Ron Nicolosi:  

Life Lived in Methuen for 38 years. Spent my summers at Little Island Pond in Pelham, NH. Stephen Barker, Central, Methuen Junior and at last the High School. Hard to believe that we were the first graduation class out of the new Methuen High School class of 1976. I remember reading that it cost 13 million to build the school. Now I read an article where it will cost 13 million just in renovations. Seems so long ago doesn't it? I graduated from UMASS Amherst in 1981 with a degree in Physical Education. Couldn't find a job so I subbed at Tewksbury High school for a couple of years. Then I got hired at Raytheon. Worked there for 9 years until the Gulf War ended. Got layed off. Was sad at the time but am now extremely grateful. I would still be there. While I was there, and even after I got layed off, I worked at Giordano's Starlite Dinner Theatre in Georgetown, Mass for 13 years. Did roughly 80 shows. Worked as an actor most of the time but also directed, built sets, stage managed, and for a few years, handled the theatre publicity. What an experience. Then, as all of you New Englanders remember, the winter of 1995 into 1996 hit. 120 inches of snow with storms that went from Thankgiving thru the second week of April. A couple of friends of mine, Janet Krajeski and Joe Paquette, came to see me in a show during the summer of 1995. They told me that they were moving to California. They said that if I ever felt like moving to CA, they would put me up until I found a place. I had vacationed in CA 3 times ...Expand for more