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The Athletics Department at Wells High School (WHS) has announced that Sandi Purcell will be the school’s next girls varsity basketball coach. “Coach Purcell will bring excellent knowledge of the game, energy, and enthusiasm to our WHS program, and she will be an outstanding role model for our student-athletes,” commented WOCSD Athletics Director Pat Moody in a statement. According to Moody, Purcell has been an assistant coach at the University of Southern Maine. Prior to that, she coached at Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, NH, where she led that school’s

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University in State College, PA, and MD from Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, NH. Dr. Stearns completed her internship in internal medicine at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Oakland, CA, and residency in radiology at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA. Her radiology experience includes positions at Spectrum Medical Group in Portland, and Access Radiology/Radiology Partners to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Boston.

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During her playing career at Keene State College (KSC), Purcell became a 1,000-point scorer. She was also a two-time Little East Conference All-Star at KSC where, as team captain, she participated in the first KSC team to win a Little East Championship.

“It was so exciting,” said Purcell about receiving her new job. “It’s been a dream of mine to be a head coach ever since I started playing basketball.” Purcell indicated that she is quite familiar with the Wells area, having visited the community for several summers.

FNP-C, is now caring for patients at York Family Practice. However, she has been providing nursing care to York Hospital inpatients on the medical/ surgical team and in the ASU/ PACU in the Surgery Center for almost 10 years after receiving her BSN from the University of Vermont. Ryan continued her education at Rivier University, in Nashua, NH, recently earning an MS in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner.

Shawnda Williams, FNP-C, earned both her BSW and BSN from the University of Southern Maine in Portland, and most recently her MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner degree from Purdue Global University. She also has longevity as a caregiver at York Hospital. After many years as a Children’s Services Caseworker/LCW for the State of Maine Department of Human Services for York/ Cumberland Counties, Williams now returns as a family nurse practitioner, excited to use her education and nursing and social work experience to care