staff and the towns of Durham and Middlefield, the compost team of Cogin chaug Area Transition no longer has to pay an outside hauler to bring filled com post bins from the transfer station to Quantum Biopow er of Southington. Now DMIAAB employees do this, at a real cost savings.

the help of these enthusias tic student partners, the team hopes to raise that number to 300 households by spring 2023.

Compost kits ($25) and extra bags ($3) are available at the Middlefield Building Office in the Community Center

and at the Durham First Se lectman’s office in Town Hall. Payment can be made with cash, or check (writ ten out to Coginchaug Area Transition; “compost kit” in the memo line). For further information, email carolbu fithis@gmail.com.

The Durham Lions Club’s recently-refurbished drop box is ready for your eyeglass donations at the Durham Pharmacy. Donating used eyeglasses can make a big difference for people all over the world. Refractive errors can be easily corrected with eyeglasses, yet millions living in low- and middleincome countries lack access to basic eye care services. Lions have recognized the urgent need for corrective lenses and collect usable glasses in their communities to support the Lions Recycle For Sight Program. Pictured: Walter Douglass, manager at the Durham Pharmacy, and Rich Pasieka, president of the Durham Lions.

Also, the team has grown to include students and advi sors from the ECO Club and DECA at Coginchaug High School, who are working to create a logo, as well as de vising social media strategies and informational tips to grow participation in the program.

Currently over 120 families/ households participate, and over a ton of compostable food waste is diverted from the waste stream and used to create electric power and compost every month. With

A Veterans Day salute at Memorial School

Memorial School music teacher Liz Bayreuther orga nized a wonderful tribute to veterans on Friday, Nov. 11. Preparation for the event be gan weeks earlier as learners created artwork, wrote es says/poems, and practiced songs in chorus.

Nov. 11 Veterans Day day kicked off with Scouts from Memorial raising the flag outside the school.

Later, veterans visited class rooms to speak about their service and answer ques tions.

Then, the entire school, and the veterans, gathered for a heartwarming tribute as sembly which includ ed trumpet players from CRHS, songs, and the shar ing of learner-created writ ten work.

Strong Middle School Honor Roll

Strong Middle School named the following students to its hon or roll for the first term: Grade 6, high honors: Angelina Alfano, Ashley Allen, Tanner Allen, Robert Belisle, Rebecca Booth, Richard Braccidiferro, Jack Brady, Eleanor Brayshaw, Ethan Broomfield, Dominic Casil lo, Dominic Coady, Carter Collin, Ellory Connell, Luna Cooley, Jay den Costa, Evelyn Crocker, Sa vannah Davidson, Ariana Defal co, Andrew DelGrego, Izabella Diaz, Christian Dionne, Haley Dionne, Brady Doweyko, Phin naeus Dreyfus, Sophia Dumais, Leah Ekblade, Madison Falana,

Benjamin Finch, Logan Finn, Tyler Flewelling, Brayden Fraschilla, Ava French, Lena Funke, Dimitri Gaudino, Dani Greco, Chace Hartline, Aidan Healy, Jakub Kaczmarczyk, Pais ley Kalinchak, Aiden Kelly, Genevieve Kilroy, Ronan LeDuc, Ellison Loh, Charlotte Lombardi, Chloe Lonergan, Jisselle Lopez, Joshua Luca, Adeline Magoon, Keegan Maschio, Jacob Mc Dowell, Daniella Mierzejewski, Lenna Molina, Tenzin Moore, Eli jah Morton, Abigail Muro, Riley Nelson, Mason Noyes, Sanskar Pandey, Brieann Pascarelli, Luke Pizzo, Addison Poetzsch, Juliet Prout, Shawn Quinn, Nala Ra madanovic, Kendall Raney, Aria Russell, Ryan Samperi, Alexa Saraceno, Theodore Schaffer, Jacob Schilling, Aaron Schlicker, Brooklyn Smolley, Bruno Suraci, Daniel Szymanski, Katerina Tal bert-Slagle, William Taylor, Matthieu Thiel, Noah Trifilo, Jenni Velleca, Kiernan Walsh, Adam Young, Braeden Zupnik; honors: Gianni Baumhor, Lily Bryck, Aubree Carey, Angelina Criscio, Noah Doherty, Madden Dunleavy, Gia Falero, Cecelia Fenwick, Jeremiah Fuggi, Faith Gerardi, Tyler Grodzicki, Saman tha Kehlenbach, Kaylee Kemler, Alexandra Ladas, Brody Man ning, Levi Rosa, Aidan Sinicrope, Asa Trayes, Skyla Waleski, Gian ni Williams.

