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Congrats to Paul Kelly, who was inducted into the 2024 class of the UMaine Sports Hall of Fame. While a player in the now-defunct men’s soccer program, Paul was named a first team All-North Atlantic honoree three times and a two-time All-American. After his time at UMaine, he played semi-pro soccer and spent four seasons…
Norman Gagne G has retired after 50 years coaching high school boys’ ice hockey. The Auburn native ended his coaching career with the Red Eddies of Edward Little. He ranks second nationwide in total wins for boys’ high school hockey with 812. His teams have won seven state championships: three with Gardiner, three with Waterville,…
Melissa McLaughlin Crowe coordinates the MFA program in creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she teaches poetry and publishing. She is the author of Dear Terror, Dear Splendor, and earned the Iowa Poetry Prize for her recently published collection of poems, Lo. She lives in Wilmington, NC. Timothy Doak G is…
Martha Conway-Cole G, ’09 CAS is a middle school language arts teacher in Belfast. In 2021 during the pandemic, she befriended a Ukrainian English teacher, Anna Maymeskul, as part of an online connection between the two teachers’ classes. The students exchanged videos and the teachers discovered they had a lot in common. When the Russian…
Roderic Melanson is director of sustainability and environment for the city of Bath. He focuses on Bath’s response to climate change and sea level rise and preserving the cit’;s natural resources. Travis Noyes is chief operating officer of Haley Ward in Bangor. Chris McLaughlin ’01G has been named executive director of the Maine Chapter of…
James E. Hews has been named chief operating officer of the Hews Company LLC, a South Portland-based manufacturer and distributor of truck bodies and equipment. Jim recently returned to the family business after working in Boise, ID. He also spent four years with the FBI, where he led international and domestic counter-terrorism investigations in the…
Margaret Nagle G was awarded the 2021 Steve Gould Award for demonstrating superior qualities of unselfishness and compassion in service to the University of Maine. Margaret is the senior director of public relations at UMaine. Aaron Watson is now athletic director at Brunswick High School. He was formerly a physical education teacher and coach at…
Leah McBreairty Bangor, ME 04401 umaine1996@hotmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1996/ Hi everyone, I hope your summer is going well. There wasn’t much news this time, so please take a minute to check in and share any updates via email or our class Facebook group. John Cangelosi ’12G received the 2020 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. He…
Wendy Churchill Fontaine won the 2020 Creative Nonfiction Prize at Hunger Mountain literary magazine for her essay, “An Embarrassment of Riches” Wendy works as a writer and script consultant in Los Angeles, CA, where she lives with her husband, James Visconti, and their daughter, Angela. Robert Westerberg G of York High School was named the…
Leah McBreairty Justin Jamison ’09G is vice president, commercial services officer at Katahdin Trust Company in Bangor. He is a member of the Bangor Lions Club. He lives in Bangor with his wife and two children. Amanda Corson is a personal insurance account executive with LS Robinson Company and is a certified insurance counselor. Lisa…
Leah McBreairty Dan Dennis, CPE, started a new job as senior estimator at Speedwell Construction in Manheim, PA. Kim Dunn Gormely was inducted into the Brewer High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Kim was a four-time all-state swimmer, setting many meet records and four school records, two of which still stand. Susan Olson G has…
Leah McBreairty Timothy Doak G is superintendent of Schools of Eastern Aroostook RSU 39 for Caribou, Limestone, and Stockholm, MSAD 20 for Fort Fairfield, and MSAD 27 for Fort Kent. He also serves on the Aroostook Mental Health Center’s board of directors. UMaine Sports Hall of Famer and Hockey Hall of Famer Paul Kariya had…
Leah McBreairty umaine1996@hotmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1996/ Sergeant Jason Luce received the Supervisor of the Year award from the Maine Warden Service. Tim Doak G is the superintendent of RSU 39 and MSAD 20 and has been recognized as 2018 Maine State Superintendent of the Year. His career in education has included the Madawaska School District, Fort Kent…
Leah McBreairty 403 Mount Avenue Missoula, MT 59801 umaine1996@hotmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1996/ Tim Doak G was named Superintendent of the Year by the Maine School Superintendents Association. Tim serves RSU 39 and MSAD 20 in Aroostook County. He has 27 years of experience in education. Army veteran Art Mathisen is the CEO of Copley Hospital in…
Leah McBreairty 403 Mount Avenue Missoula, MT 59801 umaine1996@hotmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1996/ Norm Gagne was inducted into the Maine Principals Association Hall of Excellence. Norm has coached high school hockey teams to seven state championships and 18 state final appearances. He has 715 career victories over 42 years as varsity hockey coach at Gardiner, Waterville, Gorham,…