PHOTOS: 20 years ago this month in Wallingford: Work underway at Community Pool, new town assessor starts on job

RJ file photo - Carlos Arias of Ansonia compacts the soil in front of the bath house at Community Pool in Wallingford March 1, 1999.

RJ file photo - Pete Turdin holds his "pride and joy" the fuel gauge to the 1917 Standard biplane in his Wallingford basement, March 1999.

RJ file photo - Holding a green derby, 14-month-old Nathaniel Shemo of Wallingford grins while having fun at the Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust St. Patrick's corned beef and cabbage luncheon at Choate Rosemary Hall March 1999.

RJ file photo - Mariana Santiago, a second-grader at Moses Y. Beach School in Wallingford, makes the symbol for a tree in American sign language. The Little Theater of the Deaf performed at the school March 4, 1999.

RJ file photo - From left, Aida Campos, the incoming principal of Highland School in Wallingford, shares a laugh with Principal Carol Mikulski, Kim Nardi and Nardi's daughters, Taylor, 4, and Samantha, 7, a 2nd-grader at the school, during a reception March 9, 1999.

RJ file photo - Wallingford folk singer Tom Callinan sings before a full house at the Wallingford Public Library March 15, 1999.

RJ file photo - Rabbi Jeff Sular, right, his wife Julia Bell, and their 1-year-old daughter, Myra Sular, center, make a little noise during Purim at Beth Israel in Wallingford March 1, 1999.

RJ file photo - Shelby P. Jackson III is Wallingford's new town assessor. His first day on the job was March 22, 1999.

RJ file photo - Dr. Luis Alonso, left, and his wife, Sheila Alonso, carry a full trash can up Mapleview Road in Wallingford after collecting trash, March 1999. The two, along with some neighbors, participate in the Adopt-a-Road program.

RJ file photo - Susan Pierson, a teacher at Wallingford Adult Education, is the Teacher of the Year in the high school completion category, as voted by the Connecticut Association for Adult and Continuing Education, March 1999.

RJ file photo - Fourth-graders Dan Thomann, 10, left, and Matt Vitello, 9, were among the 31 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders from the Norton School Handbell Club performing for patiends at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, March 1999.

RJ file photo - Jeff Winston, a Sheehan High School math teacher, works on his quarter-pipe aerial bike maneuvers at teh new Extreme Skate Park in Wallingford, March 1999.

RJ file photo - Scott Jordan, 18, tosses a frisbee with a friend, Laszio Szivak, 18, near his home in Wallingford during the warm weather March 20, 1999.

RJ file photo - Agnes M. Vertes, an independent filmmaker from Weston, speaks to students about the Holocause at the Student Learning Center in Wallingford, March 1999.

RJ file photo - Jerry Farrell Jr., left, head of the Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust, and Regina Banaszweski will have an estate sale at the Johnson Museum in Wallingford, March 1999. The hats and percolator are among the items for sale.

RJ file photo - Nathaniel Proto, right, and Kayliegh Vincent vote on their favorite Irish foods at the Wallingford Community Day Care Center dinner March 17, 1999.

RJ file photo - Jeffrey A. Juaire is the president of Compass Limousine in Wallingford, March 1999.

RJ file photo - Ivan Kuzyk is the marketing and education coordinator with Security Third Millennium, an affiliate of the Wallingford-based Connecticut Hospital Association. Kuzyk works at fixing the Y2K problems in medical equipment, March 1999.

RJ file photo - Ryan White, 6, and other kindergarteners get music instruction from Dennis Bonito at the Wallingford Family YMCA March 1999.

RJ file photo - Jesus Sandoval of Wallingford, portraying Jesus, leads his followers into Most Holy Trinity Church for Palm Sunday services March 28, 1999.

RJ file photo - Pond Hill School studen Chris Bevin bites his nails while waiting his turn during the Wallingford Spelling Bee, March 1999.

RJ file photo - Mark Fontanella of Meriden is the owner of Connecticut Power and Sport in Wallingford, March 1999. The relatively snowless winter has hurt sales of snow-related products such as snowmobiles and snowblowers, he says.

RJ file photo - Krissy Voisine, a student at Wilcox Regional Technical High School in Meriden, drills a hole to run a thermostat wire to the heater in the basement of a house being built at 750 Center St. in Wallingford for Habitat for Humanity, March 1999.

March 26, 2019 10:01AM

Twenty years ago this month in Wallingford, work was underway at Community Pool, a new town assessor started on job, and the Johnson Mansion held an estate sale.

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PHOTOS: 20 years ago this month in Wallingford: Work underway at Community Pool, new town assessor starts on job

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