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Class of 1981 Spring 2025 Class Note

Greetings from just down the road from UMaine! If you know me at all, you know I love the Maine Black Bears and follow all the athletic programs. It’s an exciting time for UMaine Athletics with lots of facility upgrades, thanks to the Alfond Foundation. If you haven’t been back to campus in a while…

Class of 1981 Summer 2024 Class Note

Hey, classmates! Can you believe May marked 43 years since our graduation? Where has that time gone? If you’re thinking of a trip to Maine this summer or coming back for Homecoming in the fall — do it! We’re not getting any younger and there’s so much to see now on campus, especially if you…

Class of 1981 Winter 2024 Class Note

GO BLUE! Have you heard us rallying the crowd from Orono this winter? We hope you follow our Black Bears in person or online if you’re not in Maine. Perhaps you’ve caught them on the road this year? If you do, snap a photo and post it to our Facebook page! It’s an exciting time…

Class of 1981 Summer 2023 Class Note

Mother always said, “time flies as you get older.” I think we’d all agree that is so true now. And just like that, it’s time for the summer column, and a Facebook plea once again turned up a few updates from classmates. Here they are — Pat Strauch received a Distinguished Alumni Award last fall…

Class of 1981 Winter 2022 Class Note

This column should be published in the midst of the winter sports season and we Black Bear faithful are hoping for successful seasons on the ice and on the basketball court with a few new coaches on the benches. With that, let’s jump right into some sports news! The Class of ’81 was well represented…

Class of 1981 Summer 2022 Class Note

We sure are living in interesting times. Those of us who had parents from the WWII era and heard their stories never thought we’d see things like we have on the news this past winter. Some of you who live in Maine may have caught Anne Hall on a local news report, as she was…

Class of 1981 Winter 2022 Class Note

All done in ’81 — but, thanks to the pandemic, no reunion for our crew until ’22! I had hoped to report on Homecoming and the classmates who returned for our Reunion in this issue, but that didn’t happen. Events were scaled back, and I got many messages from classmates who were opting to play…

Class of 1981 Summer 2021 Class Note

Barb Brown Dalton 21 Black Bear Drive Veazie, ME 04401-6929 (207) 356-5647 barbiebd81@gmail.com Facebook: University of Maine Class of 1981 and facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1981/ Hope this finds you all well and vaccinated! We’ve certainly adjusted our lives in the past year and I’m hopeful that this summer will be a bit more normal than last. It was…

Class of 1981 Winter 2021 Class Note

Well, that was a hell of a year, wasn’t it?! Although I write this column with about three months to go in 2020, I think it is safe to lead with that line. And it’s certainly my hope that things will be looking much better on many fronts by the time you are reading this!…

Class of 1981 Summer 2020 Class Note

Barb Brown Dalton How do you write a column during a pandemic? This won’t go to print for a few months, and we have no idea where our country and our world will be at that point. I’ve thought of my parents a lot lately, and how they grew up in the Great Depression and…

Class of 1981 Winter 2020 Class Note

Barb Brown Dalton We’ll start off with news items that are indicators of our age! Honors and awards seem to be popping up more often, along with retirement announcements. The mailbag did not disappoint this time around! Congrats to Marie Warner on her induction into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame this past August.…

Class of 1981 Summer 2019 Class Note

Barb Brown Dalton How about that Maine football team?! How about those Red Sox? How about the Patriots? And how about the Maine Women’s basketball team?! We love our sports here in eastern Maine and northern New England and it’s been a darn good past year! Hope you’ve enjoyed it from wherever you are, too!…

Class of 1981 Fall 2018 Class Note

Barb Brown Dalton 21 Black Bear Drive Veazie, ME 04401-6929 (207) 947-4827 barbiebd81@gmail.com Facebook: University of Maine Class of 1981 and facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1981/ Are you retired yet? I am far from it, having just started my ad agency three years ago! But, those of you who are lucky enough to have retired early should feel…

Class of 1981 Spring 2018 Class Note

Barb Brown Dalton 21 Black Bear Drive Veazie, ME 04401-6929 (207) 947-4827 barbiebd81@gmail.com Facebook: University of Maine Class of 1981 and facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1981/ As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alfond Arena this year, it seems fitting to report on classmate John Tortorella, head coach of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets. John was awarded the…

Class of ’81 Fall 2017 Class Notes

Barb Brown Dalton 21 Black Bear Drive Veazie, ME 04401-6929 (207) 947-4827 barbiebd81@gmail.com Facebook: University of Maine Class of 1981 and facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1981/ Say what you want about social media, but I love it! When used properly, it does great things and sure is helping to keep our class connected. When the mailbag was empty…

Spring 2017 Class Notes

Barb Brown Dalton 21 Black Bear Drive Veazie, ME 04401-6929 (207) 947-4827 barbiebd81@gmail.com Facebook: University of Maine Class of 1981 and facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1981/ I’m finishing this column up in a blizzard, challenged to remember details about Homecoming, and knowing that it won’t be published until spring! In this digital age, when everyone already knows what happened…

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