A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E - Colby-Sawyer College
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Sarah Dow ’07 and Shawn Fleisner<br />
’06 standing on the porch of their<br />
recently purchased home near<br />
Boston.<br />
June 2012 wedding. Alyssa<br />
Coffey and Peter O’Laughlin are<br />
still engaged and currently living<br />
in Cape Cod. Peter is attending<br />
St George’s School of Medicine<br />
’14 and Alyssa is attending MA<br />
School of Law ’14. They vacationed<br />
in England, Scotland and<br />
France over Christmas and New<br />
Year’s. Kate O’Neil deBros is<br />
working as a learning specialist<br />
at Mary Woodward Elementary<br />
School in Tigard, OR. She is also<br />
getting her master’s in ed. at<br />
Portland State U., specializing<br />
in behavior management. Sarah<br />
Dow and Shawn Fleisner ’06<br />
recently bought a 2-family home<br />
near Boston and are now landlords.<br />
Jen Richard Johnson and<br />
her husband, Peter, had a beautiful<br />
baby boy in Aug., named<br />
Wade. Thanks to all of the<br />
members of the class who sent in<br />
updates, and hope to hear more<br />
from you soon!<br />
Simard/Ackles Wedding<br />
Kim Simard Ackles ’08 and<br />
Zachary Ackles ’07 on their<br />
October 2010 wedding day.<br />
2008<br />
Sarah Heaney<br />
5 Seaverns Bridge Road<br />
Merrimack, NH 03054-4541<br />
(603) 883-7578<br />
e-mail: sh.heaney@gmail.com<br />
I hope this finds you well, and<br />
thank you to everyone who sent<br />
in updates! John O’Neil has been<br />
living and breathing baseball and<br />
will be moving to northern NJ<br />
to work as head coach of a new<br />
expansion team in a collegiate<br />
summer league. Brian Saad<br />
finished his master’s in severe<br />
special education in May. Lisa<br />
Giordano is a student in a clinical<br />
psychology doctoral program<br />
at the MA School of Professional<br />
Psychology. This summer she’ll<br />
be traveling to Ecuador for 5<br />
weeks to take Spanish classes and<br />
participate in volunteer work.<br />
Kevin Brisebois has moved<br />
from Mainland China to Hong<br />
Kong, where he still works for<br />
Nypro. He signed a contract to<br />
stay a minimum of 1–2 years.<br />
Ashley Goulter has been riding<br />
horses and competing with<br />
the Plum Grove Equestrian Drill<br />
Team. Love is in the air for the<br />
Class of ’08, and we have lots<br />
of engagements and weddings<br />
to announce. Sarah Heaney<br />
and Adrian Pelletier ’07 have<br />
been busy planning their small<br />
family wedding for Sept. 2011.<br />
Kelly DeCharles and Justin<br />
Holshuh ’06 are planning a<br />
Sept. 2012 wedding on Cape<br />
Cod. Kelly currently operates<br />
an ice cream parlor called Lil’<br />
Caboose in Yarmouth, MA, with<br />
her sister, while still working<br />
full-time as a graphic designer<br />
in Orleans, MA. Pat Sylvia and<br />
Angela Eastman are excited to<br />
announce their engagement.<br />
Pat proposed to Angela on Dec.<br />
4th, 2010. Stephanie Shamel<br />
is engaged to Nick Watson ’09;<br />
they’re planning a Spring 2012<br />
wedding. Kris Ramsay and Anna<br />
Clark ’07 were to be married<br />
June 25, 2011, in Harwich, MA.<br />
Kris is currently employed by<br />
the Orleans Conservation Trusts<br />
in Orleans, MA. Kim Simard<br />
Ackles was married to Zachary<br />
Ackles ’07 on Oct. 23, 2010.<br />
Their wedding was attended by<br />
many CSC alumni. Courtney<br />
Bodine Harvey was married to<br />
J.R. Harvey on Dec. 10, 2010.<br />
2009<br />
Elizabeth Cressman<br />
40 Susan Drive<br />
Tewksbury, MA 01876<br />
(978) 851- 5147<br />
email: ecressman1986@yahoo.com<br />
Colin Bellavance<br />
20 Main Street<br />
New London, NH 03257<br />
email:<br />
colin.bellavance@gmail.com<br />
Nicole Poelaert<br />
Post Office Box 2082<br />
Duxbury, MA 02331<br />
Email: npoelaert@yahoo.com<br />
Thank you to everyone who sent<br />
in their responses for this issue of<br />
Joining the happy couple for the celebration were (l to r) Kristina Garrison<br />
’07, Lyndsey Walsh ’08, Lindsey Santoro ’08, Betsy Landry ’08, Jennifer<br />
Chase ’08, Melissa Lewis ’08, Jeff Blood ’07, Kim Simard Ackles ’08,<br />
Zachary Ackles ’07, Carlo Romeo ’07, Brittany McAvey Westerman ’08 ,<br />
Carl Keyser ’07, Melissa Ferrigno ’07 and Peter Ridgers ’07.<br />
Luke Harvey ’08 keeps his cool while<br />
fighting fire in Littleton, N.H.<br />
Blushing bride Courtney Bodine<br />
Harvey ’08 with her new husband,<br />
J.R. Harvey, on their wedding day.<br />
the Alumni Magazine! Jeff Parfitt<br />
and Ali Hodsden-Parfitt were<br />
married on Dec. 23, 2010. They<br />
currently reside in Middlebury,<br />
VT, and are employed by the<br />
Counseling Service of Addison<br />
County, where they work with<br />
children diagnosed with autism<br />
spectrum disorders, emotional<br />
behavioral disorders and nonspecified<br />
learning disorders.<br />
Melissa Estabrook was engaged<br />
to Andrew Pillsbury ’07 on<br />
Aug. 24, and they’re planning<br />
a July 2012 wedding. Sean<br />
Ahern continues to attend grad<br />
school at Bowling Green U.<br />
in OH. He’s studying popular<br />
culture with subject interests in<br />
popular music, subcultures and<br />
Irish-American culture. He also<br />
enjoys teaching undergraduate<br />
introductory courses in addition<br />
to working at BGSU’s Jerome<br />
Library as a graduate supervisor.<br />
He’s begun traveling to various<br />
conferences to present a series<br />
of papers, including one on the<br />
video game “Fallout 3” and its<br />
use of metaculture, and another<br />
on the Dropkick Murphys and<br />
Irish hybridity. Sean is working<br />
on his thesis, and beginning to<br />
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