FREEPORT — Science teacher Jon Wallace will will present a free program on black holes, neutron stars and magnetars at the Freeport Community Library April 3 at 6:30 p.m.

Wallace was an award-winning high school science teacher in Meriden, Connecticut for more than 32 yearsand past president of the Connecticut Association of Physics Teachers and was an instructor in Wesleyan University’s Project ASTRO program. He has managed the Naugatuck Valley Community College observatory and run astronomy classes and training sessions throughout Connecticut.

According to a press release, Wallace has had an interest in ‘non-visual’ astronomy for over thirty years and has built or purchased various receivers as well as building over 30 demonstration devices for class use and public displays. He was on the Board of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers , is currently the Education Coordinator for SARA, and helped develop teaching materials for SARA and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory for use with their Itty-Bitty radio Telescope educational project.

For more information, visit freeportlibrary.com or call (207) 865-3307.

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