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Stutzman '95 and Stutzman ’96 Featured in Down East Article

Tracy Michaud Stutzman '95 and husband Sunny Stutzman ’96 were featured in the June 2008 Down East magazine article “Choosing Maine: Return of the Natives,” which focused on how several Mainers have returned home to enjoy career success after working out of state. According to the article, Tracy returned to Dover Foxcroft in 1999, after working on her Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh (while Sunny was doing graduate work in industrial design). As director of the Maine Crafts Association, she helped to create an associate degree program in traditional and contemporary crafts at Eastern Maine Community College and played an integral role in developing a Center for Maine Crafts at the West Gardiner service plaza on the Maine Turnpike. She also serves as director of the “Boomerang Club,” which held a Super Bowl party attended by 80 young people at Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft. “Boomerang Club is a kind of tongue-in-cheek name because so many of us grew up here, went away, and then boomeranged back,” Tracy told Down East writer Edgar Allen Beem.

Hilton '97 Joins Western Maine Community Action Health Services

Amanda Hilton '97 has been named a reproductive health specialist with Western Maine Community Action's clinical sites in Farmington and Rumford. Read more about Hilton's appointment in the Sun Journal.

Hickey '05 Opens Fitness Express

Mike Hickey '05 recently opened Fitness Express, a circuit training course composed of 12 to 15 exercise stations, at 449 Farmington Falls Road in Farmington. Read more about Hickey's new fitness center in the Sun Journal .

Bisbee '94 Named Executive Dir. of Community Media Access Partnership

Kathy Bisbee '94, former director of marketing and development at Community Television in Santa Cruz, has been named executive director of the Community Media Access Partnership in Gilroy, Calif. Read more about Bisbee's position and her documentary film projects in Guatemala and Nicaragua in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Sylvester '92 Nominated for 2009 Maine Teacher of the Year

Thornton Academy special education teacher Jonathan Sylvester '92 was among nine Maine teachers nominated to be the 2009 Maine Teacher of the Year. Gov. John Baldacci and Maine Education Commissioner Susan Gendron honored Sylvester and the eight other nominees at a ceremony on March 14. Read more about Sylvester's honor at the Office of the Governor's Website.

Treamer '74 Greets McCain with POW Bracelet

In mid-November 2007, Kathy Treamer '74 greeted Republican Presidential hopeful and Arizona Senator John McCain at a campaign stop in Lancaster, N.H., with a special gift -- a silver prisoner of war bracelet she wore while a student at UMF during his imprisonment in Vietnam. Read more about the encounter in the Boston Globe (scroll down to read "A journey into the past.")

Galloway '07 Gives "Face Time" to the Sun Journal

Levi Galloway '07, assistant technical director at Lewiston's Public Theatre and a locally performing folk/blues musician, found himself the subject of a "Face Time" Q&A interview with Sun Journal staff writer Lindsay Tice '98. Read more about why Galloway considers his hometown to be the "back of a bus" and what he considers to be the best song to play on a harmonica in the Sun Journal.

Reed '65 Nets 500th Career Win

Bangor High School boys basketball coach Roger Reed '65, a member of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame and the UMF Athletics Hall of Fame, netted his 500th career victory in early February 2008. Read more about Reed's storied career in the Bangor Daily News and the details of his 500th career victory in the Bangor Daily News.

Woodcock '03 Runs Marine Corps Marathon to Honor Grandmother

Sporting a shirt with a picture of "Nana Sue," Megan Woodcock '03 ran the Marine Corps marathon to honor her grandmother Theone (Sue) Woodcock. Read the Sun Journal story on how Megan, a health educator for the Maine Center for Disease Control, honored her grandmother, who served a two-year stint in the Marines during World War II.

Fuchswanz '01 Rolls in the Dough

Read the Kennebec Journal coverage of how Laura Fuchswanz '01 has turned a local hankering for Philly-style food into a thriving business with her Augusta-based eatery, Maine Soft Pretzel.

