Hello, all. I hope that your autumn was lovely and your holidays joyful! I am writing at the end of another summer on Mount Desert Island, thankful to be able to spend five months each year at “home.” Classmate news over the past few months mostly involves travels and get-togethers. For Don Ouellette the summer…

Hello, everyone. I hope that your summer is going well and that you have news to share with your classmates: adventures, travels, family reunions, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, etc. I do have some special news from our 60th. As you know, we exceeded our scholarship goal. Our account principal is now over $100,000. What we did…

On September 7th, 40 of our classmates and friends gathered at the Schoodic Institute for our fabulous 60th pre-Reunion. This quiet campus in the more remote part of Acadia is home to many conferences, workshops, school field trips, and retreats. If you haven’t visited the Schoodic Peninsula on a trip to Acadia, plan to the…

Summer greetings, everyone! I hope that you are packed and ready to join us for our 60th Reunion in September. It is mid-March as I write this column, and I am happy to report that even at this early date, over 20 classmates have made reservations at Schoodic for our pre-Reunion event. As part of…

Hello, everyone! As I write this column, we are at the end of another summer still wondering when we will finally be rid of COVID. I do hope that by the time you read this you will have been able to celebrate the holidays with your family, and that all of you are well.  I…

Diane Ingalls Zito 24 South Hills Drive Bedford, NH 03110 bluewatersailors@comcast.net facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1962/ I write this column in March, exactly one year after we were all told to quarantine. What a year it has been! My biggest hope is that you are all well, have been vaccinated, and are managing our “new normal.” Can you believe…

Hello, friends. I am at home on Mount Desert Island, writing this column at the end of the strangest summer most of us can ever remember: safely distanced outdoor dinners with family and friends, and masked walks through Acadia. As you read this, my hope is that you and yours are healthy and safe and…

Diane Ingalls Zito Hello all! First and most importantly, I hope that all of you are safe and healthy. As you know we have had to postpone our 80th summer Birthday Party until August of 2021 due to COVID-19. While this is disappointing, the health and wellbeing of classmates is the most important consideration of…

Diane Ingalls Zito Hello to all of you! I hope that your summer and fall were as pleasant as mine and this column finds you all doing well. New addresses and contact information seem to be the theme of most of the emails I have received recently. Friends, we are a class on the move.…

Diane Ingalls Zito I am writing this column as snow covers the ground here in New Hampshire, but you’ll be reading it in the warm weather. Let me take this opportunity to wish each of you a very happy and healthy summer. I do hope that most of you had the pleasure of reading “A…

Diane Ingalls Zito 24 South Hills Drive Bedford, NH 03110 bluewatersailors@comcast.net www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1962/   A warm hello to all of you from Mount Desert Island, where we are fortunate to have escaped the heat that is covering most of the country this summer. It is mid-July as I write this, and fingers crossed, the weather will…

Diane Ingalls Zito 24 South Hills Drive Bedford, NH 03110 bluewatersailors@comcast.net www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1962/ Beautiful sunny, warm days greeted more than 50 classmates and their guests to our 55th Reunion. Spectacular weather left us with wonderful memories of oceanside lunches, scenic rides through Acadia National Park, and a sunset cruise on Frenchman Bay at the pre-Reunion activities…