Grade 7, high honors: Taryn Adams, Whitney Aingworth, Ja cob Almodovar, Gavin Burke, Alivia Christopher, Kylie Clark, Si enna Clark, Abigail Cyrus, Kylie Dailey, Gavin Farnsworth, Kacey Greco, Elizabeth Gust, Julia Hahn, Natalie Kobus, Haily Lam oureux, Daphne Liss, Jillian Meurs, Carson Miller, Addison Nappi, William Overton, Jillian Parmelee, Elizabeth Putnam, Stella Reny, Isaac Samuel, Mar garet Taylor, Nathaniel Tompkins, Charles Wamester, Cecelia Wil son; honors: Noelle Babbitt, Stella Biancardi, Sonia Calamita, Ryan Champagne, Grayson

Collins, Logan Dahlheimer, Ben jamin Eddinger, Nahimiana Faiel la, Rowen Ferretti, Shay Fisher, Gavin Gerchy, Marcus Helenski, Gavin Hutter, Rebecca KellyShapiro, Audrey Kurtin, Cooper LaPointe, John Lauderdale, Ro man Lester, Chase Lisac, Kaelin Lobo, Annaliese Meisenkothen, Nico Monarca, Tucker Morello, Madeline Niland, Ryan Olszews ki, James Overton, Kennedy Painter, Joseph Piscitelli, Kylie Rybak, Addison Seely, Hannah Stern, Liam Tietjen, Annabella Tosto, Martha Valle, Landon Watts, Ruby Wiseman.

Grade 8, high honors: Madi son Allen, Frances Augur, Joshua Cronk, Arabella DiPenti ma, Lucy Eddinger, Rodolfo Fraschilla, Ruby General, Sofia Hempel, Beth Johansen, Sara Kaliszewski, Molly Kulas, Paige LaPointe, Ryan Legge, Reegan Lynch, Emerson McGoldrick, James Parmelee, Corra Perez, Julia Reynolds, Sabrina Stephan, Gabriella Tammaro, Shayla Vazquez, Madelyn Ventola, Evangeline Volenec; honors: Shya Ahmed, Benjamin Albanese, Ava Almodovar, William Bachinsky-Kremzar, Jake Bernier, Allison Booth, Alli son Bradanini, Jilliana Casillo, Jayliana Cruz, Aiyana Donecker, Isannah Dreyfus, Hayden Farnsworth, Makayla FazzoneChettiar, Julianna Fuggi, Marcy Funke, Lucas Gillooly, Zachary Grodzicki, Kyle Hebert, Sara Holder, Brooke Jacobson, Willa Johnson, Kiara Kaczor, Taylor

Kestenbaum, Maggie Kilroy, Gi anna Kirschner, Tryston Lester, Camryn LeTourneau, Briley McKenna, Brayden Mennone, Lyla Merrill, Dylan Montemurro, Jonathan Morehead, Rhys Noyes, Isabella Oakley, Xara Ol lennu, Sara O'Rourke, Siya Patel, Ava Pizzo, Lily Ramadanovic, Gannon Remillard, Caden Schlicker, Logan Smith, Rhyan Solis, Ryan Stern, Ella Ullman, Brianna Vargas, Grace Velardi, Aaliyah Watson, Travis Weckess er.

Submitted

Danica DelPivo and her veteran aunt Florence Bertholet.

Mason Quick and his father Russell Quick, who is a veteran.

CRHS Honor Roll

Coginchaug Regional High School named the following stu dents to its honor roll for the first term:

Grade 9, high honors: Sophia Auger, Alexander Augustine, Spencer Babbitt, Madelyn Ben bow, Jacqueline Bernard, Addis en Buckheit, Alexander Castiglia, Kaelyn Connell, Charles Dalles, Isabella DeRenzo, Regan Dills, Carson DiNallo, Tea DiPietro, Abigail Dunnigan, Ariana Ed dinger, Ava Ekblade, Ariana Evans, Scotland Forbush, Hope Giammatteo, Matthew Kobus, Jacob Kosienski, Quinn Kur sawe, Maggie Li, Gianna Mazzetta, Andrew McDowell, Taylor Minogue, Julia Muro, Hay den O’Sullivan, Paul Oakley, Tanyon Paganetti, John Parmelee, Ella Raney, Kate Roraback, Sydney Ross, Keirra Sartor, Mary Taylor, Teighan Tay lor, Thomas Wickwire, Cole Wil son, Eli Wiseman, Charlotte Young, Jenny Zaclli; honors: Ariana Fudge, Emerson Hastings, Joseph Meliso, Jacob O’Rourke, Ashlynn Pelletier, Jonathan Turchi.