DeTroy '06 Has Kids Jumping at the Chance to Learn Hip-Hop

H'Nette DeTroy '06 introduces body rolls, shoulder isolation and other hip-hop moves to an enthusiastic class of 8- to 10-year-olds at the Fiddlehead Center for the Arts in Gray. Read more about DeTroy's kinetic class in the Portland Press Herald

Dock '96 Serves as Scrimmage Coach for Nation's Best U-19 Men's Lacrosse Players

Jim Dock '96 was selected by US Lacrosse, the national governing body for men’s and women’s lacrosse, to serve on the coaching staff for the men’s under-19 national-team tryouts held in July 2007 on the University of Maryland-Baltimore County campus. Dock was one of six coaches who ran all-star scrimmage games for 120 players seeking to represent the United States at the July 2008 International Lacrosse Federation World Games to be held in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Read more about Dock's honor in the Sun Journal.

Caddigan '80 Completes Study at Sea

Bill Caddigan '80, a Telstar Middle School science teacher, recently spent nearly a month aboard a 274-foot research vessel, studying how iron affects microscopic marine plant life in the north Pacific Ocean. Caddigan was invited to participate in the research project by Mark Wells, a University of Maine professor of oceanography. Read more about Caddigan's research in the Sun Journal.

Benson '79 Named Maine Athletic Director of the Year

Jeff Benson '79, director of athletics at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, has been named athletic director of the year by the Maine Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. "It's a school award," Benson told Sun Journal staff writer Kalle Oakes. "Without the kids, the coaches and the staff, there wouldn't be an award." Read more about Benson's honor in the Sun Journal.

Blanchard '92 Forges First-Ever Exchange Program with China

Craig Blanchard '92, a social studies teacher at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, has played a pivotal role in developing what is believed to be Maine's first teacher exchange program with China. "He made the connections," said MSAD No. 17 Superintendent Mark Eastman of Blanchard, who has spent extended stays in China learning its customs and protocol and is now earning a master's degree in Asian studies. Read more about Blanchard's work to create the exchange program in the Sun Journal.

Dycio '84 Named Economic Development Specialist

George Dycio '84 has been hired as economic development specialist for the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council. Read more about Dycio's appointment and new responsibilities in the Sun Journal.

Mochamer '85 to Lead Skowhegan Area Middle School

Bruce Mochamer '85 has been named principal of Skowhegan Area Middle School and will assume the position on July 1. Read more on Mochamer's promotion online in the Morning Sentinel.

Sawyer '73 to Lead United Way Campaign

Thomas Sawyer '73, vice president of residential lending at Franklin Savings Bank, and his wife, Veronica, have been named co-chairs of the upcoming Tri-Valley Area United Way campaign. Read more on the Sawyers promotion online in the Sun Journal.

Cayer '85 Named Executive Vice President of Franklin Community Health Network

Gerald Cayer '85 has been named executive vice president of Franklin Community Health Network after serving as chief operating officer of Franklin Memorial Hospital, an FCHN affiliate, since 2005. Read more on Cayer online in the Sun Journal.

Campbell '75 Returns from Teaching "North to Alaska"

After 25 years of teaching, Bonnie Campbell '75 relocated to Elim, Alaska, (pop. 300) to teach Eskimo elementary school children in the Bering Sea-coast village located 100 miles from Nome by plane. "It was the hardest thing I ever did," Campbell told Sun Journal reporter Donna Perry. "I was a white person among all Eskimos. I went some place where I knew nobody, and I've never been to the West Coast before." Read about how Campbell fished for silver salmon, hunted caribou, caught king crab, ate whale blubber, swam in hot springs and field dressed moose meat in the Sun Journal.

Vose '02 Named to Augusta Planning Board

Corey Vose '02, a senior buyer for a central Maine-based food service supply company, was nominated to the Augusta Planning Board by Augusta Mayor Roger Katz. "He brings to the job a youthful perspective and a wonderful work ethic," Katz said in introducing Vose to the council. Read about Vose's appointment in the Kennebec Journal.

Ranger '99 Named Financial Advisor at Western Mountain Financial Services

Jared Ranger '99 has been named a financial advisor at Western Mountain Financial Services in Farmington after working in financial services for Smith Barney in Portland, Pioneer Funds in Boston and J.W. Seligman in New York. Read about Ranger's appointment in the Sun Journal.