I oftentimes reflect upon the wondrous beauty of our state. Not only does Maine have an incredibly beautiful coastline, but we are indeed fortunate to have Baxter State Park and Mt. Katahdin to explore and enjoy. This past summer I was able to spend some time with our granddaughter, Adalyn, who is 11 years old,…

I continue to work as a popular science writer, and of course, the big news in Aroostook County, “the Crown of Maine,” was the total solar eclipse, which occurred on April 8th. My husband and I sat in deck chairs in perfect sunny weather, not a cloud in the sky, on our front lawn near…

Over 25 class members attended our 55th Reunion in September with other Senior Alumni. There were dinners, lunches, tours, a gathering with the provost and president, as well as entertainment, dinner at Pat’s, and more. The big finale was the Maine football game where the Bears trounced Stony Brook with a final score of 56-28.…

Our classmate Eddie Zizmor writes that he is now semi-retired by merging his legal practice with the RWKD Law Group LLC in Hackensack, NJ, which is about two miles from his home. He is working about half the time he used to. He and his wife, Linda, will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on…

In remembrance of our classmate: Dr. James F. Doughty ‘68G, ’82 C.A.S., superintendent of the Bangor schools from 1987 to 2000, passed away in March 2022. During his administration, he instituted programs that created rising graduation rates and improved test scores. The James F. Doughty Middle School in Bangor was named in his honor.  It…

For Nancy Millay Curtis the University of Maine is a family tradition. Nancy was a nursing major, and lives in Bowdoinham, ME. Her parents were members of the Class of 1944, and two grandsons were enrolled during the recent academic year. One just finished his first year and the other recently graduated. In addition, the…

On August 8th, the Houlton Congregationalist Church held a special service of Celebration and Leave Taking as they met for the last time after 210 years as a religious organization in the Houlton community. The celebration was held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Houlton and included a luncheon in the church parlor hosted by…

Betty Loew White 1849 Ludlow Road Ludlow, ME 04730 bejuwi@aol.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1968/ Tom Maines ’00G retired as boys’ basketball coach at Morse High School in Bath, ME, after an amazing career. Tom is a member of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame and the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame. He began coaching high school basketball…

It was great to hear from Linda Carr Griffin, who said that she worked a lot when she was in college. As a paid position, she edited two college yearbooks and worked on the campus weekly newspaper and as a layout editor where she accepted columns from the now-famous fellow-alumnus, Stephen King. Linda was an English…

Betty Loew White An article of great concern to us appeared on October 4, 2019 in the Bangor Daily News about our classmate Diana Estey, who disappeared from her Medford home in November of 2016. Because a considerable time has passed since her disappearance and because of the lack of activity in Diana’s bank account,…

Betty Loew White It was about 16 years ago that Ted Ames and his wife, Robin Alden ’79, Ted Hoskins, and a few other members from the Stonington Fisheries Alliance established the Penobscot East Resource Center as a way of encouraging Maine fishermen to become actively involved in the management and development of fisheries in…

Betty Loew White Doug Thornton ’70G reports that his fraternity, Tau Epsilon Phi, is planning a summer reunion in Boothbay Harbor. A disturbing report about one of our classmates was published in the Thursday, November 1, 2018 edition of the Bangor Daily News, titled “Medford Woman’s Disappearance Doesn’t Make Any Sense.” From the article, we…