See Honor Roll, A9

Adelphia Café

476 Washington Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 203-535-0149

Family owned/operated. Former proprietors of the Neptune Diner in Wallingford. Extensive menu for all tastes. Breakfasts, luncheons and special dinners. All baking on premises.

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Here’s an example of how good these folks are to me. I have, more times than I care to admit, gotten into a teen sy weensy bit of trouble, checkbook-wise. The num bers did not add up, or at least they did not add up to my advantage. So I would put in my SOS call to the bank, and the manager at the time would sit with me, patiently going over every thing. He always spotted the trouble. It was usually

something like fees for this, that, or the other thing going up, which I had failed to notice. The man had the patience of a saint. And he would take off the fees that my faux pas had incurred. Like I said, a saint.

Then there was the time this past summer when something inexplicable oc curred, but in hindsight was funny. I had come out of the bank and gotten into my car. I don’t know how or why but that darn alarm went off, blaring and

screeching wildly. I tried to get out of the car to see if I could turn it off with that thingamajig that your key is attached to, that has a but ton on it that you can push to silence that ear-splitting sound. And here’s the fun ny, inexplicable part. I could not get out of the car. The door was locked, and pushing the button to un lock it was of no avail. I do not know what I had done to anger Lila (my car). Did she think she was overdue for a tune-up, or a rotation of her tires, and was trying to make a point?

So I sat there because it was obvious that there was noth ing else I could do. But then Kevin, the manager of the bank, came out to deter mine the source of the noise. I handed him my keys through the window, and he unlocked the door, at which point peace reigned once again. Kevin said he had never seen anything like that before. We had a good laugh. I called him my hero, and he said he would always keep his cape nearby.

I’m really going to miss these people.

Library Briefs

Durham Public Library

Medicare & Beyond Mon day, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. Visit durhamlibrary.org for more information and to register.

Book Club. Monday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. “The Violin Conspiracy” by Bren dan Slocumb. Register at durhamlibrary.org.

Drop-in Mahjong. Tues days, 2 to 4 p.m.. For novices or pros. If you have a Mahjong set, please bring it with you.

Levi E. Coe Library

Gingerbread Village. The Friends of the Levi E. Coe Library are seeking entries for the 2nd annual Ginger bread Village. Call or mes sage the library to register. Bring your gingerbread cre ation to the library between Monday, Nov. 28 and Satur day, Dec. 3. The village will be on display and library visitors can vote on their fa vorite structure from Mon day, Dec. 5 to Saturday, Dec. 17.

Community Center

Adopt a Family. The Mid dlefield Senior & Social Ser vices Department is spon soring an Adopt a Family program. More than 30 chil dren/families are requesting assistance with the holidays. To participate, call 860-3497121.

Open enrollment. Medi care open enrollment began Oct. 15. To schedule a re view of your Part D (Drug plan) options, call 860-3497121.

Energy assistance. Call 860-349-7121 for details and to make an appointment.

Dial-a-Ride.Providing curb side service to and from your home. Call 860-3460212 for details.

From

Grade 10, high honors: Eli Aitken, Emily Allen, Josephine Belisle, Anthony Bergeron, Ruby Cella, Morgan Cesario, Wasim Chater, Colton Climie, William DeCarlo, Rachel Dills, Scarlett Doyle, Breanna Drzewi, Graham Eddinger, Sophie Farr, Liam Fitz patrick, Brianna Gerardi, Paige Kaliszewski, Ashley Kijewski, Hailey Kijewski, Brooke Konefal, Ethan Kowal, Sophie Kulas, Lau ren Kurtin, Charlie Lisac, Annika Liss, Tessa Lussier, Addison Mar tin, Jack Martin, April Meneses, Ember Merrill, Hannah Nelson, Elizabeth Nick, Julia Palo, Hazel Palo-Mack, Emily Parmelee, Es tella Perez, Nicholas Piscitelli, Luke Poturnicki, Nico ProEtera, Alec Rodrigue, Claire Roraback, Jessica Rybak, Charity Skinner, Ryan Sullivan, Ashley Tarquino, Jack Tobin, Liam Ullman, Alexan dra Vestergaard, Abigail Water man, Isabelle Weissberg, Chase Willett, Cole Wright, Winifred Zhou; honors: Shiloh Aceto, Tammy Baker, Hayden Brady, Angelina Hanks, Skyler Kaczor, Declan Kelly, Lilly Montemurro, Ayden Osvald, Joseph Schak, Cailyn Smolley, Brennan Stopka, Matthew Yale.

