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and services they provide. I am also excited to see my son, Reid, off to his second year at Pike School as he embarks on the first grade! It is sure to be a great adventure!” Rachel Clapp Smith shares, “My family and I are spending the academic year on sabbatical in Toulouse, France. We would love to connect with any classmates living in France or traveling to Europe during the course of the year.” Mary Sporcic Farrington ran the Cape Cod Half Marathon in Falmouth, Mass., on October 29. This was her third time in the race during the past four years. She notes, “I would love to try to get back this fall to cheer on girls soccer, but I am really looking forward to seeing a lot of classmates in May 2017!” Ken Halberg writes, “I still live in New York City with my wife, Jill, and daughter, Zoe. I eat breakfast almost every day, and I am an avid watcher of ‘American Ninja Warrior’ with my daughter. My wife has joined me in our restaurant business. Yes, I work with my wife all day. Yeah! We have been fortunate to have had great success with Harding’s, Kitchen and Bar. In response, we have opened our latest concept, Casa Neta, Mezcaleria and Tequileria. I would love to host a New York City class of ’92 reunion, so please do let me know if you are interested.”
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Sarah Hallowell Visagie (772) 215-1367 shvisagie@gmail.com
My family and I moved this summer back to Stuart, Fla. I was offered the position of middle school coordinator at The Pine School, where I worked for nine years before an “eight-year hiatus.” I am excited to take on the leadership role of creating a unique middle school culture. This year, I also am teaching sixth and eighth grade English. If anyone is traveling to the southeast corner of Florida, please give me a call! My husband is excited to return to
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Florida and get the boat back in the water, and my daughter is already loving her preschool. I can hardly believe that my daughter, Tanya, turned 3 in October 2016. Time sure is flying by, and before we know it, we will be planning a 25th reunion!
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Andrew Garcia andrew.a.garcia@gmail.com
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Jen DiFranco jdifranc@holycross.edu Katie Barrow married Thomas
McGauley at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., on February 6, 2016. Michelle Randolph Turner was an amazing photographer at the wedding.
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Chrisso Rheault (207) 233-7401 eb13@mac.com
It’s been a busy summer since our great reunion in May 2016. Those who did not make it appear to have had good reason: Ted Pitney was awaiting the arrival of his first child. Meanwhile, Aaron Baker was in the process of moving from Minnesota to California. Perhaps he will run into Scott McCray and his family out there! Rounding out the summer, I had a lovely visit with Sarah King and her family up here in Maine over Labor Day weekend. Aaron Baker adds, “I finally finished my vascular surgery fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and started practice with the Kaiser Permanente group in San Francisco, Calif. We are very excited to be back on the West Coast. Karin, Alex and I are thoroughly enjoying the great outdoors living in Marin County.” Ryan Jarvis writes, “All is well. I enjoyed seeing everyone at our 20th reunion this past summer. The after-party at our house was easy to clean up the next day, a sure sign of age for our group. In other news, my band, The Budds (which was our fictional band at Brooks), is releasing its debut
Top to bottom: Katie Barrow ’95 and Thomas McGauley were married at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., on February 6, 2016. ■ Michelle Randolph Turner ’95 was an amazing photographer during the February 2016 wedding of Katie Barrow ’95 and Thomas McGauley. ■ Laura Sacco Richio ’97 (left) reunited with classmate Jillian Smith ’97 (right). Here they are with Laura’s children, Luca and Nicola, and Jillian’s daughter, Kennedy.
album. Our homepage is BuddsBand.com.” Sarah Nelson shares, “I’m excited to have recently started my own art advisory business, SRN Art Advisory + Appraisals (www. srn-artadvisory.com), specializing in 20th century works of art, based between San Francisco, Calif., and Boston. San Francisco Cottages & Garden Magazine ran a piece on my new firm in its October arts issue. It was fun to run into Tom Costin ’98 and his wife, Julie ’01, out here in
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