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Class Notes
Donald Saucier volunteers as chief
pilot for the State of Maine Civil Air Patrol. He is in the auxiliary of the U.S. Air
Force and holds the rank of major.
1986
Colleen Allen Maynes recently
returned from a Missions Trip to La
Romana, Dominican Republic where
she treated a young man with severe
lymphedema. She will be doing a fundraiser for him to come to the U.S. for
two months for treatment.
1988
Deborah Fournier Camire lives in
Saco with her husband Craig and three
sons: Chris, Jon and Ben. She enjoyed
running into classmates over the summer.
Jason Haskell and his wife celebrated
their 10th anniversary together with a
trip to Italy.
Bradley Meserve went his 20th Reunion at Jon Stewarts’ house and says it
was “an awesome time”!
Anthony LeBlanc was promoted to
Bank Secrecy Act Officer at Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution this spring.
1989
Devra Bouffard Holmquist welcomed
a second child, Audrey Geneva Germaine Holmquist, in January 2007.
Her father passed away in November
of 2006. She is now working at IDEXX
Laboratories.
Susan Forest Lance says after her
husband got out of the Navy 9 years
ago, they have settled in Michigan with
their three kids: Jon (16), Brad (12)
and Jessica (8). This year they will be
celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary.
Denise Perreault Cintron is married
with one son and he’s four years old.
She loves being a stay-at-home mom in
Florida.
1990
Michael Babcock and his wife Jennifer had a son who they named Evan
Michael in October 2007. Mike is living
in Bangor and is the Molecular Biology
supervisor at Dahl Chase Diagonostic
Sevices.
1991
Michelle Binette Harlfinger has
returned to her home town in August
2007. She graduated with a master’s
degree in May 2007 and is now working
at Liberty Mutual.
April Cobb Jones has been sick and
fighting a lung infection. She wishes everyone the best of health and welcomes
anyone to get in touch with her.
1992
Jennifer Cooper Mullett and her husband celebrated their 13th anniversary.
She went on a trip this fall with her
daughter, Lauren, from the University
of Maryland. They went down with the
Odyssey of the Mind teams from MSAD
#57.
Samantha Korpaczewski Lane is married and has one child. She is a registered nurse on a cardiac floor and lives
in Maryland.
1993
Kelly McKague MacVane was married
in June 2007 to Ernie MaCvane, a police
officer in Windham. They have three
boys: Kyle, 11, Evan, 9, and Tyler 1 1/2.
She lives and works in South Portland.

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1994
Matt Gooding was promoted to the
rank of Major in the United States
Army. For his service in Afghanistan he
was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and
the Army Commendation Medal with
Valor.
1995
Melissa Littlefield Farley married
David M. Farley, Sr. in 2003. She has a
six-year-old son named Devin Pratt as
well as a daughter, Abigail Elizabeth
Farley, born in 2006.
Amber Fradette Slater is still living
in Kingsland, Georgia. She remarried in
October 2007 to Mike Slater and this
past May they welcomed a son, Raiden
Maximus. He joins a blended family of
5 sisters and a brother.
Melissa Garland Stolper and her
husband welcomed their first child, a
daughter named Madeline, in August.
1996
Antonia Scmidt Lapierre and her
husband, Tom, welcomed their second
child, Preston, in October 2007.
Amanda Dulac Coughlin and her
husband Joe Coughlin welcomed their
third child Ava Grace, on August of last
year. Her oldest daughter Alexis is four
years old and her son Will is two and a
half. The family is currently stationed
in Henderson, Nevada, where Joe is a
captain in the U.S. Air Force.
Amy Starnes recently got married to
Elias Carlston in Santorini, Greece. They
are living in Boston, where she’s an
information security engineer for Partners Healthcare and Elias is a systems
engineer for Zipcar.
1997
Katie Parisien Geddes had a daughter,
Caroline, in May.
1998
Brenda Boucher Coulombe got
married in September 2007 to Brady
Coulombe. They are living in Saco and
Brenda is working at Lucinda’s Day Spa,
where she’s been for 10 years.
Sarah Daigneault Moore and her husband Joel welcomed son Nicholas Aiden
Moore in March. He joins their threeyear-old son Benjamin.
1999
Arianna Vakas Hudson was promoted
to assistant vice president at Fairfield
County Bank. She still resides in Fairfield, Conn. with her husband Frank.
Jennifer Hatch Sirois had a baby girl,
Olivia Rose Sirois, in July with her husband Ricky Sirois ‘98.
Sandy Schmidt married Patrick
Coombs in August 2007 in Boston. The
couple now resides in Dedham, Massachusetts and Sandy works as the
Investor Relations Manager at Oscient
Pharmaceuticals.
Marissa Gagnon attended the Olympics in Beijing in summer 2008 as a
senior athlete manager with Octagon,
a worldwide sports agency with offices
in Portland. She works with athletes
like Michael Phelps. She was also in the
2004 summer games in Athens as well
as the 2006 winter games in Torino, Italy. Gagnon’s pos ition requires handling
the public appearances, media requests
and sponsorships for athletes.
2000
Elizabeth Furbish in March moved
to New York City to work in marketing the Mid-Atlantic region for Sports