Grade 11, high honors: Micah Ackerman, Riley Biro, Henry Bugai III, Brooklyn Caraballo, Faith Corona, Samuel Daricek, Tiana DiLeone, Carter Fudge, Marlee Geyser, Grace Harkins, Natalie Hayward, Rachel Hay ward, Norah Healy, Sofia Hurl bert, Kayla Kearns, Paige Konop ka, Serra LeDuc, Kevin Lee, Ja son Letourneau, Lilliana Mach, Mark Melillo, Claire Overton, De van Patel, Diya Patel, Nathaniel Pongetti, Corey Quincy, Jake Raney, Piper Remillard, Sophia Reny, Roberto Rivera, Justin Rowe, Max Scirocco, Sophia Stephan, Molly Stoetzle, Sawyer Stone, Allison Vigue, Ian Weiss berg, Christos Wheatley, Alexan dra Woznyk; honors: Katherine Colwell, Killian Conway, Abigail Meliso, Kristin Ryan, Nicholas Smith.

Grade 12, high honors: Andrew Abely, Lauren Acevedo, An na Amendola, Caleb Baker, Chris Barrett, Dalton Bates, Holly Brunelle, Micayla Caramanello, Zoe Carpentino, Marina Chan thinith, Robert DePaolo, Jenna DePonte, Charlotte Dunleavy, Katherine Farr, Delilah Ferreira, Alyssa Ficara, Vanessa Ficara, Autumn Fisher, Serena Fournier, Grace Gaffey, Monica Garbacz, Hayden Gonzales, Katelyn Gre nier, Grace Hartline, Emilie Hatje, Arianna Holahan, Tatum Hult gren, Braden Johnson, Jacque line Kelly, Lauren Konefal, Aman da Kowalczyk, Douglas Kozik, Kiyah Kulpik, Michael Limosani,

Claire LoSacco, Alexander Meisenkothen, Susan Meneses, Christa Messner, Samantha Mil tenberger, Siena Monthei, Shan non Moore, Alexandra Nick, Han nah Nielsen, Melana O’Sullivan, Gwynneth Palo-Mack, Jayson Penney, Nadia Piascik, Rachel Plaskett, Mia Poturnicki, Allison Sambor, Emma Samperi, Blake Sartor, Nicholas Sklutovsky, Eliz abeth Sorensen, Tyler Stagon, Allison Strang, Alyssa Szy

maszek, Julia Talbert-Slagle, Conor Ullman, Tyler Warner, Christine Waterman, Sophie Whittle, Penelope Wickwire, Hope Wondolowski, Allyson Woodward; honors: Joseph De Paolo, Zackery Evans, John Legge, Owen Lussier, Sullivan McCoy, El Milidantri, Angelina Monarca, Ryan Newberry, Adam Schaffer, Carson Sewell, Ethan Sirois, Jaide Stach, Hannah Wright.

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EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (EMT)

The Town of Wallingford is accepting appli cations for EMT. Must possess a H.S. diploma or G.E.D., plus one (1) year of recent experience as an EMT Must be 18 years old and be a Connecticut or National Registry Certified EMT with CPR Certification and a valid State of Connecticut motor vehicle operator’s license.

Starting wage $632.56 (weekly), plus an excellent fringe benefits package. Apply: Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492.

Forms will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page. Phone (203) 294-2080.

The closing date will be the date of the 50th application or resume is received or November 28, 2022, whichever occurs first.

KING SIZE BED - With mattress and box spring. Brass and pa tina finish. Please call 203-238-2728.

FOR SALE - Monessen unvented gas cast iron stove, 4 yrs old. Very good cond. Fully rem. cont., 28k BTU. $600. Call Tom 860-329-2358

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ANTIQUES - Always buying old; Toys, military, jewelry, art, watches, musical instruments, signs, arcade games, cameras, pre 1970 sports memorabil ia, plus more. One item or entire estate contents. Call 860718-5132.

BUYING ALL - Costume Jewelry, Old Watches, Gold Jewelry, Silver Jewelry, Gold & Silver Coins, Sterling Flat ware, In Any Condition. Please Call Jude M. Dichele @ (203) 8681816.

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SEEKING ALL COL LECTIBLES - Comic books to motor bikes. All items considered. Call Gary at 203-2374124. Top dollar paidwill beat any price!

TIMELESS TREASURES ESTATE AUCTIONSIs looking to purchase estate contents. From single items to entire estates. Clean-out ser vices available. Call Bill (203) 494-2496.

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