Greetings, classmates! I hope this column finds you and yours healthy and well. Please join me in celebrating the following classmates: Congratulations to Wes Clark, who the Pittsburgh Penguins have named vice president of player personnel! Wes’s responsibilities include overseeing the club’s amateur, professional, and college/European free agent scouting departments. Wes is no stranger to…

Hello, classmates! I have a number of career-related updates to share with you this time around. Let’s start with “40 Under 40” honoree Joseph Kellner ’12G. He was chosen for this distinction for being the next CEO of LifeLight Maine. Congratulations! Big news also for Molly Feeney ’09G, who has been appointed as Knox County…

  Hi, everyone!  I hope you all had a great Homecoming and a fun Class of 2008 15th Reunion! I have a few updates to share with you this time around. Congratulations to Ryan Green for his promotion at The Coastal Enterprises! Ryan is now their director of lending, after joining CEI in 2018 as…

Greetings, classmates! This is a quick column this time around, as I only have two updates. Please keep me posted on all the things you are doing, so I can update our class! First off, congratulations go out to classmate Todd Sanders G, who is the new superintendent of RSU 16! The previous superintendent retired…

Hello, friends! I hope this column finds you and yours all healthy and well. I have three brief updates to provide for you this time around. Enjoy! First off, the Bangor Daily News highlighted classmate Kate DeHaven G and her wife, Nancy’s, fear of not being recognized as a married couple when they become annual…

Greetings, classmates! I have two big congratulations to offer this time around, to classmates Justin Poirier and Joshua Kezer! First, congrats to Justin for being named Monmouth’s new town manager. He started his new position on January first. Previously, Justin was Chebeague Island’s town administrator, where he also served as treasurer, finance director, road commissioner,…

Greetings, Class of 2008! I am once again excited to share some classmate updates with you – please keep them coming! First off, some news about Matt and Stephanie McCoy Mulligan, who have certainly been keeping busy! Matt, who has played for 10 NFL teams over the past nine years, is bringing that expertise back…

Tara Kierstead tkierstead50@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass2008/ Greetings, classmates! I hope this column finds you and yours all healthy and well. I only have a few updates this time around, so please keep the email updates coming! Stephanie McCoy Mulligan of Lincoln, ME, owns McSea Books, which publishes children’s books that address topics related to exploring the outdoors and…

Greetings, classmates! I hope this column finds you and yours healthy and well! To start, I would like to congratulate Kathleen Esposito Dunbar, who has been promoted! Kathleen is a registered dental hygienist at her hometown clinic, Eastport Health Care. She has been there for nine years, and is now their dental supervisor. Congratulations, Kathleen!…

Tara Kierstead Greetings, classmates! I hope this finds you all well! I’ll start our column this time around by congratulating Stephanie McCoy Mulligan on self-publishing her very first book How to Catch a Keeper. This adorable children’s book tells the story of siblings who join their dad for a day of lobster fishing, and it…

Tara Kierstead Greetings, classmates! I have lots of news to share with you this time around. First, congratulations to Alfred “Chip” Haskell III, who was honored as the Maine Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Young Civil Engineer of the Year for 2019. Another award winner from our class, Jessie Wing, received the…

Tara Kierstead Greetings, classmates! I hope this column finds you well. I have a few classmates to update you on this time around! First, congratulations to Betsy Webb Ed.D., Bangor school superintendent, who is in the running for the prestigious Women in School Leadership award! She is among three district superintendents in the running and…