Illustrated.
Michelle Bissonnette Winn and her
husband Wayne Winn Jr. had their third
child, a girl named Savannah Jean Winn,
in February.
Eric Peterson was living in Washington and working as a consultant for the
pharmaceutical industry but recently
moved to Medford, Mass. to begin a
doctorate program in chemistry at
Tufts University.
Nicole Durand Derr is moving back to
Maine and starting work as a freelance
photographer for weddings and fine
art. She encourages classmates who are
having babies and weddings to get in
touch with her through her web site:
www.nmdphotography.com.
2001
Stephen Dupuis got engaged to
Angela Labonte ‘03 in August of 2008.
They plan to have a fall 2009 wedding.
Stephen is co-managing Dupuis Hardware at their new location on Elm St in
Biddeford. He loves running his own
business.
Justin Poissant completed an osteopathic program in Arizona and is taking
boards summer 2008.
Crystal Gomes is attending Carnegie
Mellon University to obtain her master’s
degree in costume design.
2002
Christopher Tripp earned bachelor’s
degree in English from USM in May and
is an outreach worker for the Frannie
Peabody Center in Portland.
Michael Peterson in August moved
to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to teach
high school and middle school math.
Maryellen Pribish is living in New
York City attending Columbia University Medical School in a pediatric nurse
practioner program.
2003
Tracy Burgess Velazquez and her
husband Javier welcomed a baby boy
named Xavier Atlan in August.
Melissa Gagnon graduated from The
University of New Hampshire.
Stephanie Hadiaris graduated from
USM in May with a bachelor’s degree in
media studies, a minor in economics
and a concentration in business administration.
Angela Labonte got engaged in August to Steve Dupuis ’01 and they plan
to have a fall 2009 wedding.
Megan Bovill married in August and
is teaching in Baltimore through Teach
for America.
Nicole Sevigny is working for Wiggins
Airways as a First Officer in their King
Air based out of Manchester, N.H.
Christine Felser’s mother Terry,
a longtime teacher at Burns School,
passed away in May after a long battle
with cancer.
Alicia Doukeris recently attended her
one year reunion at Bates College. Since
graduation she has been employed by
the Harvard Business School in external relations development. She began
graduate school courses this fall.
2004
Petro Boucouvalas is a private first
class in the Army and has completed
basic training in Fort Lewis in Washington State. With additional field work he
will soon be heading to Iraq.
Emma Arenstam graduated in May
from Bates College with a bachelor’s
degree in anthropology and interdisciplinary studies. She also received the

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Marcy Plavin Dance Award in 2008 and
studied at University College in Dublin,
Ireland, in fall 2006.
Christina Marie Gregoire was awarded
a bachelor’s degree from Bentley College in May and graduated magna cum
laude. She majored in business finance
and plans to finish her masters program in the 2008-2009 school year. She
is currently interning at State Street
Finance in Boston.
Benjamin Carignan graduated from
Maine Maritime Academy in May with a
bachelor’s degree in marine engineering
technology. He’s now living on Naticook
Lake in New Hampshire. He sailed as a
third assistant engineer (civil mariner)
aboard Naval auxillary support and
supply ships employed by Military Sealift Command.
Daniel Desrochers graduated from
Franklin Pierce this year with a degree
in mass communications.
Nicole Voccia graduated from USM
in May with a major in psychology
and she’s the head riding instructor at
Camp Ketcha in Scarborough.
Autumn Welt this spring presented
her dance choreography at the American College Dance Festival located at
Goucher College. She brought research
on abstract theory and kinesthetic logic
to the Nattional Conference of Undergraduate Research at Salisbury University.
Jennifer Canning is engaged to
Samuel Lobel, and they are planning a
September 2009 wedding in Portland.
Jessica Perkins graduated from USM
with a bachelor’s degree in sociology,
and she was interning in elementry
education this spring.
Shawn Rumery graduated from Juniata College in Huntingdon, Penn., in May
and then relocated to Pittsfield, Mass.,
to start an Americorps VISTA position
doing community development work.
2006
Jill Santamore is a junior at the College of Holy Cross.
Samuel Christenbury was recently
honored with a proclamation from the
city of Saco and a proclamation from
Sen. Susan Collins for completing the
Journey of Hope cross-country bicycle
trek this summer. He was part of a 100person team of riders who completed
the 4,000 mile ride this year, which
raised more than $500,000 for the
national disabilities awareness organization Push America.
2007
David Saucier completed basic training & A.I.T training for the U.S. Army in
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, as a combat engineer. He is currently stationed
in Bamberg, Germany.
Monique Bishop, Briana Galiardi,
Amanda Harrison, Christa-Marie Magee,
Jillian McDonough and Jennifer McGrath took part in Saint Josephs College
nursing program’s “Blessing of the
Hands Ceremony” in September.
2008
Scott Madden graduated from Air
Force boot camp in San Antonio, Texas
in October. He’s now at Sheppard Air
Force Base in Witchita Falls, Texas, for
four months at technical school specializing in aircraft maintenance. From
there he will go to Tyndall Air Force
Base in Panama City, Florida, for four
weeks to complete his training.