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…
Class of 2008 Winter 2020 Class Note
February 4, 2020Tara 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…
Class of 2008 Summer 2019 Class Note
August 6, 2019Tara 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…
Class of 2008 Fall 2018 Class Note
October 19, 2018Tara Kierstead 85 Middle Street, #7 Hallowell, ME 04347 207-400-9704 tkierstead50@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass2008/ REUNION at Homecoming October 26-28, 2018 Greetings, Class of ’08! I only have one classmate to report on this time around, and it’s a big congratulations to Mike Andrews, who was recently named the new general manager of the Augusta Huttig…
Class of 2008 Spring 2018 Class Note
May 31, 2018Tara Kierstead tkierstead50@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass2008/ REUNION at Homecoming October 26-28, 2018 Hi classmates, I am sorry to report the passing of our classmate Jennifer McCurry Drapeau, whom we lost on October 14th. Jennifer fought a hard battle against an aggressive form of cancer. Her husband, Joey, posted a heartfelt statement on Facebook, in which he…
Class of ’08 Fall 2017 Class Notes
November 9, 2017Tara Kierstead Glasberg tkierstead50@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass2008/ Greetings, classmates! I have a brief column for you this time around. Please, as always, feel free to send me updates and pictures of what you are up to, so I can include it here. Thanks! Matt Mulligan is again in the headlines. In January, the tight end for the…