BARTLETT — One wrong answer on a test can be life changing — at least it was for Joe Voci.
Four decades ago, Voci was one correct answer away from a career as a fisheries biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Fish and Game’s loss was education’s gain.
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