YEAR IN REVIEW: Cheshireâs top stories YEAR IN REVIEW: Cheshireâs top stories Distance learners are seen on a laptop held by teacher Kristen Giuliano who assists student Jane Wood, 11, in a seventh-grade social studies class at Dodd Middle School in Cheshire, Thurs., Sept. 24, 2020. Teachers in Cheshire have been adapting to new high technology classrooms that have been outfitted with cameras, microphones and speakers retrofitted into the ceilings and laptops that show all the students in their virtual classrooms. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement Al Valerio/Cheshire Herald - Both the tree in front of First Congregational Church and the one at Bartlem Park were lit for the season on Dec. 6 this year.