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Ian McEwen was selected to officiate for the Girls’ Tier II USA Hockey National Championship tournament in Burlington, Vt., March 31–April 4. He wrote: “It’s a big honor as an official to be selected out of the Northeast District of U.S. It’s a chance to work with some outstanding officials from around the United States, as well as great exposure on the national level.” Ian will be joining Hockey East as a women’s Division I college linesman this hockey season. 30 Nicole (Nicholson) Nicoletos and her husband, Paul, welcomed Isabelle Marie into their family on Jan. 22, 2016. 31 There was a WMA class of 2003 mini-reunion girls’ weekend in California in April! Left to right are: Nicole Nicoletos, with daughter Isabelle, Katie Edwards, Jessica Fenner and Carrie Ertl, with daughter Harper. Andrew Leichthammer has started a new venture. He is a co-owner of Good Measure Brewing Company in Northfield, Vt. Andrew and his business partner received their license to brew in Vermont and are busy brewing! Dana Burton operates Quabbin Valley Acupuncture in Belchertown, Mass., where she specializes in traditional Chinese medicine. Dana has dual master’s degrees in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine and Applied Clinical Nutrition. Board certified and licensed in Massachusetts, Dana’s services start with an in-depth traditional Chinese medical assessment. Go to www.quabbinvalleyacupuncture.com to learn more. Angelique Viamari was a winner in the Cape & Plymouth Business
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annual “40 Under 40 Awards.” The awards spotlight the region’s top young business leaders who excel in their industry and show dynamic leadership. This program honors distinguished business people under the age of 40 who have made a mark in the region at an extraordinarily young age. Angelique is an Assistant Vice President, Governance Manager at The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank.
2004 32 Josh Wuerthele and his wife Cara welcomed Declan David Wuerthele into their family. Declan arrived on July 8, 2016, weighing 7 pounds, 1 ounce. 33 Marisa Barone-Fenn married Adam Fenn on June 4, 2016, at the Publick House in Sturbridge, Mass. Aaron Wile can now add author to his résumé. He is the 2014–2016 Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow at The Frick Collection in New York, where he curated an exhibition and worked on his PhD dissertation at Harvard. The exhibition “Watteau’s Soldiers: Scenes of Military Life in Eighteenth-Century France” is devoted to the little-known military paintings and drawings of the 18th century French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau. It was on view from July 12–Oct. 2 at The Frick. Aaron’s book is the accompanying catalogue to the exhibition.
2005 Alex Ely is one of only four finalists in the Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Final Arguments competition at Columbia Law School. These arguments are the culmination of a three-round elimination competition where students present their
positions before panels composed of alumni practitioners and professors. Alex is finishing his J.D. this spring at Columbia and then moving to Boston to spend a year as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He said, “If there are any recent graduates that are interested in pursuing degrees in international law or law school more generally, I’d be happy to talk.” For more information, visit web.law.columbia .edu/stone-moot- court/finalists/ alexander- ely-16 34 Diana Van Leeuwen completed the 2016 Boston Marathon in support of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Annual Fund. Diana ran in memory of her uncle, Peter Van Leeuwen, who received treatment for glioblastoma at BIDMC. 35 Sarah Merry and Adam Mariucci were married at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Manhattan in May. The newlyweds honeymooned in Tahiti.
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life has truly changed. I went to Rollins College for four years and then played professional baseball from 2011–2013. We won a championship for the Joliet Slammers out of Joliet, Ill., and then I retired after the 2013 season. Having to make a decision to go back to Massachusetts or stay in Illinois, I turned down a head coaching position at IVCC and took on the assistant coach job at University of St. Francis and began my master’s in the MBA program. I also created the Illinois Hawks baseball organization. Owning my own business has been surreal. We started with six teams in year one and now have 12. Next year we look to be at 15–17 teams. I train 50–100 athletes in baseball training alone, and have just completed my third year as an assistant and attained a 4.0 in the master’s program. It’s hard to say how humbling this experience has been, but the journey is just getting started.” William Daly has been named General Manager of Quality Eats, located at 10 Greenwich Ave., in East Village, N.Y. Zagat calls Quality Eats — the newest restaurant of