Greetings, Class of ’99 — hope you’re enjoying a great summer. We’re still looking for a volunteer to report the class news. Please contact abigail.zelz@maine.edu to write this column for the magazine. Congratulations to Heather Letourneau Anderson, who was named Aroostook County Teacher of the Year. Heather says she knew from the time she was…

 Class of 1999 — there’s a lot to report, but we need your help. There is a vacancy for a class correspondent — someone to write the class news for this column two times a year. Please contact the Alumni Association or email abigail.zelz@maine.edu to pitch in. Laurie Dionne Babcock wrote with an update. She…

Happy summer, Class of ’99!  There’s news to report, though the Class still needs someone to write this column twice a year. With your help we can share even more about classmates and what they’re doing. Candice Richards is Knox County’s emergency management director. She has worked with the Knox County EMA since 2017 and…

The Class of 1999 needs someone to write this column for the Class of 1999. That means writing the news and sending it to the Alumni Association for inclusion in the magazine twice a year. It’s not difficult! We want to share your news with classmates, so please consider pitching in to help. Contact abigail.zelz@maine.edu…

Phil Doucette of Auburn is a managing partner at Austin Associates, where he has worked since 1999. He has served on committees for the United Way of Androscoggin County and serves on the Central Maine Community Health Corporation board. Michael Ouellette joined Starboard Advisors, a Portland-based division of Wall Street firm Kelleher Financial Advisors, as…

Class of 1999 — please send news that we can include in the next column. Where are you living and working? How have you fared during the pandemic? Seen any fellow Black Bears recently? Do you follow UMaine sports or other news from a distance? We’d like to hear from you!

Misty Edgecomb Las Vegas, NV 89148 mistye77@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1999/ Hi everyone, please communicate and let us know what’s happening in your lives — no one sent any news to report this time. Please share your news: employment, family, pet, hobby, address change —whatever is going on.  Have a great summer!

While COVID has put a damper on life as we previously knew it, we know that the Class of 1999 is out there working, raising children, and pursuing a range of interests. We need you to report what’s happening in your lives so we will have news for the next column. What have you done…

Misty Edgecomb Hello, classmates! I’m celebrating our class’s athletes this issue. My athletic accomplishments at UMaine were limited to being the only person under 60 to regularly attend 7 am water aerobics classes at the pool, so I’m in awe of the many Black Bears who have gone on to great success in coaching: Dodi…

Misty Edgecomb Penquis president and CEO Kara Hay, of Old Town, was honored for her work in housing and community development leadership. Kara — who studied theatre as an undergraduate at UMaine before going on to graduate work in psychology and family therapy in Hawaii — has led Penquis since 2014. Maine’s largest community action agency, Penquis…

Misty Edgecom Can you believe it’s been 20 years since we started our final semester at UMaine? My long nights in Chadbourne Hall don’t feel that far away — maybe because I’ve been looking through my old Maine Campus clips of late, reluctantly Marie Kondo-ing to lighten our load for a cross-country move. (They still…

Misty Edgecomb 156 Porter Street #121 Boston, MA 02128 484-343-3223 Mistye77@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1999/   Robin Colby G was honored by the Foreign Language Association Teachers of Maine (FLAME) this spring, in recognition of her work at Messalonskee High School in Oakland. FLAME cited her exemplary work teaching Latin and Greek, as well as her additional effort…