Lighthouse tours or surfing lessons at Fortune ’ s Rocks ,” said City Manager James Bennett . “ He is also the City ’ s liaison for community events such as Winterfest . Brian ’ s work has brought joy to so many members of our community and I am thrilled to honor him with the 2024 Employee of the Year Award .”
Congratulations to Ali Arsenault ’ 07 and Joey Donilon ’ 05 , who were married on June 22 , 2024 .
Siblings Jill ( Santamore ) Blake ’ 06 and brother Paul Santamore ' 10 both work in education . Jill is a special education social worker at TA , while Paul is the dean of students at Old Orchard Beach High School . Their mom , Kathy ( Boutet ) Santamore ’ 80 recently retired after a 40-year career in nursing , the last 26 years at Maine Medical Center and their dad , Cliff Santamore ’ 77 , works in real estate .
Courtney ( Ross ) Milliken ’ 09 , pictured with Haley ( Nason ) Magnell ’ 10 married Tony Sequeira in September . Courtney works at WPOR and Tony is an Educational Technician at TA . Haley was a bridesmaid .
2010s
Tom Quentin ’ 10 married Marie Whitney on August 9 , in a wedding full of Thornton connections . The best man was Tom ’ s brother , Jim Quentin ’ 10 , and groomsmen included Dylan Moulton ’ 08 and Zach Golojuch ’ 10 . The wedding was officiated by alum and long-time TA counselor and coach Mark DeFransicso ’ 80 . Pictured are , from left , Keegan Hyland , Zach , Tom , Jim , and Dylan . Interestingly , while Keegan is not a TA alum , he holds the record for most points scored by a visiting player at Linnell Gym in a boys basketball game ( 47 ).
2020s
Jordyn Prejean ’ 22 operates Free Rayne Events , a luxury picnic service in Southern Maine , setting up for 2-12 guests at locations from beaches to backyards . She ’ s also completing a Business Administration degree at York County Community College , aiming to expand Free Rayne into event planning for larger gatherings , possibly even weddings !
Mason LaBlanck ’ 23 and Tyler Harrison ’ 23 are part of the team working on Thornton ’ s new Fitness Center . The two TA grads studied electricity through our partnership with the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology and landed parttime work at Aube Electric . Tyler and Mason also attend
Southern Maine Community College .
Five generations of the Johnson family have passed through Thornton , beginning with Arlington Fairfield Johson , the valedictorian of the Class of 1905 .
Front row , from left : Guinevere Pelletier ’ 21 , Sloane Sanborn ’ 31 , Myra Bailey ’ 31 , Keira Bailey ’ 27 , Sue ( Johnson ) Hammond ’ 76 . Back row : Caron ( Smith ) Pisani ’ 98 , Lisbeth ( Smith ) Sanborn ’ 01 , Carol ( Johnson ) Smith ’ 70 , Bethany ( Johnson ) Kent ’ 78 .
Arlington ’ s son , Ken ‘ 38 , had three TA children : Carol , Sue , and Bethany . Carol is mother to Caron and Lisbeth and grandmother to Guinevere and Sloane . Sue is grandmother to Keira and Myra .
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