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Congratulations, Anna & Troy!

Linnea Borg and Mr. Kevin McLaughlin of Essex, Massachusetts, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Linnea Freedenfeld, to Troy Thomas Porter, the son of Doctors Charles and Susan Porter of Our Town. Anna is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Karl Borg. She is a graduate of the Manchester-Essex Regional High School in Essex, Massachusetts. Anna earned a bachelor of arts degree in marketing and management from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Isenberg School of Management. 

Her groom-elect is the grandson of Lieutenant Colonel Donald R. Smith, (USAF, retired) of Our Town and the late Mary Lee Smith and the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Charles Porter II. Troy is a graduate of The Pembroke Hill School. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in international business, finance and Mandarin Chinese from the University of Denver. Theirs will be a July 8th wedding at Triple S Ranch in Calistoga, California.

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Also featured in the September 17, 2016 issue
Photo Credit: Dan White

 

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